New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
Advisory Committees
Report Not To Be
Accepted In Entirety
Because of Radical
Increases.
Values in Outlying Sec
tions Where Develop
ments Have Been Under
Way to Be Marked Up
This Year.

Real estate in the center Of the
city on which boosts were expected
this year will probably be lacked up
only a fraction of the amount re-
ported to be incontemplation, as
members of the board of assessors
feel recommendation of the land
valuation committee are too high
and must this year, for the first
time, be ignored in many instances.
The board of assessors Is in no
way required to accept the commit
tees recommendations The COM
mittee's powers are only advisory
and, while great majority Of It's
findings have been approved by the
assessors, recent revision has re-
suited In several recommendations
which the board does not feel dis
posed to accept, it was announced
today.
Property Owners Fears AlIayed
Estimates of boosts running to IL
per cent caused many owners or
realty in the center to evidence great
concern. Their fears were allayed
by the statement from the office or
the board of assessors that. although
the committees recommendations
might so result, these suggestions
are subject to modification by the
assessors. This is particularly true
OF the West Main street estimates.
I'M
central realty is concerned the only
advance will be the normal increase
which occurs yearly. This tax in
crease is invariably contemplated IN
the preparation of real estate OWL
er's budgets.
Increase In Outlying District
The greatest percentage of IN
crease will come In the outlying dis
tricts where there are new devel-
opments and land formerly assessed
as acreage Is now on the books as
improved land. In some instances
the increase runs as high as 15O and
200 per cent as against a possible
five per cent In the center.
Although several months Will pass
before a budget for the city govern
mcnt must be prepared there Is al
ready great interest in possible tax
rates. At a meeting Of the park
board and a special committee ap-
rointed to look into ways and means
of providing a golf course, Alder
man n. H. judd remarked Monday
everAng that taxes will not be lower
next year and may be higher. The
eolf course committee, of which Mr.
Judd is the chairman, has appoint
ed a. subcommittee to consult WITT
experts on greens and determine
the hest local site available and the
possible costs.
With the likelihood of no drol
and a possible slight increase IN tht
mill rate, the possibility of the gol1
course and of an aviation field be-
ing taken care Of this year appears
anything but bright, according te
rumors from circles we'll informed
IN municipal finance.
Hall Speaks OH Taxation.
I'VE must protect the small land
owner and for that reason, the Ia
r... of this city must be kept a
low as possible" said Senator Ed
ward F. Hall, chairman of the boart
of finance and taxation, at meet
ing of the Exchange club at tn
Burritt hotel last evening. Senate
Hall stated that there is entirely to'
much financing for the future ant
the quicker the country gets bacl
on the old basis Of looking out 10
the present, the better condition
will be for everyone.
Senator Hall announced his SUB
iect as city Finances" He describ
ed in detail how the city budget
made up and the problems whlcI
the board meets in fitting the eX
penditures of the city to its income
Small Landowner Backbone of L.
"The small landowner is the back
bone of our country" said Mr.. Ha
land he finds 1t difficult to NEE
all his obligations. One of tn
boards duties is to protect this land
owner and 10 keep the burden fror
about having an automobile than h
spoke of the financing of the fu
ture,", where a man cares NOR
about having 40 automobile than h
does about having a home of HI
own, and he asserted that the quicR
cr the country gets back TO oil
times, the better off 1t will be.
There have been numerous CON
plants that We don't furnish enoug
money for the repair of streets,
said Chairman Hall. We'll, in tha
respect, we are just like a persol
You know. many people want man
things, but they can't have then
due to the fact that they haven
the money to buy them. BY savin
they can secure them in time. Ther
are lots things we'd like to do, bl
we can't carry ont those projec
because We must make the tax raj
so low that the average man ca
meet it,"
Chairman Hall said 1t is unfo
tunate that there cannot be two "a
rates, one for the man who wan
all the improvements in the worI
for his section and the other for Il
small landowner, who is content
having things kept in repair, so lor
as he is able TO meet the tax rate
Would Like to Avoid Bonds.
The interest on bonds and pa,
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