The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-21
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS,
All the Railroad Corporations
Plead for Reduced Assess
mentS.
NEW STEAM ROAD TO DECoTo
San Leandro Wants the Wilmerdlng
School and the Railroad
Hospital.

The Southern Pacific and allied corpora
tions had their inning yesterday before the
Alameda County Board of Equalization.
E. Black Ryan appeared with big roll OF
typewriter petitions representing dozen
corporations, for each of which he was the
''agent." He was accompanied by Attor-
ney Fouldes or the Southern PACING law
office and Luther Fillmore.
Mr.. Ryan commenced with petition
asking that the assessments OF the prop
erty of the Central Pacific be reduced from
$677, 600 to $40. His petition stated that
the State Board of Equalization only has
the right to assess railroad property ope-
rated in more than one county, ana the
company, he said, operates in nineteen
counties in this State. A letter was re-
ceived from Charles NJ. Coglan, clerk OF the
State Board, which supported Mr.. Ryan's
position. 1t read as follows:
I, Charles NJ. Coglan, clerk Of the State Board
OF Equalization, do hereby certify that tho
roadway, rosdbed, rails ana ali roIllng stock
OF the Central Pacific Railroad Company, local
and other lines operated in the city of Oak
land, Alameda County, according to the de-
scTiptions and maps on hle IN this ONCE, have
been. since 1850 up to this time assessed BY
the State Board of Equalization, and according
10 the description and statement furnished 70
the board by the railroad company for 1895,
and all have been included IN the assessment
fo- this year. CHAs. NJ. CoGLAN,
Clerk State Board Of Equalization.
L. c. Mcrehouse OF the State Board hap
pened to be IN the boardroom, and he was
pat on the stand by Mr.. Ryan to show
that the Central Pacific should not be as
sessed in this county. Morehouse testified
that the Central Pacific had been assessed
by the State Board for many years past.
What difference would it make If you
found that the company had been operat-
ing the road as streetcar system and had
been charging fare in Oakland 2" asked AS
SCISSOR Dalton.
=. 81 don't think it would make any differ
cnce,' said Morehouse. The matter was
taken under consideration.
The Central Pacific Company also asked
TO have the assessments on its lands re-
duced from S306, 200 TO S196, 500.
The South Pacific Coast Railroad has
been assessed $40, 900 for its wharf improve
ments and $500 for the horsecar railroad
from CenterYiIIe to Newark. They want a
reduction to $25, 900 and $1400.
Mr.. Ryan asked that the depot be re-
duced from $4,000 to $4,000 and the i'm
provements on Long Wharf from $15, 900 to
$1,000
The question of the value of the ferry
boats was the next matter presented by
Mr.. Ryan. de SAID that the combined
life of the ferry-boats was equal to 250
years, and 1872 years of this had been lived
What did they cost originality" asked
Attorney W. r. Davis.
"Oh, l don't know that" replied Mr.
Ryan.
From Mr.. Ryan's petition the following
figures are taken. They show the aggre-
gate cost, the assessment by Mr.. Dalton
and the value placed on them by the rail
road. The figures are for the hall of each
boat asSessable in Alameda County: