The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03
TAXED UNFAIRLY
KENNY AIRS HIS VIEWS TO
BOARD OF TRADE.
Telephone Rates Are Declared Unequal
and Company Offers to Reg
ulate It.

Assemblyman-elect Edward Kenny, of
East Newark, at a meeting Of the West
Hudson County Board of TRADE at Rior-
dams Hall, Harrison, last night, voiced
disapproval of the way in which West
Hudson and Hudson County were taxed
last year, claiming that the West Hud-
son towns were taxed excessively and
that Hudson County in proportion, was
assessed as much as the whole State oil
New Jersey put together.
He said that the West Hudson towns,
in proportion, were taxed as mucn as the
entire county.
1T is a disgrace declared Mr.. Kenny.
The Assemblyman-e ELECT went on to allege
how both personal property and real estate
in West Hudson and Hudson County were
taxed to the extreme, compared with
other municipalities in the State.
The West Hudson towns he said, are
assessed twice as much as Jersey City and
Hoboken. This condition of affairs should
not exist. 1t seems absurd that West Hud-
son personal valuation should De double
that of Jersey City and Hoboken.
Our tax for the maintenance OF parks
is $40. 0G0 yearly. Wests Hndson is also
assessed $3.50 for West Hudson parks
here. Unless we wakeS up We will be
mission SEED THAI we were taxed ex-
cessively. its robbery, and it's rotten.
The matter was referred to the legisla-
tive committee of the board.
A long discussion took place when a
communication was received from John
7. Cutler. division superintendent and
contract agent of the New York and New
Jersey Telephone Company on the man
ner in which West Hudson people have
TO pay for telephone calls.a
The communication stated that tire tele-
phone company would tax up the matter
later and, IL desired, the people of West
Hudson can decide as to whether Harrison
and Arlington be put on the Branch
Brook circuit.
President Bayliss announced the follow
ing standing committees of the board for
the year,:
Trade and Commerce-John Hewitt,
Edmund Hartshorn, James s Almond.
and Peter Hauck, ST.
Transportation-John O'Conror, Thomas
]. Butler. John d. Crane, James Close,
Bernard Miller. George d. Garfield, Ed
ward j, Kraft and Edward O'Hara.
MISUNDERSTANDING Kenny. Leonard a.
WINNER. George H Gleeson. Joseph Par
ker, ir.. Joseph A. Riordan, Terence p
Pagan. Francis McSorley and Thomas u.
Halpin.
River and Navigation-Henry Chapman,
James A. Scott C. Melville Borrie, David
Harper. Irving V. Dorland, E. w. Nc
Clave. Charles M. Carpenter and f. c.
Meadow Reclamation-Samuel Worthing-
ton, Daniel f. Maher, Michael Murphy,
William E.. Maynard, Harry p. Kreimer,
Municipal Affairs-The Rev. r. S. Daw-
son, John r. OConnor, George A. Bond,
James j. Dunn, Gerrish Newell, Edward
J. Gaffney, William Marin, w. Branden-
Edueational-Robert E. Torrance, Peter
J. Goodman. j. F. Scrimshaw, Samuel
Decker. c. A. McGlennon. John I. Malone,
George Roll, George H. Rutman.
Public H~ealth-Henry Alters, M. D.; A..
A. StrasSer, M. D.; James A. Exton. M.
D.; Daniel Mccarthy, Joseph B.. Hanna,
Nevin Kennedy, Richard Hill, Frank En-
stice.
Frank odendahl, George H. Williams,
William Hanna, George Heath, Adolph
Amann. Samuel w. Smith, Henry L.
President Geolge H.. Bayliss reported
thai everything is in readiness to begin
work on the Belleville Turnpike. He said
that the Bergen County officials are pre-,
pared to gol to Trenton and make the
necessary arrangements to proceed with
providing for the work was passed last
winter.
The following were unanimously elected
as members Of the board: Frank ok
hardt, William C. Kingsland, Dennis
Dunn, jr., Patrick j. o. Malley and James
J. Donnelly.
Mr.. Kenny reported that he has secured
the promises of several prominent men to
sneak at the annual banquet of the board,
which will be held at Town Hall, Harri-
son. January 20. Some of them are: Gov
city; Congressman r. Wayne Parker,
State Senator-elect James #. Fielder. Con-
gresham Hammell, Farmer Orator"
James F.. MARITIME, of Plainfield; Assembly
man Joseph P. Tumulty, Assemblyman
Mary A. Sullivan and Governor Stokes.