The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-28
ERIE'S TAX APPEALS.
Cool Request for Exemption On a
Milli0n-Work of the Board.

The Board of Tax Appeals held a very
busy meeting last night and acted on a
vast quantity of property. The most i'm
portant Judgment rendered by the Com
m~issioners was in relation TO the appeal
made by the Erie Railroad Company.
The company objected vigorously to the
assessment made by the lax Commis-
sioners on a score of pieces of property,
and claimed that the city had no right to
act in the matter at all, that it was purely
a matter for the State Board OF Assessors,
and had been assessed by the city to IN
crease the total amount OF ratabies, the
Commissioners knowing perfectly we'll
that the property assessed was used tor
railroad purposes, I'M as such was taxed
by the State.
The railroad company was not alto
gether right in the claim for some OF the
property beyond doubt should be as
sessed by the city. The total amount OF
the Erie property under conslderatlon
was considerably more than . ,000,0 900, and
the Commissioners confirmed the acts OF
the Tax Commissioners in making the as
sessments. If the railroad company
wants a reduction in its taxes, it must go
to the State Board of Appeal To obtain 1t.
The 8 tme acJion was taken by the
Board on 800. 900 worth OF property
owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, q portion Of which consisted OF
the Bay street ~ferryhouse.
The Commissioners confirmed thirty
other appeals, and made the following re-
d%uctions:-
Fred Eultz, No. 6 Pavonia avenue, personal,
assessed, $500; reduced, $40.
0. NJ. Hoffman, No; Y, a T4zS, rs Erie street.
Margaret Orley. No. 10 Canal street, assessed,
$1,000; reduced, $1,000.
joseph Warren. No. 254 Ninth street, assessed,
Joseph Warren, No. eos Third street, No. 469
Grove street, assessed, / ,00G and 5000 respec-
lively: reduced. 5 900 and 500.
Richard Meserole, Hoooken avenue, assessed.
S, 600; reduced, $3.50.
William L.. PlIcner, Hoboken avenue, assessed,
81, 500; reduced, 500.
b. Sullivan, No. u Montgomery street, per-
sonal. assessed, $500; reduced, 500.
Patrick Coogan, Nos. 20, ". u Cottage street,
assessed, $ll 900; reduced, $500.
John Geragherty, Plue street. assessed, S',oo0
for house and lot. He has no house aud a re-
duction of 81, 500 was made.
James Biay, Nos. IS, 81. 70, 81 Oswego avenue,
assessed, 5000; reduced, $500.
Charles II. Fahy, No. iG3 Newark avenue, as
sesssd, S3,5U0; reduced, $1,C0o.
Rose Morgan. No. 50! Third street, assessed,
S5.UGO, reduced, $500.
William NJ. Hagan, Nos. 25 and 27 First
street, assessed, $500: reduced, $500.
Martin B~osSert, No. . Laidlaw avenue, as
sessed. $500: reduced, $500.
S. A.. Dickinson, No. los Vroom street, assessed,
$4,000; reduced, $1,000.
John Wagner, No. 2, Pamrapo avenue, as
sessed. $1,000; reduced, $500.
James Reilly, No. 20 Armstrong avenue, as
sessed, 5000, as a hou,e and lot, reduced, Sl,7J0
because it is a vacant lot.
Jane Barber. No. 23 Storm avenue, assessed,
81, 800, reduced, 500.
&. E. Shade, executor, No. ia Oak street, as
sessed. 81, 800; reduced, $500,
+. E. and ]. s. Nash, Nos. 90 and 9. Palisaae
avenue, assessed, 81 600; reduced, $500.
John Hague, No. 312 Henderson street, assess
ed, $500; reduced, $500.
J.B. Houston, No. 1915 Pacific avenue, per-
sonal, assessed, 500; cancelled.
A. Somerfield, No. So Wayne street, personal,
assessed, $50; cancelled.
H. 0. Corstens, Cambridge avenue, assessed,
s.. SEQ; reduced, S3n0.
Hannah Tiilman, No. 800 Barrow street, per-
sonaI. assessed, 5000; reduced, ST. ECO.
Fl. III. Henneinier, No. As Noble street, assess
ed, $1,000; reduced, $500.
Auton Braun, Nos. S13 and SIS Newark avenue,
assessed, So, go; reduced, $500.
r.. Hartnett, No. 202 Bay street, assessed,
S14.0O0: reduced $1,000.
John Bobsou, No. 2l6 and 21S McAdoo avenue,
real. assessed, S2,t0); reduced, $500; personal,
assessed, $3.50; cancelled.
Patrick TURKEY, No.. .S9 Barrow street, as
sessed $1,000; reduced, S5UO.
Daniel Hartigan. No. Al Grove street, as
sessed, Sc. 000; reduced, $500.
Daniel HartigaD, No. 141 Ninth street, as
sessed, s. 500, reduced, $500
Daniel Hartigan. No. 1863 Provost street, as
sessed S4,0J0; reduced $500.