The Jersey City news., 1902-11-07
C. R. RS FIGHT
ALMOST over
State Tax Board Expects to
Wind Up Hearing at City
City Hall Today.
SANDWICHES AND VALUES
Commissioners MUNICH While
Record Chews the Rag With
Edwards for Talking to a
Witness
SANDWICHES AND VALUES

The State Board of Taxation, minus
Major Carl Lentz, the member from
Newark who hasn't recovered from his
in continuous session at the City Hall
| yesterday afternoon from 1870 until a
few minutes after o'clock, hearisg the
appeal of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey from the assessment ON two large
tracts of land along the bay front at
Communipaw.
Engineer Edlow w. Harrison, expert
for the city was on the stand the greater
| part of the time Frederick Dunham, of
Mr.. Harrison's office, finished giving tes-
timony ON redirect examination, when the
Commissioners concluded they were hum
CRY and adjourned until this afternoon.
1t is expected that the long drawn out
and highly interesting case, the decision
of which means so much to the city, will
be concluded today.
No recess for lunch was taken yester-
day. At half-past two a big bundle of
sandwiches-ham, chicken, roast and
corned beef-was brought into the As
sembly Chamber. They We're purchased
with money from the purse of Corpora
tion Counsel George l.. Record and were
distributed by Clerk James E. Connolly
of the local Tax Board and Corporation
Attorney John Wahl Queen. The Com
missioners, lawyers and witnesses made
a pretty picture as they sat around a
table filled high with maps and books
and munched Mr. Records sandwiches.
MR.. EDWARDS'S FUN.
Mr.. Edwards had a good deal of fun
with Mr.. Harrison on cross-exaniination,
making number of telling points for the
railroad.
On redirect examination Mr.. Record
asked a lot of questions of Mr.. Harrison
reading from a paper.
Mr.. Edwards wanted to know who had
prepared the typewriter questions for
Harrison and the latter replied: 20,
don't know
Then the railroads lawyer asked the
witness if it wasn't a fact that he had
prepared them himself, furnishing copy
to the Corporation Counsel, so that Off
cial could put them to him.
Mr.. Harrison admitted that he might
have suggested some of them indirectly,
whereupon Mr.. Edwards asked if he
hadn't dictated them to typewriter.
The witness didn't say that he hadn't
done so.
At another stage of the proceedings
Mr.. Harrison testified that a certain
piece of property consisting of ten acres
had brought $4,000 an acre. After ex-
that there We're thirty acres in the plot,
making the price per acre 1000. He
called Mr.. Harrison's attention to his
error and the engineer created laugh by
saying That's only a matter of detail"
MIR. DUNHAM RECALLED.
In order to show the value of land in
the southern section of the city Mr.. Rec
ord recalled Frederick Dunham, who
gave a list of sales of properties, with
which he said he was acquainted, as fol-
ows:-
Jersey City Steel Company to Robert
III. Sayre, IS feet strip fright of way),
south side of Morris Canal between War
ren and Van Worst street 165 acres, at
the rate of $90,910 an acre, October 2,
1898.
American Dock and Improvement
Company to Dudley S. Gregory, east
side of Warren street, between South
street and tide water, LAG acres $26, 900,
at the rate of S17,950 an acre; January
1, 1871.
Central Railroad of New Jersey to
William NJ Force, north side of tide wa
ter basin, between Warren and Van
Worst streets, 1927 acres at the rate of
$9.175 an acre; April I, 1876.
LAND VALUATIONS.
Central Railroad of New Jersey to f.
o. Matthiesen & Wiechers, west side of
Washington street, between South street
and tide water basin, $10,40O so acres,
at the rate of $15,070 an acre; May 10,
1871.
American Dock and Improvement Com
Worst street, between Morris Canal and
South street, 81 acres, $4,000, or $9,-
525 an acre; June /, 1868.
Dudley s. Gregory to Lowell NJ Pal
mer, Morris Canal and tide water, be-
tween Warren and Van Worst streets,
ST. acres. 100000 or $4,000 an acre.
TAX BOARD RESUMES.
The State Tax Board resumed the
hearing at 1870 o'clock this afternoon
with Major Carl Lentz still missing.
The Commissioners expect to close the
long drawn-out appeal before the sun
goes down. Mr. Edwards and Corpora
ton Counsel Record agreed to limit them
selves to one hour each in their closing
addresses.
Fred Dunham was recalled and cross
examined by Mr.. Edwards for few min
utes.
Harry W. Douty. real estate agent of
the Central Railroad, was recalled as. a
witness for the oompany. He testified