The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-02
CITY VALUES ARE
GIVEN BIG BOOST
Nearly $50, 100000 Added To City's
Assessment, Griswold-st. Section
Being Hardest Hit

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the assessed valuation of Detroit Is
now confidently looked forward to as
a result OF the great increases in real
estate assessments which were con
meeting. Wednesday night.
While al the assessors have raised
real estate values in the business dis
trcts of the city, the most startling
changes are made by Assessor Dorar
along the close To Griswold-st. In that
section alone he has raised assess
ments a million dollars.
From Grand River-ave. TO Larned'
ST. every foot Of land Is increased IN
assessed valuation and also most OF
the buildings. only one being decreas-
ed Some of these buildings have
been up for number Oh years anu
the action OF Assessor Doran lndl-
cetos the opinion that they have es'
capped their just amount OF taxation
during the past few years.
The other assessors agreed with
MIN on his figures.
A big contest is expected before
the board of review and large interests
will. no doubt, ask for a scaling down
o. assessments. II will then be up
to the tax committee OF the aldermen
sitting az a tax court, To decide
who Tier Doran's conclusions are cor
rect.
Assessor Plass has raised all the
business property on Grauot-aVe''
from Beaubien TO Hastings-sts.. 10 to
20 per cent. and also all the property
adjoining the eastern market. lie mas
put the assessments up about 20 per
cent more in the Midway" district
around Belle Isle bridge.
Assessor Nagel has boosted valua'
lions along the boulevard. particular
" near Grand River-ave., also near
the Solvay plant in Delray, ana III
some pisces along the river front
The whole length OF Dequindre-st.,
from Jefferson-ave. TO Forest-ave., mas
been raised by Assessor Plass, ana,
also Hastings-st from Gratiot-aVe. 10
Forest-ave.
There are numerous smaller IN
creases scattered throughout the city
and also some decreases, while many
millions OF dollars in new buildings
have gone on the rolls.
To partially Offset the real estate in
creases, the assessors find that mer-
chants stocks are much smaller than
they were a year ago. The assess
ment at proper valuation OF many
estates will largely offset this, again.
The following are some OF the in
creases made by Assessor Doran:
Ford building. site, from $19099O to
1907 .4S0, building, from s555000 to
$3.50. 900; Walker block. land from
s429.l50 to $509,210; Union Trust
building. land from $162.750 TO $751;
$50. building from 100000 TO $45O.OOO;
Chamber of Commerce. land from
| s1SS.56O to $216,600. building from
$685.. 900 TO s3SO.0O0; Bull block. land
from $l1O,2 to 1920, 900; Mofflat block
land from $314.9S0 to $409,470; Nc
Graw building. land from SlS5.2OO to
S292,570 building from $4,000 to $50,
600: Hammond building. land from
1885, TO $2S7.9S0 building from
s270, 900 10 100000 Whitney build
ing land from $2l5.620 to $236,250;
building from S45,0 to $4,000; Bank
Chambers. land from $4,000 TO $780,
900: Butler block, land from $4O,50O
| TO $4,000 Burns block. land same
| increase as Butler block, building in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000; Lew
is block, land from s32. 400 to $4,000,
building from $4,000 to $4,000: Tele-
graph block. land from 1000 to $140,-
900; Hunter building, land from $751;
$50 to $4,000: Cleland building, land
from S27 $50 to $31 900
Other down town building increases
are: Peoples State bank, land from
STAG, 400 to Sill, 04O; Journal building,
building from $4,000 to 100000; Pen
| insular bank building, land from $59,-
$50 to $6S.570. The Baldwin resi-
dence, which was taken of the rolls
when used as home for aged people
is put back at s105.000 for land aha
building. The Madison. Lenox and
Plaza apartments on Madison-ave are
each raised $4,000 in their assess
ment. The land on which the fuller
hotel stands is raised from $4,000 to
s95, 900 and values are notched up on
all the side streets off Woodward-ave.
from Adams-ave. TO High-st.
The valuation of the Penobscot
building has been reduced from $3.50.
900 10 $3.50. 900.
To certain extent the great in
creases In assessments along Girls
wod.st. are due to the sale of the
Walker block at the corner of Fort
st. and Griswold-st to the Dime bank.
This started an investigation as to
the real values.
"In making the assessments. took
into consideration that the Dime bank
paid an exorbitant price because they
wanted that particular corner and did
not place the assessment anywhere
near>the figure paid for the property"
SAYS Assessor Doran. II did use the
price as a basis for computation. how.
ever"
Woodward-ave. property was in