The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-13
ASSESSORS
QUESTIONED
A Few Tax Payers Ask For
Explanations
in STATING GRIEVANCES
They Claimed That Property Of Two Of
Assessors Had Been Reduced,
While Their Own Had
Been Raised.

40 tho second meeting Of the board
Of civil authority held last evening for
the purpose of hearing the kicks from
aegrieVed taxpayers against the dnad.
renniai appraisal Of propcrtl, twenty
s"en presented their grievances, ana
tonight tIe board viii bc able MI hear
the remainder Of hose Oh The list.
Ihe tiTst to be heard fron last night
was Harvey llersey, doiiisle tenement
house On Maple Grove. foraefly an.
praised ST sg,oS0, now raised to s2 ,2al;
iAoval,t first appraisal enough cottage
hoaSr at AZ Maple GrDye, raised fron.
Slba0 Il $500. Watar svstca rai.ol
from $3.50 to $500; thought $3.50 was
large enough assessment.
Alex. Murray, double tenement house
at and Murray street, raised from
StSa0 70 S2,i01, on leased land; would
ske 70 have II remain at scylncr ap.
,aisal
liimes q Walker appeared for HI
fathers property at II Grant lyenne
rlised from $1,l00 to $1,000. thought
" goo enough, old house end no fe.
TiIiFs.
Mrs. Agnes Bradford and Mrs. i. NJ
TAFT, one-halt uf first aoDr and ba.
nlant II the Old city building Oh Main
street; raised from $500 to Sc,0Oo,
excessive amount residence at corner 81
Merchant and Summer streets. raised
from $4,000 to 81 700; too much accord
ing to appraisal Of other property IN
vicinity would be satisfied With ST..
400
Airs Ann s. Taplin, a7 Franklin
street, house raised from So, 200 to $s,.
700; too much il comparison
with other property; $1,000 enough.
AIRS Julia Hooker, bone place on
Hooker hill, reduced from 50 900 to So
200; thought ought to be put down to
So 300.
Wood 4 Fowler, brick block On Main
sNeet raised from $4,000 to $4,000;
old central building back Of it appraised
1000 same rs last year; thought Il
ought 70 be reduced % $3.50; ore.half
first Auor and basement If the old cifv
raised from S4.5an to $4,000.
excessive, rents for S6s / month.
Joseph OdgeFs, house on Becklry
street. raised from $1,000 to Si.500;
cost Si,f51 20 build above cellar; too
high compared with assessment Of the
property near by.
T. f. Hamcl. - Church street, reduced
from S2,400 to $500; always been too
high. thought $4,000 enough old studio (
building on South Main street. $3.50 4
Bought II for $50, and thought Il ought
70 be assessed for that
Edward Neale, Is Plain street. 5000 to
3 900; rents Sl2 month: residence at
81 Maple avenue. $1,000 to ST 500.
hought $500 enough; four wears ago
VAS set At Sl.400. said people we're
icing taxed "a death.
w. + Bradford. 30 Park street. ST..
700 to $4,000; too high compared With (
'ther property IN vicinity, $4,000 4
'nough would sell for $500.
William Findlater. q Warren street.
= 200 e $1,000; would be satisfied with
1850.
w. X. fladley, 50 and s5 Ayers street.
ents for $50 month; raised from S2.lO0
o S2.40o. Thoughts $4,000 enough.
c, " Aechcr withdrew claim.
Mrs Harriet Morse. i96 South Main
treet $1,000, same As last year; paid
i.sT5 for it, thought si,1o0 enough
Sowden 4 Lyon, Mount street, Nos.
and 10; former erduccd from st.700
. $1,000, aud latter same as last year, I.
! 500; were in bad shape and hard to +,
enti thought Si2n0 and $1,000
nopel house at 10 Central street. 500
o 5000: first appraisal enough house
Z 81 River street. $1,000 to Sf,2en: (
heap house, hard 70 rent, worth only j
sN0. H
Nicholas Neale, Liberty street a~ses i
for Sf.s0a before Improvements the
p "a SL750 and now $1,000. said 10
ad only laid ont 1925 on improvements
nd had been raised $500. while Martin
iley on East street had laid out $500 ]
D enlargements and improvements and
ad not been raised a cent; thought ST.
50 high enough
b. Toma-i block, corner No. AInin and q
streets, $4,000 TO $is.j00: q
bought raise Of $4,000 or 50 son
aoual: cottage house at 400 North 4
lain street, $4,000 to s2,s00: first ap. J
raisa enough 8
w, ~ Murphy. i0a Merchant street /
nid SlI00 last July; assessed for Si. i
20; thought $500 enough I
Riley Burgess. corner of East and !
astein avenue and 3a Eastern avenue.
,mer house with extra lot had been
,sessed $4,000; now raised TO ST., 200
ftpr extra lot had been taken OH
,ked assessors to explain why Asses
u Martin RiIcy's house was set so
" and Assessor Fred r. Page stated
nat lot had been taken of from Mr..
ilcy's and that the water from the
'ool filled his cellar every spring; .
fought perhaps was set a little low. =
lweyer.
David Rennie, 81 Ayers street, $1,000 I
$1,000; 5000 too high =
Nv. Il. Cato, Beacon street, sfi00 =
$500; thought way other property +
as assessed that between 81 200 and y
400 was enough
H. G. Gilyszon 2s Pleasant street, ST.
10 10 si000 two tenements, rents
D per month only property on the
rect that has been raised; new house
Perry street, assessed $4,000; saia ii
SCISSOR Fred Pages house back Of his 81
IS laruef and would sell for more and m
a been reduced from $500 TO 81, roo S,
ought $4,000 enough i,
Ii, A prindle, 35 Keith avenue, ST., 4
9 70 $1,000 thought $1,000 fair taxa NJ
,n III
Y. d. Beckley, house 70 Branch street, II