The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27


business. There is not term 81
| court but has one OF more railroad
causes on the list in Morris county
and the more populoue the county the
more is the attendant litigation. Why
not require the railroads to share the
court expense they make?
The various localities are required
to police their property. Why not re-
qnlre them to help pay the police
| force?
The various localities catch, convict
| and imprisOn those who violate their
rights of property. Why not require
them to help care for the criminals?
The fact that the railroads pay some
tax and that what they pay is applied
to objects which would have to be
supported from other sources of in
come If not from this, is not lost sight
of. 1t Is submitted however that
whether applied to schools or I'd any
other object, it would be more just
both to the railroad and to the other
property not to select particular prop
erty to be taxed for particular objects.
If the resultant burden Of taxation
were the same as if all property of the
same kind were taxed according to
the same rules and by the same officers
there would be no benefit which could
surpass the evil resulting from such
a method. But the resultant burden
is not the same A few examples
near at home show this conclusively.
Ii the same differences prevails in
other parts of the State the amount
of favOriJiSm cannot be calculated
1t can only be guessed at,
The Martin Milln property and
the " King" property on Morris street
have been already referred to. Both of
these properties have lately been ac-
Quired by railroads and can no longer
be assessed by the local assessor, but
must be assessed for taxation by the
State board Of assessors. The Mar
tin Mill'' property, when assessed to
private owners, up to and inGiuding
the year 1904 has been assessed for
taxation at a valuation Of $4,000. 1t
is now included in the second-claSs
real estate OF the MorristOwn, and
Erie r. r. and all the real estate of
that railroad in MOFriStOWn outside
OF the main stem is assessed by the
State board Of assessors at $4,000
The King property when occ,l-
RiC0 " WIG l0EC w lis IL. IAlAlk do d
residence and since his death, to and.
including the year 1904, has been as
sessed for taxation at 5000 by the.
local assessor Since the new freight
house has been built on this tract in
the year 1905, the State board of asses
S0TS has added to the assessment of
the d., / & W. in MOrristown $500
for new freight house. This simply
covers the building. Nothing has
been added to The assessment of that
company for the land on which the
building is situated nor for the freight
yard surrounding it. If the building
was aSsessable by the State board the
land also must have been. Ii 1t was
omitted by mistake, was it the mis-
take of the railroad IN sending in its
report, or was it the mistake Of the
State board Of assessors IL was not
the mistake of MOrristOwn officials
but it was made, If mistake, at the
expense OF M0rriStown taxpayers and
whoever made it is too remote to- be
gotten at or brought 80 account by
them
The real estate outside of the main
stem which the d., l. q w. r. r.. has
owned in MorrstOWn before the above
fitnp has bnpn accnccQA for fqXafiOn nv
fha STATE hoard lI', IF tavafioo for srsne
wears me gronnds An the passenger
Station Are assassad AZ the rate 0f
a. nofl nor ACRE Tine fre,ght ward an
MnrriS street onnosite Tie Washing
ton Hotel L assas ssiI At ire rat Of
Al, 00o ner acre and nome Of jts other
land is MorristnVVn Is assessed al any
higher rate The total asSessnen II
ths + +, h. " r r Tor land In Nor
yistown outside ~ the main stem TOR
ioo5 was less Than si2 5il0. and "a less
Than nne-f,alf Of vOI,at, the local asses
snr had assessed the & linpn nronertv
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