The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-02
VALUATIONS
PROTESTED
Wetmore & Morse Quarry
Almost Doubled in Ap-
praisal :
ALLIED QUAR- IS
IN LARG s RATIO
S
E. L. Smith Sc Q. Protest
Jump Frons $3.50 to
s48A 90

After listening to appeals from prop
erty owners from in the morning till
$50 last evening, the board of civil
authority Of Barre Town adjourned
until Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock
when action will be taken on each OF
the fourteen cases where appeals had
been taken from the listers quadren Z
nial appraisals. Yesterday afternoon
| the board heard the appeals Of nine
parties, which completed all before the
board
Don Camps farm, raised from 50 500
to $4,000, and the Cheney farm, raised
from $1,000 to $1,000, Mr.. Camp
thought too much Of an increase. He
would sell the home farm for $4,000,
he stated
James Geake, whose quarry proper
ty had been increased from $1,000 to
$4,000 in this years appraisal, was
Of the opinion he was over assessed.
The Wetmore & Morse Granite Co.
appealed on the appraisal of 53A acres
OF quarry land, which was put in the
lis in 1918 at $4,000, in 1921 at
$4,000 and in 1922 at s2e9, GOO. It
was stated there had been no change
in the property since 1921.
Other pieces of quarry property
owned or controlled by the Wetmore
4 Morse Co., on which they appealed
from the appraisals, were IL acres
known as the McIver quarry. raised
from $1,000 to $4,000; 12a4 acres
Granite City quarry land, from $1,000
to $4,000, increased out of proportion
to other land in that vicinity; one-half
Of Harrison Granite Co. property, from
81, 500 to $4,000; 80 acres of Wood
property from $4,450 to $4,000; six
acres Marr g. Gordon quarry land,
from 81 900 to $4,000; the Acme quarry
raised from $500 to $4,000. All these,
il is claimed, were over-valued.
The New Barre White quarry was
raised from $500 to $4,000. This
quarry is not being operated and is
overvalued, it was claimed.
The Barre Medium Granite Co. was
raised from $1,000 to $4,000, which
is not more than it is worth, it was
but is out of proportion to
the appraisal of other property in the
same vicinity
r. L. Smith 4 Co. appealed on the
appraisal of several pieces of prop
erty. Its total was increased from
s2Sl $40 in 1921 TO S4S3.50O in 1922.
Two pieces to which objection was
raised were 1861 acres quarry and
dump land raised from Sl5l025 in 1927
to S25O,0O0; So acres Milestone quarry
land from S25, 900 to $4,000: also com
pressor and building. reduced in 1921
from $4,000 to $4,000, this year.
raised to $4,000 +. NJ. Cory stated
they had bought new compressor the
equal of the Smith compressor for So,
300. delivered.
The Keith estate appealed from the
appraisal of three small pieces of land,
me of two acres. another of two acres
md third of ten acres, put in at ST.
400, 81 900 and $1,000 All three pieces
iad been previously listed as part of
he Keith farm, it was stated.
F. A. Walker appealed from the ap-
,raisal of the dam and water privil
'ge at South Barre, put in the list at
4. 900 when the Robinson water priv
lege Just below was put in for only
800.
George Halvosa objected to being
ssessed 5000 on three-fourths of an
ere of pasture land on upper Camp
treet.
Cross. Sargent 4 Blanchard thought
hey had been raised little too much,
heir property being put in at sll,soo.