The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-30
JERSEY CITY VALUES
The County Board Of Equal
ization Still Worried
by Them.
SUGAR HOUSE TAXES.
Ewing's and TaFlOr's Hotel-Nul-
lone's Theatre and the
Academy.

Nothing could possibly be more sat1$
factory. TO the Commissioners Of ths
County Board for the Equalization az
Taxes than the work Of the Assessors who
have placed assessabie values upon
property and buildings In this city. The
Commissioners west to work with will,
In the Grand Jury room at the Ceurt
House yesterday aftern oon aud as . re-
suit. the Jersey City portion of the inyes-
tigation was complet ed before an ad
journment was taken. President 6orman
was full OF Information and 1t took she
Commissioners but a short time to re.ieve
him OF II and the most satisfactory To-
suits were reached.
The disclosure Of the modus operandi
by which assessments were Levied upon
property In this city. made BY President
German. opened the eyes OF the Com
missioners. as it was seen at glance thh!
no determinations had been made, and
that property IN every instance had been
assessed at a fair ngure. Properly valued
IN this city at $4,000 has been assessed
for $500, while Assessor Doll ard, OF
Hoboken, and the ASSESSORS OF the out
lying districts, have considered" SO
many things that a $4,000 piece Of
property was assessed for about $500,
and still Mr.. Dollard thinks some OF mis-
assessments are too high
THE SUGAR HoUsE PROPERTY
President German, when put on the
stand, reviewed the assessment levied
upon the works Of Mattbiesen and
Weichers, sugar reiiners. The total
assessment levied upon this property
originally amounted TO u. .063 600, but the
State Board OF Taxation reduced II about
100000. President German has partially
exa mined this property, and stated thaS
no increase had been made over last year.
He considers the assessment low, and
states that the City Board will not abide
by the decision Of the State Board The
case will now be carried into the Courts,
and hot legal fight may bs expected.
The City Tax Commissioners are OF one
mind regarding the justness of the as
sessment being increased over u. .O53. glv,
as the works represent more than S.00o,-
900.
Mrs Mary Green complained to the
Board that she thought the assessment OF
s. 200 was excessive upon tlree-story
frame tenement house and lot z5xlo0
on Ocean avenue The lady is willing to
sell the property for 81. 900.
The kingussie fats, owned by Mr..
George n Mckenzie on Washington
street, opposite the Postoffice, are as
| sessed for $4,000. A valuation OF <los,-
900 was placed upon the building and
property by the assessor.
The Welaon building On Montgomery
street was shown to cover l2,5o9 square
feet. The building is now assessed for
$3.50, COO During the past two years the
valuation has been increased $4,000. aud
/ even now Commissioner Cleveland con-
| siders the assessments low.
I VALUES or HOTEL ffssf zfsTT.
| Ewing's Hotel covers two lots 25xlU
/ feet. The lots are valued at Sl4 900 and q
l valuation OF 81, 600 was placed upon tue
building. The entire property Is assessed
| for So. 600. This Is considered very Lair
assessment.
The assessment levied upon the Fuller
/ building was next discussed. The as
sessmeDt amounted TO Sl20. 900 and -
considered equitable The question as TO
property being more valuable on tbs
north side Of Montgomery street than on
\ the opposite side was raised BY Com mis-
sioner Morgan. In the opinion OF Mr.
/ Gorman lots on the north side Tar ex-
ceeded IN value lots on the opposite side
Taylor's Hotel is assessed Tor s1o. 1000.
/ This assess nent, although q trIfle low,
was passed without much comment oy
the Commissioners. Mr.. German places
| a valuation of SIS, 600 on the grounds oc-
cupied by the Fiemming building and
| $50, 900 on the building itself Tue as
sessment Of so. 900 was considered just
The building of the New Jersey Title
| Guarantee and Trust Company Is valued
/ by Mr. Gorman al 81, 900 and the lot upon I.
which it stands st $4,000 making
/ total valuation of $50 000 The property
is assessed for $4,000, which is satlslac-
4 tory to the Commissioners. The twelve
lots occupied by the Adams Express
| COMPANY and the building are assessed
for sl4S.000, exclusive OF personal lax OF
$50 0o0
III. German stated, when a comparison
was made between this property and the
Fuller building, that lots in the vicinity
of the Fuller building were twice as vain
able as those upon which the stable
stands This assessment may be infe1tl-
gated by the County Board Commis-
sioners.
The ten lots occupied by the United
States Express Company are valued at
So, 900, the building at S55.0o0 An
assessment OF SOC, 900 was levied By tas
assessor. There Is In addition to this
personal assessment OF $50 o0e
The Wells. Fargo Express Company
stables are assessed for $4,000, exclusive
of a personal tax of $4,000 The stable
covers eight lots which are valued at ~,
600, while the building itself has valua-
| ton Of SO 000- The assessment OF So. ~.
exclusive Of the personal. Is considered
far and just.
JERSEY CITY THEATRES.
AssembiymHn Mullone's new theatre Is
assessed for $4,000. The building being
valued at So, 900 and the two fuA lots al
$4,000 each.
Inc Academy Of Music is assessed for
! only SO, 900. This structure covers three
and one-half lots. valued at SI5.00o. The
building is valued az So. 600. This assess-
mens was considered rather low
l
Academy of Music, cover i've and one-
half lots, and are assessed for $4,000. The
land is valued at So. 900. and the fats a1
900. No fault was found with this a.
| sessmenf.
Jacob Ringle's store on Newark ayenue
is valued az s27 900, aud is assessed az
S95. COO with $ 600 on personal property
Booraem Hall covers 9 207 square feet
The property is valued 1T SO. .009, and =
assessed for $4,000.
John Mullins store on Newark aren17
is assesseG for 81, ,0c1. II Is valued az
. SEQ O00, exclusive or 5000 on persoaal
. property.
|, Lembech & Betz's brewery on Ninfh
. street has a valuation Of S54 900 on it. It y
assessed for $40, 600. An assessment OF
$4,000 for personal property Is added 70
: this sum.
The Eagle Brewing Company Is assessed
So, 000 upon a fixed valuation Of So, 30
The Tax Commissioners wsrs eomFA-
mented for the completeness and accu-
racy of their WORK President GortHan.
! for the Information of the assessors q tne
outlying districts, stated that toe ct&
: | assessors IN levyInK assessments utfel
considered the amount OF rcht derived
from property, but fixed their raiuef
upon the sums realized from property
sold ia the vicinity. The Conmls3onex4