Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-20
EAST NE WARkERS
CLAIM CLARK Cd.
IS UNOERTAXED D
Appeal from Assessment Before
State Tax Board, in Ses-
sion Here.
THREAD CONCERN is ?
ASSESSED FOR $l,359,2OO
Tits Between Carl Lentz aud
George l.. Record, 0ppos-
ing Lawyers.

George L. Record and Major Carl
attorneys before the State Board for
the Equalization of Taxes in session in
today, to hear the appeal of the East
Newark Taxpayers Association against
the assessments levied on the property
of tho Clark Thread Company, and
subsidiary concern, by the borough of
East Newark. The municipality or
East Newark was joined as codefend-
ant with the Clark corporation.
Tho taxpayers Association appealed
from an assessment of s1,359,2o0 levied
in 1910 on the property of the Clark
Thread Company, and asked that the
valuation be increased to true value,
the amount of true value, however
not being named The association also
asked that he assessment, on the Clark
Mile End Spool Cotton Company be in
creased from $S11, 900 to true value.
several Prominent Attorneys.
Frederick ]. Faulks of the firm of
Lindabury, Depue & Faulks was also
a. counsel for the Clark people and
John j. Murphy and Frank l.. Hastings
we're associated with Mr.. Record for
the East Newark Taxpayers Associa-
tion.
After Tereneei II. O'Donnen collector
of East Newark, had identified certain
tax books. George Greenfield who is a
brother of the secretary of the East
Newark Taxpayers Association, was
called as an expert by Mr.. Record.
Into the hands of Mr. Greenfield Mr..
Record placed statement Of about
twenty typewriter pages. which was
an appraisal made of the stock and
machinery OF the Two companies BY
Mr. Greenfield William IIorstman and
Robert Terrence, with sonie assistance
from Joseph p Mclean, clerk to the
Hudson County Tax Board 1t was de-
veloped by Major Lentz and Mr.
Faulks, after lot OF questioning that
this statement was prepared within
the last few days. Major Lent2 OBJ
iected to having placed in evidence a
valuation prepared in June, 1911. TO de-
termine the value of property ON May
g. 1910.
Record Makes Confession.
Nov, major, if you insist on an OBJ
lection like that We haven't case to
stand on, said Record.
you haven't got any case, anyway,
replied Lentz I'm glad YOU confess
it. You want to go a year backward.
That point was allowed to drop for a
while, and the major attacked the COM
potency Of the witness. President
Frank b. Jess, of the state board
ruled that Greenfield was competent
He is a machinist in East Newark and
the list of items was made up mainly
of machinery and stock in hand.
When Joseph P. Mclean. secretary Of
the Hudson Tax Board. took the stand.
Major Lentz renewed his objection that
the appraisal was immaterial. The
board sustained him.
Mr.. Record then had Greenfield re-
called and placed in his hands the
twenty or so typewritten pages to be
read off item by item. That looked as
if the case was good to last two or
three days The first item that the
witness reeled off, stock on spools, y
S3,276,' Major Lentz and Mr.. Faulks
objected to again, on the ground that
stock on spools in 1911 had no bearing
on the amount of stock on spools in
MAY. 1910. and further that ''stock on
Continued on second Pnge0