The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-13
Assessment Of Railroads in vir-
ginia.

assessments Of Railroads in Vir-
!, ginia.
The State of Virginia will receiy
nearly $24, 600 more this year than it di
last from taxes on the railroad and cans
e companies in the Commonwealth.
i The total income from this source i
r 1870 was $1T1 1874. This year the raj
/, road and other transportation lines will
0 nave to pay the snug sum of 1884, 999 sc
e an increase i'll dollars and cents of 800.
( 443 o.
S The report OF the board, just from tn,
4 names OF the printer, shows that the to
, TAI mileage IN Virginia of railways ant
3 canals-the former also embracing the
street car lines-is 3,1f6.S4. The tota
mileage one yeer ago was 3,O72. 81, show
) ing that 103 57-1O0 miles of road were
t constructed during the twelve months,
; In addition to the tax referred to
above. there arises from the levy of /
per cent on the net income of the vari-
GUS corporations the sum of So 1862. 70 as
! against $67.03 from the same source in
1890
The printed statement covers sixteen
pages, and is arranged in accordance
with the form which has been followed
for number of years. In comparison
with the statement of 1890 the pam
phlet just issued affords quite an interest
ing study. In the main the assessments
are the same and the increase is chiefly
due to the acquisition of additional real
estate, the acquisition OF properties, and
the betterment of equipments.
The largest increase is in the case
of gthe Norfolk and Western railroad,
! which pays to the State this year $780,
| 00936, whereas twelve months ago it's
tax was 4005S.S4.
In 1890 the Norfolk and Western had
| 55o.3 80 miles of road, with roadway and
and track valued at $7,144,950. In 1891
it is credited with S00.s2 miles of track
/ with roadbed and track value of SO, 1884,
| CSC. The increase in the value of other
properties is in proportion, an adj
dition of 636,047,S3 having been
made to its rolling stock. The total val
| ue Of the companys property is $12, 727,
1856. SO.
| Second on the list of railroads comes
! the Richmond and Danyille, which en-
braces, III addition to the Danville sys-
tenn proper the Virginia Midland and
York River roads and several shorter
branches, This company pays $3S,01S,-
40 this year, whereas its contribution to
the States finances last year was $780,
1852
the James River DIVISION is made to
give $37, 1924 to the support of the
State in 1884, as against $3.50 in 1890.
The mileage of the Chesapeake and
Ohio is 542. 81, of which $50. IS is on the
James River extension and miles on
the Buckingham branch.
The Farmviile and Powhatan road, |
with nearly 81 mile of track, is assessed
$1,37780, against $1,104.20 last year,
when it had 70 miles.
The assessment of the New York Nor
folk and Philadelphia road has increas-
ed from $500 to $4,000 per mile of
roadway. 1t therefore pays $4,000 Sc
this year, whereas last year it paid 3d.
431 So.
The tax of the Petersburg railroad,
which is 81 .96 miles, is, increased from
So, 400, 48 to "a, 300 10, and the Richmond |
City and Seven Pines pays eight cents
less than last year, its assessment being
$1l472. The Richmond and Petersburg
and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac roads are not assessed at all
except on certain real estate.
The Seabord and Roanoke has to pay |
sT,l78. 80 this year, when it paid only
So, 966.S9 twelve months ago.
The Richmond and West Point Ter
minal is assessed SIS, SIT 0S, and in the |
cases of the South Atlantic and Ohio |
and several short roads there are small
increases
The highest assessment on any road /
way is $40, 900 per mile, and the only two |
properties yalued<this high are of the
Richmond, fredericksburg and Poto-
mac and the Richmond and Petersburg
Connection Company, and the West |
Point Terminal.
The street railways, of which there |
are fourteen i'll Virginia, are all assessed |
at $4,000 per mile OF railway. The larg-
est tax paid by any one company is that |
of the Richmond Railway and Electric |
Company, which has fourteen miles OF
track and pays $554. The Roanoke
Street Railway Company has fifteen
miles of track and pays *a74.53.
The Richmond companv's real estate
is valued at 500, 900, and it's rolling stock
at 81, 900. The Roanoke company is
credited with but $500 worth of real
estate and $4,000 of rolling stock.
The Charlottesville and University
street railway reports net income of So
,021.60. The DanviIie street car company,
"a, 02281. The Lynchburg street railway
company, 1908 30
The total value OF all property, real
and personal, held i'll Virginia by trans
portation companies, is valued at $49,>
034, 1871 The valuation last year was
$42, 450, S43 SO.
Publication OF the Atmosphere in
Work Rooms.
The Papier Zietata1g- recommends oil
of turpentine which, when used as fol-
lows is said in the summer season to
produce the odor OF pine leaves
For that purpose a small tablespoon
full of oil of turpentine is added to a
litre of well-water in bottle, and the
whole thoroughly shaken until the liq
uid looks milky, when it is by means of
an atomizer distributed in the work
room in question.
Where no atomizer is at hand, fire.
quent sprinkling about of the the liquid
will do the same.
1t must always be seen to that the oil
of turpentine. is thoroughly mixed with
| the water, which can best be judged by
| the milky turbid appearance.
By the volatile oil of turpentine,
large number of microscopic organ
| isms contained in the air are killed, and
rendered innocuous, and much of the
offensive odorous matters contained in
| impure air, is decomposed. The oil of
| turpentine has no injurious effect what
ever upon the human organism, if it is
J used in the manner described
After experiments made, however, it
would appear simpler to blow the oil of
turpentine in the unnixed condition by
/ means of an atomizer into the room to
be disinfected. The refreshing effect of
the odor rapidly pervading the whole
room is astonishing; it would seem that
a certain ozonizatioD of the oxygen is
| involved iii it,
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