The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
TAX VALUES IN
charlottesville.
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increase Of Three-Quar-s
tiers of Million In 81.
Five Years. N.
CITY is CENTER {; OF
VERY RICH SECTION.
People Have Great Faith in Fu5
ture Of Town, and Believe
Increase Of, Values Can s
Be Made Much Larg 3sS.
er Than It IS 81
535 Now.

Especial From Staff Correspondent) M
CHARLOTTESVILLE. ALBE1IARlI
Co, VA, June A.-That the citizens OF \
Charlottesville should be inclined to Z
grumble because the increase in the yak
uations OF real estate this year shows Q
growth In values Of property Of this char
acter OF but $3.50, 725 over the assessment I
Of five years ago. Is significant. It i6
indicative OF the faith which the people
OF the city have in the future, Of Char
iottesvllle; they felt that the increase
would be much larger than it was.
# AS "a matter OF fact, the increase 9 y
probably much greater. It is true that B
the brick pavement laid in front OF much 4
OF the property on N ain Street has great
" Increased the value Of the abutttng
property, and on other streets Of the city
there have been improV oVements made
which have und ou htedlyB caused great sap.G
probation IN land values. The real es-S
tate owned by the Chesapeak ke and Ohio Y
and the Southern Railway VS. at Chariot ties; e.
Vile Is assessed by the State Corporation "a
Commission. 4 his assessmen has not
been certified TO the OF fcals Of the scity.
IT. is believed that this will V add very
much to the total OF the in0eases shown.
I. he Increase in the value OF the real Il
estate of district n q. J. 2, which mhraces
all tho snorthside Of tho count ty, stss $2O1 $50.
The property owned by white people OF Y
the district Increased slf2, ,ssss insyalue IN
the course Of the past five years, and
that owned by olored. !. $22S e62.& n he books
Of the assessors Of dis y = o'SsA nave e
mot yet been sent to the treasurer. Treas
$urer5 McGee says he thinks the assess
ament for this sdistric let. VIII hich include all all
fthe eSssoutliside.S OF tfe county will show
as great slor grea ter irlcrea se than la.l the
mort Inside.
It occurs to me { hat an Increase q over
stfree-quarters Of million dollars In
county, including the city Of chalo ttes-ss
vile, in five yeas, Is mo tSsob btbad q. sES55
sNNEALTHY SETTLERS. s
fa MANY men OF wealth have come toEAlbe-S
marie within the course OF the last ten
years, and, purchasing the fine old farms :
have made them blossom like the rose. IL
5is4said, however, that many OF these fpur-S
chasers have devoted themselves more to
the erection Of fine uildingss than to the
actual alflmproVement Of the soil. Had the
latter kept pace with Il the former the
land values would have been far greater
than they are. 5ss35 5532S
There Is no doubt a bout Charl lottesvtue's
expression Of the travelling man, because
1T seems so expressive and because in
Knocking about through the counties So
many OF these apostles Of trade and pro-
gress are met. T There Is o conservat tism$
and solidty about the city of Charlott ttes-#
Vile. Its business men and their bustne SIS 4
even in the very a appearanceBO OF the bus-@
mess section, that, forces the admir- ation
OF the man looking for the substantial
In business 81 IA 3i;ss
The city has never had q boom. IN the !
days. a dozen years ago, when the corn
fields roundabout other Virginia towns II
We're being cut up into town lots and sold 4
alta hundred dollars the front foot T. g 4
clamong army Of buyers, Cha rlottesv1llo 4
was pursuing the even tenor Of Its dignl-
fled way. The towns which were booming
then are dead now or are making q strug-%
gle to overcome that frenzied period,
when they We're trying to force their
growth without eference g to the unyary.
ing laws of commerce and trade. The 4
is in large part accountable for the pres
,ent soldity OF Its enterprises.
The city has q rich country surround-
ing 1t, which accounts In large measure x
for Its prosperity but it has at home.
without reference sto the agricultural
trade, many establishments which cons
tribute In large measure to It's prosperity.
WOOLSaI MILLS,
There are the woolen mills. which employ
a large number OF men and women and
sell cloth In all sections OF the country5I
a tannery, the Monticello Wine Company.
which manufactures fine Monticello claret.
which heard tho minister from an Duro-t
pean government in Washington say was \
the best claret that he knew. There are I
numerous small establishments. which In Y
the aggregate give employment to many
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