The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
BOARD OF REVENUE RESUMES HEARING OF THE TAX CASES B. B. Conner and Miner Company Among ImpOr-
 tant Settlements HOOK" BE USED IN
 LONG ARGUMENTS Morning Session Largely Occupied in Hearing Cases of Mrs. Eva M.
 CaIdwell-List of the
 Raises Made

The board of revenue resumed the hearing yesterday morning of the pro- posed raises in property valuations as submitted to them by Capt. J. V. Allen. tax commissioner for Jefferson county. Among the important cases agreed upon by the property owner and the tax com missioner was that of Former Gov. B. B Conner. who agreed to sloOO0 raise on his property valuations, and the Mil ner Coal and Railroad company. which agreed to R raise of $3S, AGO. Neither of these raises were near the increases as suggested by the tax commissioner.
 Almost the entire morning session was taken up with the hearing of the case of Mrs Eva NJ Caldwell, who has consid- erabe property interests in the city
 Mrs Caldwell was on the stand nearly two hours and showed remarkable knowledge of real estate values in and about the city. She contested the raise in every item of property she owned and succeeded in materially reducing the as sessment. The board of revenue fixed raise of s350O on all the property owned by Mrs. Caldwell. Afternoon Session The afternoon session was void of any special features, and there was little | difficulty in arriving at settlement either by the board or the tax commits sioner.
 C. B Rogers of the board of revenue, who has taken much interest in the pro- ceedings, and has shown general knowl- edge of property values throughout the county. suggested that in order to prompt ly dispatch the voluminous business before them. no lengthy arguments would be allowed. Mir. Rogers stated he wanted every one to have a fair chance 10 proper ly present his case before the board, but that it was sometimes necessary to cur tail the arguments. and as a means of so doing suggested that 1t would be proI.er at all times when an argument had gone to undue length to invoke the use of the hook" The board unanimously agreed with MT. Rogers, and get the hook will be called on any one who gets too windy in his arguments.
 People Present Attending the session were the mem- bers of the board of revenue, Job Going, R. F. Ioyelady, C. B. Rogers, Ed Haigler and pr. J. B Vines; Tax Commissioner Capt. Joe V. Allen and his assistant, Tur- ner WealSley. Representing the Real Es- tate Dealers exchange were Attorney R. E. Smyer, B. A. Thompson and T. H. Mol ton.
 The board made good progress yester- day in the bearing of the cases and the following were disposed of;
 Cases Disposed Of
 pr. s. P. Coffee. dismissed.
 John Cain raised $500
 McD. Cain raised s40o
 D. Calderela raised sl2oo.
 A. C. Caldwell raised ss25
 C. H. Caldwell dismissed
 Mrs Eva NJ. Caldwell raised sss50.
 Caldwell Watson Machine and Foundry company raised s3ooo
 Mrs. J. NJ. Caldwell raised s20o.
 Calhoun Distiling company raised siano.
 F. K. Campbell raised $500.
 E. K. Campbell, trustee, raised 5000.
 Frank Golan raised s21O0. Rosa Carebla dismissed.
 Portland Cement company raised $500
 Carpenter X Hillman raised s6oo. J. B. Cobbs raised 5000. Mrs Mary S. Cobbs. raised s7O0. Mrs A. R. Cooper dismissed. J. B. Darlington. trustee. Miner Coal and Railroad company raised S3s, 460 !. II. Carter raised s7o0 Mrs s. P. Carter raIsed s110. ! A Cartwtz raised $5O0 Mrs J. W. Castleman raised $500. Mrs. s. M. Gates raised BOO S. w and II. s. Gates raised s9o0. Frank Carnglea raised s25O. Central Realty company raised 500. w. A. Chase raised s700. l. W. Chamblee raised s9SO. D. D. and estate of F. s. Cha amblec raised s3ooO. Mrs. c. w. childress raised si2oo Citizens Bank dismissed. Mrs. Lucondia Clark raised t160O. Willis G. Clark raised S2S0 rHaries s. sClaxton raised $lOO0 w. W. Clayton raised $50. John Collinge raised sl2s0. Mrs. r. C.f Collier raised s1l5p. F. B. Conner raiser S10000. C. Conner raised $5od.
 Mrs. NJ. V. Cornell raised sln01. William Conrad raised s3o0. Mrs. E. Fl. Cook raised s550. J. W. Cooke raised S550o.
  Building Permits SIS. 0oo0--Mrs. Ellen l.. Roden. Niazuma avenue and Highland avenue. two story brick veneer. Work to be done at day labor.
 s2ooo-N. E. James. 1902 Huntsville ave-