Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-12
RAILROAD ASSESSMENT
As Fixed by the state Board of Public
Works


Special Telegram TO the REGISTER.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, August H.
The Board of Public Works has COM
pleted the railroad assessment for 1891,
and has certified the result to the Audi
tor. The total valuation Of all the rail-
road property in the State is SIT, AS,
7O3.46, an increase over last year Of
S46O, 521.55.
The valuation of the several railroads
by counties with the total Increase or
decrease over last year is as follows:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-Ohio coun-
ty, Sill, Marshall, 1924, 40;
Marshall (Benwood bridgel, S3l5,00O;
Wetzel, S163,O5O; Marion, S676, 765;
Taylor, S437, ,Os6. SO; Preston, S653, 4S2.76;
Mineral, S499, 1853, IA; Hampshire, $685.
47O; Morgan, $3.50, ITO; Berkeley, $780,
Gal. O5; jefferson, $267, 125; Wood Par
kersbnrg bridge), $4,000. Total, s5,-
6l7, 7,252, ,O6; increase, S15,741.ss.
Baltimore and Ohio, Parkersburg
branch-Taylor county, S211, 1,405; Har-
rison, 1924. AGO: Doddridge, S295,005.
Richie, $500, ,945; Wood, 1891, ,O6s.63
Total, 81, ,531, ,ss3.63; increase, So, 1928
Ohio River Railroad Company-Mar-
shall county, SIT, ,O29.61; Wetzel, ss2,-
600. 90; Tyler, S92, ,415.2S; Pleasant,
STA, 600. So; Wood, S297, ,271.91; Jackson,
Sl92, ,OO3 SO; Mason, $500, 249. 10; Cabell,
S12O, ,O65. 42; Ohio, S5, 1876. Total, ST.
4A1 ooo 0S. iporaaSa AJAX AZ
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany-Greenbrier, S441,4s0; Monroe,
S3G, ,072. so; Summers, S575, ,075; Fayette,
Ss72, ,24O.77; Kanawha, $3.50, ,567.40; Put
nam, S9G4, ,7S1.1S; Cabell, S647, ,s62.1S
Wayne, S112,750. Total, S3,579, s29. 03;
increase, S32, 1O3.63.
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany-Mercer county, S533, ,622.29; Nc
Dowell, $l20, 51S.79; Jefferson, 1884, 05S,-
2s. Total, 1909, ,O99.36, increase $780,
OO4.4S.
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsourg
Railroad Company-Marion county,
SlOS, 925; Monongalia, S213.25O. Total.
1922, ,175, increase $50.
West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad
Com mpany-Harrison county, sos, sos. 81;
Lewis, S122, ,933.31; Upshur, S35,239.50.
Total, S326, ,67S.12 increase, S95, $780, .62.
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis
Railroad ompany-Brooke county,
Sl4O, ,s34; Brooke, (Steubenville bridge)
S25O,O0 Hancock, S12,354. Total,
S4O3, 1ss; increase, $50, ,213.5s.
New Cumberland Branch Of P, c. &
st. L.-Hancock county, S63,535; in
crease, S16,925.
Pittsburg, Wheeling and Kentucky
Railroad Company - Brooke county,
S216,51O; Ohio, S16O, s64.10; Marshall,
S2s, 474.5O Total, S414,s4S.60; increase,
S21 $40.
Pennsboro, Harrison and Richie
County Railway Company-Ritchie,sl3,-
COG. II; increase S1,5l6.S0.
Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railway
COmpany-Wood,S SO, 491; Richie, S4, S0a
Wbeer,Srshall, $4,000. Total, $685.
o.e .aas Shange.
Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway
Company Ohio, S54,923; increase,
S7,OsO.
Kanawha and Coal River Railroad
Company-Kanawha, S55, 100. No
change.
Monongahela River Railroad-Mari-
on, S74, 336.1O; Harrison, 500, 717.10.
Total, S171, ,O53.2O. New road.
Greenbrier and New River Railroad
Company, river branch c. & O.-Fay-
ette, $4,000. New road.
Paint Creek Railroad Company-Ka-
nawha, Ss, 406. so. No change.
Piedmont and Cumberland Valley
Railway-Mineral S5s, ,567.09. Increase
S3,O64.s0.
Winchester and Potomac Railroad
Company-Jefferson, S274,63O Decrease
S19,7s5.
South Branch Railroad Company
Hampshire, S194,975. Decrease, $780,
$50.
Berkeley Springs and Potomac Rail-
road Company-Morgan, S55, 40. No
change.
Wheeling, Pittsburg and Baltimore
Railroad Company-Ohio, S20s, $3.50; in
crease, $3.50.
Tunnelton. Kingwood and Fairchance
Railroad Company--Preston, 500,
No change.
Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad Com
pany-Taylor, S22, 4St; Barbour, S1,752.
Total, Sl1O, O,236. No change.
West Virginia Central and Plttsburg
Railroad Company-Mineral, $780,
791. OF; Grant, Sl26, 7O2. A; Tucker, $685.
5O946; Randolph, S155, l6l.05. Total,
S992, 163. 96; increase. Sol. 400. 46.
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company-Mineral, S1O,3l3. No
change.
Kanawha and Michigan Railway Com
pany-Kanawha, Sl31, 309.s0; Putnam,
S135, 4244O; Mason, 500, 336.20. Total,
1867, ,O70 40; increase, S13,540.
Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Railway
Company-Jackson, SEQ, ,7O4.2s. No
change.
Winnifrede Railroad Company-Ka-
nawha, SO, 727.16. Decrease, sl2, POI. 90.
Kanawha Railway Company-Ka-
nawha, S53,250. No change.
Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg
Railroad Company-Berkeley, Sl7l,-
240.3s. Increase, S431.72.
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