The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-07
GREAT INCREASE.
Tremendous Gains in Valu-
atoms in Some Counties.
Raleigh's Book Not Yet Completed, bu: Indi-
cations are Fine Season Good and Mayors
Bid for Bonds Accepted.

The Boar of County Commissioners met
in regular monthly session yesterday and
received the tax-listers' and assessors
books from eleven townships, Cary, Little
River, Middle Greek, Swift Creek, New
Light, House Creek, Neuse, Holly Springs,
Wake Forest, Barton's Creek and Cedar
Fork.
1t is not possible to give many figures
yet, but judging from what some of the
tax-listers are saying and from one or
two books that have been footed up, the
valuation OF property will be far in ex-
cess OF that last year, and the acreage of
land will be very considerably larger,
that is, great deal more land has been
given in for taxation this year than last.
The work in Raleigh township has not
yet been completed. There still remain
some of the outlying districts to be listed
The property in the city proper has been
practically all listed The figures have
not been added up yet and no returns
have been made, but the indications are
that the amount listed will far exceed that
of 1902. In fact, it is said that the gain
is over a million dollars.
The figures for Holly Springs township
have been footed up, and show total
gain over last year of about 1872 per
cent, the aggregate of real and personal
property. The figures for 1902 were $267,-
C22. Now they are s302,077, and 2,242
more acres of land are listed this year in
that township.
In New Light township there is a gain
of between SCI, 900 and SOS. 1000.
In Swift Creek over 1000 acres more
have been listed this year than last.
AS to the county bond issue the com
missioners ordered that all the bids made
on July 1st be rejected. and that of the
bids offered on July 9Th, that of Season
good and Meyer, of Cincinnati, be ac-
cepted, that being the highest at s21 .31o
and interest for the issue of s20. 900. These
bonds were accordingly awarded to Messrs.
Seasongood and Meyer, and the County
Treasurer instructed to wire the firm to
that effect. The $4,000 is in one thousand
dollar bonds.
1t was ordered further that the chair
man of the board and the County Treas
urer be authorized to borrow $40 1000 to
meet the current expenses of the county,
Mr.. w. N. Jones appeared before the
board for numerous petitioners protesting
against the selection of the Green Level
Road as the western road to be worked
by the road forces. It was ordered that
the petition be not granted.
There was a certificate from the civ
Clerk giving the names of the parties to
whom the city had granted liquor license.
The report was concurred in by the
board.
The commissioners will meet again to-
day, and will probably appoint overseers
in all portions of the county to look after
the road work, and see to it that the
law is complied with, including the re
quirement of six days work on the roads
every year by the land owners. Two OF
these days are in March, and of course
the time was passed for those before the
law went into effect; but the remaining
four days the law says must be in July,
August and September.
The plan is to re-divide the townships
into larger districts, this lessening the
numbers of overseers necessary and get
some good, competent man in each dis
trict. 1t is thought there will be an aver.
age of about four overseers to each town
ship, and that the powers as well as the
territory of the overseers will be enlarged
In order to select these overseers, it Is
that the supervisors of the three
road divisions meet with representative
citizens from each township and consult
as to the best men to appoint.