Palisadian., 1925-10-30
State and County
News In Brief
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ern counties of New Jersey now pay
about two-thirds of the state tax
have to pay forty@five per cent oi
taxes raised for the state highway
systems, the soldiers bosus, the Jer
sey City tunnel, the Camden bridge
and the state institutions in addition
to its second tax. The ratables fol-
the five counties in question are as
follows: Essex, ,$1,113,375,7S7; Hud
son, $1,022,353, 1872; Passaic, 1857,
255,327; Union, $3.50, ,244; Bergen
$298,058,756.
Announcement was made at the re
cent rally of the Bergen County Wo
mans Republican Club held at Hack
ensack of a donation Of $1,000 to the
the donor being Mrs. Dwight Morrow
of Englewood. The same will be used
for campaign purposes.
George Fish and Carrie Grinnell
who have farms adjoining the county
hospital at Oradell, will be paid be
tween them the sum of $80208 for
losses sustained when the State
Board of Health put ban upon their
celery crop last summer after it was
discovered that seepage from the iso-
lation hospital was running over their
land
The State Board of Taxes and AS
sessments in a report submitted last
week to Governor Silzer recommend
ed the amendment Of the existing tax
laws so as to raise county assess
ments to secure greater degree of
equalization of the assessments for
state and county taxes.
The contract for the drainage sys-
tenn and approaches to the Avondale
bridge will be awarded to the Dansen
Construction Company, whose bid Nof
$13,303.25 was the lowest received by
the Board of Freeholders.
lin one Of his campaign speeches de-
livered in Newark, Senator Arthur e.
Whitney, Republican candidate for
Governor, denied having any affilia-
tion with the Ku Klux Klan. He
added that whispering" campaign
asserting that he was member Of
the hooded organization had been
going on for some time, and that he
welcomed a full inquiry into the mat
ter.
Despite the protests of officials and
counsel for the Erie Railway, the
Ridgewood commissioners granted
permission for ten buses which will
be operated between that town and
New York City.
--In a speech delivered to the Mas
sau Club at Trenton, Governor Silzer
again took occasion to repeat what
he had stated in his recent speech in
in Philadelphia, to the effect that the
only sensible solution of the present
dispute between New Jersey and
Philadelphia over the tolls on the
Delaware River bridge is a voluntary
agreement between the two states,
adding that 1t would be useless to
appeal to the Federal court, as the
latter does not attempt to solve those
questions which are peculiarly the
province of the states.
MRS. Alfred B. Watson of 14S
Heights road, Ridgewood, who was
passenger on the Inflated SIS. Com
anche, and who returned to her home
by rail none the worse for her ex-
perience, denied the stories about the
crew being intoxicated. In fact, she
spoke in the highest terms of praise
when referring to both captain and
crew.
Almost 10000 names have been
added to the registry lists in Hudson
County through affidavits, bringing
up the total registration in that coun-
ty to practically .j2S0.OOO. Almost
5000 were tiled in Jersey City, while
Union City added about 1900 and
Hoboken 500.
Anderson avenue in Fairview and
Cliffside Park, which was closed for
repairs for the past two months, has
been reopened, greatly relieving traf-
fic conditions in both boroughs. A
recent census showed this avenue to
be the most travelled road in the
county.
The city of Englewood is about to
pass an ordinance that will project
it's residential districts from the en-
croachments of apartment house
buildings. A public hearing ON the
matter is to be held in the near fu-
ture.
AS a result of investigations made
following several recent burglaries in
Hackensack. Prosecutor A. C. Hart
has caused the arrest of several men
whom he charges with being impli-
Gated in the thefts, promising to lay
the case before the grand jury in the
very near future, at which time he
will make complete statement.
Chief of those arrested is J. ].
Locher, a former insurance man of
Hackensack, who has been in trouble
with the police before, and whose
trail of bad checks led to his latest
undoing. The loot secured by the
gang is said to amount to several
thousands of dollars.
"A course in "matrimony" is one OF
the offerings at the Jersey City Y.
M. C. A. 1t will consist of ten lee
lures by both men and women speak
ers.
The Hackensack Y. M. C. A. drive
officially closed on Monday evening
with total of $295,OOO raised of an
expected 100000 Leaders of the