Evening journal., 1914-03-04
WARD
GETS RAISE In
ASSESSMENT
Industrial Plants and BweII-
inCS Show Increase Under
the New figures
SOME Of THE CHANGES
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE

That the third ward, which does
not contain many large buildings
aside from industrial plants, has had
a general increase in assessments un-
der the new system is evident from
the official figures turned IN for that
ward. In many instances dwellings
in the ward are assessed under the
new system at figures much beyond
what the owners would sell them for.
Some Of the changes IN the wards as
sessments are as follows:
John pcbson, two-story brick
dwellings, Nos. 10 % Jefferson
street, and Nos. 500 10 604 Yves.
Front street. substantial increases on
all twenty-five houses with three OF
four exceptions.
Wilmington Gas and Electric Com
pany. No. 500 West Front street, old
assessment. $500; new assessment
S2175, increases on all other houses
In that block. except Francis Kelley
building, No. SIS West Front was
$4,000. now S2725: James Comfy. was
$4,000, now Sl6,700; Henry Witsil,
No Maryland avenue $500 to
s210O.
Properties on Maryland avenue
/ from Front street 10 Linden street
show a general increase. some of
them being more than double the
old assessment: Bavarian Brewing
Company, saloon, southwest corner
! Front and Maryland avenue and No.
/ 702 West Front street, So .000-S4.2T5;
/ Swift and Company, Nos 704-706
/ West Front street. $4,000 TO S2i.000;
/ l.. G. Kent and Company. Southeast
/ corner Front and Monroe. $4,000
! Sl3.725: N. F. Poniecki. n. s. corner
/ Chestnut and Monroe, $4,000 to 500;
r. Blumonthal and Company. Mon
roe. Adams. Front and Chestnut
streets, S165, 700 to S224,7S2. Increase
from 5000 20 Sl.SO0 on block south
side OF Chestnut street between Mon
roe and Adams streets: increases
( from $3.50 to Sl.400 on block west
side of Maryland avenue between
Chestnut and Elm streets: slight
decreases in all properties on
South Adams street between Elm
and Linden streets; Henry G.
Webb. Nos 500. o07is. 507 West
Front street. $4,000 70 s5.475;
General Pulaski Polish American
| Club southeast corner Second and
jefferson streets. $4,000 20 $4,000;
George X. Huber. southeast corner
Second and Jefferson streets, $500
TO Sf650; same. stable on Washington
street between Second and Third
streets. $4,000 TO $685.: Morris Ros-
enhlatt. No. 205 Washington street,
$4,000 to s4.250; Jacob f. Snyder, 202
204. 2O6 Jefferson street. 5000 to
S7.575; Michael Mccartney. est. No.
500 20 52i East Second street inclu-
sive. S5.6O0 TO T.45O: Hiram Ierger,
No sos Washington street. $4,000 TO
$3.i50. slight decreases in each
dwelling from southwest corner OF
Fourth and Washington streets 20 No.
53o West Fourth street inclusive; (;
William !. Lutz. southeast corner
Fourth and Jefferson streets, $4,000 TO
$4,000; slight decreases IN all dwell
I ings on east side OF Jefferson street
between Third and Fourth streets I:
Marshall VI. Courson, northeast cor
ner Third and Jefferson streets. So
200 to S2,250; slight differences. some
increases IN dwellings from No. 500
to No. 52i West Third street; John W.
McCulloch. northwest corner Fourth
and Washington. $500 to IS 1925 !:
tehIs hdlIlsf NO. 4Oo washington.
$1,000 TO S6.250: decreases In the two
adjoining dwellings. small increases
In No. 4O9 and al Washington street:
William S. Bowers. southwest corner
Fifth and Washington streets. $4,000
to s5.225; light decreases. the same
and slight increases from northeast
corner Fourth and Jefferson streets to
southeast corner Fifth and Jefferson
streets.
Slight decrease from No. sol West
Fourth street to No 513 West Fourth
street, except No. 507 West Fourth
street. increased from $4,000 70 ST.
100. Union VI. Z. trustees. 40. sos
Washington street, (parsonagel, ST.
900 to S1l25; Mary D. Malone. No.
507 Washington street $4,000 to So