The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-20
ST. LUCY'S
PACKED.
Great Reception to Demo-
cratic Candidate Muir
ply Last Night
CONGRESSMAN H'DBRHOTT SPEAKS
His Denunciation of Faganism
Wildly Applauded--Other
Addresses.
CONGRESSMAN HDERHOTT SPEAKS

ic meetings held in various parts of the
City last night st. Lucy's Hall was pack
ed to the doors with an enthusiastic
crowd of voters who rendered Mayoralty
Candidate Murphy perhaps the greatest
ovation he has received during the cam
paign. He had already spoken at the
big meeting at Grand View Park, where
he received a similar ovation.
Congressman Allan L. McDermott
aroused the audience to the widest pitch
of enthusiasm in his discussion of the
Thirteenth street matter and his chal-
lenge TO Mayor Pagan to give the public
his reasons for vetoing the resolution
making him associate counsel to continue
the fight he had been making to reclaim
for the city the foot of Thirteenth street,
which was usurped by Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western Railroad He was
equally effective as he was at Elks Hall,
Friday night. The subject naturally ap-
peals to the voters in that section and
their applause of Mr.. McDermott's de
nunciation of the manner in which the
law department of the Pagan administra-
tion handled the case before the court of
Errors ad Appea.s was deafening.
His assertion that the city had been
robbed of $149,O 900 through the Erie grain
elevator tax compromise produced de-
Mr.. McDcrmott also had his usual
amount of fun with the Republican cam
paign book of pictures.
Discussing the difference between the
tax rate under the Fagan administration
ad that under the administration of For
mer Mayor Hoos Mr.. McDermott said
.'To reduce the tax on 500, 100000 of
properly from twenty EIGHT dollars a
thousand to twenty-seven dollars and
eighty cents a thousand requires an ad-
dition to the valuation of less than
$650,000. But we have an increase of
more than $4.O0O0O0 over this figure
The valuation of property in the last
year of Mayor Hoos's term was $95, ,602,-
562. On each thousand dollars of this
there was an assessment of twenty-eight
dollars. The valuation for the present
year is $100, 100000. On each thousand
dollars of this there is an assessment of
/ twenty-seven dollars and eighty cents.
The tax of the last year of Mayor Hoos's
administration therefore produced the to-
tai sum of $2,676,s71.73, while that of
the first year of Mayor Fagan's admin
istration produced the sum of 50, 1885,
63312, an increase Of $111,468.27.
So We have it that, outside of the
question Of f<the taxation of property used
for railroad or canal purposes, and out
sidec5f all questions of taxation of fran
~<chises, the property owners of Jersey City
were forced to contribute, to maintain the
city government, under the first year of
Mayor Fagans administration, the sum
of Sill, ,468 more than they were called
upon to contribute during the last year
in which the tax levy was approved by
Democratic Mayor. To reduce the tax
levy from $2S to $27.80 required but the
raising of $4,000 or less than one-third
of the amount that was stolen from the
sinking funds in order to make an appar-
ent reduction in the rate. When you add
the 100000 taken from the sinking funds
to the Sill ,46S added by direct taxation,
you have the cost of Mayor Fagans first
year at $171, ,46s in excess of the cost of
Mayor Hoos's last year
IF you asla where this money has been
expended, the answer comes, in part at
est, fropj the city records, $1,000 for
manja in the public parks and over $751;
600 increase in salaries to produce regu-
lar attendance at the meetings Of the
Sam Dickinson Association and contribu
tions to the fund for the reelection Of the
Mayor If the present administration
has obtained the unlimited amounts that
1t claims to have obtained from railroad
companies, why has it been found neces-
sary to tax the people over Sill 900
mere than it cost to run the government
under Mayor Hoos?1
Candidate Murphy did not appear until
lfter Mr.. Nc Dermott was about through.
His appearance on the platform was the
'ignal for the great ovation he received.
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