New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27

II. Vanderbilt ooo ooo DaV wchi p 10000
VI Jam Aror..-. St@C"0 IaGsk A. D''N 10000
Some Of the larger corporations are the followhs
Consolidated ga, :,.3 Gn
STANDARD G,~ Light 80, 0qV
TmoFyn AID New York Ferry co........... II. rs 600
ILshI Tic%ated Eapo,d Jo....... $50 900
H. aw1ro and hudson Canal Co..-......... 4'-puuo,
NcvYork and Harlem Railroad co.-.....'..'' az N"
1b 1I'T" Al n9e Raroai 60 l2S ooc
Sixu, avenue Railroad 60 ooe 600 600
Broadway and seventh Avenue Hailroai Co.. 10 600
M'troIoiitan rel, phone 90 ............".... 3Ot0}
iIcckcr.Jonc,.Jewcll Milling To-. l''oooc'
THE STATE BOARD To MEET NEXT MONTH
II the state Board OF Assessors will repeat the
favor they did to the taxpayers OF this city by
presenting to the Stat, Board Of Equalization az
its annual meeting in Septe nber data In relation
to the taxation in this city. as It did last year
great credit viii be due its members for Intelligent
comprehension of the matter. In 1891 the Tax com
missoncrs Of tbs city fixed total assessed valua-
ton Of $i6lS7i0so sos and the State Board Of Equah-
cation added to that amount $ll652hlon making
total equalized O. valuation OF N,13596i''a
Through the efforts Of the Tax Commissioners
last year the State Board OF Assessors presented
I to the state Board Of Equalization data and urged
! consideration toward this city To such an extent
that 10 the valuation Of s1,707SGs.S-s the com
| the valuation OF this city. The State Board Of AS
SCISSORS hay. conferred with the New-York Tax
| Commissioners this year and have been Furnished
! with data to warrant and justify their claims
, WORD FROM THE COMMISSIONERs OF TAXES
The Commissioner OF Taxes In their annual re-
port to the Mayo for the year ending July l. lS'-
called attention to this matter as follows:
II perhaps useless for Us here I" cal attention !"
the great injustice tha. taNpeycr> OF this
city by the arbitrary action Of the state Board o lqna"a
Th. department has used 1t. lost effort to cnshter
the Equalization Boari through the State A'+'''orS AM
,tn the taNraycrs OF this city annually treated "a
hi. unjust Elimination that fastons upon them The pay
ment Il hall Of tho State tax.
Tho amount l5ilG5:4lG7l Which has been added To
the assessed value Of this county. fixed
b~ hI. d,partmeat make, the total eiuarei value -
the real ard personal ca," n The county Tor the year
| 1891 81 30 "a 972 wtch &, so per c'n,um Of tno
ot, equalcd ,ade o, the real and personal property 10
the counties 81 the stat" a osalhst 500 per ''''"
for tho year $500.
This equalization - IS made upon m'..'s'k % ~"
.-..cd ,algc u the real estate ~ i' CO.. fot m" year
1870 a. nNed by this Department. and ~ incfa-' is
made In "a. face the fat tina, N" ass'>-'i Valuations
- roa, and personal property in this ciy To- such var
showed ar iacres~c the Assessed valuation hr i'
wear l.so amount NJ D. 500 1875 ~ Il which sG7llld
wos ir real estate while IN the a--r>''f
value Of the rca. all The othc- counties Of 90"
STAG In 1880 o,e S- s32 1912 o3. which & lN'
than vha' the increase IN The a''"~"d van" 81
, real ~ this civ A. above stated "h'h a
count, for The increased poTcnare u State tar THIS city
required I~y under thr equalization table d" I''
Comparative tables were given showing some
| OF the inequalities Of equalization. In the years
lSss 1850 and 1890 the local assessed value OF real
| estate In the counties Of Albany. Hro"m". cat
/ tarauCus. Duchess Erie. jefferson. Monroe. NJ
agara Onondaga. Ontario. Rensselaer,, -. Lawrence
/ and Stcubcr was reduced from {moNHD 10 VI
| on 600 while the Ncw-Nork local valuation was
! raised $lSV0pN Sll9e1gsi and $4,000" in the
three years named. although the percentage 81 ac-
tuaI real estate value in Ncw-York County was
] much higher than IN the counties named
TALK WITH PRESIDENT B>RKER.
Through the efforts Of the Tax Commissioners
last year the State Board Of Assessors presented to
the state Board Of Equalization data furnished them
and urged consideration toward this city 10 such
an extent that to the valuation Of i7o7,N5'sS the
reduced sum Of SSo.gg7 $50 was added to IN" vhua-
ton Of the city. President Barker in speaking Of
this matter said yesterday: THE state Board OF
Assessors have conferred with us this year and we
have furnished them with data 10 warrant ana
Justify our claims FOR consideration by the state
Board Of Equalization We have every commence
in the understanding that tho members Of tn" state
Board Of Assessors have in our DEMANDS Tor JUS
ticc toward taxpayers.
For years past 1t has been the annual duty OF
the Commissioners Of the Department to meet
with the state Board of Assessors and protest To-
this city 10y the arbitrary action Of the Snc
Eoard Of Equalization. Figures and Other data
hop. Of cnlirhtcnint the state Board Of Equaliza.
ZION that justice might be done the taxpayers 81
Tho city For years. despite all efforts. the amount
was increased until the amount Of slle,,2ilel
Mss added ox lG IN 9e this dcpar,m Hn for So
making total cquazcd value OF the real ana
or 45S per cent Of the total eIuazcd value of
the real and personal property in all the counties
Of the stat
MEETING WITH TIE ATNTE ASSE>soRS.
at our annual meeting in August. 1880. We for the
first time met with the new Board Of State As
soseors We made known TO them the injustice
that had I'm The. past done to the taxpayers of
this city by the State Board Of Equalization. and
in presenting them with data to substantiate our
claims asked from them fair consideration of the
| Justice due the taxpayers. Not before in many
wears had the State Board OF Assessors o. the
State board ~ Equalization given the slightest
In" prcscntation Of the claims of this city 10y the
state Board Of Assessors We are able To STATE that
TO SSr.r7ssO We feed that this recognition Of ouf
claims by the state Board OF EQUALIZATION Is due
State Board of Assessors examined into the mat
ter nd o S State %@ oard Of EGEazat9n
The city of New-York Is caring FOR al thf
insane committed to It's care ut It's own expense
and still is called upon to pay about % per cent
Of the cost Of the insane as cared for by The
state. We buy the land. build and maintain
armorics for the militia Of this city and pay 70,
it entire, while we have in addition 10 pay halt
for militia throughout the State.
NEWYOHK WILLING TO DO ITS SHARE.
I'VE pay about half Of the whole State tax. ano
Notwithstanding this and annual increased
assessablc valuations for taxation. the State
Board Of Equalization adds to the burdens o
the taxpayers Of this city by increasing the tax
able valuations. We have been called upon t
raise for State tax in 1882. s239S,5)i 9l in 1893
$s.5i9j6 TO- If the Board OF Equalization will give
: aS much consideration this year n did las
[ year may yet indulge a hope Of haylns som,
justice done 10 our taxpayers
"NcwNork city Is willing to pay It's Just shar,
of the State tax, but is nwng passvely Il
submit 10 the Injustice that the State Board 81
Equalization seemed willing put upon IT, evi
IDENTIFY in the end 10 call upon this city practi
cally TO pay all the taxes Of the State. we have