The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-01
QUARRY OWN
ERS HEARD
Four B. M. & v. Properties
Assessed $l82, 900 More
Than Cost
GAZELEY LOT HAS
NO DEVELOPMENT
But Appraisal Increased
From $4,000 to 100000
Other Cases Heard

The board of civil authority Of Barre
Town met at Websterville this fore
noon to act on appeals from the quad
rennial appraisal, taken by those ag-
grieved by the final action Of the list
ers on said appraisal All members Of
the board were present. as were also
the listers and town counsel, IL r. Da-
Wis Fourteen appeals had been filed
with Town Clerk f. H. Nerney, five Of
which were heard at the. forenoon ses-
sion Of the board The IA concerns and
individuals fling appeals were Bout
well, Milne 4 Narnum Co, Harrison
Granite Co., Jones Bros. Co, Keith es-
tate, Don Camp, Il. A. Walker, Wet
more q Morse Quarry Co., H. L. Smith
& Co., Barre White Granite Co, Barre
Medium Granite Co., Mrs. George
Wales, Cross, Sargent & Blanchard, L
NJ. Recor and James Geake.
The first case taken up was that Of
the Harrison Granite Co. on 80 acres
Of pasture land and five acres of dump
land, increased from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Harrison Granite Co. owns an un-
divided half interest in this prope-.y
and the Wetmore a. Morse Co. the other
half, for which they had paid approx
mately, $4,000. None of the land is de
veloped and the Harrison people consid-
cred the appraisal very much too high.
Mrs. George Wales objected to the in
crease in the valuation of her home
place from $500 to $500. She stated
through her daughter that since the
last appraisal they lost a large orchard
and stated the house was only fnished~~
downstairs. She thought half the in
crease would have been all the property
would stand.
Mrs. !. M. Recor objected to an in
crease from $3.50 to 81 ,050 on her prop.
erty on the East Barre road, which she
stated was bringing her an income OF
only $40 year, is not rented and
which she would sell for 81 $50 or less.
The Boutwell,, Milne & yarn1m Co.
were the next ones who appealed to be
heard. The valuation of their proper
ties in Barre Town were increased from
S409, ,525 in 1927 to $7o5,475 in 1922,
total increase Of approximately $780,
600. They appealed on only four items
Of the appraisal, the 4SH acres of
quarry land which is that part now
being operated, assessed this year for
S4T5,000; the Brock pasture at $4,000;
So acres of land purchased from the
Gaxeley estate, assessed at 100000,
and the Bancroft farm and buildings
from 5000 to $4,000
1t was stated by Philip C. Moore,
treasurer of the company, that the 4sh
acres wac appraised $2I5,250 more than
was paid for il in 1905, that the Brock
pasture. which was purchased for dump
and which they had to have for that
purpose, cost sl7,500, that the Gazeley
Ind Bancroft properties cost Sl39.O00 in
920, and that the total appraisal of
he four pieces was SIS2, 900 more than
'aid for them by the company. 1t was
urther stated that the 63 acres in the
sazeley lot were increased from an ap-
'raisal of $4,000 to 100000, and that
10 development had been undertaken
N this property since it had been
cquired.
The next and last appeal heard be-
ore noon adjournment was that of the
ones Brothers light quarry, appraised
n 1918 at $4,000. but gradually de-
reased until in 1921 ii was assessed
I only $1,000, this year put in the
uadrennial appraisal at $1,000. The
bjection to the appraisal was on the
asis that the quarry had no such real
alue.