Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-23
IMPORTANT TAX
APPEALS ARE MADE
Protest of Kruger CreisenheiIn
as a Charity Among Those
of Interest.


State Board of Equalization of Taxes
at the City Hall today were adjourned
by mutual consent of the counsel rep
resenting the parties appealing and
the municipalities involved. About
thirty appeals in all were brought
to the attention of the board.
The appeal of Samuel Baldwin, as
executor of the estate of Theodore
Maclxnet, from the additional assess
ments levied by the county board on
| the property at 794-796 Broad street
were adjourned until June. The Mack
net appeal will be considered with
the appeals made recently by Joseph
M. Byrne, the German Savings Bank
and the Progressive Investment Com
pany against the additional assess
ments levied on their Broad street
property.
The appeals of Seton Hall College,
st. Mary's Orphan Asylum and st.
Peters Orphan Asylum were also adj
jourhed until June by mutual agree
ment.
Y. NJ. c. A. Appeal.
] The Y NJ c. A appeal. which was
to have been heard today took a pc
culiar course. Several weeks ago
there was a hearing on this appeal
and later the Supreme Court decided
that the State board had no juris-
diction to hear tax cases except on APP
peals from the county board. The Leg
islature passed a bill during the past
session giving the State board direct
as well as appellate jurisdictions The
| testimony taken at the previous meet
| ing was therefore admitted today.
The taxes on the Y. M. c. A. were
levied in 1912. There is law now
exempting the Y. NJ. c. A. and KIN
bred institutions from taxes.
/ The appeal of Gottfried Kruger
against the taxing of the Kruger
Greisenheim on the ground that it
was charitable institution was the
most important case brought to the
attention of the board The property
is assessed at $22,960. William ii.
Francis, counsel for Judge Kruger,
contended that the Kruger Greisen-
helm was charitable institution, run
at a great expense by Judge Kruger,
and from which he did not receive
any revenue.
Mr.. Francis said that Judge kru-
ger had always paid taxes on flVe
acres of the land and was willing to
do so. What he sought was the eX-
emption of the remainder of the prop
erty. which had hitherto not been
taxed. The buildings, Mr.. Francis
declared, were occupied by old men
and women and a large part of the
site was used for garden purposes.
Mr.. FrancIs's Admission.
Mr.. Francis admitted that there
was a restaurant on the premises
conducted by the son of the matron
of the institution, but that Judge
Kruger received no revenue from It,
Ernest Hirschoff, private secretary
of Judge Kruger, and a trustee of
the Greisenheim, was called as wit
ness. Mr.. Hirschoff described in de-
tail the character of the institution
and gave figures for several years
back, showing that it cost Judge
Kruger several thousands of dollars
annually to maintain the place. On
cross-examination by City Attorney
Boggs, Mr. Hirschoff declared that
the matron and all employees of the
institution were paid by Judge Krue-
ger personally and not by the trus-
tees of the institution. Judge Krue-
ger had agreed to take care of the
inmates until their death when the
institution was founded, Mr.. Hir-
schoff declared.
Some of the inmates, he said, were
nearly 80 years of age. The witness
admitted that there was a restaurant,
bowling alleys and shooting gal
lery on the premises. but that the
proceeds from these went to the son
of the matron and Judge Kruger
did not receive a cent from them.
City Attorney Boggs declared that
since the entire property was not
used for charitable purposes exclu-
sively, the entire five acres should not
be exempted. In reply Mr.. Francis
quoted an opinion which said that any
buildings necessary for the fair en-
joyment of the inmates there" should
be exempted.
Orange Y. NJ. C. A. Plea.
The Orange Y. NJ. c. A. appeal was
considered next. The secretary of the
association, Clarence II. Potter. was
called as a witness and told the board
in general the work being done by
the association and the point in which
the association of the Oranges diff
fered from other similar institutions.
Leonard Baldwin, president of the
association, spoke on the same lines
as Mr.. Potter, and told of the charit-
able work being done by the asso-
citation.
ElINEPA OF PRIEST