The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-05
Che GnteIligstlrer,
Qua hYBFEH OF TAxATIOS,
And some Of the Inequalities and Il
Justices IL Permits.

And Some OF the Inequalities and In
Justices IL Permits.
BRooEE County, W. Va, May 8.
EdltOn IntsIIigsuesr.
An examination Of the valuable and
very elaborate report Of the Auditor o.
this State shows soms very curious stats
tics, and a. many Of your readers viii
doubtless not receive the report, and many
receiving 1t will not take the time or care
to closely compare the results therein,
thought it might not be undressing tc
institute aoms comparison between oul
county and others OF this State, and Il
might we'll lead our people to take more
decided interest in matters which pecuni'
Nrily largely interest them.
As 70 quantity OF land Brooke stands
$50, there being but htty.tour counties in
the State, and Hancock the lowest, having
81, 525 acres to 57S77 for Brooke, the
next in order upwards being Ohio with
u. 40, and next Peasants with S4,27S,
These are all containing less than 1O0, 900
acres. There are ming counties having
over 100000 and lsss than 200 900 acres, to
wit: Berkeley (nsarly 200,00-l Csbell
Calhoun, Jefferson, Marshall, Morgan,
TAYLOR, Tyler and Writ, Sixteen between
1000 aud 800, 900 acres, to wit: Barbour,
Boone, Clay, DoddIidge, GilmeT, Harrison,
Marion, Mason, Mercer, Mineral, Monon.
gala, Putnam, Summers, Tucker, WelZel
and Wood,
There are nine counties containing be.
Dnn nON a,,l 400 OOA anraa n urtks Giant
Hardy, Monroe, Nicholas, Preston,
RitCbie, Roane, Upshur andWayne, There
ara six between 400, 900 and 500 600 toWit:
Faystte, Hampshire, Jackson, Lewis, Lin
coin and Pendleton. There are i've con.
tanning between 10000 and 100000, TO
wit: Braxton, KanawhA, POcAhOntas, Ra.
leigh and Webster; between 600, 900 and
100000 the county OF GEsenbrisr; be.
tween zoo, 900 aud $4,000 there are none;
between S00,000 and 900. 1000, the county
Of Randolph land Logan contains over
| 100000; Wyoming over 100 600, and
Mcdowell, the largest 10 the State, over
|, 400 900, it being nearly twenty'eeVen
times the area Of Hancock and Brooke,
Following this in order the average val.
ne Of counties shows even greater dis.
to reverse itself, Mcdowell being assessed
Fat q cents per acre, Webster IS cents,
Wyoming 81 and Logan 81 cents, these be-
ing all under 81 % per acre. From $l.00
to g 90 there aIe the following counties;
Brown, Clay, Lincoln, Nicholas, Raleigh,
Randolph, Tucker; between 500 and
800 per acre there are the following:
Bpxt0n, Calhoun, FGyette, Gilmer, Mer.
Ger, PoCohontas, Roane and Summers; be.
tween s. % and a 0O per acre there are
Morgan and Richie; between 800 and
s. 90 per acre there are DoddTldgs, Grant,
GEeenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, jackson,
Lewis, Preston, Wayne and Writ; be-
tween S. and 8 per acre there are Ka-
nawha, Putnam and Wetzsl; between 81
and s. there are Barbour, Mineral and
Tyler; between s. and 50 there 10 but one,
Peasants; between Sl2 and Sl3 there are
Marion and Wood; between $l3 and Sl4,
Mason, MonongaliR and Taylor; and next
Ia Berkeley over SIS; Marshall over SIS,
Harrison over $40, Hancock over S26 90.
100, Jefferson over $50, Brooke So? 9S.l00
and Ohio $40 4S 100, which valuation in.
cludes the buildings thereon. In the frat
named counties last above the value OF
the land 10 but slightly reduced
without the buildtnglinCluded, for in Nc.
Dowell and Wyoming they are valued at
| cent per acre, In Webster and Logan at
3 cents per acre, and from this low rate to
Ohio where they are valued OF $6 So per
acre, Brooke $44l, Hancock 81 45, and
Jefferson over S. 90 and Bsrkely over
81 w, and the remainder from one to three,
more being nearer 81 90 per acre than
s. 90.
As to the total value OF buildings on
lands, (neaning farmsl Mcdowell, as will
be seen from the last statement, still holds
the loves. place at over 81. 500, and Jeffer.
son the highest at nver $s4S, 900, and
Berkeley following close at over $40, 900,
and dropping to Harrison with over $780,.
900, = and Greenbrier over $50l 900,
Marshall over S4s7,0O0 Kanawha next
with over 1927 600, Ohio $4,000, Wood
over 100000, and Hampshire, Marion,
Mason, Mongolia and Preston between
$500 900 and S400 900, aud Brooke, Han.
cock, Mineral, Monroe and Taylor be-
tween $500, 900 and $500, 900, and In about
q like descending scale to the lowest.
In the value Of buildings on lots Nc.
Dowell has mona here. Clay is the lowest,
being only $3.50, and Ohio the highest,
being over 50. 100000; Wood, over 81, O00,.
900; Berkeley, over 5000 900, and Kauawha
and Harrison, over S600. 600; and the town
lots without the buildings stand: Ohio,
over 5000 900; Wood, over 1890, 900;
Berkeley, over 800. 600; Kanawna, $780,
900, and Harrison, over $500, 900.
These tables might be followed with In.
terest in many different ways, which
would extend this paper too much.
There ls another point, however, OF
very peculiar interest, to which attention
Is directed before closing this article, to
which we refer briefly, and that Is the 10.
tai taxes paid by each county, and here
the disparity is very marked In compari.
son with their Valuations.
Ohio heads the list, as It should, paying
taxes for all purposes, State, county,
school, &c, amounting to over sec, 900,
Marshall nearly $4,000, Mason $50 900
and fraction, Kanawha $4,000, Taylor
$4,000 and a fraction, Brooke S3S,692,
Harrison $50, $50, Oabell 1884, FAyette
S2S, 1853, Berkeley SIS. 035, Wood S24, 22S,
Putnam $23, S22, Monroe sl9,s98, Braxtou
$40 6s3, Roane sl6,259, Lincoln 1854,
Witt $l222l, Greenbher Sll974, Bar.
bour, Summers, Tyler and Upshur III.
lie over $4,000 each. Calhoun, Grant,
Hancock and Weizel between 5000 and
$40, and on lower 10 Webster $3.50.
How many oil these counties have bond.
ed debts, is not stated. know that Ohio
county on account OF the p, ". 4 KY. r.
Z. pays S22 500 yearly, and Brooke pays
on same account about 5000.
From these data the reader can draw
his own conclusions.
One inquiry, however, suggests itself,
why should Brooke, about oue.slxth the