. The city of New York. jor JohnSmith of the 42d Royal Highland Regiment,who died July 25, 1783. In 1818, when Jer-sey City was graded, the slab was removedand used as stepping stone at the residenceof Cornehus Van Voost, who in 1874 gaveit to the Society, where, with parts of thestatue and Mr. Lefferts picture, it may beseen on exhibition in the New York Room. Some Extra Valuable Sites The 2,500 square feet at the corner ofWall and Broad streets, occupied as part ofthe banking house site of J. P. Morgan &Co., is the most valuable property in thecity. It is assessed at the rate of S4o,ooo afro
. The city of New York. jor JohnSmith of the 42d Royal Highland Regiment,who died July 25, 1783. In 1818, when Jer-sey City was graded, the slab was removedand used as stepping stone at the residenceof Cornehus Van Voost, who in 1874 gaveit to the Society, where, with parts of thestatue and Mr. Lefferts picture, it may beseen on exhibition in the New York Room. Some Extra Valuable Sites The 2,500 square feet at the corner ofWall and Broad streets, occupied as part ofthe banking house site of J. P. Morgan &Co., is the most valuable property in thecity. It is assessed at the rate of S4o,ooo afront foot. In the next most valuable sec-tion, at Thirty-fourth Street and FifthAvenue, the two north corners are assessedat 517,000 a front foot, and the third mostvaluable district is at Forty-second Streetand Fifth Avenue, where north corners areassessed at S 15,000 a front foot. Accordingto figures of appraisers the Grand Centralstation is the most valuable property, itsassessment being placed at §18,175,000. 153. Equitable BuildiiiR, Bioad\\a> l)ctween Liberty and Cedar an invtbt incut of o\ n 20 niillioii dollars. Altmans store is not far behind, with atotal assessed value of $14,450,000. Someother assessments are: 191S. Grand Central Station $18,175,000 Flatiron Building 2,075,000 Woolworth Building 9,500,000 Biltmore Hotel 8,575,000 Holland House 1,525,000 Manhattan Hotel 3,850,000 McAlpin Hotel 9,450,000 Plaza Hotel 8,000,000 Waldorf-Astoria 13, Calumet Club 340,000 Union League $1,895,000 University Club 2,175,000 Hammersteins Opera House. 775,000 Strand Theatre 2,325,000 TaxesRockefeller Heads Personal List The list of personal property assess-ments shows the unusual fact that inall Manhattan there are only seventy-fivepersons assessed on $200,000 or more. JohnD. Rockefeller at $5,000,000 heads the list,with James B. Ford second at $3,000, Carnegie, who formerly was as-sessed at $5,000,000, is not on the list at all,having taken
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