The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-10

some of those who escaped taxation ana
Assessor Hannah replied, THE New Jer-
sey Telephone Company and the hudson
County Gas Light Company
The apparent decrease in the value oil
personal property was due, Mr.. Hannan
said, to taking the water fronts from per-
sonals where his predecessor had them.
In this way $751; 200 had been lost in per-
sonals. and the increases had reduced that
amount to $72900.
The increases in Weehawken's valua-
tions shown in the above table are over
Assessor O'Donnelrs figures of last year,
when his total was S2699. To this amount
the County Board summarily added IS per
cent or SASS, $50, making total of $S,1SiS20.
Thus the new assessors figures are a net
increase of 1891. $50 in both realty and per-
sonal property.
Assessor Edward McDermott said that
about 800 buildings had been erected in the
town during the year. He thought his
valuations were about right He asse ssed
property at sixty per cent.
Secaucus's Assessor John Possehl, said
that there had only been four or five
new building erected during the year in
the borough and that the increase shown
in the value of realty was largely due to
equalizing. The increase in personals was
largely on railroad property.
Before Assessor William Green, of
Kearney, made his return for that town,
he asked. what he would do about piece
of property that he had assessed at
sss, 600, which had been burned down on
Saturday last. The Board told him that
L. iarrx h ns,-
sessment on May 20, and as the building
in question was there then, the assess
ment would have to stand.
In reply to question by Mr.. Mclean,
the Kearny assessor said that he had
received 14O applications for exemptions,
but had not allowed any of them in his
return.
At this point President Morgan remind
ed the assessors that at the first meet
ing of the board it had been announced
that returns would only be received in
gross and no exemptions would be allow
ed.
Mr. Green said that the realty increase
in hfs town was due to the erection of
about twenty new cottages in Arlington.
The town had lost the New Jersey Steel
Tube Company which had removed to
Harrison on account of the high tax rate
in Kearny.
Assessor James Mulligan stated that
about fifteen new buildings had been
erected in Harrison during the year.
Henry E. McKenna, assessor of East
Newark, said that but three new buildings
had been erected in that borough during
the year.
President Morgan then announced that
the field books of the local assessors inusE
be left with the County Board for ten days
during which time the Board will sit as
Commissioners of Appeals. Mr.. Morgan
added
at is the purpose of the board to make
a very thorough examination of the diff
ferent taxing districts to see that the
law is complied with in the matter of
valuations of property. At the end Of ten
DAYS we will make personal visits to the
different taxing districts. We will not
have time to inspect all the property in
the different districts, and we would
notify the assessors that this year the
better class property will be the basis OF
our examination. If you are injured by
anything we discover in connection with
this property, if your valuations as a
whole are raised because we find that
this class of property hav been under
assessed of property it viii be your ouwn
fault. Any assessor who desires to make
correction in this valuations can do so be-
fore we start to inspect the property"
The board then adjourned until four
o'clock this morning.