Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — Review of Rensselaer's Personal Property Assessment. [ARTICLE]

Review of Rensselaer's Personal Property Assessment.

Instead of beginning the publication of Marion township’s personal assessment in this issue we give a review of the Rensselaer assessment as published in our last three issues, which we believe will be interesting to our readers: There are 710 personal property taxpayers in Rensselaer, (not including those only assessed poll) as shown by the assessment sheets of 1901. Of this number the assessment of 99 reach SIOOO or over; 74 others reach $500: 2(53 reach $100; 73 reach SSO; 114 reach $25; 03 reach $10; and 5 reach $5, which is the lowest figure represented. The largest personal assessment is that of Judge Thompson. $27,785. The Thompsons, all told, have a total personal assessment of $73,050. This includes the estates of Alfred. Thomas and Mrs. Boss, a daughter of the former, and all the children and widows. The twenty-five heaviest personal property assessments are: Simon I’. Thompson $27,785 00 Commercial Slate Bank 22.2H0 00 John Mukeever 21.075 00 A. McCoy A Cos. Rank 20.300 00 Addison Parkison.. 17.025 00 John Eger 15,150 00 Mary E. Spitier 13,885 00 B. Borsythe 13,265 00 Lucius Strong 13,070 00 Alfred Thompson (estate) 10.050 00 W. B. Austin 10,290 00 Laßue Bros 9,135 00 Mary K. Thompson 8,970 00 Oru Ross.. 8,255 00 David J. Thompson (deceased 1 7.815 00 W’m. H. Eger 7.475 00 Bales Lumber Co 7,100 00 Ellis A Murray 6,500 00 Jay W. Williams 6,000 00 Kate R. Watson 5.740 00 John L. S. Gray 5,41000 Rensseuler Bunk 5.300 00 Lucinda Mon nett 4.715 00 Thomas Thompson!estate) 4,715 00 Anna Tuteur 4.300 00 Total for 25 taxpayer* $278,670 00 The total personal assessment of Rensselaer, exclusive of railroad, telegraph and express companies, is $54(5,835, and it will be seen from the above figures that 25 of the 710 personal, property asessments are higher than all the other 685 by $0,505. It is not likely that each and every one has given in all of his or her property for taxation, but, for the purposes of this review, that matter is not material. The figures are interesting in the showing they make of the distribution of wealth in Rensselaer.