The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-30
THIRTY MILLIONS
In Round Figures is the As
sessed Valuation of the

Railroads OF West yirginia-As Shown
by a Report Just Issued by the Aud.
itor Of State-The Baltimore 4 Ohio
the Most Valuable Railroad Prepert,
in the Entire State, With the Chesa.
peake 4 Ohio Coming Second New,
OF the Railroads.
The state government at Charles
ton has issued blanket sheet table
which gives a great deal of informa
tion concerning the assessed value
of railroad property in West Vir
ginia. The statement of the value
of the property of every railroad cor
poration subject to taxation in West
Virginia, as fixed by the board OF
public works, based on returns for
the twelve months ending December
81, 1898, including roadbed, night
of way, equipment, buildings and
grounds, real estate and personal
property, and subject to levy for the
present year of 1899.
1t will consume many columns of
space to publish the information
contained in the table in detail, but.
in order to enligten the Intelligen-
GERS readers, and give an idea of
the great growth in the value of
railway property in the state, il is
well to summarize by giving the
grand total of all taxable railroad
property in dollars and cents
The grand totals combine the val
ues per mile of main lines and sid
ings, rolling stock, tools and ma
ehinery, buildings, grounds and real
estate, railroad telegraph lines and
bridges.
The summary OF these grand to-
tails is as follows, including all lines,
through, lateral and small coal
roads:
Cumberland n Pennsylvania road
$l0,313. r., G. d st. L., $3sS,606.
F., w. d KY, $5l5,7Sl. Western
Maryland Tin one county-Morgan, J
$24, ISL. Chesapeake u Ohio, 49,
554,260 Baltimore d Ohio, (main
line), $5,167,S04. Wheeling Bridge
d. Terminal system, 1927, BOO. Nor
folk u Western, 80, 1873, 1888 Par
kersbarg branch Baltimore u Ohio,
81, 320,607. Pittsburgh branch
Baltimore a Ohio, (Ohio county
only, S147,647. Cumberland Val
ley and Martinsburg, berkeley
county only, $15S, l02. Fairmont,
Morgantown Il Pittsburg, [ Marion
and Monongalia counties-branch
OF Baltimore q Ohio, 1901, 500
West Virginia Central, 81, 2l5,046.
Piedmont d Cumberland, fbranch
of foregoing road), $72,912. Win
chester branch Baltimore u Ohio,
$166,775. Ohio River road, 81, 49,
1877. Monongahela River road, (be-
tween Fairmont and Clarksbur),
$2S3,572. Grafton d Belington,
1878, 800 Huntington a. Big Sandy,
$S7, 555. New Cumberland branch
Pan Handle. $l44,972. West Vfr-
ginia e. Pittsburg, $7l9,925. Berke
ley Springs branch Baltimore d
Ohio, 1877, TAO. South branch Balti
more 4 Ohio, Piedmont to Rom
ney) J. 500, $50: Winifrede coal road
in Kanawha county, $55,97l. Kan
awha Il Michigan, $5S1,35l
The following coal and lumber
roads and small local lines, show "a
grand total of 1892, $50:
Roaring Creek q Charleston, The
Dcepwater Railway, Charleston c. DC
s. road, Little Kanawha Valley Riv-
err road, Cairo q Kanawha Valley
road, -Kelley's Creek Improvement
Company, Ripley d Nil, Creek Val
ley road, West Virginia d Southern,
Pennsboro d Harrisville, Grand
Creek d Raleigh, Panther road, Hol-
ly River road
The following street car lines show
the grand totals indicated:
Wheeling Il Elm Grove Railway,
$l45,056. Wheeling Railway Com
pany, $l6S,931, (only including the
portion on the West Virginia side
of the Ohio river), MoundavilIe,
Benwood a. Wheeling RaiI@ay,
$16S,93l. Huntington Street Rail
way, $4,000. Parkersburg Street
Railway, 100000 Charleston Street
Railway 5000.
The grand total of the assessed
value OF all lines enumerated, in
street car roads, is $29, 6lS,
Ola.