The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-23
ORANGE LOSES
$4,000 TAXES BY
STATES DECISION
Board of Equalization Lops Off
Assessment on Graves
Estate.
EXECUTORS FOUGHT
$3,4OO,O OO ASSESSMENT
Exempt from Taxation, Claiming
Standard Fire Decision
as Precedent.


The State Board for the Equaliza-
ton of Taxes today cut off SO, Jag, 104 of
the tax ratables of the city of Orange,
a total los of $50. 900. by which the
county loses SO. 900 and Orange $4,000
The deduction was made in the estate
of Henry Graves, which was assessed
at $3,450, 900 by the County Tax Board.
The executors, Henry Graves. 1r.. and
George Coe Graves, toe appeal to the
State tax body to have the entire as
sessment set aside, on the ground that
most of it was exempt from taxation.
Most of the estate is in stocks and
bonds. and the State commissioners
made the reduction on the precedent
established recently by Justice Swayze
in h Supreme Court at Trenton in
the case of the Standard Fire Insur-
ance Company of Trenton.
The case of the Standard Fire Insur-
ance Company is V in the Court of
Errors and Appeals. o. 1ge's future
G7tion in the matter will depend on
the lecision of the court of last re-
sort.
The Trenton Precedent.
The decision was that stocks of cor
porations of other States owned by a
resident Of this Stat are not taxable
in this State when tax has been paid in
the native State within the preceding
twelve months.
City Attorney William "A. Lord rep
resented Orange and George Holmes
the estate. The 5000, 900 cut off by the
State soard consisted of stock in the
L~ackawanna Railroad, Philadelphia
Railroad and the. Atlas Cement Com
pany.
The Orange Board of Assessors tried
to get the valuation of the Graves
estate and learned that the executors
had made no sworn statement. The as
statement in the ~surrogate's office at
SO, 73S, 412.8 80. and this amount was re-
duced some $3.50, 900 by the County Tax
Board.
The amount taxed was $53, S94.19 in
cash and $25O.00O of the Springfield
Water Supply Company.
A total of eleven cases will be heard
by the board at today's session, among
them being the following:
Three Newark Cases.
The New York and Greenwood Lake
Railroad Co. protests to assessments
on property a~ggregating a tax of $4,074
made by the City Tax Board. The rail-
road claims that the property in ques-
ton is main stem and las already paid
State tax, and Is. therefore. exempt
from. local taxation. This Ease was al
celled by consent.
Carrie Quinn, who petitioned the
board to reduce the tax on her prop
erty in Halsey street, comprising a
portion of Waldmann's Theatre, $52, 900,
which was added by the county board,
had her petition granted because of
the fact that when the county board
increased the tax they did not send
the owners official notification of the
hearing on the matter. The property
in question was taxed by the city board
$1,000 for and and $4,000 for the build
ing. The county board added $52, 00C
to this amount, which was set aside
and the amount stated by the city
board will stand
There were three appeals by the
Western Union Telegraph Company
against assessments on poles. wires and
appurtenances In streets and highways.
That against the city of Newark, to
have the assessment reduced from
$500 0 to $4,000, was adjourned after
an argument by City Attorney Francis
Child, jr. The assessment in the bor-
ough of Essex Fells was reduced from
$1,000 to 500, and the application to
have the amount assessed in Bloom
field from $1,000 to $500 was dismissed
The assessment of David McKaye on
property in East Orange was reduced
from $751; SOC, made by the County
Board. to $4,000.
Jessie E. Koewing protested against
an assessment of $4,000 on property in
West Orange. inc made application
that it be further reduced to $35, 900
Application was dismissed.
Charles Watson asked for a reduction
in personal property assessment from
$4,000 to $500. 1t was granted.
ETks' Case Postponed.
The Orange Lodge of Elks made ap-
plication to have the assessment Of
ST. 900 on the home at 93 Main street
Orange, reduced $4,000. The case wal
postponed.
Jessie E. Koewing, of West Orange
the owner of eighteen acres of lane
with two houses and a stable on it
protested against the assessment o.
$50, 900. The original assessment was
SIS, 500, but this was reduced by The
county board. She now seeks to have
the assessment made $35, 600. The cas-
was dismissed.
The Erie Land and improvement
Company wanted the assessment o
$4,5 500 on signal towers and other de
vices on the Greenwood Lake division
set aside on the grounds hat the prop