The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-29
FASTENING
THE FAKE
Board Of Fiddlers' Tax
Books Endorsed by
Republican FL
nanciers.
Mr.. BROOKS
WARNING.
The City Will Be Confronted
With a Huge Deficiency
From Tax .Arrear-
ages.
WHAT ABOUT WANSER ?
If the Corporations Are So
Leniently Treatsd, Why
Did Not He Jack
Them Upl
FEEBLE FAGANITE Talk
Messrs. Bacon and Ringlo
Think the Fake Is All Right
Vote. Three to One.
FEEBLE PAGANITE Talk
Messrs. Bacon and Ringlo
Think the Fake Is All Right
Vote, Three to One.


The tax assessment books for the year
19O2-1903. over which the Tax Board
has been 6ddling so long, were confirmed
at regular adjourned meeting, of the
Board of Finance yesterday afternoon by
a vote of 3 to j.
President Ringle and his Republican
colleagues, Messrs. Bacon and Perry,
placed themselves on record as approving
the fake. Commissioner Lembeek was
absent Commissioner Brock alone voted
in the negative, after making a very
earnest speech which was listened to
with much interest by a large number of
officials and clerks, who dropped into the
Board of Finance office in anticipa ton
of lively sessionH
Clerk James L. Connolly of the Tax
Board officially tur1feT over sthc assess
ment books to the Commissioners by or
der of the Fiddlers. Tie big volumes
were carried into the presence of the
Financiers by assistant clerks under Mr..
Connolly, who are soen &c lose their
jobs. =
City Collector Ro1er. Davis wa; or
QeEh III. 1GCtiNC lbt- huJnc ~ III 49, Aiseo
been duly confirmed.
PERRY THEIR SPONSOR.
The resolution to confirm was intro
duced by Commissioner Perry. After it
had bcen read by Clerk Michael T..
Kalaher, Commissioner Brock arose and
said -
.'AIr. President, desire TO give my
reason for voting In the negative on this
question Of increasing the taxes on cor
paration holdings in Ills city. I have no
wish to citicize at ir2gtl the conclusions
of the Tax Board, but as q member Of
this body upon which saHs the duty Of
fixing the appropriations for Jersey City
] cannot consistently vote in favor of an
assessed valuation which l believe to be
abnormal I'M many ways.
.sThere is not time for US at this late
day to look over the. books. We could
not hold them up and return them to the
Tax Board for correction on account of
the nearness of the beginning Of the Es-
cal year. A delay might mean that the
city would default in the payment of its
bonds and interest
.The figures agreed upon by the Tax
Beard provide for ratables aggregatlng
100000. This valuation shows al. cz-
traordinary increase. There is enc dam
ger that confronts us. 1t is danger
t!.at We Go not all realize, but We will
appreciate it later, or when we are
brought face to face with a tax a-rcar-
age deficiency. To make up any loss as
result of the failure to collect the taxes
due on these inflated ratables it. win be
necessary to issue bonds and those bends
will become a burden on the taxpayer.
ABNORMAL RATABLES.
'The ratables this year are abnormal,
in my opinion. Under the Wanser admin
istration in 1S93-1s94 the increase in the
ratables was 100000. There was
decrease in 1S94-1S95. In 1S95-1S9G the
increase was 100000. In 1SJ7-1S9S there
was an Increase cf $l,500,O00, and in
1S99-l930 tile valuations were increased
81 800, 600. The returns for 1902-1.G5
s!spw an extraordi@ary increase of $6,-
c0G.000. In spite of this The tax rata
fas OILY been reduced 90 cents on 81 eco
veslh Of ratisblcs."
aIr. Brock said that he didn't believe
. xnat Mayor WaEser would have allowed
the corporations to escape paying taxes