New County Home Location

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. SITE OF NEW COUNTY SHElTER-Wher. these
lu~ked un .~e sto!lcked at 2301 Charl.s Pa98 Blvd .•
w,1I be the lit. of Tul,,, County', new Emergency
Shelter, which will replace the present County Home
.t Slst Str.et and Hudson Avenue I.te in 1975 or
1,976. The 5.4-act. trad may also become the loe,,·
tlon ,for ot~e! county weH<1lr. activities, including the
medIcal cliniC. The, c.ounty will pay $95,000 plus
$47,000 to rate a bUilding and move)he cars. (Tribune
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New Connty Home Location r - I
$142,000 _ite Taxed at $3,800
lSA CITY_COUNTY like it stated that I
By BOB FORESMAN - "I w~uld 10 be in business
Tribune Business Editor C "ION am got~nths longer. Since
'The SA·acre site for the new tJ11~ auIs a here 1ws of the sale broke.
County Home to cost $142,000..... the ne stomers think 1 have
was carried on the 19'72 county many eu of business.
tSa3x.~r.olls at a taxable value of gone out ff a ..b "SALES HAVE fallen 0 SlOct~ Ihis is suppOSed to be rl un'" about 10 per cent." he es-one-
fourth of actual value. the ~ imated,
property at 2301 Charles PaJ!e I Wilson said he hopes, to
Blvd.. now the site of a sal- TULSA, OKLA., FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1973 lear the lot slowly by selli~g
yaRe yard, should be worth ~he junked cars. and not y
some $15.200. SECTIO B-PAGE 1 h uling them to another loea-
The property which fronts ~
450 feel on busy Charles Page. tl'Ji,e sale of old school ~
and 300 feet OIl 2Sth W. Ave- . a speciality of his operatIOn.
nue. is worth far more than Charles Page Blvd. by the The salvage yard operator IS "I sell many to Churches
that. junked cars. said be has been in business nd t families who use them
Ovmer Roy A. Wilson paid "This will matl!rially im- there for about 15 years. and f c:.opers" he explained-ad
valorem taxes of $320.61, that his firm, 0 and R. Truck or '
the county treasurer's office prove the location of the de- and salvage Co., reconditions TO BEAR alIT the low as--
informed the Tribune. ten t ion center," Newhouse used trucks and buses. sessment figure. was. lhe pur-
COU1\TY Com m iss ion added. He said he also has some chase of a small porUOII of ~e
~ainnan Roberl Newhouse The r,:rchase agreement 1.500 used cars, some of which ~perty. on which his office IS,
said he was flabbe"ast-".'"I at gives Wi son a deadline of are stacked two deep. on the at"'""" ,on 1969 from lhe Pau
the low valuation. April of 1975 to clean up the lot, and that he uses them for E s I ate. The real estate
"I can't ima~ine a tract of tract. salvage parts. See HOME, page 28 ./
land of that size which is ,..,-
within t.....o miles of downtown
Tulsa beinl:l valued so cheaply.
It is worth far more."' New­house
said.
Clyde Butlcr. an accredited
appraiser. listed ils value al
$116.000 when employed by the
county to make an appraisal.
The total price of $142.000
will include $95.000 for the
land. plus $47.000 for cleaninl:!
up the sa1va~e yard and level­ing
a buildin~ there. New­house
explained.
WI L SON IIAI) orillinallv
prlced" the propel1Y"at $225.000
to the county. Newhouse said.
,·It was a compromise."
Newhousc said. and explained
the cleanup fee will not be all
paid until the property is
cleaned up.
Had the county condemned
the property at the $116.000
price. he said the owner could
have contested the price in
court and millht have been
awarded considerably more.
Newhouse said the purchase
y:ill achieve not only a 'load
site for the home. but will re­move
the old salvage yard
which he said has been an
eyesore for years.
"We have had many com­plainlS
on this tract and ha­ven't
been able to do anything
about it." he said.
THE JU\'ENILE Detention
Center is on 25th W. Avenue
adjoining on the north.
screened out of view f