The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-27

with the air of clergyman starting on
his sermon. He said:-
II think it is not fair to go back nine
teen years to make comparisons, for that
ten years and see the results of decade.
The valuations OF West Hoboken In 1891
were Sc, ,504 1896; in 1890 they were 50. $780,
$50, al increase of $574, Jas.
The valuations for 1892 were
placed at So. TAT 800, an increase of SSl7,-
250 over 1890. The valuations rs fixed by
the Board for 1892 show an increase In
rateables during ten years Of 80 per cent. !.
or the difference between $2,037,45O in
1882, and the present valuation. The
valuation for Jersey City for 1882 was
$50. .9o7 $50, and for the present year
SS4, ,456, 150 or fraction more than 40 per
cent. increase. The assessment for Ho-
boken for 1882 was S15.104.l0. while the
valuation for 1892 is $22, 1862 655. the in
crease being less than so per cent Our
town has shown q steady increase in
valuations for a number of years. la
1888 it was 81, ,562, $50 in 1889, 81, III, 900.
and in 1880. S2.930250. The Board Of
equalization in 1891 increased the valua-
tion to $S.504. .375. an decrease in one year
of 1914. l45, and a further increase of
$243, los has been made for 1899 ny the
order of the Board.n
CALLED DOWN.
Don't use the word order" said Chair
man Van Reipen, I'VE have ordered moth
ing. And you must take into consider
alton also. Mr.. Galbraitn, that in Jersey
City and the other places you have men
toned, the railroads have taken millions
of dollars Of property out of the rateables
during the past ten years. while West
Hoboken has practically been uninjured in
this respect"
81 would like to have Mr.. Galbraith
read his figures over again." said Com
missioner Utz Mr.. GalbraiIh did so, and
Commissioner Utz commented that the
percentages were incorrect. Mr.. Gal
bratth continued his speech. He claimed
that the values Of West Hoboken had in
creased when there was q prospect of q
new elevated railroad. The people of
West Hoboken had guaranteed $50, 900 to
aid the enterprise, but after the death of
John II. Bonn, President bod had said
the road would not De built Immediately
after this, property deprecated in value.
II Cannot understand that" exclaimed
Commissioner Utz. "fer Mr. Dod recently
told me this road would be built, and the
Common Council has given the company
permission to proceed"
This set back fgther sGumped Mr. Gal
braith. whose only response was:-"Wen,
let the valuations so as they are, but we
ask this Board not to increase them each
year."
ut Is unfair for anyone to take into
consideration the valuations for ten years
back" said Commissioner Morgan. "I
asked Clerk Connolly to furnish me with
the first minute book of the Board, bat
he was unable to fnd it, and produced
the record book which was for 1873, nine
teen years ago. find by this book that
Hoboken's valuations were increased 20
per cent, West Hoboken's AZ per
cent, and the Town of Unions
100 per cent. The Town of Union
had no advantages of an elevated
road until the present year, and when
the Commissioners added Is per cent.
to West Hoboken's values in 1891 they did
prospective elevated road. Your prop
erty has increased from natural causes.
You have 1850 good houses, while the
Town of Union has but 1000. West Ho-
hoken has two and one-half times the
territory of the Town of Union and it is
better a properly and contains fewer nuis, nss
lots and the Town of Union not half so
many. Last year this Board examined
more than 500 pieces of property before
acting and based the valuations upon
what they learned from Inspection. The
law requires that a full and fair valua-
tion shall be placed upon property and
THAT has never been done in West Ho-
boken. aud you have been very lenientiy
dealt witn."
M'EWAN THREATENS.
Counsellor Samuel McEwan, on behalf
of the West Hoboken people, disputed Mr..
Morgan's assertion that there were 10. 900
lots in West hoboken, and said there
were but 1876.
Mr.. Morgan said that Mr.. McEwan was
counting acres and not lots.
Mr.. McEwan said he had been informed
that the assessor had said that the in
creased valuations of West Hoboken had
been caused by the prospective elevated
road.
THAT question was never considered by
the Board" said Chairman Van Reipen.
Every year Assessor JacQuet (now cut
of office) had promised the Board to make
fair returns and he had failed. When the
Board added fifteen per cent. in lump it
was to correct long standing errors that
had accumulated"
Gustave A. HoIlinger, West Hoboken
citizen with bushy beard. declared che
valuations should be decreased.
"If," Mr. McEwan resumed, ian in
crease Is made, the people of West Ho-
poken will do like the followers of Par
nell, lock up their pocket books and re-
fuse to pay one cent. II we do this the
goverB mept cannot be supported All
over the, world taxes are imposed to suit
the people. Why, it is but one hundred
years ago that King George placed a
tax -"
Here Mr.. McEwan was asked to keep
quiet and the Board did not hear the tale
Of the Revolutionary War.
MORE OF DoLLARD'S WORK.
A half-dozen persons from all over the
county appealed from their assessments
anq were referred to the Assessors. One
of these was William A. E1etetus & Co..
manufacturers OF steam engines In Ho-
boken. A member of the firm said they
had been assessed $4,000 personal
properly on tools used In the fac
tory. He said that last year the
value had been $11, 900. He did not ask
to have the assessment reduced to that
figure but wanted an equitable valuation.
His firH, he said. employed 500 men and
paid $225. 900 year in wages. The
greater portion of this went to Hobokeu
BESIDES this the firm kept two forge COM
panies busy and thus benefited Hoboken.
In taxes on their real estate they paid
81, 600 to Hoboken. The Board promised
to examine into the case
CURRY's LAME EXCUSES.
Judge Daily at this point announced
that he represented Assessor Curry of
Union township. Curry had assessed the
American Cotton Oil Company $4l7, 900,
100000 being for personal property.
Judge Daily said the value
of the property was $1,000, 900,
and that the company did not complain Of
being too much assessed, but that others
had not been assessed properly When
CurrY Raade his report several days ago
to the County Board, he had returned
personal property on the whole township
$101. 200; Of this 100000 was on the COM
pany. The COM pany had complained to
the Board of this. Curry had made an
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