The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-19

where to look in the records TO ma the
Minneapolis automobiles, which did not
appear under their own proper head
ing.
He put in a rather trying period OF
something more than an hour. during
which he was closely questioned ny
the different members of the board as
To the detail of his method of opera
ton. The examination was conducted
| in a perfectly friendly spirit, and MI.
Minor was treated with every eour-
tesy.
He replied frankly to the questions
of the members; but several times,
when close pressed to explain why
some column of his schedules showed
falling off and some other column
into which the missing property might
have gone, did not show a correspond
ing gain, he took refuge in the state
ment that he was after general results
and gave but little attention to the
classification of property.
He proudly pointed 70 the fact that
on the whole the assessment upon
Minneapolis for the present year IS
more than 10 per cent higher than last
year, and said he believed that II the
board would take the assessment as
whole it would compare favorably
with those of other counties.
How He Assessed Street Railway.
Mr.. Minor was asked what he had
done about the street railway COM
pany's property, and said that he had
assessed 500 cars under the head or
carriages and vehicles, the aggregate
amount being 100000. He had also
added to the assessment of the COM
pany 5000, coo under the head of stocks.
bonds, etc.
The company, he said, had volun-
tarily agreed to this, and he thought
as that was just the amount that the
state board had raised the assessment
| of last year, the figures of this year
would be satisfactory.
The automobiles, he said had also
gone into the lists as vehicles, and
there were ESQ of them so assessed, at
an average valuation of $500. He said
[ that some of the owners had con-
/ tracted for their machines in the Win
ter, but had not received them before
May /, but he had gone on the as
sumption that if these men had not
paid for the machines they had the
| money to do so on May 1, the date of
| the assessment, and he assessed them
on the money.
t. Mr. Cooley said that while the board
believed the columns of the schedule
| for wagons and carriages contained
only that class of property, Hennepin's
| average valuation OF $92 was regarded
as high, but with the street cars and
automobiles taken out that average
would be reduced more than half. At
| this juncture Mr.. Minor referred the
board to the Minneapolis assessment in
general.
Mr.. Cooley read from an alleged in
terview with Mr.. Minor, printed in a
Minneapolis evening paper, the state
ment that Minneapolis pays one third
| of the taxes of the state, and in reply
| to that he said that Minneapolis does
not pay but $4,000 in taxes which 1T
does not get back again. In this con-
neetion he referred to the state uni
versity appropriation Of $4,000 a year
and the appropriation of 100000 for the
| soldiers home, total of $500, 600, which
he said went directly back to Min
neapolis.
Minor Repudiates Interview.
Mr.. Minor promptly repudiated the
interview, saying that he had not seen
any reporter for the paper referred to-.
In reply to Mr.. Cooley's remarks he
said that the university is supported by
a direct tax Of which Minneapolis is re-
quired TO pay its full proportion. He
further said that he was aware Mime
apolis does not pay one-third of the