Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-02
DANIELSOR AND PUTNAM NEWS
DANIELS0N

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 Killinglyss grand list1ias been in creased Sfs20s, ,b2l as the result sof the general reya it1ation of the town s property, it is shown by final figures filed by the assessors on Saturday. The towns. property is shown by the new and thoroughly revised grand list as of an assessed valuation oft $e ,051,- ss4. and for the first time in the more than 200 years .of. the towns history reaches the six million mark,
 Every piece of property in the town has been viewed by the assessors- Charles R.. Hutchii1s, William E., La Belle and Arnold Rich-in carrying out
 the revaluation work authorized by 1 the town in compliance with law Of the state. The assessors report will
 show that they have viewed 160 per
 cent. of the towns property. This
 does not mean that these officials
 went over every foot of woodland, nor that they looked into every room in every house or into every corner of every soutbuilding but 1t does mean that they saw all of the real estate and base their valuations on what they 1 saw.
 Of the 1875 lists making up this
 yeaE's grand total 712 have .feen in- creased by the assessors. That the l officials. did not have as. their exclusive ambition the plan of boosting the val uation of all property, regardless of it's condition or regardless of it's past
 assessed valuation is indicated by the fact that in 9S cases reductions were 1 made.
 Ar. Hutchins said Sunday that the
 assessors have diligently endeayored to do as thorough and fair a work of l revaluation as has been possible. and l that they have not been swayed by
 any undue influence in reaching their
 conclusions relative. 10 any piece of l property. Each valuation has been
 made in accordance with the best l judsrent of the officials. i While definite figures were not | aayilable for publication today, it may he stated that substantial part of the increases frl valuation goes onto l property of the manufacturing con- 1 cerns of the town. The property of every nanutaetjlr;ng concern in, town i iIas been incr~a sed in valuation 1sy the l assessors. in one casa the increase be- ing as much trS S126.b09. As shGHip g i the good will of the n!ailNEac turing il- ! terests 1t may be stated that Some of KiIlinglE' s concerns voluntarily ifl- creased their valuation in. making out
 the lists filed last faIi.l
 On KflIinglv's present tax rate of | 20 1-9 rnills the increase in xalua ton alone 1iiI rrodu@as extra peve:1ue of nearly sesqno dt-iflg srrasert vear l if the vaiyati6ns fixed kl., tS,, assessors
 stand after -sowe apnesis; t,,a1 are sure to come to the hoard of relief And as to the possibility of the hoard of relief making material re1ut- tions from the assessn1erts fixed b5 the assessnrs, one citizen who l4as re- ceived notice from the assess.1rs t1At
 his property valuation has l1ee3 yers
 considerably increased stFtati Wl1n; seemed to he the. keynote of feeling at
 least i7 Da1ieisal1 when ite, sa 4: q shall rake no efrort to seek reduc-
 t:n7 tll-nugh.. appealsto the board 6; relief unless that body begins 10 gran
 reductions, 9Ell1e!ssalN. r. there proves
 fo be 8 geIlesai viIii,Eaess to. aceep;
 inc asSeSs9is valuation. which be. lieve. are not unreasn-7e bie, am per.
 fecflv. agreeable to abide by t,leir fig. !, uIes." ai As the gross rerenuA 10 ttA town from taxes on the bas.s of the as.
 sessors' va,''atio11.' would be in ex. : cess of sT24.0GG this year, under tn,
 some quarters that with co1n-nica
 mana repoeut Of town atfairse s7lhil a: l has been the rule for file past two oi , fhrne years. it win he ,7assifnie fsa laJ a lower fax fzt te.a at af1les i nnr veal meet
 in~ of ;t'aa tewp tii's s7srti'e. F,' lta3s-
 i IT ccnsideri'1sg this possibility t 1. pointed out, however. that the cost Q
 ''na i-7teraa4ce Of 5foSv1 Departments. il
 higher tfaT1 ever before as to salaries ! supplies. labor. etc etc. as the sam, i.is the raale in m lines of business fl these extra nrff:r ryz. csEe. 4 q7 hi tax. On tfee vaiuati iorl- it is pointed out i we;iifl raise i1 ezcesrs If Sf09.a0 st if K:llirr,y can live i1sife os that in come r mill tax night he lald. ant l-tfe 5rAal 5cnnser--etire fg7i-ers thir| . tiat the tcwn rnieilt ,,ss,, ifs bills viii
 tho revenue from q 16 mill tax, hi this carnot he determined until tll
 budget for the year Is completed an, } adnnted l1v the voters
 : The estimated net e1pense of run ming +lrA town during thA bushes , year j91s-20 is given in tite lost an l r',al -towIl report as $9e.961.47 s,
 Eilline'y cannot f7?ure on ralsir-y les ? than that hy taxation and meeting if hills. Since that estimate was mad it has been necessary to grant slfh : cta7tial increases in salaries tn tn
 tokn's teachers and there certainl, Fl has been no reduction of nrices oe an, l commodity that the town uses il transacting it's public affairs.
 February-nentt. of the areundho 7 showed the people of Dan ;elson .wtaa 2 it Is capable. of. as a competitor. of tn
 frigtd January that has just depart : ed ,by turning ir,a record cold morn f ing for the winter sSura day : Ub at the Kiilingly tow Ii farm; rrea Dayvi1es it pasts 20 degrees below ze TO at , a! m. Sunday and that fig
 ure.' vas matched by a arnnlf5ef es in i strqments in the borough, while re ! ports of IS degrees sbelow were to { numerous to be counted. :. It scene, ] that the ceidess period .of 3stlIe5 nigh was from to $ a., m. The rnercur-
 clung close to the zero mark. here i ! Danielson during aIl of SaturdaJ I three degrees aboves zero being tff 7 highest mark here in, Danielson. dur : ing all Of Saturday three degree, . above being the Highest shown On ,. 2 number of tl1efnaometei-s, So when ey T er1ipg came it didn't have siTeil d Ion i drop to. make it get down to figure !. rarely ever recorded in. this seetion 6 | the state. .fs. Sss.
 $ The cold, driven iii by a penetratin :. northwest Wirld,' was,so keen dtrin 7 the later. part of Saturday and dI,r
 ing the night that it, was *inlpossibi : to keep many holmes comfortable an