The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-05
Board OF Taxation ana dismfsses the

Board OF Taxation ana dismfsses the
appeal of the Nucca Butter Company
and Edible Oils Company, from as
sessments of property in the city Of
Bayonne. The appellants are New
Jersey corporations and owned prop
erty between them in Bayonne which
was assessed for taxation for the yeay
1912 at 100000. An appeal was taken
from the decision of the Hudson
County Board and the sum was re-
duced to $4,000. The State Board of
Equalization of Taxes was then ap-
pealed to and this body asked to fur
Their reduce the assessment to $4,000.
The appeal was taken because the
companies claimed that, for one
reason, they had not been permitted
to offset against their said assessment
on personal property the amount or
sum that at the time the assessment
was levied were owing by them to
residents of the State. These amounts
included on bond and mortgage to
either the Colonial Insurance Com
pany or the New Jersey Title Guaran-
tee and Trust Company $54 900, and
loans on open accounts due residents
Of the State, aggregating $4,000.
Another report of the dangerous
condition of railroad grade crossings
On the main lines of highway travel
in South Jersey has been referred to
the Board of Public Utility Commits.
sioners by Job H. Lippincott, Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles. About a
week g the Commissioner made a
similar report Of conditions which
were investigated by Anderson Shinn,
chief inspector of the department.
A majority of the crossings eXamin,
ed need additional protection in order
to safeguard the public and several
recommendations have been made to
the Utility Board. The Public Utility
Commission has power under the law
to properly safeguard grade crossings
and because of this fact the Commits
sioner has made the recommends
lions. The Commissioner is anxious
to do all that he can to have the
crossings in question s~afeguarded and
in his letter to the board recommends
stepsp be taken without delay to have
them protected.
Perplexed About PAX Lions.
Whether it is better to keep the
lions on exhibition at Cadwalader
Park, Trenton, and incur the wrath Of
the nearby residents or to have the
animals removed and d%isappoint the
little people, is the problem which
Commissioner Burk is trying to solve.
At present he seems to favor the
Riddles and it looks as if the King
of Beasts will continue to be repre-
sented at the Trenton pleasure
ground.
The objection to the animals is
raised by the people Of the %Stuyvesant
Avenue section who report that sleep
ing cannot be done to the best ad-
vantage while the lions are bowling
displeasure at their captivity. The
noise, they say, is very unpleasant at
night.
The Commissioner has tried to quiet
the animals by charging their pens
and giving them the best of care, but
it has all been in vain. The he
does for them the more they seem
to howl at night. So many complaints
have been coming to him of late from
those who are troubled by the bowling
that he he has been seriously con.
sidering the proposition to have the
lions removed and to secure in theil
place a fine collection of birds. The
animals are not the property of the
city, but are loaned to it for exhibt
ton purposes.
Because of the interest which the
children of the city haYe always taken
in the lions, Mr.. Burks has decided tc
make another attempt to pacify the
howlers. If he is unable to find some
way to keep them still at night he
will doubtless have to ask the own.
ers to emove them.
No Appeal in Booz Case.
That Mrs. Carrie Booz, alias Dun.
ham, who was sentenced to two year,
in the New Jersey State Prison by
Judge Gnichtel for performing a Grim
inal operation, will serve her term
without further contesting her case
was definitely made public. Former
Prosecutor William ]. Crossley, her
counsel, stated that no writ of error
would be sught.
Whether or not Addison j. Perrine,
sentenced to IS months at the Work.
house for involuntary manslaughter,
would contest his case could not be
learned, but the general belief pre-
walls that the matter will rest at ita
present status.
Mrs. Booz will be taken to prison
by Sheriff Madden, while Perrine will
likely be escorted to the Workhouse
by one of the constables.
Charter for Trust Company.
After many months of fighting a
charter was granted by State Banking
Commissioner La Monte to the
Swedesboro Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, represented by United
States District Attorney J. Warren
Davis. Application for the charter was
made a year or more ago.
Russian Jew at Friends Meeting.
Max Reich, a Russian Jew, convert
ed to the faith, was the principal
speaker at the quarterly meetings OF
the Society OF Friends of Burlington
and Bucks counties in the historic
meeting house. Other speakers were
Eli Harvey, of Media, Pa, and Will
lam Bishop, of Railway.