| Show FOR OUR TAXPAYERS An Inkling as to What the Total Assessment Will Be MR FOX GIVES SOME FIGURES > The Rate at Which Main Street and Other Business Property Has Been Assessed What will be the assessed valuation of the property of Salt Lake cityt this year This is a question that a great many people peo-ple are askiug just now and a HERALD reporter re-porter yesterday endeavored to obtain an answer to it He did not succeed altogether alto-gether but he did manage toobtainsome interesting facts COUNTY ASSESSOR rox was first called upon andwheu asked ifhe bad completed hiS afesc Igent he replied I am not quite through but I shall be by 4 oclock Monday afternoon and i I am allowed till then shall turn in my rolls to the county court What will the total be inquired the reporter > I am not preparedto answer thatjust now replied Mr Fox Lasfc year it was twenty one millions > f j This year will show quite ant increase over last suggested the reporter Yes I have just totaled the bank assessments as-sessments and they foot up over two and a half millions Last year they footed up only one million How is business property assessed as compared with last year It is jist about doubled on Main street From the Deseret bank corner to the Wasalcli corner the property corne property is assesseh at 1200 per frpnt foot 165 feet deep Tho Desert bank corner Cunning tons the Emporium the Godbo corner Walker Brothers Smiths drug store corner cor-ner the Wasatch and White house corners arc all assessed on that basis with an addition addi-tion of 25 per cent for being corner property prop-erty North of tho Deserct bank to South Temple street the assessment is about SOO per ircnt foot How hae you assessed property on First and Second South from First East to West Temple From o to SCO per front foot How is it on First East and West Temple Tem-ple From 300 to 8100 a foot Now cant you give an idea ofjtho total assessment I could but wouldnt like to What policy have you pursued with I reference to assessing improvements iI have assessed them at the lowest possible pos-sible rates because I dont think people who want to improve ought to be discouraged dis-couraged by D heavy assessment Thereporter next called upon CITY ASSESSOK entIrE who stated that his assessment on business property was just the same as that of Mr Fox Mr Clute is well along with his work but he has until July to complete it |
