The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-08-04

The State Board Of Equalization closed
II lab0rs last week. and from 1 published
report IN the Indianapolis Sentinel we
CLEAN the following in formnfi0n:
There are ". sS5.6f miles Of main track
IN the State. assessed for taxation Al <35.-|
U73.5z6 there are 1884 miles Of second
main track : and ~ o. Of side track n
81. 52o 3i3 : there are 1.76i26 miles OF roll
ing stock. assessed a. d .I79, Os3; there
are $i.u73.7sI Of improvements On right
ing q grand total OF 81. s55.7D upon
which The railways Of indiana win have
10 pay tax next year. Dubois county N
only credited with 23.5O miles or rail-
road. Next year this will he doubled,
A. The "Air-Line' will then be subject %
taxation. The present assessment IN this
county viii be seen 10 be cSi.5l5, a.
about 1900 u mile. including all taxa
ble~. This makes the railroad moro than
twice the largest tax payer ia the county
now. aud when The amount II doubled Il
will bring in quits a nice little plum to|
the treasury Of the county. and will soon
repay all the taxes paid by the people 10
aid IL. When tie Belleiontain road
shall be built. which there T. . fair pros
pect for IL all the townships through
which n runs vote Aid therefor, the rail-
roads will tLen pay more taxes then any
one township IN the county
II will be noticed that there are only
four counties in The State Brown Ohio.
Switzerland and Perry-which have no
railroad connections Thank God, Du-
bois j. out Of the woods.
In 1881 there were 1.34J. ~ miles Of
road Il be assessed. while this year there
were 4.ss5 "a, showing Al increase Of
SO 50 miles. last year the assessed
value Of the roads was 80. 1856. 40, while
Ithis year il j. Ss7.655. 7o1, which shows
an increase Of S$5lO.56
a. many persons desire 10 know the
miles of road in each County in the State
and the assessed value, We give the fol-
lowing: Adams has 4l.40 miles. assessed
value $l67.O0l /; Allen, 40 81 miles. ST.
ss2u58; Bartholomew, all miles. $3s5,-
Ii6: Benton. 45s2 miles. S4fo,545 :
'~BIackf0rd. 26 80 miles. Sl94cH; Boone.
90 50 miies. $40. lss; Brown. none I;
Carroll, Is 70 miles. $3s2.O 95 Cass- S5.ts
miles. $3.50 z78: Clarke, C5.45 miles
t$fC3. 226. Clay. 1910 miles, $6z5, 557 .
lCIinton. 1888 miles. S3sg.4sf: Crawford.
35.70 miles. SIS. l5l Davies, lS20 miles
<2Ds. SIS Dearborn. 1928 miles. $685.
S41 : Decatur. 45.48 miles. $fU4.l3S; De
lkalb. So 60 miles. $1.lt5.foy; Delaware.
G4 ~ miles. 66l7. 300; Dubois. - ~
miles. SsI.5l5. Elkhsrt. - 8 miles. ST.
"a 800; Fayette. 43-76 miles. $z54.5so;
Floyd. 20 20 miles. $3f.960; Fountain.
- 50 miles. Gf99.9 35; Franklin, 81 OIL
miles. Slf5. $50 : Fulton, - IS miles. $ov,-
lU5s :Gibson. cI.54miicz. $s3s.933 Grant,
1850 miles. fs25. sos; Greene. 65.td
miles. f2Ol.s51; Hamilton 29.42 miles,
{325. 60, Hancock, "a s3 miles. $3.50 .96i
Harrison. IL miles. o53.3lo; Hendricks,
~ 80 miles, $3sl,0l6 /; Henry. 81 81 miles
o633.z67: Howard. 5725 miles. 3336..
e5s: HuDtington. 39.37 miles. $fIz.Sl4
Jackson. 80 ~ miles. o553. 9s6; Jasper,
1854 mrles. o23O.55O; Jefferson 21.5l
miies, s143.Ol6; Jennings. cs "a miles
$ls7 $50 johnson, 41.51 miles. $375 sos
Knox. ISL miles, e725.737 kosciusko,
Es7 IS miles. s95s.7s8: Lagrange. Is "
miles. 9I15.335; Lake. III - miles, 81
3sO.7U5; Lsporte, i73A miles, ~ 3S5.-
0i2: Lawrence, 81 - miles, $47s3tg;
Madison, s8.6s miles. esi4. GA; Marion
I55.7 n miles. $2l27. sI3; Marshall. q 80
miles. S1.o24 Ivi: Martin, 1917 miles
t2l4.eO7 Miami, Is. ~ miIes. e755. 40
Monroe, 1921 miles, 3191. I67: Mont
gomery. e577.ss4; Morgan, <02s miles,
si5H.s53: Newton, 29.s8 miles, <213O75
Noble. 7463 mica $l,lOO,669; Ohio
none; :. Orange, s.51 miles, SOL os2
Owen. 4O.7s miles. &223,255; Parkc. ~
miles. <3O3.33O; Perry, none ; Pike. 1885
miles. $JI.lu7 {; Porter, 1920 miles. 81
Ss7.3os; Posey. <7.53 miles. t335. 763
Pulaski. 1916 miles. e33f.234; Putnam
$3.50 miles. $g95. 667; Randolph, 67.lz
miIes. 500. 7l9; Ripley. Su.H miles
f373,522; Rush. C2.33 miles, $365,1Oo
Scott, 81 s. miles. e2oo.7l1; Shelby
56.27 miles. <522.261; Spencer, z5'6l
miles. SO 62 Sfarkc. 4l.sl miles $500,
lag: 81. Joseph. 6755 miles. e1.O53 co
Steuben. 1901 miles. <124, 762; sullivan
a rs miles, $33l.7s2 ; Switzerland none
'lTippecanoe. .1O363 miles, $1,157.355
ITipt6n. l5.ll miles. Sale. o&i; Union
1864 miles. S149.616 ; vanderburg- 40.3S
!mile<. <393S26; vermillion, 1893 miles
$780,, 500; yigo, 1888 miles. el,O96.026
\ Wabash. GAIA miles. &56l.O 97; Warren
30.al miles. 3 57.7O6: Warrick. ia
miles, e77,7S7; Washington. 27.6l miles
size, 36S Wayne. 1856 miles. e697.o25
wells. 27.15 miles, SLOT .53s; White
68.O2 miles. <550,O73. and Whitley, $50:
miles, e~6s6,5I7.
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