New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-24

Total.
~ ,,,., no nh.lnd the asseas1nenfs for new pave

To This must be added the for new pave
ments sewers and other improvements which are very
heavy IN the new portions Of the city. the owner does
not occupy his premises but rents them he must obtain
the above figures realize simple interest 1t Is not
only the owners Of real estate therefore lwho fare inter
eetd IN the question of taxation but every resident OF
the city, whether owner tenant The feeling on the
mart OF all who have given the matter any consideration
il onc OF exasurraton The inhabitants are indignant
fiat their beautiful and desirable city should be so In
now reached about s2l,OOO,Oo0 The owner Of house
uomnaly worth $4,000 has now to pay about 500 taxes
Annually 10 the city, to meet running expenses only
wtout reducing the deba good rent Of tsef for the
property old tines The question OF taxation Is COM
ing home the pockets of resident OF Brooklyn ia
so orcibe that it bids fair to enter into poll
tics and 20 become new issue III local eectohs Inc
candidate IS a Democrat or Republican. What want
TO know is whether he will labor TO reduce taxes
striking CONNIE ntary oil the remark Il, That wherever
The Dcmocrat are in power either in state City Gov
crnments the public debt Is on the increase On the
other hand every STAT under Republican rule is con-
ssntlv decreasI It's debt such also, Is the fact in
cnrd 70 the United states debt under kspn1ticah "a,
n ef.t la BO5 or, y per cent IL Bio1Slyr
ar ads stated arorI pr erni and In none Q! the tit,S
~. a.. i,.t .r ia Oh tic ayegag Suchh'i..s ere
a. mot ~, e.. ulOpls .ctari Vnsyc 20 Br0akgu,
III issr a! "a ~ iAnI I've there seek r-iifHee In
NeW-Jarsey or some otcr less taNburiencd locality.
JEEsEY CITY.
Jersey City though far less attractive naturally than
BROOKLYN il to many now. desirable place Peo-
brooklyn by the high taxes Their business is in New
York and they must be to IT.. Many situated
that they cannot spend the time necessary to reach
distant homes aud be dependent railroad time
tables Many Of the middng class, thus driven out OF
New York aud Brooklyn, have sought homes in and
Jersey CIV The nights extending from Bergen to Wee
hawken are thickly studded with dwellings and TO
the passer the river present the appearance OF con
tnuous city. The old part OF the city, also has greatly
extended So that now shows the
crease of $40 per since the previous enumeration
The populaOn having increased from 2028 IN 1850 TO
AZ 900 i'm 1870 The consolidated city which embraces
a. ~ I'm 1850 to In 1870 while Hudson County has in
creased from 627l7 IN l2gO51 These figures exhibit an
increase OF population and prosperity egualed by few
cities of the Union by those in the West that
supposed TO have grown more rapidly thah any others
~ people of moderate means. Jersey City 10 af-
ford the most desirable place OF residence all things con-
dered An our neighbOrho0d Property has never been
rray infatrd: much lower than else where,
and houses OF moderate ze and tension but comfort
ahe and convenient, abundant The taxes amount to
10 ban one per cent OF the actual value OF the property
taXed-the taxes being about two per cent on the az
eeed valuation which is not over One-haf the actual
/ yalue A good brick frame house can be hired at
from 5000 10 per annuiD or purcha AZ from 70
FINALLY good location In NeWIOrE, and OF course nj
much greater distance from the business portions OF the
,itv woud command three times the price There
are objections features OF Jersey city bu they
ore NV its advantages II IL the great railroad
Terminus OF many of the lines Leading from the West u
The eeaboard-the real terminus OF the PACING RAILROAD
ana the end Of the great European steamship lines Iht
nennle of Jersey City agating the question OF
tba; York and Brooklyn have derived from the Cen
traI and Prospect Parks ante pated ths, sn IN
eae In values similar TO that which followed the estab
lsluont Of these two Paris WOULD olow the ese'hsA