The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-11
AFTER THE TAX BOARD.
Fourth District Citizens
Renew Charges Of
Oppression.
ASSAILING Mr.. WEBER.
His Right to Look Into the Tax
Record Disputed, and a Hot
Time Follows.

The Fourth District Property Owners
Association met last night at Kessler's
Hall. There was a good attendance and
very exciting time.
Mr.. Henry q. Harms complained that
his neighbor had taken up the sidewalk
at No. 1876 Griffith street, next door to his
residence, and that there was large ma
nure heap in the backyard of those
premises.
He had complained to the proper au-
thor1ties, he said, but no notice had been
taken OF his communications.
Mr.. ]. Kliesroth made stirring speech
on the negligence of the Board OF Health
and Street and Water Commissioners
He thought the association should be-
come indignant and proceed to impeach
the two Boards at once. The less war
like members of the association decided
to notify the authorities once more in re-
gard to Mr.. Harms grievances.
MR.. LOG AN ON HIS HIGH HORSE.
NO report from the committee to confer
with the Tax Commissioners was forth
coming, as none of them were present,
but Martin Logan climbed on his high
horse.
II understand" he said, ssthat at the
last meeting of this association Mr.. Chris
tian Weber, one of the members Of the
committee appointed to examine the tax
u
brayely In my absence that the committee
had no business to investigate the rec
ords, that they should have kept their
noses out of other peoples business. r.
examined the records. Mr.. Chris
tian Weber never did a hands stir
but he signed the report of the Commit
tee, thereby endorsing the action. Ithink
it very strange action on his part to en-
dorse the Committees work, and then in
my absence deliver TRADE against it.
desire to announce that Mr.. Weber was
fixed, through the medium of
Tax Collector Mersheimer. Mr. Logan
was assailed at this point by criesS
of ''ordern and mo personalities: and
Chairman Taylor called Mr. Logan to
order, but Mr.. Logan added before he sat
down, that all of Mr.. Weber's assertions
about this matter were false.
'sRAIsE 1T MILLION"
Mr.. Weber was considerably nettled;
Il was appointed in November last on
this committee he said-tI went to Mr.,
Logan's house; he was absent, and could
he knew where lived I was raised
$1,000 myself on valuation. considered
it wrong. Itswas not till June that took
hold of the matter. Mr.. Morgan said to
Mr.. Prigge, Tax Commissioner:-"Th The
Fourth district is assessed too
it was raised. l was opposed
to the mass meeting held recently IN this
hall by the .citizens to denounce the Tax
commissioners. That was not the right
way TO go about 1t. There are better
ways. Let each property owner attend
to his own taxes and not arouse the whole
community. was sick for the last
three months. could not have done
anything on the committee if / had
wanted to. | have friend whose valua-
ton was raised from 81, 500 to So, 900 this
year. | told him it was all right-to pay
hIc fnv Cnfl fIr4xr
that If were an assessor of taxes and any
member of this association should try to
assist me In making valuations would
kick him into the street"
THE MAYOR DIDN'T ACT.
Mr.. George McEwan said:-"I rise to
question of privilege. was member of
the committee. I went. before the Mayor.
presented the facts to the consideration
of Mayor Cleveland. He took the papers
/ left with him and said he would give
the matter his consideration. That was
the last of the matter, as fa. as Mayor
Cleveland was concerned. told him
that in the Fourth district hosts of taxi
payers complain of the unjust assess
ments.
"If any member will get the facts as II
presented them to the Mayor he will find
the tax levy was laid Unfortunately.
The Commissioners had plenty of time to /
right these matters. But instead Of I
giving us redress they raised the valuation
to an unprecedented figure and unfairly.
SOME BIG RAISES.
81 know of men who are raised so per
cent, 100 per cent, So per cent and 150
per cent. this year on their valuations. /
think the action of the Tax Assessor out
rageous."
Mr. Logan was permitted to address
the meeting again, on condition that he
would not indulge in personalities. Mr.
Logan said Mr.. Fritz Mersheimer, the Tax
Collector of this district. sent him notifi-
cation in red ink to pay his personal tax
at once to avoid trouble.
II Immediately went down to the Tax
Assessors ''office," /" he added, land on ex-
amining the valuations of personals in
the district, found one man, a neighbor
of mine, worth $4,000, who was not taxed
cent. think this unjust"
After acting on several minor matters
the meeting adjourned.