Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-28
FUNNY FIGURES.
Taken From the District AS
SeSSment Rolls.
HOW ROCK ISLAND COUNTY STANDS.


Away Down in Some Things and Away up
In Others-Comparison with Other Coun-
ties In the Old Eleventh District-some
Strange Irregularities for the state Board
to Reconcile.
M. M. Sturgeon, member of the
state board of equalization from the
Eleventh district, left this morning
for Springfield to attend the recon-
vening Of the board. Mr.. Sturgeon
presented The ARGUS with batch
of printed material. tabulations sta
tistics, etc, before leaving, in an
swer to query as to there being
anything new, and from perusal of
the figures it is found that the board
has some strange Inconsistencies to
reconcile in this district.
A comparison of the assessment of
different items of personal property
by counties in the late Eleventh con-
gressional district, in which Rock
Island county was included when the
T..
shows some funny as well as inter
esting things. For instance:
The average value of watches and
clocks in Hancock county is 81 60;
Henderson. 1927; McDonnough,
S1.72; Mercer, 1925; Rock Island,
SS.O3; schuyler, 81. A; Warren, 81. 81.
| While 6.725 watches and clocks
are reported in Hancock county, only
1924 are reported in Rock Island
county, while little Schuyler county
| shows up with 3,045, but the 1924
Rock Island county watches and
clocks are worth according to the as
sessmcnt twice as much as the
Schuy er county ones, and on an
average two-and-a-half times as
much rs those in any other county
in the district, except Henderson.
Rock Island county ought to beat the
record if the time-keepers are tc
settle it.
| The Matter of Safes.
The average value of fire and bur
| glar proof safes IN Rock Island
county is only S1S.7S, while in War.
rem they average $5966 and in Me
Donnough S44.OS. But then what dc
we care for that? We don't need ;
good safe so long as we have 5ht
benefit of Chief Of Police Sexton:
service on one hand and Fire Chic
Brahms on the other. Besides oul
people are known for their honesty
and incombUStibility
But in those matters that go 81
largely toward the education of thu
Young gentlemen of our country W,
take the lead at winning pace: TO
instance in the matter of billiard anC
pigeon hole tables Rock Island ha:
IS against u the largest number il
any other county. and they are gooC
ones 100. Mark the value IS, APO ant
average S4SS5 while the highes
average in any other county Warren
is Only $50. No wonder they nee'
to have fire and burglar proof safe:
down there. of so high quality
For the average young man to hav'
to play pool on table Of the average
value of $50 is an inducement to pro
family and crime.
Carriages and Wagons.
We have 43.7O3 carriages and wag
ons of the average value of S12. 81
agaist 10, 500 in Hancock, of tn
average value of $3.50. Our sUpe
rior style is manifest ir these figures
besides down there they show NJ
with 7SS mules and asses agains
our 265.
But then we ear diamonds anC
iewelry! We are credited witt
S665 worth, against $3.50 wortl
down in Hancock, So WORT
in Henderson. so in Schuyler
500 in Mercer and 5000 worth in War
rem. Say Warren. what's the use O
having such high priced safes to keeI
only 5000 worth of diamonds ant
iewelry in?
In manufactured articles we stan'
assessed for sos, 210 against So, 3S9
the highest in any other county. j
improved town and city lots our rs
sessment is 1891 ,567, against 1868,
700, the highest in any other county