Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-14
MEETING OF BOARD OF REVIEW
CITIZENS OF TAKoMA PARK OBJ
JECT TO ASSESSMENTS.
Changes Ordered in Number Of In
stances-Town Council Hears
Reports Of officers.

The town council OF TakOma Park, Md4
sat as board of review last evening to
hear objections and receive appeals to the
recent assessments as made by the board
of assessors. The meeting was called to or
der at o'clock in the chapel Of the Takoma
Presbyterian Church, on Maple Avenue.
Mayor w. g. Plat presided. with the fol-
lowing councilmen composing the board: E.
E. Blodgett, W. w. Dyar, L. R. Grabill, c..
L. Shear and Ben g. Davis, town clerk.
Mr.. F. w. Holt Of Carroll avenue was the
first to enter a protest. Two buildings were
assessed at $500 and 500. respectively,
which he considered far above the cost Of
constructing them. The board in its final
decision reduced the assessment on the for
mer to $500 and the latter to $50.
Mr.. ]. A. Flickinger of Willow avenue
complained that the assessment on his prop
erty was not consistent with those adjoin-
ing him. and he requested that a reduction
be made in his case. Through misunder-
standing the board assessed the house at
$500, exclusive of the lot As the lot had
already been assessed the board recon-
mended, as the assessment of $500 should
have included both the house and lot that
1t be reduced to 500.
Remains the Same.
Mrs. Belle Wills Of Maple avenue, owner
of lot 25 in block 8, protested against an
alleged excessive assessment against her
property. The board Of review declined to
reduce the assessment, inasmuch as all lots
o. this avenue were assessed at the same
figure.
The assessment of J. J. Snodgrass of Ma
pie avenue was reduced from 500 to $500
1t was shown that the Improvement of his
house was not as expensive as the board Of
assessors considered it, and the reduction
was made accordingly.
The board of review declined to change
kI,0 amt vni net f1a w nj
s. M. Spicer of Carroll avenue, the board
of assessors being of the opinion that the
assessment of $70O is equitable.
The application of Mr.. George N. Beale,
who represented the Beale and Bloomer
tracts, resulted in the board reducing the
assessment on five acres of the former tract
from $500 per acre to $500, and 81 600 on
the ten acres of the latter tract, at the
1t was decided that the assessments
against Mr.. Henry E. Cooper, for lots 40,
Al and 4S. in block 16, shall remain the
same as made by the board of assessment
Town Council Meets.
At the conclusion of the hearing the
board of review adjourned, and the town
council convened. The council received a
petition from residents of Chestnut street,
requesting that house-to-house Gale be
made for the collection Of ashes and refuse,
at the expense of the town. The petition
was SlSneu ny q. r. 0IIlllIl, "A d SOESy, T..
v. Pendleton ]. H. Lightfoot, w. A. Col
cord and F. l.. Lewton.( The matter was
referred to the health committee in con-
junction with similar request made at the
last meeting of the council by Mr.. ]. H.
Clark of Holly avenue.
The report of the town treasurer was sub
mitted and approved by the council. 1t
showed receipts during the month of April
taxes, cement walks, $66.21; water rents,
$23.92; permits, $14; plumbers deposits,
SO, making total Of $347.74, which, with
the balance on hand OF $4,47OG, made a
during the same period were as follows:
Pumping plant, $685. 80; sewer system, $3.50;
street work. $40; street lighting, $500;
E g. g W. I. Co. deposit. $50 semi1annuai
interest on $4,000 water bonds. SLIGO; In
terest on improvement bond, $6.SS; salaries,
$113; making total of $2,315, 40, leaving
balance on hand Of 81, 1927.
The auditing committee submitted bills
amounting to $173.39. which were approved
and ordered paid.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company will be requested by the council
to erect two poles on Holly avenue, instead
of one for the service on that street. as
applied for.
Ordinance Amended.
AT the request of the Potomac Electric
Power Company. the council amended the
recent ordinance passed by. the council
granting permission to that company to
erect poles and construct wires on Carroll
avenue for the purpose Of furnishing light
and power to the Washington Sanitarium Of
the Seventh Day Adventists, on the Sligo.
The ordinance provided that the company
shall remove upon sixty days notice its
poles from the route granted. or such por-
ton thereof as may be traversed by
railway line under existing or future fran
chise. The addition made to the ordinance
Is as follows: Provided. That the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company shall be una
BILE to make arrangements with the pro-
posed railway company to jointly occupy
the existing poles.'
The Washington Gaslight Company was
granted permission to lay a main in New
York avenue. North Takoma, west of Ia
koma avenue.
On motion of Councilman Grabill, the
ordinance committee was directed to prepare
and submit at the next meeting of the
council an amendment to the building regu-
lations requiring builders to make an ade-
quate deposit with the town treasurer be-
fore taking out building permits to pay for
any damage to the cement walks in the
town.