Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-19
FACTS AND FIGURES


The report Of the State bosr.I of assess
ars, for 1888, shoxs tia, hy the local az
| SCISSORS returns Of isse, Augusta has 1854
polls g. ,orss SIS Of real estate owed by
residents; s7i,1-:...5 of same owned by nom
residents; total OF 50 -.sti .ii;ss real estate
Residents ssa >i.see,22e per-snsl proper
~ and nss. sesi l..n's. So .s.sa. 4 total of
81 ,s5s'..59 s,rsonli property. The total
local valuation real ami personal esta'e.was
- $50 .2ss, ranking the city sixth
in State according 10 the local assessors, re-
turns, the other sise beii.g, portla0i. Ban
gor, Lewiston, Bath aaa Biilefori named
in or,lsr Of their valuation.
A.eorIing to the valuation as -ffixed by
tine State assessors acting as a board Of
equalization. augusta ranks fourth, with a
valuation of 81 ti5s ,2sg, among The eigh,
citiss of the State gircn valuation of over
- ,fs@.0o0; these are, IN order Portland
with o.er 30 millions, Lewiston, Bangor.
Augusta, BisIdefo,i, Bah. Auburn and
Gardner.
But Ia return to the assessors figures,
Augusta has sIi0. 800 Of tisc stock; s25, 40
Of railroad property; s40,op of water
company property; $4,000 of electric light
company property ami si0 Up0 of gas com
pany properly. Under white cotton mills
Augusta i. credited with y. iG4 spinAles,
and the plant is valued at 81 ,l6., J6s; the
pulp mill plant, with stock, Is valued at
$40 ,0'H; the saw m II ut SIS, 0oo other mills
at - 100, machinery at s3s,123.
The value of the city's property is sil1,-
900. Value of property exemp. by vote,
S66i 1Gs. City debt i $500 62::. H. Tn
der the head of personal property are re-
turned one share of Il. X. Stock value at
Sl10; 1886 shares bank stock at S3l9 $50 !;
IS trust companies stock at $500: So
water companies stock at $500; l2l6 other
companies stock at 500. SOC money at in
terest, 500. ;,3j: stock in trade s2sl .325 :;
shipping $50 $40; logs and lumber. s33,-
050; wood AMI bark, Sl295; buildings
on others lanl, sl0,l+0 estates held by
administrators $500 carriages, S20, }65 ::
musical instruments, s25,l46 furniture.
s5.,705; other property, ,0o5 total
of personal property, sl,556,OjO.
Augusta owns more shipping than any
other kcnnebec town. almost half of the
total of -Sll5. $50 for the county
This city ranks sixth under the head of
personal property, the towns returning more
than 81 800, 900 being, in order, Portland
Lewiston, Bath, Bangor, Rocklan,l and An
gusta.
Our assessors also returned l0sf horses,
the largest number for Il kennebec town. IL
three-year-oi rolis, 1t two-9 ear olls and
Is ycarliug colts 81 oxen, 81 thrce-ycar-old
steers, 10 twO-year-olds, 1913 yearlings and
9G8 cows, the latter the high water mark of
the county; ISL sheppard 100 swine with a
total valuation of $40 300
kenncbec county with s1.jl9.737 ranks
second to penobscot only in the valuation
of live stock.
The three counties having thu heaviest val
nations according to their local assessors
returns are Cumberland. York and kenue-
bee, the latter with S:,j.579.65f.
According to the State assessors vaIua-
ton kennebec is second with $50, tJ2 SOP.
the five counties given more than 2j mil
linn latp,F in nrfiar f'tr,th,rIat,I