The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-22
BOARD OF RELIEF CUTS SWATH IN MAIN ST. VALUES Valuation of Centrally To- cated Property About $2,-
 600 Per Front Foot WHEELER BUILDING
 REDUCTION $66, 400 Fairfield Avenue Frontage
 In Center Valued at
 About $1 500

Wherever the board of relief has reduced the assessment of any Main street property owner the reduction has not been more than 20 per cent as compared to the reductions made last year. The largest reduction on Main street property was made on the appeals of the property owners at the four corners of Fairfield avenue and Main street. According to the valu- ation placed Q by the assessors the property facing in Main street was listed at about $2,750 front foot The reduction by the board of re- lief brings the valuation to about $2,6Oo per front foot.
 Central property in Fairfield ave- nue is listed at $1,5Oo per front foot but this valuation decreases rapidly along the Enes west of Main street.
 The largest reduction this year, was made for the Nathaniel Wheeler es- tate on the property occupied by the D. M Read Co., at Fairfield avenue and Main streets A reduction of there. The next largest reduction was to the James Rothwen estate which owns the Meigs building. This property is on the nonresident list and the valuation was reduced $52,- 160. A reduction of $2S,0So was
 
 where the Davis & Savard store is To- cated at the southwest corner of Main street and Fairfield avenue.
 On the property where the United Cigar Store Is located, owned by the John Budau estate a reduction of auctions were made for corporations:
 Blue Ribbon Auto & Carriage Co.,, business. $S,oO0; land and buildings, business, $3,ooo; land and buildings, business, $5,0OO; land and buildings, $5, ,0oo; The Max Gordon Ss Son Cor poration. buildings. $s.9S4; The Smith Murray Go, business, $15,O0O; Ira Gregory Coal Go, auto, $500; Home Brewing Co.,, buildings and land, $2,- SIS; business, $3.o00; Locke Steel Belt Co.,, buildings and land, $5,000; Na- tional Realty Go, land and buildings, 5000; Norwalk Vault Co.,, business, $500; Park City Yacht Club, building and land, $500; The Security Build ing Co.,, land and building, $2o0; Yule Needham Co.,, land and building, $1,- 900.
 Of the nonresident taxpayers, B! T. Bedford was granted a reduction of $23, 6S4 on the assessment of his hold ings here and s. H. Wheeler, was giv- en $1S,50O reduction on land, build L4ngs and furniture connected with the Stratfle1d hotel.
 Mary w. Hawley of this city had an assessment on DOnOS Wh1cn she owns reduced by $12,oOO. The assessment against the Samuel Sanford estate for the Sanford building in which the Rowland store is located was reduced $22.517.
 The following additions aggregating in all $11, ,e00 were made:
 Edward; A1brecht, land, $1,oOO Harry H. Ford, business, $2,75O; Frank Jacoby, land and building, $2,1OO; Miller & Jordan, land and buildings, $1,54o; c. Barnun Seeley, land, $1,50O; Jessie B. Sherwood, land, $20o; Abram Wellington, build ing and land, $2,oOO.
 The total number of appeals con sidered was S54. Of these the board allowed 198 of resident tax payers and IA of nonresident tax payers The number of appeals not allowed was 1855. Number of appeals added was 2. The total allowance by the board to resident tax payers was $859, 9,S12; nonresident tax payers, $109, 66O. The additions amounted to $11, 900 making the net allowance of the board of re- lief for the year 1914, $45S,382. The total exemption by statute for soldiers, sailors and blind is $221,575 The total deduction from the grand list will be $679,957.