Arizona republican., 1901-07-31

would fix the valuation of the property of said company at not to exceed s2500.00 per mile for It's mileage in the Territory of Arizona, the said conl- pany wound pay the taxes assessed against 1t in the Counties through which it passes, the Territorial Board of Equa izatioh in good faith, at it's reg uar meetings in the years 1899 and 1900 did fix said valuation on the prop erty of your company for those res pective years, and in the further faith full compliance with this understanding on the part of the Territorial Board of Equalization, like valuation has again been placed on your property In the Territory of Arizona for the year 1D0!.
 Complaint, however, has been made to this Board that in the County of Mohave you have declined to pay the taxes assessed against you on this agreed basis, on the grounds that the rate of taxation in said County had been raised since said agreement from $295 to $3.7O.
 The Territorial Board of Equalization fails to find any merit in the point raised by you in your contention, and believes that the raise in the rate of taxation was made necessary by the conditions in the said County; con- ditions due in a large measure to the fact that while other railroads in the Territory are paying taxes on a valua- tion from S5,000.00 to $7.000.00 per mile, you decline to pay on a valuation of more than s2,50000 per. mile. A de- creas5 in the total valuation of prop erty in Mohave County, due to the very low value on which you are willing to pay on yours. is probably the prime cause for the necessity for raising the rate of taxation in said County. From a careful inquiry the Board is led to believe that no effort is made to discriminate against the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company's property and in favor of any other class of property in the County referred 10. and that the values of other property have not been lowered for the purpose of necessitating a higher rate of taxa tion. but it is claimed that on the con trary they have been raised.
 When the request was made to the Territorial Board of Equalization ask ing that the valuation of your road should be placed at s2500 per mile, nothing was said by you touch- ing the question of the rate of taxation that might be placed by the Counties. It was assumed, however, by the Board. that your agreement with said Counties covered any such just and equitable rate as it might be found necessary for the Terri tory and Counties to fix from year to year, having in mind that no in justice should be done your company by discrimination against 1t or in favor of any other property.
 The Board was and is controlled in i;s action in this matter by an earnest desire to harmonize the differences ex- isting between your company and the Territory as q whole, but particularly the Counties through which your road passes. and 1t sincerely hopes that on a careful reconsideration of the matter you will decide that a full compliance with the spirit of the understanding arrived at can only be reached by recognition of the same rate of taxation
  the same County.
 Respectfully.
 Territorial Board of Equalization.
 On motion, duly seconded and car ried, the annua! return of assessable property of the Pullman Company was accepted as returned, and the assess ment of the said company for the cur rent year. 1901, was declared to be as follows, to-wit:
 Name of Company.
 The Pullman Company.
 Description of Property.
 All Standard Sleeping Cars valued at S4,00000 each.
 All Tourist Sleeping Cars valued at sl ,250.00 each.
 Property in use on the Mari copa X Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad:
 total valuation S4,000.00 Total mileage ............ 34.3S Value per mile ........... sll6.35 Milss in Arizona ....... 34.33 Total value in Arizona
 for assessment A,0OO.00
 Property in use by the New Mexico 6 Arizona Railroad: 3 tourist sleeping cars.
 total valuation ........S3, I50.00 Total mileage ............ 4O.2 Value per mile. s933 Miles in Arizona ........ S9. Total value in Arizona
 for assessment ............,... S30.3I
 Property in use by the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad: 43 standard sleeping cars,
 total valuation ......s172, 100000 Total mileage .......... 3,O93 Value per mile ........... S5561 Miles in Arizona . 391 Total value in Arizona
 for assessment ................2l,I I435l S4 tourist sleeping ears,
 tota! valuation ....A2, ,500.00 Total mileage ........ 4.532 Value per mile ......... $93S Miles in Arizona ........ 391 Total value in Arizona
 for assessment ................ 3,65l.J8
 Property in use by the Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix Rail- road:
 ? standard sleeping cars,
 total valuation SS,0OO.o0 Total mileage ............ l9i Value per mile ........... $4o.6l i,, Ariz