The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-08
The Long List of Delinquent Tax.
payers Reminds One of Days
When Panic Prevailed
CITY RETURNS OVER $4,000
Pleasant Prairie has the Greatest
Number of Delinquents Among
the Towns-Clean Bill for
Wheatland and Paris

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completed the work Of making up the
list Of property in the city and county
to be sold for taxes this year and the
list is considerably larger than in
former years. In fact, it is so long
that it recalls the panic years Of ten
years ago. The total number of I'M
paid taxes reported from the entire
county is a little over $4,000 and it is
rather remarkable that more than
$4,000 Of this amount is reported from
the city Of Kenosha
An examination of the list shows
that the people in the farming COM
munities Of the county are good tax
payers and in these communities where
property is returned as delinquent it
is shown to be owned in nearly every
case by people who reside in Kenosha
or in some large city.
The towns of Paris and Wheatland
| have established their usual custom
of returning with every cent of taxes
paid. This is not a novelty with these
two towns as for years the treasurers
have been able to collect every cent
of tax assessed by the assessors.
Pleasant Prairie seems to have had
trouble in collecting taxes this year and
the amount of unpaid taxes in that
town is greater than in all the towns
Of the county.
The report of Treasurer A. ]. Kelly
shows that ffty-fve of the tax payers
Of the town failed to pay the amount
assessed against their property and the
total of the uncollected tax is a. lit
tie over $40. Much of this property
lis lots adjacent to the city Of Keno
sha which have been put on the mar
ket in the past few years. Some of
lit is owned by railway companies and
lit is evident that these companies are
making no greater effort to pay the
taxes this year than they did during
the previous year. Bristol, one Of the
largest towns in the county, has but
one delinquent tax payer and the total
Of it's delinquent tax is but 1922.
Somers, with one of the largest tax
rolls among the towns, reports nine de-
inquents, but the total amount is
only $27. Most of the property re-
+,,rnod NV Sonoarc ic railway ppopor+xy
directly adjoining the city. 1t also
has been sold for taxes in preceding
years. Brighton reports four delin-
quents to the amount of $50 and Salem
has six who owe the town and county
1910 Randall is next to Pleasant
Prairie in the amount Of unpaid taxes,
there being total Of $3.50 remaining
UNPAID on that town. This was assess
ed against eighteen individual tax
lpayers and much Of this property is
Iowned by Chicago parties.
The report of the city treasurer
seems to indicate that the panic was
still being felt in Kenosha at the time
of the collection Of the taxes There
was total of one hundred and twenty
three and the total unpaid tax was
between $4,000 and $4,000. The larg-
est amount assessed and unpaid was
against the orphan asylum tract
amounting to $564.25. This tax will
be paid by the city as the City is now
securing tax title to this property
with view of using it as a public
play ground The next largest amount
was $165 made up of taxes and special
assessments against unlmproved prop
erty in the southwest portion of the
city. There is large amount of the
delinquency in the city due to the fail
ure of property owners to pay certain
Especial assessments.