The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
THEY MUs1aBE READY.
The State Board TO Have the Tax Suits
Argued Next Week.

ARGUED Ne4t W ccAs
Gov. Albeit, Attorney-General Stockton
and the attorneys on the part of the State
in the railroad certiorari suits, held i. con-
sultation in Trenton last Wednesday, con-
corning the argument of the cases On the
opening day of the Supreme Court, Novem-
Der 4th, next. At that consu. tation lt was
decided that nothing be left undone to
have the suits, SO far as the State is con-
cerned, in proper shape for argum emit on
that day It was insisted in short, by the
Governor and the Attorney General that
the cases must be argued then. In view of
this conclusion the taking of the States
testimony is being proceeded with with all
despatch, and the stenographers and print
ers will be busy day and night getting the
testimony in shape for the court, which
must be accomplished by next Wednesday.
Counsel for the Central Railroad Company
have notified the State that unless the
printed testimony is delivered to them at
least a week before opening day, they need
not be presumed to be prepared
for argument then. 1t would appear
by this notice that the railroad COM
pany is seeking an extension and delay
in the payment of the taxes. The State.
on the contrary, is anxious to have the
suits decided, and if decided in its favor, to
get the money.
Civil En- gineer Brush, of Hoboken, on
behalf of the railroad company, last week
gave several hundred folios of
testimony to prove the fallacy of
Mr.. Harrison's method of valuing
tho terminal lands. Some of the lands
which tue State Board assessed at SIS, 900
per acre Mr.. Brush said were not worth
more than $500 to $500 per lot-an average
of about 81. 500 per acre.
In standardization of his valuation of the
Central terminal lands Harrison, on Friday
instanced the cuses of the Pennsylvania,
New York Lake and Erie aud the Morris
and Essex terminals, in every one of which
with one exception (and in that case it vas
the same) the estimate was higher than on
the Central, and yet all except the Central
have paid their taxes on the property as
assessed. In one portion of its terminal
yard the assessed value of the Pennsylvania
Railroad land Isl s174.000 an acre. Mr..
Harrison also instanced a rlot of
terminal land owned by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, in the vicinity Of the
property which Mr.. Brush claims is
worth but from $500 to $500 per lot, which
is assessed at SAC, 900 per lot,
Mr. ONeil, the assessor of the First dis
trict and Mr.. Van Wrinkle, assessor OF the
Sixth district, swore that they had valued
the property of the West Line Grant,
large part of which is under water, and
which adjoins the Central terminal prop
erty, this year at S25, 900 an acre.
Mr.. Harrison will this week offer in evil
dence large number of statements, pre-
pared after much research and with much
care and accuracy, and at great expense to
H. ohox rio hafWoQn
the gross and net earnings, cost, value of
equipments and everything else connected
with every important railroad in the
States; and these statements will show that
in all respects except the value of the road
as returned by the Company itself, the
Central Railroad of New JERSEY is one of
the most valuable, best equipped and
largest revenue producing railroads in this
country.