New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-01
LAND VALUES BODY
| ENDS ITS LAb0RS
Reports Findings to Main Re.
valuation Committee
LOCAL FACTORY ENLARCES
Olson Bros. to Build-New Company
Coming-Peck Spring Takes Game
July Building-Petition for I'M
pro,ement-PreSen Bad Fire.

The land value committee. an.
pointed by the revaluation commit,
tee and charged with determinlnp
the front foot values of all real es.
tate within the town limits, has com
| pleted It's task and reported its find
lnss to the main committee, which
VIII meet Monday night and expects
10 BRING the matter before the town
IN the near future. The two com
| mlttees held Joint meeting Mon,
! Gay night, when the final report o,
/ the land value body was accepted by
the parent committee, This repor,
included map showing unit foo,
values on all streets and the values
of all farm land.
The following report Of the land
values committee was issued TODAY
by the main committee:
The land value committee has
held nine meetings for DISCUSSING
and determining property values
The hgures on the street map repre-
sent 100 per cent values and when
applied 10 the front foot and depth
dimensions of piece of property
represent the saleable value. A de-
cllnlnE scale is used when the depth
of a lot exceeds 100 feet. 1t rs
recommended that the board of as
SCISSORS follow the precedent estah.
llshed In other towns and use Is
per cent to so per cent of these
values in arriving at the total land
value for Plainvllle's grand list In
the gathering of these figures a sub
committee visited every street and
section Of the town and the work OF
this subcommittee is highly com :
mended. The committee was able
to obtain many prices of recent sales
in different sections of the town and
this information guided them in ar
irving at values. They wish to thank
all those who have been interested
enough to help in obtaining informa-
ton
Maps showing the unit foot val
ues are being prepared and will be
placed on display as soon as COM
pleted. This will proba bly, be with
in the neyt few days A map will
be on exhibit at the assessors office
in the town hall and all interested
are invited to inspect and discuss the
values shown. The committee re-
quests that study of this map he
not confined to any one street, but
that the entire map be studied One
of the most important things the
committee has tried to accomplish
has been to arrive at fair compare
tive values for different sections Of
the town.
The new fireproof safe for hous-
ing the property cards and assessors
records and sutabl filing cabinet
for the aerial maps have been re-
ceived and installed. This relieves
the congested condition in the town
clerks vault and provides safe
and separate filing space for the as
SCISSORS records. The public is in
vited to inspect these new facilities
The cost of this equipment was we'll
within the amount appropriated by
the town.
IAN work in connection with the
valuation of Plainville's taNab|e
property is up to schedule and the
entire job will probably be complet-
ed at an earlier date than called for
in the contract with the Manufac-
turers' Appraisal Co.
The land value committee con-
sists of Frank T. Wheeler. William
Cooke. w. A Bailey. O. H. Robert
son. O. l. Cooley, Robert B. White.
Joseph r. McC rthy. and First
James Simpson. eX-of-
ficio.
Olson Bros. Enlarge.
The firm of Olson Bros. located
on Camp street and enlarged in the
of screw machines. is
charging its factory facilities hv tn"
erection of new one-story brick
measuring &c by 81 feet.
The new building will cost 1900.
the permit having already been
granted by Building Inspector o. ].
Cooley. The firm has been engaged
in business here for many years.
using small wooden factory up to
the present.
New Concern Coming Here
Another business enterprise for
Plainville is promised in the carly
future when A. w Mont and Co. of
Hartford remove to this city. The