The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-12-24
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The total insurance, he said, was
IS, 100. Mr.. Kimbach said that the Tax
Commissioners assessment is away out
of reason He considered that $4,000
might be fair figure.
ASSESSED BURNED FACTORY.
The American Can Company, through
Z. A. Willes, its attorney, asked for a
reduction of $500 from an assessment
of $4,000 levied on its factory and land
at Nos. 266-274 Seventeenth street. Mr..
Willes explained that the Tax Board had
placed valuation on the factory which
had been destroyed by fire. The land
only, he said, was assessable. He said
that So, ,000 would be fair value for it.
The assessment, he thought, should be
$500.
Fiss, Doerr & Co. were assessed
81 800 for property at No. 151 Seventh
street, and they asked for a reduction
of $500. The company's appeal set forth
that the valuation was excessive because
the property is vacant, not being fit to
rent.
Mrs Anna " H. T. Hervey was one
+, of the largest individual taxpayers who
filed protests last night against assess
nlents and asked for reductions. She
was assessed $4,000 on Nos. 1T4-176
Pavonia avenue and asked that it be cut
down 81 GOO. A valuation of SO $500 lev
led ON Nos. 14S, $50, 154 Pavonia avenue
she said was excessive by $1,000 She
kicked on a valuation of $4,000 on No.
l69 Pavonia avenue saying she thought
1t ought to be 81, 800 less. She was of
the opinion that a $500 assessment on
No. 1S2 Pavonia avenue was $500 too
high. Mrs. Hervey wanted $1,000
chopped off an assessment valuation of
$4,000 on Nos. 529, ,535 Grove street and
asked for reduction of 81, 100 on an as
sessment of $10,500 on Nos. 456, 45S, AGO
462 Henderson street. OF the latter prop
erty she said that none of it was rented
excepting two small stores. She consid-
cred that fair assessment on Nos. 210,
212 Tenth street would be 5000 less on
each lot than the 81 400 fixed by the
Board Of Fiddlers.
POSTS BIG KICK.
HI. NJ. Post, who was assessed S31. 900
on Nos. 17S, 1S0, 1761a and 1872 Pavonia
avenue, asked for total reduction of
$1,000. He requested to be relieved of
the duty Of paying taxes to the extent Of
5000 on each of five lots at Nos. POS, 2O7,
209 Ninth street, and Nos. 214, 216 Tenth
street, which were assessed at 81 400,
and S1,5o0 piece. Mr.. Post wanted
$500 each taken off the assessments of
81 500 against Nos. 153, and 155 Ninth
street.
John @. Adams left to .the judgment
of the board the amount of reduction to
which he is entitled on an assessment of
$1,000 on No. go Germania avenue, and
$500 on No. 2S2 ST. Paul's avenue. He
said that a house on the opposite side
of the street which brought in $43 a
month rent was assessed for only $2,2Oo
Daniel Hartigan was assessed $500
for No. 100 Provost street. He said
that two floors had been vacant for some
time and under the circumstances he
believed that the board should chop $500
off his assessment.
William Lealiy couldn't see why
he should have been assessed 81, 800 on
q LOT at No. 1J1 Ninth streer which he
declared wasn't worth more than $1,000.
He asked the Commissioners tothrow off
$500
DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED.
Michael w. O'Gorinan based his ap-
plication Tor q reduction Of $3.50 from
an assessment Of 50, soc On property at
No. 3S Erie street, on thS fact that his