The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-16
PERSONAL PROPERTY TOTALS, AS
EQUALIZED BY THE STATE
BOARD RECENTLY,
SHOW THREE PER CENT GAIN
OVER THE FIGURES AS RETURNED
BY THE VARIOUS COUNTY
BOARDS.
LAST YEARS FIGURES BEATEl
Total This Year Is Nearly q Million
Dollars Greater Than Last
Year.

A compilation of the readjusted as
sessment of personal property as fixed
by the state board of equalization at
it's recent session, shows an increase
of about per cent in the total as re-
turned by the county boards, making
the total, as completed, about 100000
mere than last year.
The following shows the totals in the
various classes for this year, as COM
pared with last:
Number of persons assessed, exclusive Of
firms, 1897, $212. .6sS.
$4,000, average s9.s7. total sS1s, in 1896,
AZ, ,147 average $9.55, total $4S1, ,5S1 Two years
old, 1900, average $5:43, total $7S2, 7S6: in
Three years old and over. 474. 1856, average
s26 IA, total $12, 1888 $780, in 1885, 451, ,377 total
$12, ,OS6, average $27.91
Cattle-One year old, 22l544, average $5.1S
total ST. 1877, 791; in 1896, 209 144. average S4S2
total s., ,009, ,299. Two years old 1877 ,374, aver
age SS.31 total ST. 149, 145: in 1885, 197. SOL aver
age, $7.s4 total $1,Os4,7S1. Cows, 565, rs.
average sll.2s, total s6,14o,724. Working oxen
1888, average 1882, total $52, 56S; in 1896,
1926, average, $17.O5, total $50, $40. All other
cattle, 1897, 9,971, average. $la57, total $145,-
429. Sheep, 1897, 262922, average $1.07, total
$3.50, ,578; in 1896, 263 527, average $1.05, total
$277, ,1S2. Hogs, 47S,571, average S229, total
s1,0sS, 1876; in 1896. 4sS,s27 average $221, total
$1,10,4S
Wagons, Carriages, Bicycles and sleghs.
25S S22, average s16.49, total 81 1S62S4 in 1896,
81. .76O, average $50; total Sc 1854, 9e2 ., 90
Watches and Clocks-148, ,537, average $4.32,
total $643, ,O65; in 1896, 14O,63 average SAB.
Melodeons and Organs ,s4s. average
$500, total 1886, ,261; in 1896, 2O519, average
piano FortesWi7 no. average sS12S, total
81 444 345; in 1885, 1862, total $1372,249 aver
age $87.61.
1897. 1896.
ture '..... ~ - 1856 ss,112 2s4
Agricultural tools, imple-
ments and machinery. 4,106,1 ,1O2 4,06i,0O2
Gold and silver plate and
plated ware .............. LA, "A 1905
Diamonds and jewelry .... 139, 400 12S, 7O2
Franchises, annuities, roy
alties, patent rights ...... ,221, 1893 1,174,3l2
Steamboats, and other wat
Goods and merchandise of
merchants ...... .......ll, ,9O3,SIo 1o,55l, oVo
Material and manufactured
articles of manufacturers. 4,S4S933 5,I14l6S
Manufacturers tools, i'm
plements and machinery. 3,S7S,O62 3,46O, ,14o
Moneys Of unincorporated
banks, brokers, or stock
JobberS .............. o6t 40 IS5'Ooo
Credits of same .......... S,176, ,473 3S3, 636
Moneys other than those of
banks ..... .............. S,15O71 S,4OS, 3O3
Credits other than those Of
banks, etc ................S S,176,473 1884, ,S22
Bonds and stocks ether than
bank stock ...... 946 S59 1885, 800
Shares of bank stock. 10 602, $50 Il, ,S4S,536
Capital stock OF companies
outside of the state. ..... 23,O99 80, ,433
Saloons, eating houses, ETC. 943,2 28S 1885, 440
All other property ......... ,92l ,94l $685. 66.
Elevators and improvements
on railroad lands ....... l, ,999 ,991 1,S41 l4S
improvements on lands held
under United States laws. 5764 332 Ole
Dogs, 1897, SO 1885, average, $5.19; total, $4SS,-
700, In 1896, SS,635; average, $5.1S; total,
$459, ,S61.
The total as returned by the county
boards in 1896, was $100, ,294, ,152, this year
it was $102 ,21S627; the total as equaliz-
ed by the state board in 1896, was $104,
629, $780, in 1897, $105, 5,612,7 716
There Is a slight decrease in the fig
ures on steamboats,. which is due to the
fact that some Of them are now taxed
under a different scheme, which bases
a charge on the gross earnings of Min
nesota boats sailing in international
waters.
There are some surprising figures
there, however In the item of wagons,
carriages, bicycles and sleighs, in spite
Of the rapid spread of the bicycle fever
during the last year, the assessment
for the class has fallen off. At the
same time the horse that the bicycle
and the trolley have combined to drive
out, is gradually dropping out of the
table entirely, while this shortage in
horse flesh is for the most part equal
lied by a corresponding increase in the
value of cattle holdings, all classes Of
cattle increasing, save working oxen.