The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-10
SMALL HOMES ARE
RAISED IN ALL
OUTLYING WARDS
General Increase in State VAL
uatiOn Seems To Be Likely
TO Average Not Less Than
Three Hundred Per Cent,

fleld men representing the state board
of equalization are working in the Third
and Fourth city wards Wednesday.
where some of the most valuable bust
ness buildings Of the city are located
Other agents of the state board are
| copying the appraisal made in the coun-
try districts and in the outlying city
wards which have been covered by the
field force
II mas always been claimed by the
advocates Of the new law that in the
final equalization OF values for assess
nent purposes the small property own
| en- the man or woman who owns a 1T
| We nome, VIII be benefited more than
any 0ther class for the reason that as
! a RUE these small homes have bean
assessed more nearly at their actual
| value than the big business houses
| phhks, hotels and similar classes al
| property. II has also been claimed
that the owners Of handsome and ex-
pehsive homes have never paid nearly
81 10 much IN proportion as the small
Generally, so far as property owners
are informed. the increases which have
been made In the outlying wards fore
| SHADOW general Increase in Memnhis
reaity Tor state assessment purposes of
not less than 800 per cent. The in
crease IN some wards viii probably be
| Hluch more than that, tuding by in
creases that have been made in some
| OF the suburban wards.
Ihe Twenty-fifth ward for example,
wing in the southern section. around
| Mcl.emore, Walker Trigg and MIssis-
slppi avenues, and east of Wellington
street, Is a ward Of small homes, al
MOST ALWAYS OppTtnnJ I,xr H.,
Like most other wards, there are low
sections where few negroes live in
| small houses on small lots.
Jerome Richards has a nice home on
Lucy avenue at the corner of Driver
y Is assessed this year at $4,000 If
,df, state figures stand, Mr. Richards
VIII nave 70 pay next year on val
uaton OF $4,000 The Richards lot has
ia rect frontage. Perhaps the land
values there for the past few years for
assessment purposes are out OF line.
II must be admitted that the realty has
not been assessed at actual cash value
either Tor county or city purposes. The
state appraisers are figuring it worth
around $50 a front foot
r, l., Salno has a house and lot right
near Mr. Richards with 75 foot front
Assessment this year, $4,000 The state
appraisal is $1,000
Il. X. Whites cottage on Cambridge
49, tiiS lAibS SUBDIVISION, ~
loot front, is assessed at 1880. The
state appraisal is $1,000.
- Jane Lessons lot on Trigg avenue
NO-foot front, Is assessed this wear at
S400 and her house at Sl,500 The state
appraisal Is 81 900 on the lot and AZ b00
on the house, or total OF S. 500
y. Williams owns q small house a I
the corner of Driver and Trigg on a
9o-foot lot Assessment this wear. 5000
The new appraisal Is $2,2S0.
Mildred Moore, corner MoI.emore and
Orleans, S4-foot front, is assessed al
$1,000, The state appraisers saw tho
place Is worth $4,000
On Orleans there Is flock of negro
rental houses on small lots. one owned
by T. .. Fuller. 3S-foot front assessed
at $500 Is raised to 81 700 Another
owned by Bessie Martin. rs foot front
Is assessed at $45", The appraisal for
the state is $i,l00
But that the state appraisers are try
ing to he fair h shown by their action
as to t. NJ. Whites improvements on
his lot on Iowa avenue.
The county assessor seems to have
figured too high In case Of COW shed
on Mr. Whites lot. He valued II nj
500. But the state appraisers sternly
regarding the law, have reduced ii to
only S25.
But at the same time they raised the
assessment of $500 on the 40-foot lot
TO $500. So the stare WIN lose nothing
in the end after all.