The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-02
RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS.
THE RAISE EXTENDS WAY INTO THE
MILLIONS.

THE RAISE EXTENDS WAY INTO THE
MILLIONS.
Final Figures Announced by the Board of
Equalization-Compari With Those
Of Last Year-Some Small Roads Dou-
5led.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. 22.-The long
awaited assessments of the railroads Of
the State, about which so much has
been said, and against which the rail-
roads made such fight, have at last
been passed upon finally by the State
board OF equalization of railroads, and
yesterday they were at last made public.
Only the bare assessments per mile are
given, AID no compilations or compar-
lsonS announced. Therefore it is i'm
possible to give the exact amount of
the raise, but by careful computation
from the data given, it is found that
the raise Will amount to scarcely. less
than 100000. and may be couple
OF millions higher. This year there is
much larger number of miles of road
being operated in the State, and the to-
tai raise is in some measure due to that.
but the actual raise per mile is very
large. The total valuation of property
for each road was not given out by the
comptroller, and consequently cannot
be compared with the figures Of last
year. Then again several roads; name
ly: The Augusta and Knoxville,
Greenviile and Laurens, 'Greenville.
Laurens and Spartanburg, Savannah
Valley, Carolina, Knoxville and, Wes-
tern, and Spartanburg, Union and Co
lumbla do not appear on this years re-
ports at all 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 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 y.ar, are
given below:
Ashley River Railroads.&c. year
600 per mile; this year $4,000.
Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line-Last
year S13,5D per mile; this year Sl8,-
Blackyille, Allston and Newberry-
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year
$500.
Blue Ridge Railroad-Last year S4,-
wy per mile; this year $1,000.
Barnwell Railroads.&c. year 5000
per mile; this year $500.
Bishopville Railroads.&c. year $500
per mile; this year 5000.
Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chi
cago-Last year $4,000 rer mile; this
year $4,000.
Central Railroads.&c. year $1,000
per mile; this year $4,000.
Charleston and Savannah Railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year
$4,000.
-Ashyille and Soartanburg Railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year 49,
0OO
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroads.&c. year $500 per mile;
this year $4,000.
Cheraw and Chester Railroad-Last
year $500 per mile; this year $4,000.
Caeraw and Salisbury Railroads.&c.
year $4,000 per mile; this year $1,000.
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,
Railroad-Last year S10,500 per mile;
this year $4,000.
Sea Island Branch-S3,0 geo per mile.
Port Royal and Western Carolina
$4,000 per mile.
Chester and Lenoir Railroads.&c.
year s., 500 per mile; this year $4,000.
Columbia and Greenyille Railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year
S1O,5O0.
Florence Railroad-Last year $1,000
per mile; this year $4,000.
Georgetown and Western Railroad
Last year $1,000 per mile; this year
$4,000.
Laurens Railroads.&c. year $4,000
per mile; this year 81, 1900.
Manchester and Augusta Railroad
last year 81 900 per mile; this year S5,-
900.
Greenpond, Walterbore, and Branch
vile Railroads.&c. year 5000 per
mile; this year $1,000.
Northeastern Railroads.&c. year
$4,000 per mile; this year $1,000.
Port Royal and Augusta Railroad
last year 81 800 per mile; this year Sl0,
900.
Palmetto Railroads.&c. year $1,000
per mile; this year $4,000.
South Carolina RsilWay-last year
S13. 900 per mile: this year $4,000.
South Carolina Pa:ific RailWay-last :.
year $1,000 per mile; this year So. .500-~S
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad-last year slo,500 per mile;
this year $4,000.
Wilmington, Chadbourne and Con-
way Railroads.&c. year So, 1000 per mile;
this year $4,000.
Wilson and Summerton Railroad
last year S1,750 per miie; this year ST.
79S.
Charleston, Sumter and Northern
Railroads.&c. year $4,000 per mile;
this year $4,000.
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroads.&c. year 80 900 per mile; this
year s., 900.
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Rail.
road-Last year $1,000 per mile; this
year thirty miles at $1,000 per mile;
remainder at $1,000.
HartsvilIe Railroad year 81 900
per mile; this year $1,000.
1t was remarked last night that the
assessments had not been made on any
fixed basis, but that the board had Just
placed the raises where they saw fit.
The board, however, has done its work
aud the figures are here for any and all
to see.-The State.
A Fiendish Crime.
BRECKESRIDGE, Colo. Aug 2l.-One
of the most iendiSh crimes ever COM
mitted here was perpetrated last night
about II o'clock. Some persons put dy-
Nfntha1iot ha11