New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-09
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.,rpaRArrvE ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE.
Assessment
"a. sle. 8OS. IA $500. 2o4.2l5 $3.50 49,

- .sx books for the year 1905 were opened at
! o'clock yesterday and, usual, VIII De Kept
=, I'll the last day Of March for correctlons
-. is every reason 10 assume that the usual
~-,hsr Of swear offs will be made ana lhat
,n,ons Of tentative personal assessments no"
: che rolls will disappear like dew Wheh the
~..frns" get around TO the matter Of making the
se,essary af7davits,
IN. enormous increase IN the valuation OF real
,,-,t. amounting in round numbers to $4,000 Ooo
: a striking object lesson, showing the way New
Work. is growing in riches and population The
,.-.sse IN realty Will enlarge the deol mourning
.,srty Of the city by one-tenth OF the increase
:. about s4s060.Go0 making It possible 10 spei'o
,,out si15OOO0p0 for 1906. If the Mcclellan adnlIn-
strstion wants 10 do it -
- present indications the new tax budget viii
:. about 100000. The general fund contains
Ar. s24 on 600 leaving about $93 0l000 70 be raised
= +srstion. The increased realty assessments
IN ,4aid shout 81 OO000O or s. 100000 in SKIES and
i'd for the increase in the size Of the budget
re ,ar tax rate will not be fixed until next july
,,ohabl, viii be about the same as FOR TINS year
.rgnd i5I or SIS on the thousand OF assess
msnt. 1900.
commissioner ODonnel said he did not expect
,,cb reduction in the personal tax assessments
,..o-,so most AZ the big taxpayers had agreed
:, the assessments which are. in the MAN, based
= the assessments levied and collected last year.
This years figures show net increase OF S0V'NSo'-
Il Mr.. ODounel estimates that the EaiuatloIls
~. NJ about s. per cent OF the real value OF the
,rope-ty
Mayor Mcclellan said he was much grained Al
-. Isrps Increase in the realty valuations The
Wsvor eyrects to see a slightly reduced tax rate.
.srbe ideal situation would be" the Mayor saio
a. fred rate with gradual increase IN vaIua-
,o,s That condition may come in twenty-five OF
hi-+v Years when the city's expenditures a!e
7rscf,caIlv fxed and there will not be the m
,esssnt caI for money for necessary improve
nents --.o.r
Only eleven men appeared YESTERDAY 20 s"e@.
A their personal assessments me IT. gag
rsar tvventv-seven put in an appearance for ina
,rrnose After the first day. however, ne ONCE
:, tba Tax Department was overwhelmed by citi-
,sns seeking 10 have their assessment on personal
7-opertv reduced. and for sixteen days tney were
wearing of. n the rate Of four hundred a Gay
yas-Iv al who were assessed NIL have The notices
,Adav. and the rush viii begin at once The ap-
aHcations for the reduction Of the assessment
ms. be in on or before March 81
Andrew Carnegie heads the list, with an assess
re-t Of 10000. John \. Rockefeller follows with
nun5sr Russell Sage s2,0G0o0 2. Matilda Zieg-
= vsrz- Of the late- William Zegier, S.O010o0
william Vanderbilt sl.oe0OOn. and Alice G Van
isrbat 100000
Hrs Godie 1. Wood, the former chorus girl,
md widow Of the wealthy y eSJSfilei7 @eS d5SSS0S
EusM Hannah Elias was assessed at Sl5@eeo,
while John r Plat, whose relations with her
aruught him much -notoriety. was only assessed
Il g@00 Miss Emile Grigsby. spoken Of as the
,rotege Of Nj Yerkes. who MED recently was as
ssssed at 10000 OF the insurance officials who
,sns into prominence in the resent investigation,
lem r. Hegen1an, president OF the Metropolitan
Life came in for the highest assessment SlOO0O
None Of the McCalls appeared on the books, nor
vas George ". Perkins named there. George A
McCurdy was assessed S5o0g0. Ex-President Nc
CUdys name did not appear nor did that Of ms son
Andrew Hamilton had an assessment Of $1,000 the
sane amount that was puf after the name Of
Or. Charles H. Parkhurst The name Of Mayor
Mcclellan did not appear on the books but Charles
2 Murphy was down for 5000 The New-York
Stock Exchange had an assessment of $4,000.
There were many small increases over the as
sessments Of last year and but few reductions
The most noticeable reduction on the books was
that OF Edward 6 Wells. whose assessment IN
SO was $4,000 and this year is only SGD
The complete list Of residents of New-1ork CITY
VINO have been assessed b. the Department OF
Taxes and Assessments this year upon personal
property valued at $4,000 or more as announced
n the tentative rolls "a The books opened yester-
day IS as follows