The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24

the sum of secs; the1railroads are<ta~ed
upon every 800 Of valuation the sum of
6S cents, ersAonlY about one-thfrd. These
tioas@Raie for i~adiyiddais. gSss rate for
railroads, S6S6. a p 16s
InrfSS5 the present oact was Upheld by
the Court of Errprs and Appeals, be-
paying more than indiyidyats.
Ascomparison Of the rafes of growth
since that time Is S:nteresting-
tss 9lss5-1sss.
acknowledgements.
Increase in nileage ::0-.I. per cent.
Increase in <traokage a.. 1872
Increase IN capitalization. BIZ
Increase iI wax valuation. 1873
Increase in total, tax ....... l5.O
Decrease in tax per 800 of tax valua-
tion,p s. mills,
4ke OTHER PROPERTY.
Increase IN acreage ........ 90 per cent.
|I-negeass IN popuiation -. S9.S
i 1nersase E ct sa tax ~oa... 81 Al
increase fhatax per s1oO of tax valua-
tiopstsE6. .
Now IT, the Supreme Court was right in
1856, why Should not this bill be passed!
With, the Increase proposed, the margin
Will .stin he very large. Under this bill
there need6he no apprehension of a State
tax; Hudson county Will still pay the ma
jor paft ofe the States expenses. The ex-
srown ont Of ali proportion in the last
twelve years. In 1884 the receipts were
s.. 066. 953ss33,S and the expenditures were
|slinSiSSS the receipts had grown to $2,175,-
s5fs the expense $12, 269, 0Ss.S6. or over
Tbs report of the Comptroller for 1896
Of $ss.oe@s under the present Economical
systemic annual appropriations the State
will haysyho difficulty in sparing the sum
ford to bejust, The railroad companies
nave shown a very liberal spirit in the dis
cussion- Of this question. With the
Of Assembly bif ia, they are Wiling to
be generous at t~he.expense of the State.
Your committee believes that the railroad
ate In doing i JUSTICE aae Is the terminal points
and that while the State Us giving up a
part of it's income in the cause of JUS
a part Of the burden. Your committee
has in this report attempted to give only
an outline of the elaborate arguments
thu thu haye been presented on behalf Of the
have not met these arguments; in fact,
they nave made no serious. pretense of
doing so: the facts are unanswerable.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. DOD.
Mr.. Klink moved that the report on
House No. l be considered in committee
of the whole. He made the motion, ne said.
so that the bill would have fair play and
legerdemain.
Leader Derousse assured Mr.. Klink
discuss the bill, but insisted that the re-
port should be acted upon at once.
Mr.. Roll said the committee had given
the friends of the bill several hearings,
and he opposed the proposition to have
the majority report considered In Commit
tee of the whole.
MI. kl,nk made an earnest plea for
the adoption of his motion. The bills
providing for equal taxation, he said.
are the most important measures pend
Ing. The bills were in the interest of fair
every member. These bills may influence
the future of the Republican party In
New Jersey; The House should give up
one n shgs tor their consideration. The
nand methods, but should be considered
calmly and deliberately. Every man who
believes In freedom of speech and fair
play will vote for the motion.
Mr.: Derousssreiterated that the friends
OF Klink measures had been treated fairly
by the ~com1Aittee, therefore the com.
m IT. sd rep3ft should be sustained
not be hastily considered. Justice de-
manded that the report be considered In
Mr., Wildes said fairness demanded the
adoption of Mr.. K1inkfs1motion.
AZ The motion was, adopted by a vote of
The clerk then read the minority rerort
on NO u as follows:A
To the House of Assembly,
Your Committee on Railroads and Cam
ais. to whom y referred Assembly Bill
no. AZ: entitled, IA Supplement to an act
70 revise and amend an act for the taxa
ton of railroad and1 canal property, APP
proved March III 1888, respectfully report
q FAVOR OF the ~passages6f said bill. The
mann arguments In favor Of this bill are
1Tnllar to these urged in9the accompany-
ing report on Bill No. to which refer
ence rs respectfully madess2
Under this bill the main stem personal
~ and franchises of theSraaroads would
De assessed and taxed as at present.
The second or terxafnaa property
WOULD be assessed at the local rate. not
exceeding two per cent, and the whole
proceeds of such taxes would be paid to
the taxing districts Containing SAID oiands
AT the present time these laIds1are as
sessed n half per cent. forsathel State.
amounting to about s2O5, 600, and ene per.
cent. for the localities, amounting ! tas
about s6l5,000. Under this bill The fotals
tax would be increased to SITS, 6Szs91,s: and
h whole of it would be payable 10 NUM-
CAPABILITIES. In other words the State would
give up $205 A1.06 of its revenues, and the
taxes against the railroads would benz
creased $162, 107.57 per year, or an increase.
of about eleven per cent.
The average rate of taxation through
out the State is 2,036, n In the districts
containing this second class property 1T Isl,
2,4I1, thence the railroads would still 10
undertaxed.S J.
From the standpoint of the COMMUNE
ties which now suffer from the inequality
or taxes upon railroad property. this bill