The St. Louis Republic., 1902-08-29


kinds are larger this year than in any pre-
vious year in the city's history. AS a mat
ter of course, therefore, the revenue from
taxation, for all purposes, will be greater
this year than ever before.
The increase in values of real, personal,
railroad. street railway, bridge, telegraph
| and telephone properties is S2332L111 over
last years values And the increase in rev.
enue. from all sources and for all purposes,
is 1854 G23. So over last year. These figures re-
| late only to st. Louis.
Assessed values of all properties. as de-
| terDined by the local and State Boards OF
| Equalization. aggregate nearly half billion
dollars: that is. s41S.0i4,475 As compared to
s39i, 722 704, the aggregate of a year ago, an
increase is evident of S23.S21,771.
At the rate of 81 95 on the 800 valuation
the State, public schools and municipality
| will derive an income on the newly-estaD-
| lished values of sS,131 .0S5.21. Last year, at
the rate of s1.90 on the 800 valuation, the
tax debts showed an aggregate of s7497.-
061.3S. This years increase is 1854, ,O23.S3.
Owing to accumulation of liabilities. with
the consent of the voters. the municipality
was obliged to provide means for paying
! interest on the city's bonded debt, and for
establishing a sinking fund to meet the
rate of taxation was increased from $50
to s1.95 on the s1OO valuation, which Is
| still lower than several years ago. Even.
| however, at the rate OF $3.50, the increase
in values would cause an increase in rev.
| enue of s445.7S3.64 over last year.
The assessments on real and personal
property alone are 1854. 707.21 this year.
On railroads, railway bridge, telegraph and
telephone property the assessments are
S546,37S. A glance at the accompanying
table will disclose that the assessments on
real and personal property this year are
| larger than assessments on properties of
all kinds last year.
BILLS FOR ASSESSMENTS
READY FOR COLLECTION.
Bills for assessments on real and personal
property were transmitted yesterday by
Comptroller Player to l. F. Hammer. Col
lector of the Revenue. for collection. These
bills aggregate s7,5S4, 707.21. They were pre-
pared under the supervision of John J.
OBrien, President of the Board of As
SCISSORS, and were verified by clerks in the
Comptrollers Office. Collecting will be COM
menced next Tuesday.
OF the $S13l, ,0S5. .21, which represents the
assessment on all properties, the State will
receive 81 O45 101. AZ, the public schools 8, ,672-
162. 30, and the municipality So 413, 81 49, This
year the State will get S5S,1l2 .19 more than
last year, the public schools SJ2,yI9.41 and
the municipality $4S2 $50. II.
The city cannot use all of the s5e13, ST. .4S
for municipal purposes, as the law directs
how the revenue must be divided to meet
the city's obligation. Only about 81 COX, 600
can be used for regular municipal purposes.
About $500, 600 will be credited to the in
tereSt and public debt account, about $4,000
to the Worlds Fair bond account, and
about $4,000 will go to the public school
library.
The increase in real estate values over last
year is sl3 639,0lO. in personal values 1854. .370
and in railroad. bridge and telegraph values
81, sos 031, aggregating s23,32l, III. The aggre-
gate assessed valuation of s4lS,o44,475 is the
largest In the city's history.
COMPARATIVE VALUES ON ALL
BUT REAL AND Personal PROPERTY
The following table exhibits in detail the
comparative values of two years on rail-
road, street railway, bridge. telegraph and
telephone companies. These values were
fixed by the State Board of Equalization