Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-16

THE PERSONAL PROPERTY

The number Of horses assessed in the
state Is 1861 74. valued at S25. $40 04O.
an average of $24 81; ., LAS, 262 cattle are
returned and valued at SIC. t37, 936, an
average of 50 SO; 49, 2i5 mules and asses
are valued ut S2 4O2, 92O. AN average of
S2123; 546, 1876 sheep are valued at
$685.. 24l. an average Of 9S cents: 2172. :
332 hogs are valued ut 80. 900. 5S7, an
average of $l.52; 1893 steam engines,
including boilers, are valued at 81 ,232. :
84S; S,737 fire and burglar proof safes are
valued at SECS, 034; 9, $50 billiard, pigeon.
hole. etc. tables are valued at $55. 657;
4Ol ,76s carriages and wagons are valued
at -, go; 3l4.5O0 watches and clocks
are valued at S7l4. 237; 2lS,1l2 sewing
and knitting machines are valued at $9SS
423; 3.546 pianos are valued at 81. 24l. :
O29. or an average of $50 each; SO. 362
melodeons and organs are valued at SO ID. :
80; 343 franchises are valued at $62, :
296; 20 annuities and royalties are valued
at S54,l1; 50 patent rights are valued at
500 997; 6i2 steamboats,, sailing vessels,
etc, are valued nj $3.50 23l the merchan-
disc OF the state Is assessed at S25 555, =
O2S; material and manufactured articles
are valued at Sc. $3.50 .6i3 manufacturers
tools, implements and machinery, So
65l ,502; agricultural tools, implements
and machinery. SO, 256 ,420; gold and
silver plate and platedware. S52. 053;
diamonds and jewelry, $47 ,4l5; moneys
OF bank. banker, broker. etc. 80. Sl3, 049;
credits OF bank. bankers, broker, etc. e.,
VI 1857, O55; moneys of other than bank
ers, etc, $0.516. 1873; credits of others
nfn IL
and stocks, Sass. $50: shares OF capital
stock OF companies not in the state. $2S1.
52l; pawnbrokers' property, $12.6S7;
property of corporations not before
enumerated, $l.145. 34s; bridge property.
$i3.3G1; property of saloons and eating
houses. S262. ESQ; household and Office
property. S10.924.51e; investments in
real estate and improvements thereon,
1856, 1858; grain of all kinds. So. SEQ. $50
shares of stock Of state aud national
banks, 81, 592 4s0; all other personal
property. 81. 2s9.57l.
PALPABLE ABsURDITIEs.
In Cook county sos fire and burglar
proof safes are assessed, while Kane
county returns Ala; Cook county returns
1850 watches and clocks; Kane county
1904, and lroquois county Z. $50; Cook
county returns 625 melOdiOns and or
gans; several other counties return over
loo each; Cook county has one fran
chise; Ogle county returns 80; Cook
cOunty's merchandise is returned at $13,-
200, $50, the merchandise Of no other
county approaches 81 900. 900; Cook
county returns credits Of bank, banker,
broker. etc, at $4,000. while Lvings>
ton county returns SOS. 7J2: McDonough
county $53,954, and Morgan county
stt2.s6O, moneys of other than bankers.
cue, are rcturned from Cook county at
tl'22l SOB, while from Madison county
they are returned at SGSS. e64. These
are few only Of the palpable absurdi.
ues in the personal property assessment.
Inc number OF acres Of improved lands
Ia returned at % ,5S5. COS. These are as
sessed at an average Of $11.7l per acre
6.0S3, 665 acres of unimproved lands are
assessed at an average value of SO 60 per
acre, making total acreage of "a SOS, =
763, averaging in value S6,0S per acre.
There are 500. 1923 improved town and
CITY lots assessed at an average OF 1888.
AZ; $50, $50 unimproved lots assessed at
an average Of $50.2l the total number
Of lots being 1 1884 .643, of an average
value of sell O2. This IL exclusive Of
railroad lands and lots There are 81
404 acres of railroad land assessed at an
average Of Sj0.07 per acre. and 1,175
railroad lots assessed at an average of
f454. 0G each.
In 1888 the state board assessed the
property Of railroad companies not as
sessed in counties. and the capital stock
OF corporations other than railroads. at
about $72, 000.0O0 II that be the as
sessment this year it will bring the total
assessments OF the state up to 1888. 514. -
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