Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-12-13
Most Of Requests Granted
Cigar Company Loses Its
Case Against City,
Pennsylvania r. R.
ASKS SOME REDUCTIONS
]. H. Gregory Wants vaIua-
tions Reduced Telephone
Company Also Appeals.

SASth Wulldm "A. spencer, OF the
Middlesex County Board for the
Equalization of Taxes, today an
nounced the action of the board upon
the cases of appeal against this city.
that were heard last Thursday. Re-
ductions were allowed In most cases
as the complainants were justified in
making the appeal. In other cases
taxation was abated, for some good
reason.
New applications have been filed
with Mr.. Spencer by the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company, asking for
the cancellation OF various amounts,
as follows: 500, for Helmetta;
$4,SS4, for Spotswood; $9.844, Mon
roe; $4,000, New Brunswick; ST.
200, New Brunswick; $440, Perth
Amboy; and $500, Perth Amboy.
Their reason is that 1t is all second
class railroad property and assessed
by the state board.
John HI. Gregory has also filed
three applications Of appeal against
this city, asking for a reduction in
the valuation of personal property OF
material in his marine graveyard
from $4,000 to $4,000; from $2,-
600 to $1,000 on lot %, block "a;
anu At1VV W ROVV Ou Aolb anu III
block 81.
Another new appeal is that of the
New York Telephone Company VS..
the City of New Brunswick, which
wants the assessment on poles, wires
and equipment reduced from $4,000
to $54,788.43. :.
Terra Gotta Company against this
"a e.. Af ho
assessment upon it's terra Gotta prop
erty at the foot of Buckingham ave-
nue. from $150,000 to 1922, 500, has
been laid over for hearing at some
later date upon request of counsel
for the complainants.
Decisions of the board on local
appeals were as follows:
Central railroad assessment of
I$1,460 and 5000, abated, as 1t is
second class property and assessed
by the state board.
Nelsena Jensen, assessment OF
5000 on personal property abated,
as she has no property to assess.
Richard Fl. Stack, personal prop
erty, reduced from 5000 to 800.
Isaac Farroat, personal property
and boat, reduced from $500 to 5000.
Guiseppi Jeuffre, reduction of
$500 on $1,650, for the reason that
there was a double assessment on
the building, which had been re-
moved from one lot to another.
Charles Seel, reduction from $4,-
400 to $4,000, because OF error in
carrying figures from field book to
duplicate.
Frederick Mikkelsen, reduction
from $500 to $3.50 on building.
Jacob Hajdak, reduction from
$500 to $3.50 on real estate.
Samuel Mandel, reduction from
E$2,25O to 1000.
st. stanislav Polish Catholic
church, assessment Of s1,15U con-
celled, church property being ex-
empt.
Perth Amboy Trust Company, re-
duction from $400 to 5000 on real
estate.
Perth Amboy Trust Company, no
change in request for reduction from
$500 to $40O on real estate.
Frederick Mikkelsen, no change in
request for reduction from S2,15O to
1900
Mrs. George Kulswich, reduction
from 1880 to $1,000 on real estate.
Herman Ellis, reduction from
$4,000 to $500 on personal prop
erty In junk yard.
Wilhelmina Nielsen, reduction
from $4,000 to 81 1000, there having
been a double assessment levied.
Benton Realty Company, reduc-
ton from $4,000 to $1,000, that be-
ing assessment on thirty-six acres of
land instead of forty acres.
Tannharf n Hi1oraa nfvan q rad,o-
tion of $500 on real estate. He ask
ed for reduction from s4.700 to
$500 on land; $4,000 on building:
and $500 on personal property.
William Eggers, assessment OF
500 on personal property abated
and a reduction of 500 granted on
real estate.
Frank Dorsey, reduction from
500 to $500 on personal property
assessment
Ella l.. Watson, reduction from
$500 to 5000 on personal property
assessment.
Cigar Co. Refused.
United Cigar Manufacturing Com
pany, no change in request for reduc-
ton from $4,000 to SIS, ,000.
MAIDS Christofferson and Elise, his
wife, reduction from s2,560 to
$1,000.
The application Of Richard Wayne
Parker for reduction from $1.7OO
to $4,000 was laid over.
The board will sit in New Bruns-
wick Thursday morning at o'clock
to hear appeals from that city.
GRAND IURY "a HAVE