The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-27
RUSHING Up THE RAILROAD ASSESS
MENTS.
The New Figures Announcsd-Compar
GfLast Years Rates with Now.
1.-THE State.

THE State.
The long awaited assessments OF tn
railroads Of the State, about which 81
much has been said, and against which
the railroads made such fight, have
at last been passed upon finally by tht
State board Of equalization Of railroads
and yesterday they We're at last made
public. Only the bare assessments pei
mile are given, and no compilations OF
comparisons are announced. Therefore
it is posi- ible to give the eXactamount
of the raise, but by careful computa'
ton from the data given, it is founC
that the raise will amount 10 scarcely
less than S21 600, 900, and may be s
couple Of million higher. This yeal
there is much larger number Of miles
of road being operated in the State, and
the total raise is in some measure due
to that, but the actual raise per mile is
very large. The total valuation of prop
erty for each road was not given out by
the comptroller, and consequently Can
not be compared with the figures Of
last year. Then again several roads,
namely: The Augusta & Knoxville,
Greenville & Laurens, Greenville, Lau-
rens & Spartanburg, Savannah Valley,
Carolina, Knoxville & Western, and
Spartanburg, Union & Colum mbia do not
appear on this years reports at al as
such roads, for they have been absorbed
by others under one name.
The raise, however, is so great as to
cause general belief that the railroads.
especially the big ones, will make a
fight before paying such taxes and
carry the matter into the courts.
The figures, as announced by the
comptroller general, and The compari-
sons with the figures of last yeai, are
given below:
Ashley River railroad-Last year SILL
coo per mile; this year $4,000.
Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line-Last
year SIS, 500 per mile; this year SIS, 600.
Blackville, Aston & Newberry-
Last year $1,000 per mile; this year
$500.
Blue Ridge railroad-Last year $4,-
O0O per mile; this year $1,000.
Barnwell railroad-Last year $1,000
per mile; this year $500.
Iishopville railroad-Last year $500
per mile; this year $500.
Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chica-
60 railroad-Last year $4,000 per mile;
this year $4,000.
Central railroad-Last year SIS, 600 per
mile; this year $4,000.
Charleston & Savannah railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year
$4,000,
Asheville & Spartanburg railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year $S,-
000
Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago
raiiroaG-Last year $500 per mile; this
year $40, 1000.
Cheraw & Chester railroad-Last
year $500 per mile; this year 81 600.
Cheraw & Salisbury railroad-Last
year S., 1000 per mile; this year SIS, 1000.
Charlotte, Columbia Il Augusta rail-
road-Last year $40, 500 Per mile; this
year $4,000.
Sea Island Branch-s3, 600 per mile.
Port Royal& Western Carolina-SlO,-
600 per mile.
Chester d Lenoir railroad-Last year
S2, 500 per mile; this year s., 1000.
Columbia & Greenville railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year $lG,-
500.
Florence railroad-Last year $4,000
per mile; this year $4,000.
Georgetown & Western railroad
Last year $1,000 per mile; this year ST.
600.
Laurens railroad-Last year $1,000
per mile; this year IS 900.
Manchester & Augusta railroad
Last year 81 ZOO per mile; this year S.
900.
Greenpond, WATERFORD & Branch
vile railroad-Last years., { 10 pei c4ile;
this year $1,000.
North Eastern railroad-Last year
S14, 900 per mile; this year $1,000.
Port Royal & Augusta raj road-Last
year 81, 800 per mile; this year SO, 900.
Palmetto railroad-Last year $1,000
per mile; this year $4,000.
South Carolina railWay-Last year
SIS, 900 per mile; this year $4,000.
South Carolina Pacific railway-Last
year S5000.per mile; this year $1,000.
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
SeaI Slo,ooV Pei illile,
this year 1000.
Wilmington, Chadbourne & Conway
-ailroad-Last year $4,000 per mile;
his year s., 5000.
Wilson & Summerton railroad-Last
year 81, $50 per mile; this year 81, 79S.
Charleston, Sumter d Northern rail-
-oad-Last year $4,000 per mile; this
year $4,000.
Columbia, Newberry d Laurens rail
'oad-Last year $4,000 per mile; this
year $1,000.
Georgia, Carolina & Northern rail-
'oad-Last year $1,000 per mile; this
year thirty miles at $4,000, remainder
It $1,000.
Hartsville railroad Last year 81 900
Der mile; this year s., 900.
1t was remarked last night that the
assessments had not been made Oh any
ixed basis, but that the board hao just
placed the raise where they saw fit.
The board, however. has done Its work
nd the figures are here for any and all
O see.