Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-11-07

held in New Mexico when the assess.
or made the rounds and SIC worth OF
coal
When II comes 20 ana'y2ing the 70
turns from the different counties. the
assessment roll makes still more as
tonishing revelations. not Of wealth
nut Of poverty Of New Mexico PEG
pie While Colmx county uses over
500 0u0 worth OF furniture, Bernalillo
county with the rich city Of AIbuquer.
que and twice the population, worries
along with $50 900 ~orth or about s.
worth ia' each person
The Irrigation dtcnos and reser.
yoirs in Rernali.lo county aren't worth
a cent according 10 the assessment re-.
! turns while those OF Otero county are
worth $1,000 or moro than those OF
any other county In the territory
santa We county owns $40 600 worth
of notes and book accounts. more
than any other county, while Chaycs
comes second with $4,000 Bernallllo
county only owns $4,000 worth Of
that Kind at wealth. Bernalillo coun.
~ owns S55OOU worth OF engines.
Will, the assessor of Santa Re found
In his county engines valued at over
S5S.00O Bornalilo county horses are
worth 22.00O while those of Eddy
county are worth $4,000. Chaves
county $4,000; Dona Ana sol .OoO:
Grant $4,000. Lincoln S55 600. Leon.
ard Wood s2G.0 900; Mora S2S. 600 Otero
S6Ioop, QUAY S3l 900; Sierra 500 GOO
san Mlgue s550Oo. Santa Pc 1922 OOO
Socorro $4,000; san Juan $4,000.
Union $4,000
According 10 the assessment rolls
Union county leads Ia the sheep in.
du.try. ts sheep being worth s503..
600, then comes Leonard wood with
Saoluoo, then Chaves S250Ooo: san
Miguel S2i3j0O; Valencia S22G.0O0:
RIO trriba $4,000; Socorro sl25OOO;
Eddy $4,000; BcrnaIllo SI22oOO:
Lincoln Slo9 600; Taos 100000; while
Santa Fc values lis sheep at only S7l.-
coo
In cattIo rhlrcs county leads with
sN5ouon. Grant being second with
SS3i0uo. and Eddy third with S7gl.-
ouo. Then comes Union $4,000. Col
ian Sl3S0oo, Quay $500 Sierra
S35i.0ou. So1orro S355,O0O. Lincoln
Saa1oOo, Roosevelt county Sa5Io0O.
Otcru $4,000. Luna S242O0o: San
Miguel S2l500u, Leonard Wood St9l..
600, bona Ana $4,000, Mora Sl23.-
600; while BenalilIo has only $4,000
invested IN cattle; Valencia $4,000;
and Santa Fe S22 1000
Every county except Sccorro re-
ports lit,le cash on hand. Bernalillo
has only $3.50, or about cents
person; Chaves has $4,000; Colfax
$4,000: Mckinley $50. or / cent per
person, Santa re S796. and Luna
$3.50. There is $3.50 worth of .,old and
silver plate IN Bernalilo county and
s. 600 worth Of jewelry, while Santa
Fe has four times as much silver
plate, but Of jewelry the ladies of San
ia Fe own less than one-third OF what
is owned in Bernalillo county.
These discrepancies have a serious
side to them for they Indicate Unequal
ity in taxation in different parts Of the
either TO ignorance or something
worse on the part Of the many assess
uTs.
San Miguel county leads in taxable
valuation, the total assessment being
Si,132,i36 Bernalillo county IS second
with valuation of S3,l03,120 COL
fax, Chayes and Grant come next in
the order named. their assessed vaiua-
ton being respectively S2,9S1,4ll,
S2,936012 and s2,9l2.9H. Other coun.
ties whose assessed valuation is above
s. 100000 are the following: Santa
Re S2,2oTSi2; bona Ana, s2,1S9S9g;
Sccorro. S2,OS6,61O; Union S2.12l $40. /
The counties whose assessed valua.
tion exceeds sl,00O,OO0 are Eddy ST.. |
g2G9l4; Otero 81 5fO. S64 Luna, 81 SOP, |
G92 Valencia $!.359,7SG; Lincoln 81 |
2is SOP Sierra sl.326.920; Mora ST. |
l15.S23. Then comes Rio Frriba with I,
1891 G55; Mckinley S9GS,107; Leonard |
wood S92S.O17; sandoval s792 sos: /.
Quay s75299S; san Juan, s679.49l; .
Taos SG77 $50; Roosevelt $649,I64
Ten counties show Joss in assess
mCnt partly accounted for by the loss |
OF territory toward the creation Of |
new counties, while eleven counties I
show gains In assessed valuation. The !
greatest loss IN assessed valuation Is /
i'm assessment OF Bernaiillo county |
which amounts 20 sl.O45,G 65 and is on.
IS partly explained by the assessed |
valuation OF $780, OF Sandoyal
county. Then follows Valencia county
with loss Of SC4l, 1872; Leonard Wood
Sa21o70, accounted for by the crea-
ton OF Quay county; Sierra s225,4S2; |
Mora, S6S,S9s; Santa Re, $50 ,34s San
Miguel S25,577; Mckinley s20.O54;
So orro sls,330; Taos s1S,126. The
largest gain was made by Otero county
S2s3,232 then comes Lincoln county
with gain OF 3l21.0G2; Rio Arriba
Ss2,772; Luna $40. llS; San Juan s63,.
o1l; Co.faX Si6,937; Dona Ana SEA
513; Chayes S28, 5O7; Grant S9,2i3;
Eddy S5,fG5; Union $3.50.
The poorest people are those OF
Taos county. for th~.r per capita as
sesSment Is only SG5; Rio ArriDa has
q per capita assessment OF 500 san
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