The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-17


State school tax with the city taxes, y5u
will still further involve the city,
financial condition. Having already in
ciuded the railroad and canal item as
an asset, You certainly Snnot return the
railroad ratahles in your returns to the
County Board Of Equalization of Taxes,
and thus you will hope to avoid paying
county and State school tax upon the
railroad and canal ratables and yet ex-
pect to collect from the railroads at a
rate including county and State school
rate.
Do you imagine for one moment that
you can collect from the railroadssa tax
on their property which you dosnot ex-
pect to pay to the county? This seens
almost beyead comprehension to think
that you could labor under such falseI
impression; or perhaps it is an endeavori
on the part of the Mayor and yourself
to help the railroads by mailing their
burden lighter
Il am satisfied from information /
received, which came direct from enc
of the largest railroads in our city, that
the companies will pay only the lscaI
rate of about 19l54aper thousand. And
| sincerely believe that ssiey can main
tain their aesition in court.
Now, this will mean another de-
iciency of abeut $l60,e0O How are we
to provide for these deficits? why,
simply issue bonds for the same And
who pays these bonds? The property
owner or the small taxpayer is the one
to carry this burden. And, further
more, :you cannot issue tax arrearage
bonds for this purpose, as these
amounts would meyer be collected. and.
therefore, do not come within the scope
of any law upon the statute books.
I'VE wilfsay thst the real estate and
personal property be fixed this year at
Sdi2 eco s9G; add to this the second
class raiirSed ana canal property, as oer-
titled by the State S23;, ,ss5, ,16o. We
have the total rata5les fixed at $780,
S95, 1s0. This item divided iato the
amount fixed by this Beard under the
resolution dated July 81, 1905. g. 1884,
416.2s gives US the rate of 1.541s per
hundred collars for city purposes, and
this rate plus the county and State
school rate is the oasis on whies. n my
50agnsent, The railroads can be compelled
to say taxes through the State Board to
re city.
Vow the rate Of Si45z11a pgr s10o, or
more properly spssssing, sz5@ss9sa per
ssaeasand dollars, plus ske ceunty rate
wihich 7 viii 4stllsase at 81. .t2seer Ssa9a}e,
ard The state School rsss att 81, M per
tkausand aided sherseo, s'i*ss rs a tesal
rate of 'sas .sss5a S3a Per faoaaara Oh a ,ualaa-
tion of $2S, ,8e5,fe0 Tess sysssl Epia;z- to-
the eiss frcm the paiirssdaS sssiSS.sSS5t..aa8sss
Furthermore, in acscrdaace with the
same act the rate being liked for The
railroad and cahal property, fse same
rate must also apply to private real and
personal property, which itefa / have es-
timated at SIP, ,oOe,0o0. Figured at
$233.3333 Is, this brings to the city the sun
OF $2,316,628. making total Of $3,170,-
TS0.21. OF this total the city must pay
to the county for county purposes $751;
517.1S, and fer State school, 1924. 100 n
which two items together deaneted srom
totsl received VIII leave 50, ,1O1, AGA. Thus
you will receive S778.952.2 .2S less than
the amount provided for in your appro-
priations.
Now the actual anlsants appropriated
by this BoJrd to TIE several boards of
the city aggregate s2s9ge, 976.39. less the
assets properly deductable aggregating
$30S, ,601.64. This will7leave 50, ,5s2, 3d.
76, plus 1-9 according to laws of 1884,
making total of s., ,see,41e2S required
to be raised by taxation.
How will the Mayer explain the fact
that the appropriations fixed by this
board for the next fiscal year are $780,
GOO in excess Of the last budget fixed by
Mayor Hoos? L charge that the appro-
priations are excessive and that the
budget is too expensive.
How will our party-buster of a
Mayor explain the conditions confront
ing us as a result of the jocHeying with.
the. finances Of the city? How will be
explain his regard for the citys well
fare? A Mayor who, exploited, his equal
taxation doctrine, which dectfi5e has
been the cry OF the sDeWecratic party
for generation! A NFayor Who in
every move or action looks for political
effect and his personal acknowledgement,
who proclaims thatshe will disrupt his
own party to do away with s'bossism.
Why is he doing this but to become
the boss himself?
He is unfortunate in having advisers
whom the Democratic party is well rid
Of and the Republican party is sorry
it ever harbored.
How can this party-buster Mayor
explain to the people of this city his
reason for trailing after a Governor
which Governor is the worst corporation
representative, or. / should say, the
best representative the railroads could
have in the Governors chair A rail-
road man from his toes up, who to
satisfy the clanor of the people per-
mits a law to be framed which compels
| the railroads to pay the local rate of
taxation Of second-class railroad prop
erty and with the next move compels
| the Legislature to pass an act limiting
the rate Of local taxation to the pre-