Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-10-03
Taxes paid by
Total tax Railroad tax railroads on
levi inca, levied In 1894. each$l00 to-

In order to demonstrate the advan-
tage gained by townships in local tax
es, will take Marion township for
example. The B. & o. r. r. paid ST.
1888. 90 on it's taxable valuation in that
township for 1894 exclusive of Ham
ler special school dist. and Hamler
corporation. The States proportion
of this tax was $152.69. The county
received $677. .33 and the township re-
ceived for road, township and local
school purposes the sum of $557.98.
II the Railroad did not pass through
Marion township this sum of $557.98
of local tax would have been paid by
the property owners by an increased
local levy. else the township would
have been short in it's local funds to
the extent of $557.98. This result
would be correspondingly true of each
one of the % sub divisions of the coun-
ty if the railroad valuations were
stricken from the tax duplicate. |
will take Deshler as an example to IL
lustrate the advantage of railroads in
| the payment of local taxes in corpo-
rations. The railroad paid in 1894
within the limits of the corporation
| Vi btStliCT tIlO Sulu Vi PlOIl.Cl, vi tuiS
sum the State received $63.78, the
county $2S2 81 and Deshler corpora
tion the sum of $975.12, which sum
without the aid of railroads would
have been paid by the property own
ers of Deshler, by an increased cor
poration levy. Otherwise the corpo-
ration funds of Deshler would have
been short to the extent of $975.12.
/ will now speak of the proposed
Lima Northern Railroad. If this
railroad is constructed as now map
ped out, Marion township will get
about 65 miles of main track, Monroe
township about 81 miles, Harrison
township about 4 miles, Napoleon
township about miles and Freedom
township 4 miles, in all about "a
miles of main track in the county.
At the average value of main track
per mile with all other roads now in
operation in the county the Lima
Northern Railroad would add to the
tax duplicate of the county for taxa
tion the sum of $252, 10000. In order
to avoid an over estimate of value
will drop from the average value OF
each of the "a miles the sum of $685.
in all $28, 10000, and fix the taxable
value at $24O, 100000 for the county
distributed as follows: Marion town
ship $65, 10000, Monroe Twp $65, ,O00.'
90, Harrison Twp. $40,000.00, Napo
leon Twp. $50, 10000 and Freedom
Twp. $40, 900 90. If this proposed road
is constituted and it's taxable valua
tion placed on the duplicate of the
county as above stated, the approx
mate result will be as follows: Mari
on township State tax on the basis oi
the levy of 1894, $178.75, county tax
$793.0O, local tax $653.25. This Local
tax of $653. 25 added to what the B. &
o. r, r. now pays to Marion Twp.
would make the handsome sum each
succeeding year of $1,211.23 OF local
tax paid by railroads to the township
of Marion alone. If the property
owners of Marion Twp. are alive to
their local interests, there will be nc
trouble in securing the right of way.
What is true of Marion is equally and
unquestionably true of Monroe and
Napoleon townships, and here come
Harrison and Freedom townships
i than whom no township deserves
greater respect. No Railroad has ev.
er crossed the boundry lines of either
township. Their citizens have paid
their taxes promptly AMI faithfully
unaided by any railroad in the pay
ment of local taxes. The golden op
portunity now presents itself to these
good citizens and prompt taxpayers
to add to their township duplicates
for aid in local taxation the sum Of
$40, 10000 each. Harrison township
in that event will furnish the State
$4,000 tax, the county $4S8.00 and
Harrison township for local taxes fol
herself exclusively the sum of $500. 90
Freedom Twp. in that event will fur
nish the State on that railroad valu
alton the sum of $4,000 the county
488. 100 and herself for local taxes the
sum Of $522. 90 on the basis Of her 10
cal levy of 1894, and this would be
approximately true for each succeed.
ing year.
/ | make this statement for no 9th
er purpose except to encourage the
investment Of idle capital in public
improvement believing as do thai
every worthy laborer should have
employment at remunerative wages
! to enable him to look forward to thu