The St. Johns herald., 1899-07-15

" one wagon 200 {" !" "2W. horses 400 |" harness 80 Becker, Mrs. ". assessed % head of
 S. horses 250.O
 raised on lots
 in spripgeryIlle eo0O
 " assessed Impts.
 Gn ranch 5000 The Board now adjourn until Monday July 3rd, at g o'clock.
 The Board of Supervisors of Apache County, Arizons. met this 3rd day ot July. 1899. in regular quarterly session for the transaction ofCounty business Present.
 A, V. Gibbons. Chairman,
 L j. anS S59"H Members. Benigno Lopez,
 J. T. Patterson, Clerk. The following communication having been recei yed from the Santa Fe Paci- tic Railroad Company, was by order ot the Board, spread upon the minutes, viz: . .'(
 LOS ANGELES, CAL, June 2e; 1899.
 To the Boards of Supervisors of
 Apache County,
 Navajo
 Coconino
 Yavapai q
 Mohave County, Gen tleman,-
 The Santa Fe Pacific Rail- read Company is extremely anxious to have the assessments on it's properties in your county 50 adjusted as to be fair and equitable and to enable 1t Co say that it hssreceived as fair treatment at your hands as has any other tax pay CT in your county.
 Of course, you are aware that the Su. preme Court of the United States has decided the right of way of our rail- road with all it's ssuperstructure through your county is exempt from taxation. This the company realizes will take 8 large item from the list of assess. able property in your county, and therefore Increases the burden of taxa tion to be placed upon the other pro- perty in the county.
 The company is willing to meet the different counties in your territory half way in this matter, and if it can ar- range a satisfactory basis for assess mento of the balance of it's property in your county, it wlll consent to the as. sessmentof it's right of way on 8 basis of valuation to be agreed upon. In order that there may may be uni form action on this matter in each of the counties, 8 letter similar to this is sent to the Board of Supervisors of each county in Arizona through which the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad extends, asking the the supervisors to adjourn as Board of Equalization when they are through with their work (except of course, as to the Santa Fe Pacific Rail road Company's property) until the l7th day of July and arrange to send representative, to Los Angeles to meet on July 18th with the representa-. tives of each of the other counties and with the management of the railroad company to discuss these matters. If an agreement can be reached be- tween such representatives and the management of the Railroad Company, then the Board of Equalization, on the 17th can take the matter up and dis. pose of 1t.
 We understand that the Board of Equalization can set from July 1st to July 10th. The Railroad Company will be willing to furnish transportation for one representative and the attorney of the Board of Supervisors, from Hol- brook to Los Angeles and return. We are willing to meet such repre- sent atlve with the district attorney of each county and furnish transporta- tion for them to Los Angeles and re- turn, on condition that your Board will pass resolution authorizing them to make such compromise as is satisfacto- ry to the representatives from each county and to our management. As We expect each county will send a a representative it seems reasonable to presume that what would be accept able to one county would be to all, and 1t IS our desire to treat all counties a. like. therefore we desire to have it un- derstood that whatever decision IS reached by the representatives of the various counties will be final and ac- ceptabie to the Boards,
 Respectfully,
 A. P. MACHINES,
 Claim and Tax Agent. After full consideration of the mat ter and things set forth in said letter. by unanimous vote of the Supervis ors, of said Apache County. It was re. solved, that BenigDo Lopez 8 Member