The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-14
CITY FIGHTS BIG
REALTY PRICES
Owners of Court House Site
Accused of Boosting
Values.
PERJURY IS HINTED AT
1925 900 Is Asked for Centre
Street Plot That Cost
$4,000 in 1908.
S5. 100000 MAY BE SHAVED
Corporation Counsel Demands
That Expert Appraiser BE
Rejected as Incompetent.

Within a few days the city will know
whether it is to be overcharged in the
court house site condemnation proceed
ings. or whether through the applica-
ton Of a new procedure in condemning
property for city uses 1t is to get fair
value for its money.
Many owners of property in the area
selected for the civic centre have
adopted methods similar to those used
in former proceedings Of this kind to
attempt to obtain for their properties
many times their actual value. Prob
ably the most notable case Of price rails
ing is found In one property for which
the owner testified he paid $4,000 in
May. 1908. and for which in it's original
state he now demands s32b,o00. He
produced two men as experts to testify
that the property was worth $4,000.
Taxpayers may. however. get some
cheer out OF the indicated action of the
commissioners who are hearing the tes-
timony and who will Ak the values.
They have made a record in condemra-
ton cases of this size and Importance.
They have met regularly and for long
sessions and they have gone into the
matter Of values thoroughly.
Owners Of property finished submit
ting evidence yesterday and Irving Ru-
land. the city's expert. gave testimony.
Charles d. Olendorf, who as Assistant
CORPORATION Counsel has handled the
city's case, was confident that he could
prove that most Of the values claimed
by owners were fictitious. So far Mr..
Rutland has testified to these values on
properties:
Owners Ci,y's
Property and Owner. value vane'
Southeast cor Lafayette ana
Leonard sts.. y. \. Liie .,,, ara. ,oo
100 ls., ia, ,ss Leonard al:
81 and 10 Centre ST and i:5
Worth ct. n. Y. Life Inc o.o
Nor,hwe-, cor. Worth and
Centre ste. n. Y Life Ins ,,.
Walker 'e .''.'...,'',''.e...''. '' ss.S,s $500
81 and 81 Centre ct. Richard
,ss u and iJ'1" " worth st, Estate
Frederick woehr ....,.,.....-.. :?i,oe+ i7..cc"
I2i Worth ST. Estate John =.
Northeast cor Lafayette and
and 4 p. Gardner. -, s"sS i@,ooo
mons eS. " '''l''D'. .s5oT5 i.scoo
81 Centre st, Maria L. Lang. -
cs and q Lafayette st, and
Kate and Joseph Halk and
Dora f Arnold ,,............. $50. so sF 800
s3 Centre st and 20. 81 and 20
Lafayette ST. Stuart Dun.
Gore on Lafayette St. cas-,
Worth st s2x. is1sba, Cen.
trial Bldg Imp Invest. CO Las
sweeney s' Kathryn Tip.
and Alice C Fi'lps,rick s75ib 5000
l22 Worth al. and IS Lafayette
st Estate James J.. Barclay 1882 81, soH
II! Worth St. NJ, NJ. and E.
st., Estate Eliza NJ. Bailey. :S,sio 100 400
iso and 49, Worth st, John
Southwest cor. Centre and ''''''- ''
Worth sta. Lena Frank, b5.ls7 $50
Il Centre st. Bernard r.
81 Centre Centre st.. 'Goeie, Estate, ~t.o $500
81 Centre 81. Estate Morgan
~ and :i Lafayette ., and sis '
Southwest cor Pearl and Cen.
David m and Cor, B.hop'''''. 1879. u,ccc
IS and Il Lafayette st. and =.
and % Centre st. Samuel
sGu,hes., cor c.n,r. and '
Realty & con.,. Co''''D'.''' o. "'," 1ss..m $4,000
IL. and $50 Leonard 81, and IS
Centre ST.. James Boyd
I52 and Is. Leonard al. Jacob '''"'