Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-06-17
VALUATIONS RAISED.
Work of the Board Of EquaIiza-
ton with Railroads.
They Raised the Big Trunk Lines
About $500 g MiIe-Other
Lines Raised.

Atlantic and Pacific road, 394
miles, valuation increased,
$500 per mile, total in
creaSo- ..................... 81, 4Sl ,ZUU
Southern Pacific rosd, 1888
miles, valuation increased,
$500 per mile, total in-
creased. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I,459.2Oo
Maricopa and Phoenix road,
thirty-tive miles, valuation
increased, s578 per mile,
fatal increase ............ 1920
The foregoing is a criterion OF the
work the late session of the terri
torial board of equalization Gid at Phoe-
niv, during their eightda lays session
there. In fact, they raised the valua-
ton of the railroads of Arizona, con-
siderably.
The Atlantic and Paci6 road has been
paying on a compromise tax in northern
Arizona Of $1,000 mile. Taxation had
been resisted by the road on the
ground that the road had been
granted the right of way by the United
States government, and that therefore
the Improvements made on the right OF
way were likewise exempt. This the
territorial court deured. Tue case was
then appealed to the supreme court,
where it has hung fire two or three
years.
Meanwhile, petition was circulated all
along the line of the Atlantic and Pacific
and signed by nearly all business men
and others, that compromise valuation
of $4,000 mile be allowed. This the
road agreed to pay.
PAY ALL OR NOTHING.
The late board decided that the
AtlantIct and Pacific company would not
pay even a compromise tax on several
millions galuations year unless there
was no denying it. They therefore held
that the valuation should be raised
from the 5000 a mile to valuations
furnished them OF all property in the
| territory-rOlling stock, roadbed. shops,
| statiors-all aggregated and divided by
toe number of miles, to get the value
per mile.
This was found to foot up s1O,823 q
mile.
From this was deducted $1,000 per
mile, according to the cCmpany's claim,
for right of way, which was held to be
liberal figure. This lives SSS23 per
mile.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Hitherto, for the past several years,
the Southern tactic company
has paid $500 mile. Thus valuation
| was raised to S10,7S7 a mile. Thus the
Southern Paeitie's valuation total will
be 81, 142, 208. The rolling stock of the
Southern Pacific, and the Atlantic and
| Pacific as we'll, is about half a million
dollars.
THE SMALLER ROADS.
OF the smaller roads the Maricopa and
Phoenix made most work for the board
That company dad not turn in what was
considered fair valuation. The valua-
ton given was $500 a mile. This, in
view Of the fact that the county had
granted the road at its inception sub
sidy of $1,000 mile was considered an
inconsistency. The road Wss raised to
S55SS. against S52l0 mile for last year.
The New Mexico and Arizona and the
Bisbee road each gave IN good fair
valuations, which were therefore not
raised. The New Mexico and Ar IONA
people placed their valuation at total
of $500 mile, and the Bisbee road at
5000 a mile.
The CT fton road showed their out
side traffic was almost nothing and that
copper was low. No chal ge was there
fore made.
A log railroad in northern Arizona
was allowed to stand as a year ago, at
$1,000 a mile.
The board consisted of Auditor II. O.
Boone, for the third district; Judge Sat-
terwhIte for the hrt district; @. p.
Leach for the second district; and W.
G. Foster for the fourth district, Ben
Heney was secretary.
They meet ag,in in August. for gen.
eral assessments. Unless the board can
be convinced they are now in error no
change in railroad valuations will be
made.