The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-18
SUPREME COURT UPSETS TAX LIST
 lh~ BRIDGEPORT
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f@untfnued from Page ID city limits. that 1t shall be assessed. only for the purposes for which said property was previously taxed
 Based on the fact that 1.55S tax pay CTS in the First district were assessed <6-9 mills on aggregate assessn ents or s. 1e7, s69 on the lists of 1912, 1t is estl-. mated that about S63,000 on the lists of 1s1s must be returned to tax payers in the First district or the assess menfs abated if the tax has not been paid The tax rate on all property in the First district was raised from 6.s mills on the lists of 1919 to 18.2 mills on the lists of 1918 or a raise of 12.6 mills indiscriminately.
 The assessors claim that there has bean no increase in valuation or assess ment on any property located In the First district except where improve- ments have been made on the proper ky. No estimate can be made ct this tfrne Of the number and amount value of these improvements, nor can the assessors tell without much wor6 what change if any they make in the hnal
 There are many large ta1. payers whose holdings are located in the First district
 Attorney John c. sChamberlain who brought the action on which the de- ciston has just been rendered is as- sessed on ss1.ooo.
 Among the 1,553 who are assessed on Sz5.o00 or more are these: Bridgeport Hydraulic Company, s44S, PSI; Union NRuEatuck Valley Ice Company, SEA- f00s Bridgeport Land R Title Company, %44. .165. Joseph Bartran estate, $49 O00s Eldward Duhigg, Jr-. s2s, $50: Fallon A Graenstein. s2e, GOO Mary r. ana E1Itzabeth Fitch, $21.175: William H Fox. $50 600: A. J. Hull $34, 4,O00; Seth and George Ix Jennings, s31s87ps Will Ham Mullins a, e25 William [ and Minnie u. Nichols, s26s 700; Jessie B Sherwood, $s4 500 Joseph smith. sSs.- 75os Gertrude s. Terry. sS9,60o; sam ue1 Thorpe $S9s s275
 These -non-resldent tax payers are al sn included in these assessed on moro than fzkuDos .Judsor Realty Company S50.no0; Charles C. Fischer, $s0s 000; Mrs Kate Gilman $2e. 400; Paul s. PsaTNa11 s6s coo; Thomas W Pearsalt estate s90 500: Frances Burr Perry, S4s, 900; Caroline Scamn1on, ct al $60. s60; Jon 1thau Thorne $145s z20s Mary R. Wash- burn s27s510-
 Although Tax Collector Howard F. Smith is unable to say how many tax payers have already paid their taxes under the general assessment, 1tais his be1f&r that most of them hstve d. ready done so All those who havA paid win no doubt ask for the return seasors will have to go back over Ithe book vrglr Fe-assess all property own CTS 5n the First district
 also means that saII accounts in the Assessors office. the offfce of the t@ collector, the city treasurer.s of hce the city auditors office and the city clerks oface will have to undergo 1ewision- BQafHs 3ns fr11azA, ledEers. che$k books, p4 4bsr and aceonnts will have to be gone over. revised and re- nrrAnEed. It means much work for the employees of every city depart rnent Concerned the amount of which # is impossible at present to sstt- ante.
 There will beg about s6S, GOO short on the4 estimated revenhs of the city and
 special tax may be necessary to make ID this amount to cover appro- priAHons made by the board of ap- portIonnent-
 Mayor Wilson would not discuss the denleton today. He said he had not read it as yet and. until he was ia rnliar- with it's scope and extent he could make no statement about the declsion-