The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-03
4 HEAVY TAX
IrkSOne Burden to Our
Citizens.
FROM OTHER TOWNS
Where Assessments are not Made
on Boom Values.
AND CLUTE is NOT ASSESSOB
Cities that have Made Immense Strides ii
Public Improvements but not in
Increased Taxation.
FROM OTHER TOWNS
Where Assessments are not Made
on Boom Values.
AND CLUTE is NOT ASSESSOR
Cities that have Made Immense Strides in
Public improvements but not in
Increased Taxation.

To give the tax and Clute ridden people
of Salt Lake citya chance to oomapre their
own burden of taxation with that of some
other cities, some of which have expended
larger sums of money in
public improvements. The HERALD has
sent out Geographic inquiries to number
of them and received the following self
answers:
HALF OURS.
PORTLAND Ogn.. Sept. Especial telegram
to THE HERALD. ] Tax 10 mills. Valuation
about onefourth. The city roll has been copied
from the county roll heretofore but will not be
hereafter. W. T. BRANCH,
City Auditor.
ALSO LESS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept 2.-[Special tele-
gram to THE HERALD. Tax l2 mills on the
dollar. Assessment 40 per cent. OF full value.
City and county the same.
J. G. BISHOP. City Auditor.
NoBooM VALUES.
TACOMA. Wash, Sept Especial telegram
to THE HERALD. City assessment 80 per cent.
of market value. Tax rate lls mills, County
assessed fun value. FRED TAYLOR,
City Auditor.
THE LOWEST OF ALL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Especial telegram
to THE HERALD. City and county rate LOB
Assessor claims percentage. Assessment 20
per cent. City and county consolidated State
TIL. SMILEY
CALIFORNIA; CAPITAL.
SACRAMENTO. Sept. Especial telegram to
THE HERALD. 1-City tax geo. Little
over two-thirds valuation. City rather higher
than county. j. D. YOUNG, Auditor.
oNAPARw1TH Us.
Los ANGELES, Sept. Especial telegram to
THE HERALD. This years tax rate on the
50 per cent. OF market value. City and county
valuation do not always agree.
f. e. LOPEZ, City Auditor.
DON'T KNOW YET.
SEATTLE, washn., Sept. 2-Rate not yet
fixed. Valuation about as per cent. County
and city the same. c.. w. FERRIS,
Comptroller.
ANOTHER.
BOISE, Idaho. Sept. Especial telegram to
THE HERALD. City tax l mill; state and
county, 26 mills; city school tax not yet levied
will be mill: total, 4l4 mills. City assessment
not yet made. County assessment, g. $50, 0OO,
of which city will probably be assessed S. 500 900.
NO CLUTE THERE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. Especial tele-
gram to THE HERALD. THE rate of taxation
on real estate and personal property is Il
mills. hedl estate Is assessed AT AZ per cent. OIL
its actual valuation. City and county assess
ments OF real estate must not differ. The as
sessment for state and county purposes gov.
ems. RICHARD MEAHER,
Kansas City Journal.
EVEN DOODLE DENVER is LOWER.
DENVER Colo, Sept. Especial telegram &c
THE HERALD. THE city tax cannot exceed II
mills according to law and has been kept a,
that point by all city governments. The pres.
ent Democratic city government hopes by econ
omy to reduce this TO 9. Property is supposed
to be assessed at two-thirds its actual market
value. but is really assessed at about one-third
and in many cases, especially those OF large
properties, usually less. All taxable valua
/ lions are fixed on the county assessor the
state law putting ali the work on him
MCCLELLANE.
! ALSO LOWER TEAM OURS.
| OMAHA, Neb. Sept. Especial telegram t.
| THE HERALD. City tax rate this year is 3
mills. Percentage of market value of property
| is assessed at one-eighth. City and count!
have the same assessed valuation.
SNYDER.