Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-31
COUNTY TAX
BOARD FINISH.
$3,10O affirmed.
WOODBRIDGE Township.
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woodbridge 1OWHSIhp.
James H. Stoddard, assessment of
$4,000 affirmed.
James H. Stoddard, assessment Of
S3,500 affirmed.
Pennsylvania RailroGd Company.
sidings outside of main stem, $2,3SO
assessment affirmed.
Madison Township.
New York and Long Branch Rail-
road Company, real estate and sidings
outside of main stem. assessment OF
$4,000 affirmed.
Jacob Meinzer, assessment OF ST.
900 on real estate affirmed.
Susquehanna Coal Company, as
sessment on 37S.41 acres Of land at
$4,000 reduced to $4,000.
North Eastern Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, assessment of $5,-
900 on poles and wires, assessment
affirmed
City of Perth AmbOy, assessment
on land at Runyon, $4,000 reduced
to $4,000.
Rartian Township.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
assessment on sidings outside of main
stem, $1.70O affirmed.
Borough OF Metuchen.
John Power, assessment of 49,
900 on real estate reduced to $2,-
TOO.
John Power, assessment of $4,000
on real estate reduced to $1,S00.
John Power, real estate assessment
of 5000 reduced to $2,700.
John Power, assessment of $1,000
on real estate reduced to $4,000.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
passenger station assessment of $12,
900 affirmed
Susquellanna Coal Tax.
The Susquehanna Coal Company
wanted the board to wipe out COM
pletely the assessment of $450,00O
upon the 100000 tons of coal at
their coal depot in South Amboy on
the ground that the coal was all sold
upon its arrival there and was only
waiting vessels to transport it to its
destination. The company's repre-
sentative admitted at the hearing
upon the appeal that an order receiv-
ed today for coal would also be taken
out of this pile of coal
This coal had not been taxed in
Pennsylvania and the board conclud-
ed that ii was taxable somewhere.
South Amboy would lose $4,000 in
taxes by the cancelling of the assess
ment and the board after giving the
matter full consideration decided that
the assessment was just one and
should stand.
The coal company will probably
take an appeal thereon TO the state
board.
Railroad Sidings.
The Pennsylvania railroad filed
several appeals on siding assessments
on the ground that track in sidings
was not worth 81 foot as assessed,
but only sixty cents for sidings on bal
last and 40 cents for sidings on tres
tie They introduced proof showing
that new sidings were worth but
$10S foot and held that the dollar
dSSeSSmenL WIS SOOu Culy uH tiiV
main line where the roadbed in daily
use and the sidings were equalized at
81 a foot.
The board refused to reduce the sid
ing assessments and held the as
sessments against the Pennsylvania
company for sidings of SIS, 900 in
this city, $133,607 in South Amboy
at their coal docks, $1.700 in Raritan
township $19,295 in Sayreville town
ship; $4,9S4 in South brunswick
township, and $2,3SO in Woodbridge
townshipsto be proper assessments.
The railroad asked that these as
sessments be reduced to the follow
ing amounts:
South Amboy, $S1.4S4; Sayreyille,
$11, col; Woodbridge, $1,4SS; South
Brunswick, $1,000 and in Raritan,
$1,000.
The Pennsylvania railroad appeal
on the assessment of $2.270 for the
turn table, water tank, ETC., at Ferth
Amboy, held assessed in the main
stem, was sustained except as te he