The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-12-22
Assessor Stevens Makes Interesting Analysis
Of the Assessment Roll for the
Year of 1921.
TABLE SHOWS COMP ARATIVE VALUES
Report is so Arranged as to Show Values of Properties
Owned by Factories and by All Of the Vari-
GUS Kinds of Industry.

Revealing many facts Of interest re-
garding the property Of all kinds own
ed BY corporations and individuals in
Kenosha, Assessor John W. Stevens to-
day made public an analysis of the as
sessment roll for the year 1921. The
statement reveals not only the fact
that the total reaches $54,938,4 AGO, an
increase Of $245,075 over last year de-
spite the industrial furries of the
year but it also classifes the vsrious
branches of industry, revealing which
ones have acquired the most property
in the city.
The analysis ss in previous years
shows the valuation of the property
owned by each of the larger industries
in the city but it goes farther than
that and groups Of property owned by
2 class Of merchants, such as grocers,
milliners, printers, merchants, garage
owners and the like. It also groups
the property owned by churches and
fraternal organizations, some Of it be-
ing free from tax.
Serves Double Purpose.
The report Of Assessor Stevens reads
as follows;
The analysis Of the assessment rolls
in the manner following is intended to
serve two purposes. The first is to
show the assessed value of our manu-
featuring plants and machine shops
The second is to show the large amount
Of stocks of different kinds Of mer-
chandise, together with the assessed
value Of real estate used by merch
ants and other professional lines.
The total assessed value for the year
1921, as stated in a previous issue OF
the Kenosha Evening News is $54,9a8,-
400, Total value for 1920, $54, 6sS,825.
Total increase for 1921, $245,O7b. The
real estate for 1921 is $30,S71 $40, and
the personal property is S15,56e,5eO.
The term personal property" means
raw materials for manufacturing pur-
poses, partly manufactured goods, as
well as the finished product. The
same term is applied to the different
kinds of merchants stocks equipment,
automobiles, etc. An item Of interest,
for 1921 is the large increase in the
number of taxable automobiles, this
increase being 495, and total NUM-
Der of 2,592 cars, with valuation of
$1,439,590
Value of Factory Properties.
Following is the assessed value Of
the larger industrial plants for the
year 1921:
Simmons Company.
Real estate ..............$2 1857 400
Personal property .......... 100000
Total .,...,............. $5,s67 400
Nash Motors COmpanys
Zeal estate .,.....'.......Sl AL 200
Personal property ......... 2,22b,ooo
N, R. Allen Sons Company.
Real estate .......,,.......S1 s., ll4,52O
Personal property ...,...... 2,225,Q00
Total .................. SO ,3as, $50
American Brass Company.
Real estate .,.....,....,...$ 1,705,s00
Personal property .......... 100000
Total ,....'...............$8,1 o5,soD
Allen A Company.
Real estate observation-disclosures 409,500
Personal property ......... 100000
Total 49,. ,.............., S1,Oos,5 500
NINA Balm Wagon Company.
Real estate ,................ 1921, $40
pereo1al nronartv OK nOo
Total '..,...s:................$57 s,S7e
'a'ct MacWhyte Rope Company.
Real estate ~. ............... .S27S, 460
Personal property ,...," S25O0Oe
fatal y. .!.............. .s52S, AGO
Whittier Motor Company.
Real estate ................. $203 400
Personal property ........ 28s,6oo
Total '...!................s 4s1, 200
Cooper Underwear Company.
Neal estate ..."............. $500, 1870
Personal property ...'.'..,f 100000
Total - !.................... $4Oe, 1870
G. NJ. Hall Lamp Company.
Real estate ..,:............ .$193, zoe
Personal property ....... 125,900
Total Observation-Disclosures. $S19, 600
Frost Manufacturing Company.
Real estate ...............S l64,25o
Personal property ..., 10000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1914 Zoo
Hannahs Manufacturing Company.
Real estate .................S $685.
Personal property .......... 10000
Frank l.. Wells Company.
Real estate a,..Aa,, commencement 62,65o
Personal property ............ 10000
fetal Observation-Disclosures. So, $50
Arneson Foundry Company.
rear estate ,,-......-......r S09, la0
Personal property ............ 5000
Total ....a...,......... So, lao
Wisconsin Oxygen and Hydrogen
esI Company. -
Real estate observation-disclosures. $50 ,2T0
Personal property ,,,..,...... 10000
$780,
Total Observation-Disclosures. $4s,s7o