The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-29
COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAX
The Former Will Be Fifty
three Cents and the Latter
TWenty-seVen Cents.
EQUALIZATION BOARDS WORK.
Increased Rateables Make the Ta1
Rate Slightly Lower-Ap-
peals Disposed Of.

The County Board of Equalization yes.
terday completed its labors by disposing
of number of appeals, and fixing the
county and school tax rates.
The most important appeals before the
Board was that made BY E. S. Van
Duzen. sgent for the West Shore and
Ontario Terminal Company He re-
quested the Board to cancel the assess.
ment OF $40 600 on about three acres of
land in Weehawken, which was former
ly owned by the National Stock Yards
company, and is now occupied by the
West Shore and Ontario Terminal Com
pany as lessees. Mr.. Van Duzen COM
planned that this property would be as
sessed by the State Board Of Assessors
for railroad purposes. aud that il the
local assessment remained ft wonld re-
suit in double taxation. The Commls.
siopers decided that the property was
subject to local taxation, and dismissed
the appeal.
THE USUAL KICKEES
Dennis Flyn OF No. 55S Washington
street, Town OF Union. appealed from
the valuations placed on loes /, Q
aud 3. block "a It had been assessed for
$500 in 1899. but this year the valuation
had been increased $780, He said that
since last year the County Boulevard had
taken thirty feet of his front away aud
Tint for this damage he had been awarued
S700. TheSommissioners concluded that
the Boulevard mad beuetited the property
instead of injuring it. and dismissed tha
petition.
J. H. Gedney of No. 157 Bloomfield
street, Hoboken, complained of a valua-
tion OF $500 on that property, and or a
like valuation on adjoining land. The
petition was dismissed
Joseph A. Likely of No. All Washing
ton street. Hoboken, asked the board TO
cancel the assessment or 500 for personal
taxes, alleging that he did not have
more than the $3.50 worth exempt freIn
taxation by law. The board refused to
entertain the appeal, and referred Mr..
Likely to the local Board of Appeals.
John Peters of Devon street, Kearny.
complained thar the valuation OF 500 on
let 10, block 1866 was excessive. and
asked for reduction. The appeal was
dismissed.
Mrs. Eliza Stoddard Of SuccssHnna
asked the board TO reduce the valuation
of SIC, 500 placed on house ond lot known
as lot 101 block 1912, Psssaic avenue. she
said the property when rented only re-
turned S40O year, aud thai she
had wanted to sell the place
for a long time but that the greatest
price she had been offered for 1t wis
$4,000. She said that recently an oil
cloth factory had been built near her
| property, and that it Deprecated the
value of her land. The assessor for ttrur
district in reply told the Commissioners
that $16, 500 was light assessment, and
the appeal was dismissed.
James H. Young sent the
Board a communication in which
he complained that the valuation
placed on AIS lots in Harrison, owned by
the estate of Henry Young, was too great.
He asked the Board to make q reduction
but the request was not complied with.
When TIE Board adjourned it was to
meet on September to enable TO the as,
SCISSORS to sign the abstracts.
THE RATEABLES,