Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-05
Estimate That County RatabIes
Will Increase About 81, ,5OO,-
000-Work Half Done.
DECREASE IN R.R. PROPERTY
Remaining Books Will be
Turned in by Assessors Be-
fore August 16, is Belief.
SMALLER PLACES INCREASE
Will Tend to Make County Rate
.49 This Year as Against
.534 in 1914.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, Aug. 5:-The
county tax rate will be over four
last year, according to estimates
made by the clerk Of the County
Board of Taxation. following its an
nual meeting here Tuesday About
one-half of the assessors from about
the county have turned in their
books, and from these it is estimated
that the ratables in the county will
increase about $2,500,000 this year.
This will tend to make the county
rate 40 this year as against .534 OF
last year. There have been large in
creases in ratables in the districts
of Dunellen, Helmetta, Jamesburg,
Monroe township, Piscataway, Mid
dlesex borough, Milltown and Me-
tuchen. There are decreases in tax
alton on second class railroad pro-
perty In Perth Amboy and New
Brunswick, while reports from the
state board show increases in that
branch of taxation in Woodbridge,
Roosevelt and some small places.
1t is estimated that the remaining
their books, either on Monday or
Monday, August 16 There have been
no returns as yet from the cities of
Perth Amboy, South Amboy and
New Brunswick
1t is firmly believed that the rata
bles will jump about two and half
millions this year. Last year they
were $77,e40,046 There is also q
y l. r.
year over lastsyear. The budget, for
1915 is A90.51Q,- while last year it
was .S4g1,400.
n Increases In ratables in some of
the places about the county are as
follows: Dunellen, 100000; Helmet
ia, $1,000; Jamseburg, $4,000;
Monroe $37, 900; Piscataway, $780,
324; Middlesex Borough, $50, 1000;
Milltown, 5000, and Metuchen,
s57, 500. The heavy increase In Pts
Getaway township is declared due to
heavy increase in the storage of coal
by the Lehigh Valley concern there.
Second class railroad property in
the county taxable is now estimated
to aggregate s4,459,547, as against
$4,436,738 for last year. There is
decrease of about 81, 900 Ii the
amount of second class railroad pro-
perty taxable in New Brunswick.
Likewise is there decrease in Perth
Amboy of from s1,615,090 of last
year as against 1,499,190 for this
year.
Comparisons Of the amount of
second class railroad property in
three of the districts are as follows:
South Amboy, 1914, $630,311; 1915,
$6O0,236; Woodbridge, 1914 ST.
075,742; 1915, $1,232,282; Roose-
welt 1914, $20S,033; 1915, s217,-
263.
The amount of second class rail
road property in other districts this
year is as follows: Cranbury, $685.
500; Dunellen, $76,827; East Bruins
wick, s7,04S; Helmetta, s2,2S5;
Highland Park, s6,017; Jamesburg,
s13,117; Madison, s41,472; Metuch-
en-, $29,691; Middlesex Borough,
I$14,6OO; Milltown, 1854; Monroe,
$8,S17; New Brunswick, 1896, PAS;
North Brunswick, s17,329; Perth
Amboy, s1,499,190; Piscataway,
$2SO,583; Raritan, $40, 0,605; Roose-
velt, s217,253; Sayreville, s56,719;
6 ,uth Amboy, s600,236; South
Brunswick. $27,904; South River,
s6,644; Spotswood, $4,57S; Wood
bridge, $1,232,2S2.