The Detroit times., 1909-04-01
NEARLY s20,O00,O00
ADDED TO C|TY'S
ASSESSMENT
Realty Values Boosted Throughout
Business Section, Griswold-st. Dis
triot Being Particularly Hard
Hit-Increases Near Million.
Tip for Putting Up Values Comes
From Recent Sale of the
Walker Block.


the assessed valuation OF Detroit is
now confidently looked forward to rs
result OF the great increases in real
estate assessments which were con
filmed by the board OF assessors in -
ne citing. "Wednesday night.
While all the assessors have raised
real estate values in the business dis
4 tricts 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 million dollars.
From Grand River-ave. to Larned.
ST, every foot OF land Is increased III
assessed valuation and also most ot
the buildings only one being decreas-
ed. Some of these buildings have
been up for number OF years and
the action of Assessor DOran indi-
Gates the opinion tha: they have es
capped their just amount Of taxation
during the past few years.
The other assessors agreed with
him on his figures.
A big contest is expected before
the board of review aud large interests
will. no doubt. ask for scaling down
q assessments II will then be up
10 the tax committee Of the aldermen,
sitting as a tax court, 10 decide
whether Dorans conclusions are cor
rect.
Assessor Plass has raised all the
business property on Gratiot-aVe.'
from Beaubien to iIastngs-sts., 10 Nv
20 per cent. and also all the property
adjoining the eastern market. He has
put the assessments up about ~ 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 places along the river front.
The whole length Of Dequlndre-st.,
from Jefferson-ave TO Forest-ave, mas
been raised by Assessor Plass. and.
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. tho assessors find that mer-
chants stocks are much smaller IMAM
they were "A wear ago. The assess
estates will largely offset this. again.
The following are some OF the in
creases made by Assessor Doran:
Ford building. site, from sl9099O 70
s3O7, $50. building. from s555.0O0 to
$3.50. 900: Walker block. land from
s429.15 to s509.2l0. Union Trust
building. land from sl62.150 TO s26l,-
$50 building from 100000 TO $45O.OO0;
Chamber Of Commerce. land from
s1SS. $50 TO $2l6.600. building from
$685.. 600 TO $3SO,0O0. Bull block, land
from sl1O.27O to 100000 Moffiat block,
land from sS14,9S0 to s409.47O: Nc
'Graw building. land from slS5'2OO 10
s292.57O. building from $4,000 to sI5.-
900: Hammond building. land from
s236.53O TO 1897 $50, building from
1910. 600 to 100000 Whitney build
ing. land from $215.620 to s236.25O;
building from $4,000 10 $4,000; Bank
Chambers. land from $4,000 to $50
600: Butler block. land from $4O,5OO
: 10 $4,000: Burns block, land same
increase as Butler block. building In
creased from $4,000 to $4,000; Lew
Is block, land from $32.400 10 $4,000.
building from $4,000 to $4,000; Tele-
graph block. land from $1,000 to $l40'-
900: Hunter building, land from $2S,-
$50 to 1872 500; Cleland building. land
from $27 $50 to $3l 1000,
Other down town building increases
are: Peoples state bank, land from
s146, 400 to s171.040: Journal building,
building from $4,000 to 100000; Pen
insular bank building land from $59,'
GAO TO s6s.570 The Baldwin resi-
dence, which was taken of the rolls
when used as home for aged people
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 5000 TO
500. 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 to s650.000.
To certain extent the great In
creases In assessments along Girls
wold-st. are due to the sale of the
Walker block at the corner OF Fort
at. and Griswod-st to the Dime bank
This started an Investigation as to
the real values.
ON 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. Il did use the
price as basis for computation, how
ever"
woodward-ave. property was In
creased by Assessor Plass couple OF
years ago and, therefore, escaped the
rise this year