| Show STILL EQUALIZING L The CaseS Disposed of by theO the-O l Last Night A FEW BIG DEDUCTIONS MADE Some of the Widows Get KcliefTlio Assessment As-sessment Against Ellas Morris not I ClianRctl Other Notes The board of equalization met promptly at 730 oclock last evening with Mayor Scott in the chair and disposed of thefol lowing cases The valuation of S1GWO on two ind one half full lots in the Pifteenth ward owned by T J Brown was confirmed The request of Frank Pierce for a reduc rcuc tion on the valuation of his lot SblOO situated situ-ated on Fourth South street was denied Assessor Cluteremarked thatMrs Pierces t request was one ol the most cheeky made Mrs Joseph Edwards request for a reduction re-duction in the valuation on her property in the Ninth ward i900 was not grunted Sarhl icke n request for 1 reduction in the valuation on her property in the Third ward 3200 met with a similar fate Mrs Jane Pindlays request for a remittance remit-tance of her tax of 10 on account of poverty pov-erty was denied The valuation of 7300 on Richard Colt Col-t lets property in the Nineteenth ward was confirmed The board refused to reduce the valuation valua-tion of SGGOO on the property of J S Bowers f Bow-ers in Seventh ward Maria Baddley was relieved from paying taxes on3000 cash for tho excellent reason rea-son that she didnt have it The valuation of 832000 on church property prop-erty in tbe Fifteenth ward was confirmed The valuation of GDOO on the property of I H Kiinball in the Seventeenth ward r was confirmed Elias Morris request for S reduction in the valuation on his property 60000 was denied Mrs Jonasson of the Thirteenth ward wanted the valuation of S 22000 on her property reduced because she was a widow The request was refused James Chesney failed to get a reduction on the valuation of SSOO on his property i the Seventh ward The valuation of 5100 on Hyrum Wag staff a property was reduced to Si000 because be-cause the railroads cut up his land The valuation of 52SOO on the property of G M Downey was confirmed J T Chamberlain was relieved from paying 52 taxes because he didnt own any property The tax of John B Lewis of the Twentieth Twen-tieth ward ammountinp t 12 was remitted re-mitted because Mr Lewis was ninetyfour years old The board refused to reduce the valuation valua-tion of 10000 on O H Pettits property in the Ninth ward The board thought Clutes valuation of 22000 in James Lowes property in the Eleventh ward was O K and it will stand A sudden fit of generosity then seized the board and in a moment of recklessness they remitted 55 on the tax of Mrs E Chamberlain because she was a widow Five dollars was also knocked off of the ward tax of Mrs M L Cody in the Nineteenth I A reduction of 5100 was made in the I valuation of 90475 in property represented I by Spencer filawson The reduction was on the property of Mrs Such on First street The valuation of GSOO on the property of S Staley was reduced to 5800 an J S of the tax was remitted This was on account of rid age Mrs Winters of the Twentieth ward asked for a remittance of her tax of 2 It was not granted The tax of Mrs H M Smith of the nineteenth ward amounting to 3GO was remitted because she was a widow The valuation of 4600 on Louis Seckles property in block 39 plat 2 was confirmed con-firmed Coachman Spafford admitted that in December sold this property t Mr Seckles for 4000 which was a good price but ne voted t confirm the valuation The valuation of U000 on Nellie Wells property in the Fourteenth ward was confirmed as wa also the tax on 7SOO cash cashMrs Mrs Ann Hunter failed to get a reduction reduc-tion on the valuation of her property in the Sixteenth ward 7500 The valuation on T R EUerbecks lot in the Sixteenth ward 500 was confirmed notwithstanding Mr EUerbecks statement state-ment that he would take 5500 for the property and pay a commission out of it A reduction of 1500 was mado on the valuation of 3780u on Herman Hills property prop-erty opposite theSt James Quite a discussion arose over the valuation valua-tion of 17SOO on McMillan Hills property prop-erty on West Temple street north of the commission house The owners claimed that theywere assessed on 15J feet which was used as an alley The matter was finally passed The valuation of Mrs Morris property in the Seventeenth ward was reduced from 3400 to 1200 because she was a widow Five dollars was knocked off of the tax 3S assessed against Mrs O B Shaw of the Seventeenth ward on the same ground I Clutes valuation of 14300 on the property prop-erty of Mrs E S Barney in the Seventeenth Seven-teenth ward was confirmed Mr Clute thought the valuation of GSOO on the property of Mr C Davis in the Seventeenth ward was about 1COD too high and it was reduced that amount A reduction of 5 was made in the tax of 17 assessed against Mrs McMaster of the Eleventh ward A similar reduction was made on the tax A tx t of Mrs M A Tuttte of the Nineteenth ward The board declined t reduce the tax of Catherine Forsy the widow amounting to 1440 and Mrs James Faircloughs request re-quest for a remittance of her lax of lpSO on the same ground met the same fate The valuation of 3100 on the property of Caroline Sedden was confirmed Mrs S M Whites tax of 560 was reduced I j re-duced 5 because she was a widow Mrs O J Petty was relieved from paying 5 on her tax of 1GSQ for the same reason Mrs Susan Edwards got a reduction of 5 in her tax on the ground of widowhood The valuation of 31800 on the property of Mrs Emily Woodmansee was con f rmed because Pooh Bal Clue said her claim of i excessive valuation was absurd and not t L entertained for S moment He gave as another reason why the valuation should be confirmed that the lady speculated in real estate Tho taxes of Mrs Rose Pringle of the Twentyfirst 636 and Mrs W H I George of the Eleventh ward 4SO were remitted because they were widows The valuation of 10900 on the nroperty ol L 1 Rose in the Twelfth ward was confirmed A reduction of 1150 was made on the valuation of Mrs R BrinkerholTs lot in Nineteenth ward Clutes valuation of 5800 on the property a of John Eckerman ivas confirmed R C Newson was taxed on half a rod more than ho owned and the error was corrected The valuation of 70 on his property was reduced t sooThe soo-The valuation of 22700 on the property of John Blackmore was confirmed Clute I admitted that his valuation va about double what it should be P The valuation of 3C3CO on the Burr Frost property in the Eighth ward was confirmed The tax of 3SO assessed against J L Robinson was remitted because he was an invalid Therequest of Martha S Adams for a remittance ef her tax of 620 on the ground L of widowhood was denied I Mrs J Parker failed t get a reduction r on her tax of 2240 t Tho valuation of 3700 on the property of S M McLaughlin was confirmed Five dollars are remitted on the tax of Mrs S Rogers of the Twentyfirst ward The request for a reduction on the tax of 515 against the P Lynch estate was denied 1 de-nied t The valuation of 2G50 on the property of c Mrs B Evans in the Ninth ward was reduced i re-duced to 1250 The valuation of 3600 on the property of 1 Hewlett was reduced t 2351 f Clutes valuation of 0200 on the property prop-erty of Caroline Reese was confirmed I The board refused to alter Clutes valuation valua-tion of 3500 onthe property of Mrs Cumberland Cum-berland in the Sixteenth ward Prs I The valuation of 2050 on the property of Mrs Preffer m tho Seventh warp was putdown put-down to 1250 The valuation of 4700 on te property of Mr E L Carlson in the Nineteenth ward was allowed to stand A reduction of 2750 was made in the valuation of 7550 8 the property of Mrs Robert Patterson Mrs C A Gillett and Mrs B F Pen dleton were relieved of 5 ea h intheir releTe S taxes An adjournment was taken until Monday evening at 730 |
