The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-11
REAL ESTATE INTERESTS
Work Of the County Equaliza-
ton Board-A Railroad
Kick.

The Board for the Equalization of Taxes
met again yesterday but transacted no pub
lie business. 1t begins to look as if it would
be surprising if it did. The Superintendent
of the Self Winding Clock Company com
planned that his company had been wrong
fully assessed. He claimed that he had but
twenty-eight clocks in a secti on of the
county, while he had been assessed for
thirty-three at $40 for each clock. The board
vidual, but in a manner that created no
hope said the appeal would be considered.
Charles Tanner of No. 525 Bloomfield
street, Hoboken, is in Europe and his agent,
A. Rosenthal, asked the board to wait until
August Is to receive his appeal. The board
will net do any such thing.
The assessments of Assessor Dollard in
Hoboken were taken down for the purpose
of permitting Commissioner Mclean to make
a comparative table between the values of
the commissioners and the assessor on Hobo
ken property and the board then adjourned
to meet today.
Railway Taxation.
At last nights meeting of the Board of
Aldermen, the following preamble and reso-
luton were adopted by the unanimous vote
of the board
ssWhereas, the Pennsylvania and Erie
Railroad Companies having their termini in
Jersey City, have always treated the people
of Jersey City with Indifference and have
persistently refused any consideration or ac-
co~mmodation to such of its passengers as
have business in the city; and
"Whereas, The property of our citizens is
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limits, and fire and police protection is aft
forded to all alike; and
Whereas, The people of these corpora
tons pay a tax of but one per cent. to the
municipality at q valuation fixed by a State
Board, and the property of the citizens is
compelled to pay its full share of county and
city taxes; n
property, is constantly increased to meet
all deficiencies by reason of the purchase
and retirement from the tax lists of proper
ty absorbed by railroad corporations; and
Whereas, 1t is now impossible on enter
ing the city by either road to stop anywhere
except at the depot. necessitating a ride back
at the expens g of a fare on the trolley roads,
and the payment of a fare to the depots by
those who desire to travel over either road
On leaving the city, causing a loss to each
individual of from five to fifteen cents: and
Whereas, This unfair treatment of our
citizens causes great dissatisfaction aud q
desire for justice to our people; therefore
Resolved, That the Board of Aldermen
of Jersey City, as representatives of the
people, demand of the Pennsylvania Rail
road the establishment of a depot for all
local trains at either Varick or Monmouth
streets, and by the Erie Railroad at either
Monmouth or Brunswick streets, and at a
point Immediately west of tine tunnel, ami
that both roads deduct from the price of all
to11+ -,,-ol,1al -, Tovan- CNfAv %Ao a.srionr
to and from New York City"
Before disposing of railroad corporations
the Aldermen adopted a resolution offered
by Alderman Martin, directing the New
York, Susquehanna a. Western Railroad to
repair its gates at the Newark avenue cross
ing about 600 feet west of Tonnele avenue,
and to place men on guard at either side of
the crossing. TIL resolution embraced a re-
quest that a similar course be pursued in re-
gard to the st. Pauls avenue crossing.