Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-07-16
THE RAILROAD TAX CASES.
How The Revenue Law is Re-
qarded in Various Parts
of The State.

Controller DAVIS have spent week or
more in the eastern part of the State
on business connected with the rail
road tax suits.
They found a wide diversity OF OPP
inion relative to the matter. i
In Eureka county the authorities be-
lieve that the road taxed on valua-
ton Of $4,000 a mile will still bear less
Of the burdens Of taxation than the
people OF the county. Eureka being
dependent mostly on mining and hav
ing but limited agricultural resources
Is taxed no to the full limit and even
beyond. There are many buildings iii
the town OF Eureka that will not sell
today for their tax valuations. The
people in this section are unit for
twenty thousand mile valuation on
the Southern Pacific.
In Elko county Assessor Eggars in
formed the visiting officials that he had
made a general raise in valuations and
in some instances as high as one hun
bred per cent The total advance in
valuations could not be properly est
mated until the roll was complete
In Humboldt county Assessor Guth-
RE reported having made a general adj
vance in valuation all along the line
especially in the agricultural districts.
tnI
hundred per cent. The section about
Lovelocks appeared, according to gen
eral report, to have experienced the
heaviest advance and it also seemed
to be experiencing the greatest pros
perity.
In these two counties there is wide
diversity Of opinion relative to the new
Revenue Law. Some insist that it vii
result III a greater raise in those sec
tions than elsewhere and regard the
measure with distrust from that stand
point The theory that high valuation
and low rate invites capital iron
abroad is disputed by some. One bus
mess man in Winnemucca claims tina
high tax valuations and low rates re
suit in hctious imitation of value
which ends is extravagent legislativ,
appropriations and reckless expendi
ture OF public money.
The cattle and sheep men oppose TIL
raise on their holdings but the peopl
who only are small holders of realt,
are enthusiastic for the new law and in
sst that the owners of large herds AM
than any one and have been gettin,
rich doing it while the small holders O
property have everything in sight an
have to pay more in proportion tina
the big fellows. Some of the heav
tax payers claim that the Assessor
are raising their valuations in order t
ease up on the railroad and think tina
by this method the road will not hav
to pay as much taxes as last year Will
they will have to pay more.
Many insist that the valuation c
the road is not too high and in fact nc
nearly SO high as other in proportion
but that if expensive litigation result
that it would be better to compromis
the suits and place smaller valuatio
on the railroad.
Others, mostly the shippers, fei
that the road will recover their extr
taxes by an advance in freights, and
the cost of collecting the tax from til
road equals the difference in the az
vance, that it is bad policy
Many, however, regard the case fro
standpoint of principle and belle,
that the litigation having begun shou
be fought to the end and the matt,
decided once for all.
The Washoe assessor has also mac
general advance in valuations. I'll
people in that section are also divide
in sentiment, but are anxious to 81
the suits fought to a conclusion, ha
ing had some experience before wi
railroad tax suits in that section.
Churchill county is not in favor
high valuation on the road and h
always adopted policy of low valu
tons on property.
They claim, however, that the asse
sor has advanced valuations 60 D
cent.
The assessor, however, has follow
the law and increased valuations.
the case of Senator Williams,
Churchill, who voted for the Reven
Bill, his valuations. as handed in
himself. were double what they we
last year-raising from $4,000 to s.
600.