The Lambertville record., 1906-10-31
RAILROADS CHALLENGE
HUDSON COUNTY.
They Charge UnfairneSS In the
Assessment Of Property and
Ask State Board TO Or
der ReaSsesSment.
PERSONAL PROPERTY NOT TAXED


Jersey elt5. oet- iiuaSoh eotih-
y. Tue original nome OF eq'lal taAa.
el'ii, mas =e''l si''i'eiist'' ~ 'ne i'i's
foaas as TO us sincerity on tiia' qteS5
tea. II VIII be felnethRefea t'lat
aafles hlae" I'll 'eisea ny 'ie
Democratic eahdidate Tor governor III
E'ol, maae his campaign WIN eaoai
taxation rs ms slogan. hen MI
hlaek WAS defeated by Edward :.
Stokes the feloflefs oil llads9n celll=
tN, headed by George J.. RECORD anu
Mark fa&1h. took up III. same lsstie-
Selat9f Everett I 9ips oi EsseN to'lh
= then Joined forces win Inc men
from liadson
II has often been limited by organ
tz1ttoh Republicans tliht hudson eotih-
ty's real idea of equal taxation WAS to
secure for lis own uses the taxes from
the Fast amount of railroad property
within lis borders. The main stem of
the railroads has always been taxed
for statc school purposes. but Hudson
county. .,,.,,,t,.t i, s,.ho,no of l,c,l tavo.
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eHue from V'is soe''e' INV Wv NV -
treasury. ne ralltoads thSHlSclNes laz
vored the local plan, but Governor
Stokes md the legislature last winter
were firm in their demand to keep the
reyeuio from the main stem for the
hanoGt - Tho s.honls and now laws
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'N'l' II n.N '"Ne'' NV '''''
great amount oi TINS property III 'i'"'
son county, aud the Hudson county as-
SCISSORS have raised the valuations this
year 10 double what they were last
year ON The other hand. the railroads
,.l,iu, tl,,t t,n ,ss,.ssmcnts ou prfynte
,,,o,,.,,.t,, l.v,, heen Increased only Ia II
na,,,i,,al exfant and NOT increased NJ all
ho,., t,or,fo,o onno,led IN the stntc
l,o,,1 r,,,.=tl,, ,,,r,,li1,tion of toxes for
:. ro.y,,,.s,,,,nt of all Tho nronertv ia
Hudson, c,,nt,. thnt of Individuals as
,,.o,I -, ,ai,ro,au >na this h,,n,,s in
tho onns,ion az hnnestv ON IN. mart of
t,a lIn,,,,,n ,.ountv GONNA, taxcrs" In
tbei, eamn,ign cry
In tbei, anncnI tbe rnilroads u,,ote
rt,oirm,n R,cnn nf the Iersev city
t,.v b,,,rd Nc saving TINT renl estate In
t.,,.,,. ,,ft,, h,s honu ass.ssc,l nm - 67t5
nor cont h,sis= trbe nnneal then con
tinnes ns foIIows.
,grhe ossessments levied on second
,Iass r,iIroa5 nrone,tv locally assess.
oil In tho vear 1oos have been enor-
u,onsIv increased In yome over tho as.
easements made hv the state hoard of
assessors and confirmed hy your board.
fbQ hpiDp i'm fnp uEHrpuutp in
crease from about So3 600 600 To about
St7 COCOON The property has thus
heen assessed NJ far In excess of Its
true ,olue and in the aggregate nj
double lis present true value. The city
has adoniea a different system of dis
tInruishing lots and parcels so that
comparison of Individual parcels be
comes somewhat difficult. but the ag
pregatr assessments of second class
railroad nropertv and the aggregate as
sessments of nreyious wears will show
tbe enormous increases mnde. SEIZED
u,ns ,ra barntn ,nnexed showing tho
tr,...,.,,,,, ,n.,,lo IN tho sacnnd cl,cs
,ronn,.t,. nf ,,ch nf III, r,ilrooi cam
n,,ics "
After #,.aIliuc ottentinn IA The law.
which ti,., .Ialm Tho tIuasan t,x an
tho,itins h,,n f,iled "a ohserya nro-
,.idinq th,t M sacon1 class raiIr,,d
.,, ,.,,,,l ,,r.,,,a,,r sh,u ho toxo1 tha
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