The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-24
SAME As LAST YEAR
There Will Be No Reduc-
ton in the New Tax
Rate.
JERSEY CITY BEARS THE BURDEN
This Municipality Suffers for the
Unjust Valuation in Other
Sections.
JERSEY CITY BEARS THE BURDEN

The tax rate this year will be the same
nc A. was last wear. $3.50 on the thou
sand. Ire city rate Will snow a oe-
crease of forty cents on the thousahu'
b,,t tba county rate will be forty cents
hiyhar so that all chance of q reduced
tax rate is Knocked into a cooked NAT.
A reduced tax rate. it is said. Woulo
have been a certainty had the assessors
of the outlying districts returned any
thing like fair valuations. 1t is the
same old story of the great puiK Oh ene
taxes being thrown upon Jersey S'y >
shoulders. In order to keep the Tax iaee
ait the same rate it was last year MANY
sacrifices will nave to be maas anu
several of the ranche OF the Guy SoN-
ernment will suffer in the line OF cioseiy
shaved appropriations. Mayor Wahsei
old all in his power to bring ABOUT d {
duction in the rate and the lax o"n-
,ofss;oners have done themselves proud
and are entitled to considerable ci
for ending an increase of about 2,G0,oo
IN ratahles This find will enable the
finance Commissioners to increase the
annronriations by about $4,000 and at
tbe same time Keep the tax rate where
It was.
VALUATIONS AT THE TOP NOTCH.
The city's valuations are said to pc
almost at the top notch and it is oup
6n1 if anv increase will be made in
another wear or two. The Finance COM
7oissioners will meet Thursday night anu
4ba tax rate will probably be fixed. Ine
annronrsations will he announced at any
rate The Finance Commissioners Wahueu
+he county and school rates before they
corld Art and now tina they have rheh
the ANNOYING problem of tax rate anu
budget will be disposed OF speeuly.
,The State school rate this year IS zn-4ol
cents ON the 800, or twenty-e1ght CENTS
zmaling s2.S0 on the $1,000 rataples. Inc
county rate is 265.147 cents, or twenty
seven cents on the 500, making S2.W ON
the $1,000 ratables.
Last years State school rate was $2.U
on the LOCO ratables and county rale
s. ON a like amount of ratables. Last
wears rate was. therefore, for the Two
n,,rnoses SIT on the thousand. While TINS
year 1t is $40.
INCREASED COUNTY BURDENS.
The FreehoIders had an increased bur-
den from the Boulevard, the building Oh
nublic institutions and other sources TO
contend with. and it is commended thai
if the outlying districts had responded
properly with ratables the increase a 81
FORTY cents would not have been neces-
sary. The increase Is very much In eva.
dence. however, and it figures as an
important facter, in the striking Oh Inc
Tssf wear the city rate was $3.50 on the
thousand. which with the S.7O for state
school and county nrposes for re- TI eef
years city rate was struck on SsI.II4'.ia
of ratables. This year the rate will be
officially struck on $50 S5s, OF; Ihe dnc sTesd
properly valuations all along the HIN,
and on the many new buildings which
A~ VALUATIONS E~QUALIZBD.
Valuations have been equaliZed and +
is expected that only a few appeals Will
disposal the Finance Commissioners say
that they can fix the city, rate Withont
much exertien al $3.50; which Ny, Min n,s sne
$50 county and school rate VIII place
the total rate at $3.50.
To present an increased rate it has
been necessary to chop estimates. Last
about 81. O51, 900. If the estimates had
rot exceeded last years appropriations
it would have been plain sailing for me n
s PEG ooo
The increased appropriations Of $751; coo
requiring them most. One thing is as
furcd. There will not be a paid IRE
DEPARTMENT this year. This WI be a
.ers and a hungry horde of Republican
place seekers. but the city can't stand
a paid department Just yet.
Nc FREE BATHS.
The free baths will not be created
der a law of last winter. a part. of the
aieuor fund will be 81 the disposal of the
Street and Water Board for the clean
ing and reconstruction of sewers,
About SCI. eco will be available for. that
purpose, ard at least one-third of the
whole amount will be employed in the
reconstruction Of the Third district
end. Third. Fourth. Coles and Bay
streets.
Formerly money for this purpose had
to be raised by taxation. but the use of
sisted materially in keeping down the
tax rate and enabling the Finance Com
.missioners to increase the appropriations
to the various Boards generally. Mayor
Wanser is satisfied that the tax rate
will be the same as last year. He was
anxious for a reduction, but is satisfied
so long as there has no been an in
crease. particularly in view of the fact
that SO many public improvements have
been made this year.