Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-01-06
DECISIONS IN
TAX APPEALS
Atlantic Terra Gotta Must
Pay as Assessed Gable
Works Reduced.
OTHER PARTS OF COUNTY
Metuchen and Rarltan Town
ship Cases Disposed of
Meet Again tuesday.
OTHER PARTS OF COUNTY

The Middlesex County Board of
Equalization of Taxes held a meet
ing at New Brunswick yesterday for
the purpose of deciding appeals
They gave a reduction of $4,000 to
the Standard Underground Cable
Company of this city, whose proper
ty had been assessed at $125, 900.
In the case of the Atlantic Terra
Gotta Company on their personal
property at the local plant. known
as the old shop" the essessm ents
of $4,000 and $4,000 were affirm
ed, as was their appeal on real
estate.
There will be another meeting Of
the board next Tuesday afternoon at
New Brunswick TO decide the cases
Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company VS.. Perth Amboy and the
Public Service Corporation VS. New
Brunswick.
Perth Amboy Decisions.
The decisions rendered yesterday
were as follows:
Perth Amboy-George ]. Craigon,
$500 and $500 cancelled, on boats
Mayfower and Kaffenia; Atlantic T.
c. Company, lots 33-41, block ia,
$500, affirmed; Samuel Mandel.
10000, affirmed; Frank Elias,
$4,000 reduced to $4,000; Herman
Goldberger, 5000 poll tax cancelled
because of non-residence; Edward
Stiff, s2,100, affirmed; Herman
Frederick, t470, affirmed Herman
Frederick, $1,000, affirmed; Herman
Frederick, $3.50, affirmed; Herman
Frederick, $3.50; affirmed; George
Biers, 1920 reduced to s120; Ella ].
B. Morris, 800 on personal proper
ty cancelled: W. D. Wiederstrom,
$1,000 on real estate affirmed, and
800 on personal property cancelled; +;
Herman Frederick, s470, affirmed /;
Anton Mortenson, 81, poll tax, abat-
ed; John Scully, $4,000 on barge
Lancier, which was lost, absted;
Anton Peterson, $3.50 reduced to
$3.50; Jacob Goldberger, $500 re-
duced to $500; Samuel Fine, $500,
affirmed; Philip Levine, $500,
celled; Nellie Rively, S4,195 reduced
to S3,500; Abraham Levy, s1,450
reduced to 1000; Charles S. Weth-
erill, $500 reduced to $500 Jacob
P. Goldsmith. s10.500, affirmed; G.
w. Tyrrell, $1,000 reduced to $500;
Nels P. Hansen, $500 reduced to
$500; Richard Larson. $50, af-
firmed; D. o. Noe & Son, 5000. can
celled; George Epstein, $500 re-
duced to 5000; Frederick Hooker,
$500 reduced to s3,50O; Steve Ho-
hnka. $3.50, affirmed; Christian
Gottstein, s1,5S0, affirmed; Karl C.
NJ. Hansen, $4,000, affirmed; Stan
dard Underground Cable Company,
S125,000 reduced to 100000; At
lantic T. C. Company, s65.000, per
sonal property, affirmed; Atlantic T
C. Company, $4,000, on personal
property. affirmed; Samuel Kantor
$3.50 reduced to $4,000; Central
R. r. of N. j., s1,456, cancelled. be-
cause 1t is second class property;
Central r. r. of n. j., 5000, can
celled, because It is second class
property; N. Y. & y. J. Steamboat
! Company, steamer St. Michaels. s3,-
600, cancelled; New Jersey T. c.
Company $400, affirmed; New Jer-
sey T. c. Company, $400 reduced to
500: Arthur Hope, 5000, cancelled
D. S. Hollander, 500, cancelled (;
Jacob ]. Bran, 500, affirmed; John
Anderson. 500 and 81 poll tax,
abated: Nelsena Jensen, 5000, abat-
ed; Richard H. Stack, 5000, abated.
Raritan Township.
Raritan Township-Kline Realty
& Improvement Company, $4,000
for 1908 reduced to $4,000; MAIDS
J. Mork, $500 reduced to $1,000;
e. ]. Dorsey G. Sons, $4,000 reduced
to $4,000; Edward J. Drake, $500,
cancelled, no value for taxation
Charles W. McCutchen and Charles
c. Burke, $4,000 for 1908 be re-
duced to $500; David A. Brown
$500 reduced to $1,000; Green
baum & Klein, $4,000 reduced tc
$4,000.
Metuchen.
Borough of Metuchen-Charle;
w. Freeman. $1,000 reduced tC
$4,000; Nathan Loomar, $4,000 re
duced to $4,000; Frank Mundy
$4,000 reduced to $4,000; Arthur c
Martin, s2,200 reduced TO S1,S00;
Leopold Litterst, s3,50O reduced tc
$4,000; Harold Steele, 5000 cancel
led, nc property; Frank Blakely
800, affirmed Hugh A. Janeway
$4,5OO reduced to $4,000; Lena D.
Barwen. $1,000 reduced to $4,000;
Edward Kramer, $1,000 reduced tC
$4,000; D. L. Rogers. $3.50 reduced
to s400; R. F. Ayres, $1,000 affirm
ed Equitable Developing Company
$4,500, affirmed.