The herald., 1893-07-14
HELLO CENTRAL! HOW ABOUT IT!
The District Attorney Rings Up
the Telephone Company.
One Result of Asking for Reduc
tiOn of. Assessment.
An Assertion That tho Present Assess
mont Is Entirely Too Low and Fig
ures Citsd-Other Proceed
ings OF the Board.

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afternoon moved upon the Sunset Tele-
phone and Telegraph company in the
matter of it's assessment by County AS
SCISSOR Gray, which was exclusively men,
toned in yesterday HERALD.
The company are probably sorry now
that they raised the question of re-
duction to the board of supervisors in
it's capacity as an equalizing body, for
District Attorney Dillon's reminder to
the board is corker.
1t is in the shape of petition to the
board signed by the district attorney in
in person, and not by any Of his depu-
ties.
He starts out by saying that the actual
cash valuation of the property OF the
company upon the assessment roll for
1893 is very much more than the amount
for which it has been assessed:
The assessment for the present year
is set forth in the petition as follows:
Assessed in the city-System of con-
duits, 10000; 6l0 miles OF telephone
lines, poles and wire, $37, 900; 1921 tele-
phones, $6l ,050; fixtures, $1,000; wagon,
$75; horse, $l20.
Assessed outside the city-3Sl miles
OF telephone lines, ETC., $26, $50; 194 tel
ephones, $1,000.
Total assessment, city and county
$146, 6,4S5.
The petition represents that the &C.
tual valuation which should be put on
the property is as follows:
In the city-System conduits, $25, 900 !;
610 miles lines, etc., 5000; 1921 tele-
phones, 1922 100; fixtures, $1,000; wag-
on, $75; horse, $120.
In the county-381 miles telephone
lines, $6O.05O; 1874 telephones, $l9, 400.
Total, $302, 2,695.
district attorney is thus seen to be 9
raise of $l62,2lO over the assessment
placed upon the property described by
the county assessor.
In addition to this the petition Gets
forth that the county assessor failed to
place any assessment upon the franchise
of the company, and requests that the
board direct him to assess it at it's true
cash value and place the same upon the
assessment roll. ss9
time set for the hearing Of the company's
petition to the board OF equalization for
reduction OF the assessment made by
the county assessor.
THE MIDwINTER FAIR.
The board adopted the following reso-
luton relative to the proposed midwin-
ter fair: 5ss,i9o
Resolved, That the board Of supervis.
ors OF Los Angeles county consider the
efforts of the citizens of San Francisco to
hold In that city midwinter fair a most
laudable and deserving project. and one
which ,'if carried out, will result in great
benefit to the entire people of the state
and coast, and one which should receive
the immediate financial and other en-
couragement Of the people of Southern
California. That for the purpose of in
augurating a movement for that pur-
pose, we do hereby appoint and call
upon I. ID. Stimson, E. P. johnson,
Charles Silent. A. E. Pomeroy, L. A..
Sheldon to act as an organizing commit
tee, and request the chamber of COM
merce OF Los Angeles county to appoint
like committee, who, together, shall
perfect an organization and undertake
the devising Of ways and means to assist
San Francisco in her endeavors, and to
see that Los Angeles county and South.
ern California are properly represented.
1t is further resolved, That the clerk
of this board be and he is hereby direct
ed to Immediately send copies of this
resolution to the boards of supervisors
OF the counties of San Diego, San Ber-
nardino, Riverside, Orange, Ventura,
Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo and
request their cooperation.
GAME LAW AMENDED.
The board passed an ordinance chang.
ing the time for the killing of male deer,
elk, antelope, mountain sheep or buck.
The present time Ia between September
1st and October 18th, and the ordinance
fixes the time between July 10th and
September 1ss.
ss MINOR MATTERS.
The demands of ]. Harper for $1723,
and J. D. Mercsreau for $26o.62 for bal
ances due on their contracts for the
DEVILS Gate bridge were allowed.
1t was ordered that the clerk advertise
for bids for repairs to be made upon the
county hospital and county jail, bids to
be received until July 31st.
The board, as an equalizing board,
was quite busy yesterday and heard a
number of requests for reductions, which
we're taken under advisement.