Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-10
$s5,s1O,OOO ADDED
The Board of Equalization Tacks on That Amount 10 the Lists
 ot October.

Hartford, June .10.-There has been added by the board of cqualiza- ftion to the October, 1907, grand list \ of the state $s5,310,0Oo for county land state taxation. The cities and r -wns affected are as follows: Hartford county-Avon s100,O0O, Berlin $250,000. Bloomfield $100,- 900, Bristol $9O0,G00. Canton $4OO,- GOO, East Granby $60,000, East Windsor $150 ,000, Enfield $4OO 900, Pennington $400,000, Glastonbury $300,000. Granby $140,00O, Hartford $1s, s,000, ,00O, New Britain $5,000,. 900; South Windsor $275,000, West Hartford $1,O00,000, Wetnersfield $325,000, Windsor $100,000, Wind- sor Locks $400,O00; total. S29,30o,- 900.
 New Haven county-Branford Sl,- 250,00O, Cheshire $100.0dC, East Haven S350,000, Guilford $400.O0O, Hamden $1,25O,O00, Meriden $6,- 000,000, North Haven $2O0,00O, Or ange $500,00O, Wallingford $2,50O,- 900; total 12,550,000.
 New London county-Bozrah ESQ., 900, Colchester $S0,000. East Lyme S200,000, Franklin $25,060, Gris- wold $39O, ,000, Groton s450,000, Lis bon $75,000, Lyme $115.000, Mont vile S190, 900, New London S5,000,- 900, Norwich s,750,000, Preston $19,O00, Salem s30,000, Sprague $200,0O0, Stonington $50a,000, Vol untown $75,000; total si2,350, 900.
 Fairfield county-Brookfield $40,- 900, Danbury S5,000,000, Easton $9O,O0O, Greenwich s7,50o, 600, New town $500.000, Norwalk S3,000,0O0, Ridgefield $250,000, Sherman S60.- 900, Stamford $7.50e,O00, Stratford $500,000, Trumbull S300.000, Wes- ton $75,00o, Wilton s150,000; total, $24,965, 900.
 Windham county Ashford $2O,- 900, Brooklyn s500,000, Eastford $15,000, Plainfeld $600,000, Pom fret $500, 900, Putnam $1,200, 900, Sterling $125,000. Thompson $260,- 900 WIndham sS.00o.Oo0, Wood- stock s150.000; total s6,170.000.
 Litchfield Bridgewater s25,OOO, Canaan s30000, Cole brook $45,00O, Goshen s50,000, Harwinton s30,000, Kent s125,000. Litchfield s900.000, New Hartford s100, 900, New Milford s1,250. 900, North Canaan s200,000, Sharon s200,000, Thomaston $775,000, Torrington s1.O00, 900, Winchester s50O,O0 total $5.230, 900.
 Middlesey county Chatham 100000, Clinton s250,000, East Haddam $100,000, Essex $360,000, Middlefeld s50.000. Middletown s2,000,O ,O00, Portland s100,000. Saybrook s100,000. WestbroolS $100.000 total $3,160,000.
 Holland county-Andover $20,- 900, Bolton s20.000, Columbia S40,- 900, Coventry s90,000, Ellington s15o,OO0, Somers s125.000, Staff ford $90.000, Union s10,000, Yer non $200.000, Willington s30,000; total s1,5s5. 900.
 These additions are made with an endeavor to be as fair as possible to the different towns as well as to the state at large. The action in every case has been based on defi- nite information from the town off, cials, personal Investigation or other competent and impartial testimony. Twenty-Five towns have increased their grand lists from 10 per cent, to 136 per cent the past year by special reyaluation or by the intel ligent work of the assessors, win a corresponding reduction in the tax rate. Several other towns contem- plate similar action this year. A re- valuation once in five years would result in fairer grand list, fewer inequalities, lower tax rate and reasonable conformity with the stat utory provision, which requires property to be listed at "the fair market value" All the towns on this lis. would be benefited by such action, say the members of the board of equalization.