The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-20
TO DHfRAUD THE CITY.
Railroads Trying to Es-
cape Taxes on 1924, 900
Placed in the City
Levy.
APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD
How the State Assessors Tax all
Railroad Property in Sight
Public Hearing in the
Matter.
APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD

The railroad companies have tried a
new dodge for taking their property out
of the tax levy Of Jersey City and i'm
creasing the load of the already over
burdened taxpayer. They have appealed
to the State Board of Taxation from the
assessments made by the local board upoa
this property, valued at $2S4 00o:--
Block 60, Plot "a; 440 feet frontage on
Morris Canal between Grove and Barrow
streets, If produced; assessed valuation,
$50, 600; nominal owner, Charles Harts-
horne; said to be controlled by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company.
Block 2047, Plot 25; irregular strip of
ground, 40 feet frontage, facing Com
munipaw avenue, near Suydam avenue;
owner, Greenville and Hudson Railroad
Company, branch of the Lehigh Valley;
assessed valuation. $4,000.
Block 2,145, Plot 40B; Jersey avenue,
east side, and near tidewater basin; 225
feet frontage on Jersey avenue; owner,
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company; as
sessed valuation, ss2,ooO On this plot the
assessments for 1894, 1895 and 1896 are
being appealed from as being excessive,
making $4,000 in ALL
Block 2145, Plot 404 D, 10Ox200 feet south
Of tidewater basin, between Warren and
Washington streets, If produced; yalua-
tion $4,000. On this property the assess
ments for 1894, 1885 and 1886 are being ap-
pealed from, making $4,000.
Block 2,040, Plot B. thirty-two lots along
Morris Canal; owned by Central Railroad
Company, in name of the Lafayette Rail-
road Company; valuation, $4,000. On this,
fhe
five years are being appealed from, MAX
ing $4,000 in taxes.
Block 2,037, Lot "a A, owned by Lafay-
cite Railroad Company; value, 15o; taxes
for six years unpaid, making 5000.
Block 2,037, Lot K; owner, Central Rail-
road ad Company; valuation $3.50. for 81,
W ,93, ,s4 and 95; valuation for 1896, $500;
total, s4,050.
Block 1858, Lots 80 and 100; owned by
Central Railroad Company; valuation,
$775; taxes due from 1896, $S, ,10O
Biock 1868, Lots 20 and "a; same owner;
valuation. $500; taxes unpaid from 1896,
Block 1,7SS, Plot A.. owned by Central
Railroad Company; valuation 81, $50; taxes
'inaJgaid aJ2 from 5SsS-s6; total, sll. 400.
strip or land between the Morris Canal
and the Griffing Iron Works, owned by
Central Railroad Company; valuation
$12, ,0O0
1liS SfOuHu upon winch the railroads
base their appeal is that the property
has already been taxed once It appears
that the State Board of Assessors have
a way of gobbling up everything in sight
belonging to a railroad company and
classify it as property used for railroad
purposes. 1t is needless to say that in
this the members of the board meet with
no serious opposition by the railroads.
Every dollars worth of property which
Is taken from the city levy and placed in
the state levy makes their taxes lighter
and it is their policy to get the State
Board to assess as much as possible.
This is the first time the companies
have ever appealed to the State Board OF
Taxation. A public hearing on the an
peal on March 80 in the city Hail.