The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-09
TAX RATADLES Of
STATE SHOW GAIN
OF sl06,686,l09
Essex Leads with S42,92f,IO7
Increase, Mostly on New
ark Property.
NET VALUATION, REPORT
SHOWS, IS SI,949,687,2S7
Despite Greater TaxabIes Tax
Rates Average Increase of
ll.ol Points.

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TRENTON, Nov. s.--MaJor Carl
Lentz, president of the State Tax
Board. made his annual report for the
Board today.
In part the report reads
..The net valuation taxable of real
and personal property in the State OF
New Jersey as returned In the abstracts
compiled from the books of the local as
SCISSORS, is s1,s4s. .ss7.2S7. The valuations
are divided as follows: Real estate.
81. SOS, col 1862; personal property, $25s.-
4os, ,242; deductions for debts, $6,s0z. o7s.
These assessments will be found in
detail. by taxing districts and by coun-
ties. in the appendix to this report The
following are the total valuations for
the year 1909 of property that is by
law exempt from taxation: Public
school property, $50. .4o4, ,4s5; other school
property, ss,744, ,135; public property.
s6S. 500: church and charitable prop
critics. s55,445. 300; cemeteries and
graveyards s7,43f.s1s. Total, s1s6.-
S92, ,027.
1.-THE ratables show an increase OF
s106, ,6s6, ,109 over the valuations of 1905,
not a single county reporting de-
crease. Last year the increase of the
assessments of the previous year was
s1,473, ,7s0. and this years increase In
valuations is a remarkable advance
Essex county leads, with an increase ot
1921 .107. There is a general increase
throughout the county. but the greater
part Of it comes from the city of New
ark, which reports the remarkable in-
crease of s22. Las, Isl.
These figures include the valuation
of second-class railroad property But
as the increase in second class railroad
property for the entire county is only a
frifie above IS. 900. it is evident that it
has almost nothing to do with the gem
eral increase Of over $42, ,000.o0 OF this
sum s24, 4oI, ,245 represents an increase in
the assessments on personal property.
the city of Newark leading with an in
crease of s2s.656.z47.
Hudson county follows with total
increase of s17.1Oo.57s. OF which about
s., 900. 900 lies in the city of Bayonne.
Jersey City reports an increase of over
s.. 900, 900, and the valuations in the
towns of Kearny and West New York
and the city of Hoboker have Increased
by over $1,000000 each.
Atlantic county reports an increase
of ss,7s2,o55, which is chiefly in real
estate. the increase in personality being
between 100000 and s50o.o0o. The total
increase comes TO a great extent from
Atlantic City, whose valuations have
been raised over $7,000.o0o
In Union county the increase of ss.-
042. 2.2SS is divided largely among the
city of Elizabeth, with an increase OF
over s2,000,oO0, the township of Linden
over $4,000. 900. town of westfield over
s1.000.oo0 and city OF Plainfieid about
sS9s, ,000
"Passaic and Bergen counties come
next with increases of s7,5o4,5e4 and
s339. .6s9 respectively.
The big increase in ratables which
the report shows does not prevent ca
increase in the average tax rate of the
State. however The tax rates taken
together and averaged show an in
crease of 1191 points over last year.
which means that the railroads will
pay greatly increased taxes next year.
based on this years average rate. and
that the public schools will profit ac-
cordingiy, most of the railroad taxes
going to the school districts.
In an interview after he and his asso-
ciates had presented their report to
the Governor Major Lentz made some
interesting comparisons. He showed
that the State school tax assessed for
the last fiscal year exceeded by ss16,Ss6
a.. -
taxes show a total increase in tbs Stnas
of $796,sSs
-.The local taxes" said the masoss
show an increase in the State as a
whole of s2,63S,571. Essex county 5
average tax rate is more than twenty
points higher. Hudson's local expenses
increased but s7s.e2o. fine showing
On these increases the report says.
I'VE think the foregoing tabulations
speak for themselves. An increase OK
1916, ,S56. .1s is shown in the appropria-
tions for State school taxes. of $780,
sSs.17 in county taxes and of $685.
-571 26 in local taxes, making total Of
81, ,352, 1852. which must be met, for the
greater part by increased demands On
the taxpayers.
How much of this may be attributed
to growth and how much to extrava-
gance may be a disputed question. but
It is one worth careful consideration.
A certain advance in expenditures
must always be conceded to normal
growth, but such an advance should not
proportionately exceed the increase in
the value of property, unless. as has
been said above. there are extraordi-
nary conditions which for the time be-
ing require extraordinary expendi-
tures.''
On municipal taxes, the report reads
There does not seem TO be an ap-
preciable decrease in the tax rates re-
viewing them in the average. Many
show slight decrease. II is true. bit
many others have increased to q con-
siderable extent. The supplement 20
the Hillery maximum tax rate law.
passed at the session Of 1909. allows an
increase of the county or local .ra<es. er
both, not to exceed total Of thirty
points The limitations imposed by tha
original act and its supplements do nit