The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-04
|. HUDSON VALUES
Assessors for the Thirteen
Municipalities Report to
Board Of Equaliza-
ton Of Taxes.
INCREASE IN THIS CITY AND HOBOKEN
Elsewhere Little Change Over
Last Years Figures-Next
Meeting June IL.
INCREASE In THIS CITY AND HOBOKEN

Aside from the 100000 in Jersey City
| and over half a million in Hoboken none
| of the thirteen municipalities of the
county showed any considerable increase
| over last years valuations in the figures
submitted by The different local assessors
~ Yesterday afternQonss meeting Of tho
County Rosrd for the Equalization of
Taxes West Hoboken, while returning
| S246,52l over last years s valuations as re-
| turned by Assessor McDermott, was
| ,369 short of the amount on winch she
was obliged to pay the county and school
| tax last year.
| All the Comnlissieners-Jam G. Nor
gan, Alexander Mclean, Joseph v. Clarke
William G. Hamilton and James II. Love
were present when Secretary James e.
Connolly called the board to order in the
Circuit Court room at the Court House,
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Morgan was reelected president and 4Ar.
Connolly was chosen as secretary for an
other year and his salary fixed at $500.
All the assessors responded to rollcall
as follows:-Jersey City-James c. Clark )
Charles H. Dayton, Robert J. Hoos. Ho-
boken-Thomas Coughlin, James E. Dol
lasd William j. Dynan, Joseph J.s Guisto,
9. De r. Leonard. Bayonne-Hepry j.
Stilson North Bergen-Jos oseph Kennel.
Secaucus-John Possehl. West Hoboken--
Edward McDermott. West New York
James J. Bowe Town of Union--August
Hoppe. Weehawken-John NJ Hannah.
Guttenberg-Dominick j. Lahres. Eear-
ny-Wllliam Green. Harrison-James
Mulligan; East Newark, David Douglass.
Counselor Joseph M. Noonan acted for
the first time in his capacity as legal ad-
wiser of the board.
The two townships of the county-North
Bergen ana Northumberland the Town
of West New York made no returns of
valuations and other municipalities where
the assessors did not have their figures
complete asked for an extension of time
and the board granted them until June II
to make their returns.
County Collector Dugan notified the
board that the amount of school tax for
the year 1901 to be levied in this county
on the assessed valuations of 1900 was
$437, ,07S.2S. but the act passed by the last
Legislature contributing from the State
fund IS per cent. of this amount or $751;
5.66, reduced it to $2S2, ,147.e2
1t was evident that the returns outside
of Jersey City and Hoboken were not sal
| sfactory, and summary increases will no.
doubt be made in several of the North
Hudson municipalities.
Jersey City's report, as present.
ed by President Clarke of the
Tax Board, was: = Real estate val
uation, sS5osO,Ss5; personal property.
$s.o O45; total ss4. .051. $50. Realty increase,
81, $50, ,095; personal property increase, $431, :
1h0. total inorea GO 0e1 oA5 Mr. Ttla III a
stated that the increase in realty was due
to new buildings and the advance in the
value of property in certain sections The
increase in personal property was due to
new business and equalization. He added
that the local and State board had re-
duced last years valuations by over 5000,
900, which would show Jersey City's in
crease to be considerably over the two
and one-half million mark
For Hoboken President Dynan reported
realty valuations S26 600; personal.
| 81, 500; total, 2S,31O,S0O. Increase in
realty values over last year, s41S, 100; per-
sonal, $106507 total increase, $685. ,6O7, this
amount being 102,SO4 over the adjusted
valuations of last year. Mr.. Dynan said
that three new buildings were erected in
the meadow district during the year.
Commissioner Clarke called the atten-
ton of his colleagues to the fact that Ho-
boken had lost the assessment on the
North German Lloyd docks and Mr.
Dynan explained that the new docks were
only covered temporarily. He also ex-
planned that the Carscadden or Pennsyl-
vania Railroad property, which was still
on appeal before the Supreme Court, had
been included in the levy.
Bayonne returned s13,15s145 in realty
and $S42,S75 personal, a total of s14,O ,020.
An increase of $156,O 900 in real estate, s47.-
| 00J personal. a total increase of $20S. GOO.
Secaucus section showed $663,775 realty
and s1S2, 100 personal; total, $s5,S75 In
| crease over last year-$14,625 real estate;
| 81, ,250 personal; total increase, S15,S75. AS
/ SCISSOR Possehl said that six new houses
had been erected in the borough during
| the year.
For West Hoboken, Assessor McDer-
mott reported $5,7ss95O as the value of the
real estate of the town and 1858, S21 for
personal property. Total, $6,442.771, an in
| crease of S249, ,450 in realty and $3,929 in
personals; total, S246,521 over last year,
| but 1912, 1863 less than the amount assessed
/ by the County Board with the II per cent.
| summary increase Mr.. McDermott said
| his report was not yet complete and asked
| permission to amend it later on.
| Assessor Kennel of North Bergen re-
| ported that he had made thorough in
! spection of the property in his district,
| but was not yet prepared to make re-
| turn. His request for an extension of
| time was granted.
For West New York, Assessor Bowe
| said he could make no return as yet on
| account of the pending litigation over
s5S6,000 worth of shore front property
which was in dispute as to whether it
| should be assessed by the local or State
Board. He asked if 1t should be included
! in his levy, and President Morgan replied
| that 1t should be included.
| Tax Commissioner Clarke of Jersey
| City volunteered the information that
property belonging to the Central Rail-
! road in that city was also in dispute in
the same manner, but they had assessed
| it, so shat in the event OF the decision
being in favor of the city tLs taxes could
| be collected locally.
| President Morgan also remarked that
Hobolxen also had two similar cases pend
| ing and continued to include the property
! In its return.
! Assessor Bowe promised to make his re-
| turn with the disputed property included.
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