The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-01
TAX APPEALS.
State Board Meets in City
Hall and Lays Over
Important Cases.
C. r. r. ADJOURNED
National Storage Company's
and That of Otto Gsrdan
Among Them.
C. r. r. ADJOURNED

! The State Board of Taxation is in sess-
ion in the assembly chamber of the City
Hall today considering number of cases
brought up on appeal. There are present
Commissioners Charles c. Black of Jersey
City, West of Camden, Carl Lentz of
Newark and Secretary Thomas Usher
| The board took up eleven cases at the
morning session.
/ The case of the Central Bailroad Com
pany VS.. Jersey City was adjourned to
March 21, on account of the absence of
Corporation Counsel McDermott. The
case is one of assessment of 1899 ON Lot
%, Block PISA Communipaw avenue as
sessed at s1,60S.00 The company wants
the assessment reduced TO $749, 900. 1t also
wants the assessment of s771,ooo on Lot l,
Block 1897, New York Bay, reduced to
s425.ooo, and assessment of $4,000 on Lot
21a, Block 2154, Communipaw avenue, re-
duced to $4,000 William D. Edwards and
John L. Conover appeared as counsel for
the railroad company.
Most of the important cases were laid
over, including that of the National Stor-
age Company VS.. city, assessment of 1900
on real estate, upland and land under
water, known as Block 1887, part of Plot
8, assessed $S93,000. The company wants a
reduction to sSl5452. Lawyer Charles
thompson represented the National Stor-
age Company. The company wants nine
teen acres under water used as public
water highway deducted at the rate of
$4,000 per acre.
-.le case of Otto Gerdan vs.. Jersey Citv
was also laid over It is one of assess
ment of 1900 on personal property consist
ing of goods in storage, imported rattans,
reeds and other personal property in the
o-iginal unbroken packages, stored tenn
porarily for sale out of the State goods in
transit), assessed 5000. Mr.. Gerdan wants
the assessment cancelled. He was repre-
sented by Boyd Mclean. Mr.. Gerdan's
warehouse is located near the foot of the
Thirteenth street viaduct. 1t is claimed
that it is unlawful to tax imported goods
in unbroken packages.
Other cases handled were:-
Hugh Sutherland VS.. Jersey City, assess
ments of 1S96-7-S-9 on personal property
ON Block 20O7, No. SO Garfield avenue, as
sessed $500 for each year. Mr. Sutherland
wanted the assessments cancelled. The
case was dismissed.
Bernard -I4essine Jersey City ASSESS
ment of eight houses at Nos to II Min
erva street, known as Block 1862 lots %,
q, Il, 20, 10, Is. II, and 16, assessed at s13.-
500. Mr.. Levine wanted a reduction of
$500 on each house. The case was dis
missed.
Mrs. ]. Triggs VS.. Jersey City. Assess
ment of 1896, on lot d, in Block 700, sit
uate at 2141s Monitor street, assessed at
$1,000. Wanted reduction to 81, $780, Case
dismissed.
Long Dock Mills and Elevator vs. Jer-
sey City. Assessment Of 1900 on properly
consisting of buildings and machinery, as
sessed as city Block III, at SIS, 900. Want
ed reduction of $4,000. Case dismissed.
Thomas Leonard VS.. Jersey City AS
sessment of 1900 on parcels of land. "a
comprised of four lots, 2Ox1OO feet, known
as lots "a, 25, 26, 27, Block 61O, assessed at
$2O0 per lot, total $500; (2) two lots, 25x10O
feet, known as lots Is and 16, in Block
645; assessed $3.50 per lot, total, $500: total
assessment, s1,100. Wanted reduction to
$500 or 800 per lot. In the first case the
Board reduced the assessment to $10O per
lot and in the second case it reduced the
assessment to $1oO per lot
John M. Jones VS.. Jersey City, assess
ment of $1,000 on seven lots, 1877 to 143 in
elusive. In block rs, known as Nos "A,
46, 4S Morgan street, and Nos. 32S, $50, 1872
and 9S4 Washington street Wanted as
sessment reduced to $4,000. Case dis
missed.
Western Slope Association VS. Jersey
City. assessment of 81, 300 on plots A and
B, in block 610 and lot 6O in block s43,
consisting of one plot of ground assessed
q S11 500 o.
Appeal granted.
In the case of William Currie VS.. Jer-
sey City, the Board granted the appeal
for reduction of the assessment on five
plots of land assessed at total valua.
tion of s7775, to $500 by consent of the
city authorities.