The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19
TOWN AND CITY LOT VALUES.
CHANGES MADE BY STATE BOARD
OF EQUALIZATION.
increases to and Deductions From
Valuations of County Boards
King County Is Reduced
From e2s,e2S. 900 TO s25 1000. 900.

Special Dispatch 30 the Post-Intelligencer.
OLYMPIA. Sept. is.-The state board OF
equaliza ton today made the following
changes in the value OF town and city
lots: Clarke. raised from Esp.10 10 sSon.s1.
Columbia sS.cm TO scoo0c cowlitz. siS.-
90 to $1,000: Douglas. $4,000 to xo.eo:
Franklin. 81. op 20 Eo.ooo; Jefferson. fsS5.-
On 70 $1,000. Kiickita,. ss.oco TO 5000:
Lewis. sz5sco 20 $4,000: Okanogan. 5000
20 s2oop; Pierce 81 1900 20 $1,000. 900;
Stevens. sis7.oo 10 5000.
The values OF the town and city lots In
the following counties were lowered. as
follows: Adams. from $500 70 $4,000:
Asotin. $4,000 TO tsp.oo: ClaIlam. t55.ooc
10 f43o 900 Ferry. szs2noo 20 500 ooo; King.
t7s az 90 20 s2s eo.oc: lincoln. se22."o to
soop0n
The values 81 town ans city lots In the
following counties were allowed to re-
main as equalized by the county boards:
Chehalis. cheian. Garfield. Island. Kitsap,
Kittitas. Mason. Pacific. San Juan. Skasit.
wahkiakum Waiia walia. Whatcom,
Whitman and Yakima.
The values Of improvements on town
and city lots in the following counties
90. lincoln. from ysa9. noo to 500 90. Sno-
homish, $1,000 20 $4,000
The values OF improvements on town
snd city lots We're raisea IN counties e, oo a.
okanogan. u3coo TO s2oco
The values OF Improvements on town
and city lots In the following counties
boards: Aso,in. chehaii.. chcian. cialIam.
Ferry. Franklin. Gsrneld' Island. JET.
ferson' King El,ssg, Ki,titas. Kick.
Juan. skagit. skamania. Spokane.
Stevens. Thurston. wahkiakum Walla
Walla. Whatcom, Whitman and Yakima
CissstHca sion of Railroads.
Railroad lines were classified as fol-
lows: First. all transcontinenfal trunk
lines passing through or into the state.
shall constitute the FIRST class.
Second. all standard gauge lines owned.
operated. leased or controlled. In whole
or In part by any transcontincntai sys-
tenn. the main trunk lines of which are
this state, and all standard gauge lines
and their branches not part OF any
transcontinental system but connecting
with transcontinentai system. shall
constitute the second class.
Third. all narrow gauge lines and their
branches connecting With transcontinen-
tai system and ali standard gauge lines
not Included nor comprised in classified
lions one and two. In actual operation for
freight and passenger traffic. shall ccnstt-
tute The third class.
Fourth. all narrow gauge lines and all
standard gauge lines. not Included nor
comprised In ciassifications one. two or
three. shall constitute the fourth class.
Firth. all railroad grades or rghts-of-
way on which ties have not been laid
shall constitute the nth class
sixth; all sidetracks shail constitute the
sixth class.
The eauaiixed value for railroads was
fixed as follows: First class. f05sO per
mile, or "a per foot: second class Is. en- per
mile. OF ucs per foot third class. s. asD
per mile. or - cents per foot: fourth
class. ESQ per mile. or 70 cents per foot:
nth class. 81. 10 per mile. or q cents per
foot; sixth class (sidetracks) was fixed at
10 per cent. OF the valuation OF the
main line 10 which II belongs. The clerks
OF the board have completed schedule r.
which Is now in the handc Of the state
printer.