Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-06-09
Let Us Do Justice.

tHouSH the present assessed NaIud-
ton of all property in 1898 was only
ST., ,377. A revaluation will be
made in the next three or four
months by Mr. Jas. S. Watson, of
CLINTON District, who was recon-
mended by the County Court and
appointed by the Board of Public
Works. This retaliation will no
doubt greatly increase the valuation
of town lots, and probably slightly
reduce the valuation of farm lands,
but make an increase on the whole
of over 100000 in the opinion of
competent judges. If SO the total
valuation will be over S2,000.000.
On this valuation the first rail
road tax would not be assessed till
1900, and IL cents on each 800
would produce $2400 which would
pay the interest at 5 per cent on the
$4,000 of District bonds that may
be voted, amounting to only $2250
and leave surplus of $3.50 so that
it is plain that the tax would be
less than Ii cents or only little
over half the ordinary road tax.
The District is naturally divided
into two parts, the one situated on
the river, with a railroad and water
front, containg four municipal bodies
-Morgantown, South Morgantown,
Seneca and Greenmont-is densely
populated, has the wealth and capt.
tai, the banks, manufacturing es-
Establishments and the State Univer
sity. with free tuition to all who can
come to its spacious halls; the other
part consists of the farms and noun
tain lands, thinly settled, with little
accumulated wealth, with no incor
porated towns, no railroad, but one
manufacturing plant the one at
Dellslow and that soon to pull up
stakes and leave unless railroad
is built up Deckers Greek.
The rich and populous part of the
District procures an Act of the Leg
islature creating it into an indepen-
dent school district, which includes
$1,A6A,731 of the taxable wealth of
the District, and builds 100000
school building, finer and more cost
ly than any at the University, in
order that it may give to it's child
rem 8 or 10 months of schooling in
each year, and leaves to all the rest
Of the District only 1886, 646 Of TAG
able property from which not more
than four or five months of school
ing can be had in year. The high
iv favored children within this indie
pendent district, not only have twice
as many months of schooling in the
public schools, but when done there,
pass at once into the preparatory
school, and all the other depart
ments of the University, where they
enjoy the highest advantages Of all
the costly books, apparatus and ser
vices Of the MANY learned professors
furnished by the State free of all
cost to them.
The independent district taxes
for teachers amount to 20 cents on
the 800 and gives nine months OF
schooling each year, while the rest
of the District is taxed 80 8 cents
for teachers, and gets only 4 os 5
months Of schooling. Is that fair OF
Just?
Let us do justice. and right this
wrong. 1t can be easily done.
The proposed railroad will pass
for about one mile through the in
dependent school district and for
the remaining 10 miles through
Morgan District outside of the in
dependent district.
Ii assessed for taxation at the
same rate as the F., M. & 2. r r.
for it's s miles in Morgan District