Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-11
NO 1VER-ASsEssMENT.
Towr Ofie ials Deny Statements Re- sarding New Haven Roads Local Holdings.

"M' of Eanielson wrote a letter to the editor of The Bulletin that was published al the edition of Friday That lette,. contained a statement among othFfrs, intended, apparently to show that the New Haven railroad is being abused by the interstate com merce com mission and from every quarter, that the taxes on the roads property in Danielson had been iurnn ed by the assessors in an unreasone- ble and uupardonable way. That statement, in effect, was one thing that starte q something here soon after M g. lester was read and another that rlled some leading business men was the st atement that if Mir. Elliott sees how lis company is treated in this asses@i lent it does not look like a visit from this man." this referring to the plan oS the Business Mems asso- citation to have President Elliott come here and speak before the association
 After telling about something that happened or is supposed to have hap pened in Slainfield "M" writes. An | other case is in KillinglY. where the railroad company bought a parcel of land and enlarged their yards in Dan- lslson. 9fhis land was assessed to the original owner for just over s. | 900. When the railroad company bought it the assessment was raised to over $6,O0O, or nearly double what IL was asSfssed to the man who sold it 10 the railroad company"
 | This increases the tax the railroad must pay from s55 to $50 per year | more than. the man from whom the railroad coinpany bought it"
 This makes interesting reading and is in line with the irrational state | mentS that are now being fed regu- larly to 26,G0o readers in this vicini- | ty, but there is one serious fault with it-it isn't true.
 | When Charles B. Hutchins. mem Der of the board of assessors, was ask. e1 about the railroad company's as. | sessment in Killingly he said Friday | that the. total on all the companyt property In Danielson on the list ot 1915. recently completed, was $6,1o0 This covers not only the property re. | ferred to in "Ms'' letter but all other Ereal estate in the section supposed tC 1 be for yard enlargement and all dwel. lings, everything the company is as. sessed on here, in fact. This include: the Norris, Reynolds and, Bennett properties along Railroad street. | | $6,100 is an over-assessment on al of this property, judges of property values in Danielson are at loss tt see how
 Business, men resented such misrep rcsentations knowing that it would no miss the eyes of the roads pres. clipping bureau. As one town officia
 
 l a hit for the major at the big yello 1 building in New Haven. but it is baG | for Daniel son and it Is untrue"
 The railroad company is nat over assessed o1' it's Danielson property ant | if it gets treated as well throughou the state as # does here 1t will hav' no kick coming. Danielson business men are anxieus to see the road sue ceed ard are not doing other thai acts that will help it.
 The town of1cials who discussed the letter point out that the $S,1o represents no more than a slight in crease over what was paid on tn same property by its former privat owners. They say that the lame Reynolds Sarm property assessmen to the late Mr. Reynolds was approx fmately $4, poo. as near Gs can b judged from old records; in those day a mans holdings even though he ha several piecds of property wers put | as one lot. Then there was $16O assessment Cr property of Israel Ben nett bought by the rilroad. That as sessment, exActly as it stood, wa transferred to the rilroad, as was $20 on the Mn-r55 property. Then there a1tcthar let for which the company amWa@D@G 0nsM pGrehase v11HeAoR @aea