The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-27
RUSHING Ut TIE RAILROAD ASSESS
MENTS.
The New Figures hnnounced-ComPar
Of Last Years Rates with Now.
1The State.7

! OF Last Years Rates with Now.
[The State.l
The long awaited assessments Of thE
railroads Of the State, about which sc
| much has been said, and against which
the railroads made such a 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 rel
mile are given, and no compilations OF
comparisons are announced. Therefore
it is impossi ble to give the eXactamount
of the raise, but by a careful computa-
ton from the data givel, it is found
that the raise will amount TO scarcely
less than $2l,0O0,000, and may be q
couple Of million higher. This year
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,
Greenvile& Laurens, Greenvilie, Lau-
reDs & Spartanburg, Savannah Valley,
Carolina, Knoxville & Western, and
Spartanburg, Union & Columbia do not
appear On this years reports at all as
such roads, for they have been absorbed
by others under one name.
The raise, however, is so great as to
cause a 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 year, are
given below:
Ashley River railroad-Lastyea S11 >
coo per mile; this year $500
Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line-Last
year SIS. 500 per mile; this year 5000.
Blackville, Alston & Newberry-
Last year $1,000 per mile; this year
$500.
Blue Ridge railroad-Last year ST.
000 per mile; this year $1,000.
Barnwell railroad-Last year $1,000
per mile; this year Sc, 500.
Bishopville railroad-Last year $500
per mile; this year 5000.
Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chica-
go railroad-Last year $1,000 per mite;
this year $1,000.
Central railroad-Last year $S, 600 per
mile; this year $4,000.
Charleston & Savannah railroad
Last year $4,000 per mile; this year
$4,000,
Ashevile & Spartanburg railroad
Las. ) ear $4,000 per mile; this year $S,-
900.
Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago
railroad-Last year $500 per mile; this
Cheraw & Chester railroad-Last
year 50, 500 per mile; this year 81 GOO.
Cheraw & Salisbury railroad-Last
year 81, 1000 per mile; this year $4,000.
Charlotte, Columbia d Augusta rail-
road-Last year $40, SOC per mile; this
year $4,000.
Sea Island Branch 600 per mile.
Port Royal& Western Carolina-Sl0,-
900 per mile.
Chester & Lenoir railroad-Last year
S2,50O per mile; this year $1,000.
Columbia & Greenville railroad
Last year $4,000 permile; this yearSlG,-
500: ngs;Iroad-Last year $4,000
Florence raasASIO, 900.
Georgetown & WesiSsw4sr ST.
Last year s., 900 per mile; this yeal ~
600.
Laurens railroad-Last year $1,000
per mile; this year $1,000.
Manchester & Augusta railroad
Last year 81 900 per mile; this year $5,-
900.
Greenpond, WATERFORD & Branch
vile railroad-Last year s., 10 per mile;
this year 1000.
North Eastern railroad-Last year
$4,000 per mile; this year $1,000.
Port Royal & Augusta rairoad-Last
year 81, 800 per mile; this year SO, 900.
Palmetto railroad-Last year $4,000
per mile; this year $4,000.
South Carolina railway-Last year
S13, 900 per mile; this year $4,000.
South Carolina Pacific railway-Last
year $5O0O'per mile; this year $500.
w llulluSloHJ NOlui1lOt~s W |hu NoIS'
railroad-Last year sl0,5OO per mile;
this year $4,000.
Wilmington, Chadbourne & Conway
railroad-Last year $1,000 per mile;
this veg $1,000.
". & Summerton railroad-Last
year 81, $50 per mile; this year 81, ,79S.
Charleston, Sumter & Northern rail-
road-Last year $4,000 per mile; this
year $4,000.
Columbia, Newberry & Laurens rail
road-Last year $1,000 per mile; this
year $4,000.
Georgia, Carolina & Northern rail-
road-Last year $1,000 per mile; this
year thirty miles at $4,000, remainder
at S. 900.
Hartsville railroad Last year 81 900
per mile; this year s., 1000.
It was remarked last night that the
assessments had not been made on any
fixed basis, but that the board han just
placed the raise where they saw tit.
The board, however. has done its work
and the figures are here for any and all
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