The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-26
GVEN A BALLOON BOOST
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION RAISES
ASSESSMENTS ON LUMBER
FIRMS
MMILLAN OBJECTED STRONGLY
Report of COMMITTEES ON Logs Was
Adopted After Some Discussion
minneapolis Gas Light
Company Cited.

Assessments on the lumber firms of the
state were given big. balloon boost yes
terday, when the committee on logs and
lumber submitted its report to the state
board of equalization.
Most of the members Of the board
were in favor Of adopting the report of
the committee Immediately, but Chair
man Mcmillan, in speaking for Henne-
pin county, said that he was dissatisfied
with the way the committee wanted the
assessments raised. He claimed that 1t
was not fair to raise one assessment 10
per cent and another IS per cent He
thought that a general horizontal raise
wouId be more just to all. Charles
Betcher chimed in with the statement
that about third of the lumber firms
of the state had already been given
raise of 10 per cent when the assessments
were made on goods and merchandise He
did not think it advisable to make a
raise on the assessments twice The MT
jority of the members of the board, how
ever, could not see things in this light,
claiming that some firms were assessed
higher proportionateiy than others, and,
therefore the report of the committee
on logs and lumber was adopted as sub
mitted
Following are the county assessments
and the new assessments: Cloquet Lum-
Der company, Carlton county, $103, 500
$l29,37 Johnson Wentworth company,
Carlton, $20,0O9-s25 900; Northern Lumber
company, Carlton, $102, 000-$127, 500; Alger,
Smith & Co., st. Louis county, $S2 SAT :
$S6, I79; Merritt & Ring, ST. Louis county,
S69,S74-$73,367 Red River Lumber COM
pany, Hubbard county, $54, O0-s67 500;
Brainerd Lumber company Crow Wing
county, $75,000-$93, $50; Scanlon- Gibson
Lumber company, Pine county, $6S $50
$'V,620; Crookston Lumber company, Polk
county, $44,l64-s4S, $50; Commonwealth
Lumber company, Becker county, $4,000
$22, 600; ST. Hilaire Lumber company,
Red Lake county, $24, 325-$26, 757; Foley.
Bean Lumber company hfilaca,
S65, 000-$71 600; Rutledge Lumber company,
Pine county, s21,3S0-$24. 5S7; J. Neil Lum-
Der company, Benton county, $7,500-$9. 900;
Thief River Falls Lumber company, Red
Lake county, $96, 500-$115, 800; Shevlin-Car
penter company, Hennepin county, $149,-
S53-$1I2,S10; H. B. Waite Lumber com
pany, Hennepin, s31, 875--$S9, 249; c. A.
Smith Lumber company, $1s6, -S216 ,425;
ii. &. Akley Lumber company, Hennepin
county, $254, 900-$2S0, 800; Baskin, Brooks &
Co, Hennepin county, $145, 40O-$1S1, $50;
Carpenter, Lamb & Co, $S9. 0OO-S97, 800;
w. 8. Hill Lumber company, 4,2O5-S32, 900;
w. w. Johnson company, $35, 14O-$4O, Al;
ST Croix Lumber company, Washington
county, SIS, OOO-$17. 25O.
The board cited the Minneapolis Gas
Light company to show cause why it's
assessments should not be raised The
hearing will be on Thursday. The report
of the committee on the assessment of
the minneapolis and ST. Paul street rail
way companies was postponed until
Thursday. The committee at present con-
templates making a large raise in the
assessments of these companies. The
committee on mines was given additional
time in which to report.