Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-17
HIGHER TAXES
ARE ASSURED
As Result of REIMBURSEMENT Prop
erty Values Increase is
Bound to be Made.
WILL AVERAGE is PER CENT.
Center of Business lyns Now Shifted TO
Second South, Where Bank Prop
erty is Assessed ut 81 200.

Higher taxes are assured for next
year as result of the readjustment
OF property values by County Assessor
Campbell NJ. Brown and the county
board OF equalization. The increase
will b. felt especially on the best bust
ness property in the city. No figures
have been definitely fixed as yet, but II
is well understood that tho uniform in
crease will not be less than is per cent
over last years figures. In some cases
It will run as high as 20 per cent
Owing to the shifting Of the business
district it is difficult to assess business
property without making raoio'i
changes each year. This year the walk
er bank corner will be taken as 'ne
high point in the business district anu
values will be graded from that point.
For the purposes Of assessment eho
property on the Walker corner, secon9
South and Main street, VIII pc VaiuU
at 200 a front foot. This Is the n,sn
est valuation in the city. An adoit,on-
al assessment of % per cent is placed on
corner lots. Going north from the
Walker corner the values Will decrease
gradually. At the o'clock corner ing
Utah National bank, the assessed S..ius
Will be fixed at $1,000. Across rlrst
South street. the Mccormick properly
VIII be assessed at $1,000. A oiock lul-
ther north, the Deseret News co sr,,
the assessment viii be SsoV Irohs
foot.
HIGHEST ON SECOND SOUTH.
The National Bank of the Republic
corner will be assessed the same as
the Walker bank corner on tne north
side of Second South; the CHI cor
ner. Third South and MAN, wal pe as
sessed at $1,150 front foot Waiker
store corner will be assessed at ssoV.
and from there tho values will fall OH
till $3.50 n front foot is reached at the
corner OF Fourth South and Main. on
the east side of Main street the Vaiues
are not SO high. The Judge corner OPP
posite the Walker store on Ihlrd Sou u,-n
and Main will be assessed at 800 the
front foot; the Kenyon hotel corner al
81 ,00O and the Smith Drug store corner,
second South and Main, at Sl,obo. rms
is. the highest valuation fixed on any
property on the east sido of Main street.
Higher valuations are necessary on
south Main street because of the cree
ton of the Judge building, the New
house buildings and other Improve
ments going forward such as the fed
eral building and the paving OF the
streets.
"AMERICANS" INTERESTED.
Naturally, the american" leaders
are watching the assessors Office with
the keenest interest. The increase III
the valuation of city property promises
to give the city administration an m
crease in income without sub1ectlng IL
to the odium of again increasing me
tax levy. Already it has Increased the
levy from IL TO Is mills, and II Is not
thought that the taxpayers would SUP
nit 10 another Increase even to secure
the blessings of an American" ADMIN
istration.
INCREASE IN COUNTY.
If the present plans of the county as
SCISSOR and the county board of equali-
zation are carried out, all the business
property in the city Will be increased
In assessible value at least 10 per cent
This increase is not confined to Main
street property. but extends 10 al
business property II Is thought uie
Increased will not be SO radical IN res.
idence property generally. 1t is thought
mat as a result of the readJustment
the values OF the property OF the couh-
Nv will be raised TO $7o.0o0,o0e or more.
This will be a more radical increase
than would appear on the SURFACE as
the cIosing down of the shelters IN the
county and the closing of NUMBER OF
mines in Bingham VIII naturally @necl
The assessments outside the city
In trying 10 arrive at JUST oasis
Cor assessments in the city Assessor
proxyn has consulted such real estate
man as ]. w. Houston, u. i. Wicks,
w r IIalloran and others In q position
to no we'll posted on the relative values
M business property.