Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25
d. c. ASSESSMENTS
ion PROPERTY ARE
S2,667,618 HIGHER.
improvements s12,706,586
Up, While Land Values Fall
$10,O38,e6
CHANGES IN 20 SECTIONS
TABULATED BY ASSESSOR
Sharpest Drop in Valuations of
Rsal Estate Is Between Tenth
and 18th Streets West.

Although assessments Of improve
ments of District real estate vent up
$12, 706, 586 in the current fiscal year
assessments on land value fell s1O.-
038 .9S8, leaving a net increase of only
S2,667, 8l8 according to tabulation OF
assessments prepared by Assessor Will
liam P Richards. The tabulation shows
the increase or decrease of assessments
in twenty sections of the city. Land
values rose in 10 and fell in 10 of these
The value of Improvements rose in
seven sections and fell in three.
Among the land values the sharpest
drop was in the section lying between
Seventeenth and Tenth streets west,
where the decline was S4,807,182 This
was closely followed by the section from
Tenth to Fifth streets west. with a drop
Of $4,857, las. These sections also
showed declines in the assessment of
improvements the decrease being So
345,950 and $954,2OO, respectively.
Other Decreases Smaller.
The other decreases in land values
were all much smaller, none amounting
to as much as 100000. The section
from Rock Greek to Seventeenth street
Other declines were: Fifth to First
streets west, s534,684; squares 176l-
1862, in the section west of Rock Greek,
S480, 721; the section from First street
west to Third street east. S216,
squares numbered above 5000, in the
section across the Eastern Branch.
s205.516; squares $500 to $500. in the
section between Rock Greek and Sol
diers' Home, sl91,894 squares 5000 to
1899. also il the section between Rock
Nd nd
squares 1850 to 1901, west of Rock Creek,
$14416
Turning to sections where the assess
ments for land values went up. the
largest increase amounted to only $685.
672 This occurred in squares 1900 to
5100. in the Northeast section.
Other increases we're: Squares 5000
to 3640. between Rock Creek and Sol
diers' Home, S518,5l0: squares 3641 to
4l99, in the Northeast section, S246.770;
squares $500 to 1894, across the Eastern
Branch, S145.898; the section from
Ninth street east to the river, S84900;
squares 1902 to 1850. west of Rock
Greek, S78,O03; squares 280l to 2999,
betweeen Rock Greek and Soldiers
Home, S49295; squares $500 to $500.
across the Eastern Branch, $29557: the
section from Third street east to Ninth
street east. s13,708 and squares SOL to
5299, across the Eastern Branch,
sl0,442
Turning to assessments for improve
ments. the table shows decline of
S125, 900 in squares $500 to 2800. be-
tween Rock Creek and Soldiers Home,
besides the other two decreases pre-
viously mentioned. The largest in
crease occurred in squares numbered
above 5000, across the Eastern Branch,
where improvement assessments went
up S4.445 ,236. Other large increases
were squares 5000 to 3640. between
Rock Creek and Soldiers Home. So
O26.150; squares 1761 to 1862. west of
Rock Greek, s217S,7OO squares 364l
to 4199, in the northeast section. ST.
52e. 900: squares 1902 to 1760, west Of
1900 to 500 in the northeast section,
1905, 900.
Other Increases.
Other increases were: First street
west to Third street east. S705.400;
squares, 2800 to 2999. between Rock
Creek and Soldiers Home, s53O,5O0;
from Fifth street west TO First street
west. SABA, 400; squares 5000 to 1884.
Ninth street east to the river, S352,9OO;
Rock Creek to Seventeenth street:
s342 $50: squares 1860 to 1901, west of
Rock Greek, S297,7Oo; squares $500 to
$500, across the Eastern Branch, $685.
100; squares 5000 to 3199 between Rock
Greek and Soldiers Home, S2ll,6O
Third street east to Ninth street east.
S139,5OO. and squares SOL to 5299,
across the Eastern Branch, s94,500.
The total of the land value assess
ments for the current year is s544,-
033,911 and of the improvement as
sessments, $685., 1925, 655. These together
make total assessment for the cur
rent year of 81, 22e, 1886 The totals
in the 1892 fiscal year we're: Land,
s554,O72,879. improvements, s672,6l9,-
O69; total, $1226,691 ,948.