Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-19
EQUALIZATION OF TAXES.
Proceedings of the September Meeting Of
Territorial Board of Equalization APP
meals Sustained and Raiactad.

of equalization held in Santa Fe. the
following members were present at
every meeting: Hon. Romulo Martinez,
lst judicial district; Hon. Thos. Hughes,
md judicial district; Hon. d. C. Hobart,
3rd judicial district; Hon. Jas. S. Dun
can, 4th judicial district, and Hon. Geo.
l.. ulrich, 5th judicial district.
The following proceedings were had:
The appeal of the A., T. & S. F. R. R.
Co.. and the Silver City, Deming & Pacific
Railroad Company were sustained; also
the appeal of the same companies for
the year 1897, continued from Septem-
Der, 1897. The portion of said appeals
referring to personal property of the
roads for the years 1897 and 1898, was
sustained for the reason that all prop
erty of like class throughout the various
counties through which said roads runs,
was assessed at the same valuation as
has been placed on said property in
Grant county by the railroad, as evil
denced by the returns of the said rail
road company. The territorial auditor
was instructed to notify the board of
county commissioners of Grant county
to correct its record in accordance with
the above ruling.
The following appeals from Berna-
lilo county were heard and disposed Of:
Appeal of Elizabeth kunz was sustained,
the evidence showing that the property
assessed is owned in st. Louis, Mo; in
the appeals of the Cooperative Building
Il Loan Association of Albuquerque,
and the First National bank of Albu-
querque, the appeals were sustained
the evidence showing, and the opinion
of the solicitor general of the territory
corroberating, that the real estate and
other property assessed is, under the
laws of the territory, and of the Unit
ed States, covered under the capital
stock Of those associations.
The appeal of the Las Animas Land
& Cattle Company, from Sierra county,
was rejected and the territorial auditor
was instructed to instruct the board of
county commissioners of Sierra county
| to correct it's records accordingly.
The appeals of Miguel Chavez, the
Southwest Lumber & Railway Company
and Henry Grant, all from Rio Arriba
county, were sustained and the terri.
torial auditor instructed to so notify the
board of county commissioners of Rio
Arriba county.
The appeals of Solomon Florsheim
and the Florsheim Mercantile Company,
from Colfax county, were rejected, the
appeals not being signed and being in.
complete in every way. The appeal OF
Fred Roth and the appeal of Newman
& Mendelson, from the same county,
were taken up, but the board was given
to understand by the district attorney
of Colfax county that the cases had
probably been adjusted by the board of
county commissioners and no action was
taken.
The appeals of the Second National
bank of Santa Fe, Solomon ~Spiegelberg
and E. A. Fiske, were rejected for lack
of jurisdiction by the territorial board of
equalization. The appeal of the Santa
Fe Mercantile Company was sustained.
The appeal of the Madrid Mercantile
Company was rejected. The territorial
auditor vas instructed to notify the
board of county commissioners of Santa
Fe county of the action of the territorial
board of equalization regarding the
cases from that county.
The appeal of the North Homestake
mine in Lincoln county was continued
until the January meeting of the board,
the county clerk of that county having
failed to forward the papers in the case.
In the matter of the Southern Pacific
railroad, application was made to the
territorial board of equalization for a
hearing regarding the values fixed upon
the personal property of the road, the
same having been increased by the
board of county commissioners of Grant
county; the facts as presented by the
agent of the road being pertinent, the
request was granted and the hearing set
for the January meeting of the board.
In the matter of the hearing to equal
ize the taxes Of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad Company in this territory,
through the various counties through
which it runs, evidence was produced
showing that on the branch lines from
Antonito to Durango, Colo, the portion
of the road in that state, which is a
continuation of the same line running
through northern New Mexico, the road
is taxed in Colorado for this year at the
rate of $2,575 per mile; from Antonito
south on the branch line to Santa Fe
the road is taxed at a valuation of s., 600
per mile; therefore, in order to equalize
the taxes on the line from Antonito to
Durango on that portion of the road
which runs through New Mexico, the
taxes for the year 1898, is were placed
at the rate of $4,000 per mile for its
main line. All the members of the
board voting in the affirmative except
Hon. Romulo Martinez, dissenting.
The following bills were allowed:
Geo. A. Johnson, stenographer, $40.
M Garcia, use of tables and %janitor's
services, $3.
Upon a motion to, reconsider the &C.
ton of the appeal Of the Florsheim Mer-
camille Company the board decided to
reopen the case and fixed the time for
the rehearing for the January meeting.
The board then adjourned until the