Mower County transcript., 1915-05-12
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ever regretted the iiis,prove.
- : msnt Of its roads"
This statement Ia quoted from bull
letin Of the Office Of public roads, dis
csssing the increase Of land values
that results from highway improve
ment
In q previous article this newspaper
heuught out tho general advantages Of
haSing well paved streets and more
and more Of them.
FThis week We present evidence that
NJ one can controvert to prove that
eDod streets Increase property values
t.. an extent vastly IN excess Of the
0st Of pavements.
Elm q general way everybody knows
dat this 10 20. but We are not salts
ned with general Impressions What
tAe Taxpayer. wants are facts. Here
t6Ay ara collected from impartial
>dburces. = il
fAfter reading this evidence any rea.
o0nable man will be convinced-if he
needs convincing-that the public i'm.
nkovement that counts most toward
Making city life comfortable. healthy
OAN uCSSdStIS0 O usSO Iuo Oaao SudI
pays the biggest dividend In dollars
and cents. g.
Paving Brings 20 Per Cent increase.
+ IAN inquiry on, this point-the In
crease In property values that results
from good pavements-was addressed
t6 Erie. Pa.. from which this reply
comes: '"rhe real estate men Of this
city when street Is paved with as
phalt Immediately add 100 per cent of
the cost of the pavement per foot front
to the selling price of the property. Il.
for instance, the cost Of the pavement
In front of certain piece Of property
figures $3.50 for each foot Of frontage.
they would add IS per foot to the val.
ne Of the property, or 5000 for forty
foot lot. After the first year values
increase as high as 20 per cent of the
price of the property before any paw
Ing was DONE"
\ Instances Of this kind could be mu|
tiplied almost Indefinitely. As result
Of inquiries sent to forty or fifty city
officials these responses can be authori-
tatively given. 1t is to be noted that
T. this information comes from small and
large communities. The rule holds
good everywhere. Read these replies
carefully If at all skeptical as to the
efficiency Of good, smooth pavements
in boosting the value of your property:
Our estimate is that a piece Of prop.
erty on a paved street is IS to IS per
cent more valuable than on an unpav.
ed street.-Fred II. Drake, Member OF
Board Of Assessors, Auburn. N. Y.
Figures relating to this matter vary,
but In one instance where street was
improved In 1896 the valuation In.
creased from GO to Is cents per foot
John ]. O'Gallaghan. Street Commits
sioner's Office. Boston.
Properly Owners Are Plsassd.
Referring to the extension Of a paw
ed street, John T. Mahoney, secretary
board Of assessors OF Buffalo, says
'sThe actual immediate enhanc ncement ot
value by this Improvement Is difficult
to determine, but It Is safe to say that
a. a whole, 1t would mean an advance
Of so per cent"
Considerable paving mas Oeen OOns
here during the last three years. ant
property owners are we'll pleased from
the point of view of increase Of val
ues.-City Treasurer, Chester, Pa.
Paving very materially increases ou
valuations. = Commissioner of AC
counts. Knoxville, Tenn
81. N. Lamberton. district assessor
Lima, O., says that the increase in val
uations of abutting property as re
suit Of street paving is 20 per cent
The increased sales at Increases
prices of property on newly pave,
streets are the best evidence Of the re
suit Of such improvements.-John Bu
chel. City Assessor, Louisville, Ky.
All property increases in value whe
paving 3 done. especially the abuttin
property.-B. L Hendricks. Assessor
Macon, Ga. .iss59s
A. Z result q paving property I
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