The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-19
ASSESSMENTS MADE BY THE G0RP0R.
ALTON COMMISSION.
STREET CARS TO BE VESTIBULED
The Commission Refuses all Petitions
Regarding this and Postpones Deci-
sfons as to Fenders-The Valuations
Placed Upon Railways and Other
Corporations Biologist Elected for
the Agricultural College-Condirion
of the Crops In this State.
Especial to The Messenger. }


Raleigh, July 16.-Ghe corporation
commission refuses all petitions by the
street railways for exemption from the
act requiring vestibuled cars. The mat
ter of tenders will be passed on later.
The commission makes the following
assessments of railways: Atlantic
Coast Line, ST., ,426: Southern, s15,-
$4,000; Seaboard Air Line, sS,6S3, ,S61; /;
miscellaneous roads, s4,270,23O. There
is no increase save as to miscellane-
Gus roads. The increase on these is
5000.
Street railways are assessed at $685.
$50, this being an entirely new feature.
The various lines are assessed at the
following figures: Raleigh, $4,000;
Charlotte, 100000; Wilmington $780,
600; Asheville and Craggy Mountain.
$4,000; Asheville, s50,OOO; Asheville
Electric $4,000; Inter-Montane, s25, 900;
Asheville and Biltmore. $4,000, Durham
1880; Winston Salem, 1921 ZOO.
Waterworks are assessed at $75,271,
this being a new feature and being on
the capital stock in excess of that To-
cally taxed. Wilmington being $4,000,
&.
Telegraph companies are assessed at
$904,0 the same as last year. South
ern Express Company $1S9, ,593, against
$117, $40 last year; Pullman cars $1S,720;
Telephone companies 1855, 766, against
$50, 123; steamboat companies $195,471; !;
electric light and gas companies $685.
S3S.
The executive committee of the agri-
cultural department and the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college today
elected DR.. F. L. Stevens biologist. He
is doctor Of philosophy of the univer-
stiles of Chicago and Munich. He will
be a specialist in botany and biology,
and give instruction in geology and
zoology. The faculty of Chicago uni
versity specially recommends him. Com
missioner Patterson and DR.. Winston
saw him at Buffalo.
The weather and crop report for
North Carolina~issued today for the
week ended last night, says: In many
western and northern counties crops
made favorable progress. In the east
and south too much rain interfered
with farm work and has started the
grass growing rapidly in all crops; bot
tom lands in very bad condition and
hardly any results are expected from
them. The damp conditions are caus-
ing cotton to develop too much weed.
Upland corn is doing we'll. and in all
sections where their was suffering from
drought the crop has improved. Chinch
bugs are doing damage in four coun-
ties. Tobacco is growing fast and there
is some fear Of it's taking on a second
growth. Cutting and curing is proceed
ing slowly in the east; topping is gen
era1 in the central portion. Peanuts
and sweet potatoes are good. Thrash
ing continues. Some wheat left in
shock is damaged by excessive mois-
ture. The general outlook for crops
continues unpromising. Rainfall for
the week was: At Goldsboro. Gle
inches; Greensboro. SOP inches; Lum-
berton, 2.4S inches; New Bern, COS
inches; Charlotte. 44O inches; Will
mington, $50 inches; HatteraS, 7.SC
inches; Raleigh. inches.