The San Francisco call., 1909-09-07
$25O,OOO,OOO MAY
BE ADDED TO ROLL
Board of EQUALIZATION Expects
to Complete Figuring Out
Increase by Friday Next
Los Angeles and Ventura to Be
Hit Hard, San Francisco
About 10 Per Cent
By PAUL SINSHEIMER
ISpecial Dispateh 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6.-As much as
s250,O00 600 may be added to the state
roll by the board of equalization. This
would carry the tax rate from Ala
where il has been tentatively placed,
down to about 81 cents. These figures
are beginning TO loom up stronger and
stronger from the maze that the board
has before il.
The session today was devoted to
some routine matter and a general eX-
change of views. Although it was a
holiday the members of the board
spent both morning and afternoon in
their Offices at the capitol.
MAY FINISH WORK FRIDAY
1t was the original plan to complete
the work by wednesday night, but il
now appears that final action will not
be taken until Friday. The amount of
figuring is greater than was expected.
There are reports from Los Angeles
that the southern delegation is pre-
pairing TO descend upon Sacramento. In
a further endeaVOr TO ward off an in
crease the south has. it is understood.
mustered certain data with which to
make a show to the adVantag ge of Los
Angeles a gainst san Francisco. There
is little TO be feared by san Francisco
from such comparisons. The state
board has fun set of parallels which
il has never used. So has Assessor
Washington Dodge of san Francisco
The state board has also letters from
Los Angeles real estate firms showing
z wide variance between quoted prices
and valuations given for appraisement
purposes. Some OF these firms have
contradicted themselves. In letters
80 nm
chasers they set one value and few
days later made appraisements for the
board on the same property in some
cases at 80 l-3 per cent below their
quoted price.
CHARGE Is BAsELEss
The charge widely circulated in the
south that the board had expended S2O.-
GOO of its $4,000 in gathering secret
evidence in Los Angeles county was
refuted today when the bills were
passed upon. 1t appears that less
money was expended to obtain valua-
tions in Los Angeles than in either
Alameda county or san Francisco. For
Los Angeles work the bills amounted to
s2I66.S0. in Alameda county s2,245.13
and in san Francisco S3,052.
II is impossible at this time TO say
how the $3.50, 100000 or $3.50 100000
which may be added to the roll, viii be
spread over the several counties. That
will not be decided until Friday The
division viii not be unanimous.
The estimates of value and appraise-
ments have been pretty well sifted.
Percentag ges more or less accurate have
been deduced.
VENTURA AND Los ANGELES
It is proba bic that Ventura Will head
the list with the greatest percentage
of increase. while Los Angeles county
will take first rank in the bulk of the
advance Los Angeles stands a good
chance Of going up 20 or % per cent.
The latter figure would add some Sl03,
100000 TO its roll.
san Francisco viii in all probability
be boosted 10 per cent or $46,000.00O.
At this, it bids fair TO escape with
smaller state tax than without equal
izstion. The hearing as far as San
Francisco Is concerned has silenced the
oft repeated charge that the metropolis
has been far underassessed. 1t was
this perennial cry that in the past
prompted boards Of equalization to
take it out annually on San Francisco.
4 list Of prospective increases has at
this time the value only Of a guiding
line It can not be taken as in any
way definite or conclusive