Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-10-04
WELL DONE.

WELL DONE.
The action OF the County Com.
missioners, last Monday, In main.
taining the valuation of the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad at $4,000 per
miiej meets With the approval Of the
taxPayers. Ever since it's .organi-
cation the railroad company has al
most eatsrely escaped the Legitimate
charges which the possession OF
wealth Involves; while owners Of
property paid taxes on fully Is
Der cent. OF its cash value and re-
ceived but slight returns upon their
investments. the railway company,
although realizing enormous profits
announcing, last year, to $3.50, 900, or
about 4l5, 900 per mile), only paid
tsxes on valuation Of $4,000 per
milo, or sn aggregate of $3.50, 900.
This was asrocfously unjust; but
business was brisk, money easy,
and the taxpayers, either through
ignorance or carelessness, did not
murmur ct this strange state OF
affairs. Recently, however, times
became hard, the public burdens
were felt more heavily, and the tax
payers began to find fault. The
County Commissioners thereupon
resolved TO do justice to their con.
stituents. The result was the in
crease In valuation and the main
tenance of that increase. aa ae
According to the company's own
showing the railroad paid dividends.
last year, equal to ONE AND QUAR-
TER per cent. per month upon the
capital claimed 70 have been linyes-
ted In the road. The total tax which
the company will be compelled to
pay ID this county this year will
only amount to S4,s4O ~. And
even n ffthe railroad were taxed
% high Ia kothef counties
a. it is in this, the tax would not ex-
coed $4,000. A corporation which
has made millions of dollars out Of the
people Of this State, and which,
Ii such. dull year as was 1878,
netted three. quarter million dollars.
ought certainly and cheerfully to pay
q comparatively Insignificant sum
a that stated toward the support Of
the counties and State in which it
earns that money.
There can therefore be no reason
sble donbt Of thejustice pfthe assess
nsent and in fixing it at the present
nate the County Commissioners have
earned the thanks Of the COM
munity. s - 80,
-THE weekly wages paid for
labor in Germany. as averaged from
the several Consular reports are: For
bricklaysrs, % As; masons. -; car
penters, a IS; painters, "a 60; plas-
tsrers. a IS; plumbers, 30 90; black
smiths, o. 90; bakers, % 30; shoe
makers, "a 80; butchers. "a 90; cabi-
net-makers, 81 95; coopers, 81 So;
engravers a; printers, SO 90; tailors,
q so; lsborers, porters, etc., SO so.
The average weekly wages paid to
agricultural laborers In Germany are:
For men, without board and lodging,
48 so; men, with b.,ard and lodging,
81 80s wpmep, without board or
lodging, u IS; women, with board,
ETC., 60 cents. All laborers are re-
auired TO work from 6 A. M. to @ r.
n, with two hours of interInission;
s to 8 cents per hour is paid Tor extra
time. Food is dearer than in New
York, Chicago or San Francisco.
MoNsIeNoR CAPEI. one Of the
most eminent preachers in the world,
will lssys England soon for begging
tonr through the United States aud
Canada. He hopes to return with
money sufficient to extricate him
from the peouniNry embarrassments
INTO which he plunged himself to
establish the Catholic University at
KeRsinstcn.
-FAEsTpENr HAYES, like many
other Republicans, has evidently be-
come sdAsincsd, By latsl events, that
Cancellation only encourages the evil
spirit Of the Confederate .bulldozers,
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