Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-23
MORE TAXES FROM THE
SHIPYARD AND CASINO
improvements Made at Great Plant
During the Past Five Years Add
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars to
Companys Taxable Values-Mueh
Work to be Done Before Report is
Completed.

EDWIN PnlllpS and w. l. Chdplh'
who were appointed by Judge 7. J.
Barham. of the Corporation Court
several months ago to assess
the real estate in this city
for taxation during the next
five years, have completed their work
and figures taken from their report
yesterday show that the total valuation
placed by them upon all of the real
estate. both improved and unimproyed
within the corporate limits of Newport
News is 5000, 673. This is an increase
OF SlI0.266 over the assessment made
by w. r. Perkins and the late John
p Womble in 1905.
When the assessors first began their
work several real estate dealers and
q number of the business men of the
city predicted that the new assess
ment would show decrease over that
OF 1905 and their prophecy would have
come true had the assessors net raised
the assessment on the shipyard, the
Casino grounds and the ten acres OF
unimproved property north OF Fiftieth
street and between Huntington avenue
and James river.
Increase on Shpyard.
An increase of 100000 was made In
the assessment on the shipyard, the
new assessment being $1.250.OO0 as
against s99O,000 in 1905. This increase
was upon both the l-nd and the build
ings as Dnny Improvements have been
made al the shipyard since the old as
sessment was made.
The increase on the Casino grounds
was $4,000. the new assessment be-
ing s203, 900 on the land only; while
the old assessment on the land was
SEQ. 900. The assessment of the build
ings on the grounds and the Old Do
minion pier A is $4,000, just half the
amount of the assessment in 1905.
The $4,000 assessment for the mex
five wears is on the pier alone as all
Of the buildings have been moved
from the Casino grounds
All increase VI ,JtV Moo PsN~-0
the ten acres of land north OF FIFTEEN
street the new assessment being Soo'-
O00 while the old assessment was
s32.5o0. This property and the Casino
grounds and pier are owned by the Old
dominion Land Company. There was
no change in the assessment OF this
companys property On the waterfront
between Thirty-third street and Thir-
ty-sixth street. the old and new as
sessmen. being $4,000 on the land
and $1,000 on the buildings on the
property.
slioht Increases on Avenue.
Slight increases we're made on Prac-
ticsTly all Of the property along wash
ington avenue north of Twentyfourtn
street. and these increases helped TO
bring the total up.
Slight decreases were made on botn
the lots and buildings along Hunting
ton avenue from Twenty-third street
20 Forty fifth street and all along VIZ
gjnia avenue as the assessors believe
that this property had been reduced
in value during the past five years
Generally speaking. small decreases
also were made on she property ~
Fast End and on Twenty-third and
Twenty-fouIth streets west OF ne Ches-
speaks & Ohio railway tracks
some increases were made n the
residential section in North End. par
,icularIy north Of Fif'ieth street A
number Of new buildings have been
NAT up In that section during the past
few years.
Land Valuation s4.34e.44s-
Tho assessors have placed a total
vsluation Of s4.34s.i4s On al Of me
lana within the city limits. an increase
~ ga sec over the total valuation u
1sos. OF the new assessment. the real
state owned b. whites Is $f2fi.'ve'
and that owned BY negroes Is sies.l4o.
rbe increase IN the value o. the lano
Owned by the whites over thai Of 1879