Evening journal., 1913-10-30

SQUAD KEEPS
ON The JOB
LOCO City Properties Review
ed Since Corps Got to
Work
CITY WILL SAVE
ON EXPENSE ESTIMATE

Tie preliminary assessment work
being accomplished by the corps OF local
workers under the direction of the
Board of Assessment. Revision and. APP
pcals, and the direct supervision OF
Lloyd experts from New York, is pro-
crossing smoothly, none Of the men hay
ing encountered any serious stumbling
block in The work
Yesterday for the second time since
tho work began on last Monday the
workers were denied admittance TO a
dwelling. when at the home of Levy
Court Commissioner Charles W. Good
ing, they were informed by Mrs. Good
ing that they could not enter the house
until they had obtained permission from
her husband. The house was passed for
the time being by the workers, but they
viii make arrangements to examine it
later
The third ward was entirely can
vassed by the workers yesterday and
all but few houses In the First and
/ Second wards have been visited, to-
gethcr with many houses In the Fifth
ward Today the men are working in
! the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth wards
which they hope to finish in a short
time. u had been intended to start the
workers in the Tenth ward this MORN
/ ing. but the plans were changed and
| the work will begin IN the Tenth and
! Twelfth wards tomorrow. The men
are progressing more rapidly as they
become more familiar with the details
IN connection with the work, and MT
Lloyd expresses himself as being de-
/ lighted with the manner in which the
! work ie hrinu accom- nligNp0
II had been roughly estimated at
the beginning of tho work that it
would cost close to 30 cents prop
erty to make the assessment, but the
board now believes the work will be
finished at a much lower cost While
as a general rule expenses OF such
enterprises as the one now being ac-
complished run far in excess of the
amount originally estimated. it Is
now a certainty that in the present
case il will fall far below the original
estimate OF the cost. and the work
Will also be finished i'm much less
time than was anticipated.
Yesterday 900 properties we're visit
ed by the force at work, and TO date
about 1000 properties have been eN-
amined, which IS regarded as excellent
work for a beginning.
AS there are about 1900 buildings
and 10000 pieces of real estate in the
city, II can be Judged what an enor-
nous amount OF work is connected
with tho undertaking.
The corps of Lloyd experts has
completed its work az the plants OF
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Cor
/ Company, having finished the work at
the latter plant this morning. ~
I had been estimated that this work
( would take at least twenty days. and
| 10 has been accomplished in ten. thus
splitting tho estimate exactly In half
/ This afternoon the experts will work
upon the plant of the Diamond State
Steel Company and tomorrow will
begin work upon the plant OF the
American Car and Foundry Company,
after which they win visit the Pull
man Car Company's plant the rail-
road shops aud other like concerns.
This morning a now nan was add
ed TO the list Of local workers. he Is
Elmer B Scott.
The corps OF local workers now
numbers little more than 80. The
men In the teams viii receive $3.50 a
day for their labor, and the team cap
tans, eight in all, will receive s. a
day
The Board of Assessment Revision
and Appeals. which at first met with
much opposition and criticism. be-
cause OF the plan decided upon. is
now being congratulated by many per-
sons, among them being some who at
/ first opposed the plan, for the capable
manner in which the work has been
/ handled.