New Britain herald., 1930-01-14
American Hardware Corp. and Stanley Works Cut flanders, Frary & Clark Raised-Louis R. Raphael Continues to Lead Individuals.

Overcoming q cut of S350,000 in inc assessment on merchandise and reductions to meet changed market conditions in the multiple tenement house group, the grand list for 1880, completed today and issued from the o flee of Chairman Thomas Linder oi the board Of assessors, reaches a n,w total Of S1l7.25O155, and in- crease over last years total of S946.- 357.
 Much Of the increase may be found in the appraisals placed on manufacturing plants included in the group which includes the 10 largest corporations, whose aggregate as scssment is S54, l90,0.5, or $629,?05 more than the amount on which these companies were taxed in the current year.
 Manufacturers Assessments
 These manufacturers. whose taxes will represent about 80 per cent Of the whole amount to be collected. are appraised as follows: American Hardware Corporation, Sll,6TS,0e5: Stanley Works, $S,112.S00: Landers. Frary & Clark, $6,794S00; North & Judd Mfg. Co, $2,229.10o: Fafnir Bearing Co.,, $l,6G6,275; New Brit ain -Gridiey Machine Co, s1 .020,1.5, Union Manufacturing CO, SS25,1oo; 1 Hart X Hutchinson Co, sS01,S50: ] Eastern Malleable Iron Co.. S617,000; Skinner Chuck Co, $3S5,0o0.
 Raphael Leads Individuals.
 Louis F. Raphael continues to hold the position of highest individ- ual taxpayer which he attained last year. His assessment is $5S9,65o. an increase of $5,900 over that of last year. Morris Cohn is second with S49G975, which is Sll,500 more than the figure on which he was taxed in 1929. and Fred Beloin is third with his assessment Of last year cut S20u to make the new figure $4S,,- 775.
 A reduction Of $5,95o is made in the appraisal on the properties of J. l August Carlson. who is the largest 1 taxpayer on multiple tenement houses. His assessment is s2l0,250. Factory Assessments Cut i The American Hardware Corpora i ton appraisal is cut $56.700. to total Sll,67S,OH5: the Stanley Works is reduced s7q.27l. to sS,1r2.S00, and 1 Landers. Frary X Clark is increased | l., h.>T 1 $6.794 500.
 The New Britain National bank properties are continued on the books at SS55.O00: the New Britain ! Trust co. is increased from S4S7,S0o Ito $57&.90O. and the Commercial Trust co. is boosted from S4S3,S01 to S5SS.S50.
 No change is made in the Elihu Burritt Hotel Corp. figure of S4S5,- GOO. The Masonic Temple and the l Y. NJ. r, A, X R. society, the largest fratcrnal buildings on which tax is | collected stand at almost the same amount on the books. the former $lOo.675 and the latter $lo0,7o0.
 Assessments More Than S250,000 Among the assessments exceeding d quarter of a million are: New Britain Gas Light Co. S759,S@5; Con- nccticut Railway Co, S625.23O: Lil- lan Simons, ct al. s366,000; w. J. 1 Farley. ct al.. $346.950: Peter Per akos. ct al, $340,o00; New Britain Lumber Co.,. $299,S5o; Solomon Schurberg. S29S,750; Hadley estate. 1 $2T7,175; Richard Erwin, S245,225: Max D. Honeyman. $235,45o.
 The item of merchandise stood last year at S16,070,965. and has been reduced to Sl5,S20.965. An in- crease of 1o5 in the number Of dwellings brings the total of 1872. and three more stores appear on the books of the assessors. Automobiles
 increased 790 while there are 50 less
 horses than last year, The number of motor vehicles is now 0,55S. Installation Of talking picture equipment and organs in playhouses accounts for much of the S6l.60O in- crease in the value of musical in struments which is now SlS7,075.
 The grand list which. Chairman
 linder explains, is as nearly correct as it is possible to make such a compilation with the possibilities of errors, typographical and otherwise,
 follows: