Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1927, Page 24

24 . "G., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1927. STENGLE ACCLSES E APPRAERS BODY " Petworth Delegate to Ask; Probe of Recent Jury’s Valuation Work. | Unless the force of public sentiment s sufficient to counteract alleged | ancies between assessed prop-| alues and much greater valua tions reported by a recent jury of ap praisers appointed by the court, a| ongressional investigation will | requested covering transactions par ticipated in. by the board, d lared Charles 1. former Representative from now a delegate from the I Citizens ssociation to the ¥ € tion of Citlzens’ Associations, in an address last night at a meeting of the District of Columbia Public School iation. 1 am going by and it not by publi great arm of Cong declared at the con tailed arraignment praisers, which, he of three al estate men ported an evaluation of $21,000 on two | pan Cirele, one at Kansas avenue and Buchanan street and the other at Kansas avenue and Seventh street, which had been ap-| praised by the District assessor at the | same time as worth 53 cents a square | foot. Tha circles, he.said. coyer ap- | proximately 7,500 square feet. i Mr. Stengle went into the history | of the little triangles, declaring that | they were or public sentiment sentiment, to the s for relief he of a de ap- consisted ' who re Iy shown to pros-| pective home builders by real estate ! agents as part of a park plan, but tbat later contractors desired to use | them for building purposes. When | . he said, he requested | on by Congress, with the result t condemnation actions began on Holds No Report Made. The appralsers made mo_report | from October 1 to December 20.| le sald, and finally Tuesday last| Placed a valuation on the two tri-| essed by the District A cents a square foot, of | -, after Maj. L. E. Atkins, as Franklin Bell, - Commissioner, who has ! of the actual purchasing of sites, remarked, “It is an established fact| that the average owner gets an in-| flated idea of value when a govern-| ment or municipality seeks the prop- orty,” Mr. Stengle replied: can understand the human de- sire of the property owner to over-| valuate his property, but I would like | to find out—and I propose to find out | how this desire passes to the mem- | bers of the appraisers, who are in no | ed to the property owner.” o ien, president of the Fed- | eratoin of Citizens' A - Stengl'es init ng that they essed for 00, but that after condemnation ~eedings had started were given a ported value of $21,000. Snowden Ashford, former District municipal architect, told of the selec- tion of a school site on a hill near the Force and Adams and sug- gested the establishmen mission by Congress before taking any action on removing the limitation on appropriations. Accuses School Head. “The superintendent of school: usurped the functions of th pal architect,” he charged, divided responsibility s the c delay in completion of building ects. The law places the re bility on the Engineer Commissioner. Mr. Ashford rapped the sending of | the superintendent of schools on an| inspection trip of school construction over the country, saying that such matters were not in his province. Maj. Atkins spoke on “The Co-ordi- natien of School Sites with Park and Playground Development,” explaining ‘he modern tendency to have large areas suitable for both athletic fields and recreational facilities. The remarks incident to the non- completion of building projects rose out of a discussion concerning the failure to begin work on assembly halls at the We nd Petworth Schools, for which 1 appropriation has been made of $75,000. Maj. At- kins explained that it was hoped to commence work on June 1, and that certain alterations were necessary in the plans, which would make it im- practicable to commence work now. It work were to begin now, he added, it might prove dangerous to the chil- dren playing around the school. At the request of Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, who presided in the absence of Maj. Julius I. Peyser, who is il and who was extended a resolution of eympathy by the assoclation, Mr. Stengle stated his position on the bond issue, voicing opposition to it “until the District gets suffrage or Congress agrees to go fifty-fifty.” The association adopted without dis- cussion a resolution indorsing the sin- gle-salary scale for teachers. Says Business X;xéolvent. Joseph _G. Epstein, trading as t Potomac Delicatessen and Lunch, yes- terday asked the District Supreme Court to be adjudged a volunta ankrupt. He ht: 6.70 and his del torney Jacob L | m parts. 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