Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-12
NILE PIN IS ADOPTED
Executive Council Adopts plal d
Assessing Telephone CompanisD
By the Mile 81
After Careful Examination of III !
Law Council Concludes Il
Is Mandatory. Kiss "
The Iowa Company Assessed at sll4
Per Nile State Fair Attras. az ~
tions Signed. #

tions Signed. lS
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, July 12.-In assessing 4
the telephone companies the executive
council, as heretofore stated, began af I
first with the idea OF assessing local
telephone exchanges in the towns
where they are located instead Of max
ing them a part Of long lines operated
In connection with toll lines. After
consideration and upon closer examinA-
tion of the law the council determined
that the law compelled it to assess all 8
companies by the mile. where mileage;
could be gotten at. Upon this theory
local exchanges. when a part Of q tell
line system, are regarded the same -
the terminal facilities of railway lineo%
and the value is distributed over The
line. Some of the members Of the coun-S
ell We're opposed to this idea ard
thought it was unfair, but they becAmo
convinced that the law requires them y
adopt this plan. The telephone exc
change is different from railway ter.
minals, because the business Of the ex.
change is vastly more Of q local mature
than the railway terminal. The toll
line business Of the average city ex-
change is very small part Of its gross
business, while the local business Of the h
railway terminal is very small part
,<s ofo1 hyyui of 6na
company Under the plan adopted the
large part of the telephone lines Of
the state. was assessed on s,1os miles
at s144 mile. All the lines IN he
cities are counted in this mileage.
Mileage means lines of poles irrespec-
tive Of how many wires there are on
the poles. In this way the cities Will
the taxes paid by the telephone com-3
to the advantage Of the rural districts.
The minimum value cf toll line ID "a
| q mile, while the Iowa 10 assessed ~.
sl4l. The taxing districts thru which
| the Iowa line runs will therefore derive
more than three times the tax from It
| than they receive from the exclusive
toll lines. The aggregate OF telephone
taxes will be very much increased un =
!, der the new Law.
| The value of city exchange IS
shown in the assessment Of the Mutual
! Telephone Company at Des Moines.
fifteen miles at $4,000 mile. The values
given are actual values. The taxable
value is one-fourth this amount. The
Western Union Telegraph Company,
with 1852 miles, and the Postal COM
spany. with s51 miles. are assessed on
the same theory, each at $500 a mile.
again giving the rural communities
greatly the advantage in the proportion
OF taxes they will receive, according to
the mileage in each district. This is
about the same rate as that paid BY the
telegraph companies last year.
The state fair management has con-
| c!ud4d its arrangements for strong
l'line of amusement attractions for the
next fair. August "a to September 4.
The executive committee has contract
ed with F. NJ. Barnes. theatrical
agent in Chicago, for fourteen high
grade specialties, to which will be
added a-nightly exhibition Of fireworks
similar TO those given at the Omaha
exposition in 1898. Among the attrac-
| tions contracted for are the following:
Mile. Raye, contortion dancer.
Cole and Dell. comedy wire act, In
Guiding riding bicycle on a slack
! wire.
Flying Ricardo. "the aerial wonder, =
Including number of daring perform
ances in the air and. an extraordinary
4 ladder climbing feat.
/ InbpSnp4 III nj ly,,h afha atrnNHoRt
man on earth.
The Langfords. double trapexe act,
4 by man and woman.
Edith LaNelle. trick bicycle rider.
Only woman who does the hoop trick.
The Bartelle troupe, three acrobatic
performers, who do the human baton
and perform on the slack wire.
The Rice dog and pony show, includ-
| ing ten trained ponies and twenty-five
educated dogs and one mule.
The three Celertos, Roman ring art
4 lists and high bar performers.
Alherti, novelty juggler and equilib-
rist.
Mareena and Martella. comedy con-
| tortionists and acrobats.
4. Arual in a daring slide on the high
wire. descending by the teeth and
caught in blanket
Wallace and Lewis, comedy acrobRts.
i with their trick horse.
4 This is the largest list of amusement
attractions that has ever been offered
at state &air and they are all ex-
Itremely high grade performers, NJ
/ good in their specialties as will be seen
lin any circus. The entire program Will
be given twice day in front OF the
amphitheater. The fireworks show will
be given every night. These will be no
i ordinary fireworks. but will consist OF
new inventions operated by an expert
i George Metzger and Frank w. Smith
of Davenport, are here looking up the
4 candidacy Of Mr.. Smith. better known
as Vinegar" Smith. for grand chancel-
lor of the knights of Pythias for Iowa.
Mr.. ,Metxger said he thought that Seot,
county would be mostly for 0ilbertson
for state treasurer and divided between
Hobart and Martin for secretary oi
state. as the republicans OF 8ccs. sssSssrs
ty felt very friendly toward both theas
men for past favors.
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