Evening journal., 1913-10-29
RUSH
REVISION OF
ASSESSMENT
Board Hopes to Have Work
Finished Within Two
Months
WORKING IN TENTH
AND TWELFTH WARDS

The small army Of local assess
ment workers who started out Mon
day morning to assist the squad Of
New York experts. known as the
Lloyd experts. have made great pro-
gress in the work during the short
time they have been on the work.
The Third Ward was practically
finished by the workers yesterday,
and what few houses there that were
not visited yesterday were visited
this morning. Houses i'm the First
and Second wards. and stores in the
First ward. were also visited by the
men this morning. This afternoon
they will start work in the Tenth
ward, and it is possible they may also
invade the Twelfth ward today.
There was no report of any trou-
bic in the work yesterday.
There has been some misunder-
standing among some persons In the
city as to the nature OF the work the
mon are doing, Some persons be-
lieve the local workers are placing
valuation upon the property as they
visit it, and they have remarked that
the men are accomplishing the work
too fast to get the values right.
The Board of Assessment. Revision
and Appeals. under whose superFi-
sion the men are working, wish IL
made clear that the men are not plac-
ing any valuation upon properties
they visit. Each man has blank
upon which he enters all the details
pertaining TO the construction of the
building. such as its size. how many
stories. the material II is composed
! OF, its general condition. and all
points that would enable an estimate
to be made OF its value. These re-
ports are submitted to the Lloyd ex-
perts who go over them and strike
an estimate Of the value of the actual
construction of the house OF buildings,
which Is then considered with the
value Of the land upon which il stands
and its location. The assessment
values are thus placed on the prop
erty later. The work being done by
the local men is costing only abou
, two-thirds of what the board had an
, ticipated. and far less than what
would have cost had experts froI
- other cities been employed.
! 1t is expected that the work wi
= be finished in much less time tha
- had first been Anticipated. The hoa'
b.
! occupy about $500 days. on a one-mi
basis. which. with the 81 men no
working upon Il. would mean abol
two months time. They now expec
however, TO finish the work In muc
Z less time A new team was adde
. 10 the army OF workers yesterda
y afternoon Of which w. A. SchoOlmas
ter was chosen captain. The mel
= in the team are George Stradley NJ
c. Flood. W. +. Robinson. r. A. Rom
;, mel, II. J. Joslyn. and J. II. Mearns
Two men. II. p. Scott and Charles
Williams. we're added TO the team o
, which Charles Forward is captain.
A question has been raised as Z
j. whether the men, when they come L
: a row OF houses that are exactly alike
y should examine only one OF the house,
d and make the estimate for the one d.
s for all. or whether they should visi
i them all. The board has ordered tn
= lmen to go into every hoifse 10 see
O. there is any material difference IN tn
finish OF the inside of the houses.
All information gathered by tn
e lmen and entered on the slips,
e turned over 10 the Office that evening
3 where it is checked up At the en-
J. lof this week the Lloyd experts wi
Al take a number Of these slips froi
Is each of the men and will go over II
It property to see whether the iudgmeI
OF the men was good OF poor whe
they filled out the slips. This is vii
the purpose in view of dispensin
"a with the services Of any man wi
20 should prove to be incompetent
N means Of any glaring disparity b
. tween the actual condition and co
n struction of the houses and their e
tries on the slips.