Mr. Purtell Replies

Editor Courier: - I see that my friend Wynkup has aiiuther nicle interspersed witli assertions and lamiéndoos thnt are false, and I believe he knows thein to be o. He says he read my aiticle and wus lisappointed - let the reader decido it I iave nut fully atiswcred all of his asser.ions. If the moinbers on the v.-r:,Mls connnittees failed to do their duty is the oiiairmau to blame? If he will read hiu own irticle he will see tliat he has not asked me one single question, and if be will ead mine ujiaiii ho will see that I have asked Irim several. I will refresh his mriuory, lirst was Salem and Northfield correctíy equalized in '83? Whiit in our opinmn last sprinjj was the "true laab Viilue" of the eeveral piecesof prop¦rty in Ann Arbor City, viz: Swift's mlll; Agr. conipany; City milis; Central nills; please answer and remember you re on your honor as a man. If be will figure correctíy he will find the average vnluation in Northlield is $86.42 per :icre. He says, "I ain willing to ooneocfo tliut the committec are intelliciii men1' but tlipy kan io ,.,.... abom cIlv property than a monkey, etc. Yet they all seemed to know that gomethim; was wrong wnen they saw the Swift's mili property assessed at $10.000, and the City mili property at $12.000, and the Central mili property at $i000 not one-third. Those grangers are notsuch foolsafterall, are they brotber Isaac 1 He sayg he is credibly informed that the Ag. stock will not sell for more than it is assessed. Does he know what it is assessed? I claim it would sell for twice the assessment if put under the hammer to-day. He sites two ales and asks tne if I have any like them V [ answer no, my asses.-ment is more unifoim. To his next assertion about proofs nol being far ofl'. I gay, bring theni on by all means brother, for llke your otliet innuencloes tliis too is false. I will pass over liis jujflery with words about the equalization of '73, and "84, for the merest school boy can sec he is wrong. For hU benefit on the next assertion, nml for tliu giikl,in,e of others, who are astray on the saine subject, I will quote a poition of Act No. 9. Public acts, 1882: - They, (the Board of Supervisors) sball also cause to be entered upon their records the aggiegate valuation of the real and personal property of each township In their county, as deteruiincd bv them," (the Board of Supervisors.) íhe next gaibled innuendo about ex. Snp. Sutton dragfjing out 3,000 acres trom the dark reoesses is au unpardonabk innuendo. At flrst I was at a loss to comprehend his meaning, or rather the drift of it until I betlioujrlit that every tlve years that it was mcessary to give the nuraberof acres in men town when I at onoe took up the proceedingj of the board tor the years, '71, '76 and '81, when I found that not ouly Noithlu'ld, bilt all of the other towns had given different figures In the various years. In '71, Mr. Wall said Northticld had 51,250 acres; in '76 N E. Sutton said 24,188 acres; and In '81 Wm. Walsh, (not Purtell) said we had 23,234. Now X find th.it nelther was correct. Proof: Xorthtleld has 3G sections, each sec. if full, would have 640 acres, now 30 times 640 Kives 23,040. The six sections on the north tier are short 1,125 acres. 23,040+1,125=21,915, and five on the west tier overruns 400 arres 21,915+400 =22,315 acres. Now wliere did Nate and Billey get thli surplus, from that Wynkup says they have dragged out, and tor which he says the good people have so adtquatdy rewarded theni They must have jfone over luto Salem or Ann Arbor, or Webster to find it or reassemed gome of the pioperty. Xow let us see what all this grumbling is about. $83,000 added to the city on equalization, adds about $166 to the whole city tax, or about three cents tax on every thousand dollars ntiw Miiri