The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-06
REALTY VALUATIONS
RAISED $23,oOO,eOO
State Board Takes a Horizontal
Boost at Figures of County
Assessors


The state board of equalization yes
terday morning adjourned until Mon
day. Fifteen Of the eighteen members
of the board departed last night over
the Chicago Great Western road in a
special car, to go to st. Louis, where
they will attend the fair in a body, re-
turning Monday to resume business.
Yesterday realty was considered by
the board, resulting in raising the as
sessment about $4,000, 900 above that
of 1902, the intervening years having
shown falling off. In 1902 the num-
Der of acres assessed amounted to az,
L656,553. The assessors returns on
these amounted to 1892, SOC, 1872 for the
state. The county boards Of equaliza-
ton raised this amount to $3.50, 1917, 997,
and the state board of equalization in
turn raised this figure to s$s47, 253,261
The number Of acres assessed this
year amounts to 34,e56, PA, the county
assessors returns on these amounting
to $605, ITS, ISL. The county boards of
equalization raised this figure to $685.
797,783. The raises made by the state
board of equalization yesterday will
probably boost this figure to $675, 000.-
600, an increase of about $23,000,000
over last years realty assessment
Boosts Farm Valuations
Ramsey county. excluding st. Paul,
was raised 10 per cent, bulging up
the valuation per acre from $4,000 as
returned by the assessor, to $500. St.
Paul realty was not raised. Hennepin
county suffered no raise, neither did
st. Louis county. Stearns county, ex-
cepting st. Cloud, Sank Center and
Melrose, was raised 40 per cent Pope
county was raised 40 per cent. Otter
Tail county, excepting Fergus Falls,
was raised SO per cent, as was also.
Morrison county, excluding Little Falls
realty. Murray county was raised so
per cent and Clay county 40 per cent.
With the exception of New Ulm Brown
county was raised Is per cent. Polk
county was raised 33 1-3 per cent and
Pope county was raised 40 per cent.
Pipestone county was raised 35 per
cent. F'aribault, Douglas, Crow Wing,
Pine, Scott, Wabaslla and Waseca
counties were raised % per cent. Lin
coin county was raised 80 per cent.
Western Union Stands
The board considered the assess
ment of the Western Union Telegraph
company, and while not raising the
valuation, left it despite a protest, at
P1,VOU,VOV, last edI inquire. lie
North American Telegraph company
was assessed on a valuation of 500, 900.
Nothing was done in the. matter Of the
Northern Pacific assessment. The
board has asked the attorney general
of the state for an opinion regarding
the legality of replacing the assess
ment Of $1,OO0,000 charged to the
company last year, and which the
Ramsey county courts decided was lille
gal, but as yet have received no an
swer. The opinion will probably be
ready Monday.
The consideration of the assessment
for personal property was completed
by the board yesterday. The assess
ment in 1903 was $156,729,996 This
year the assessment returned by the
various county assessors of the state
was $147,563,S56. This amount the
county boards of equalization raised
to $149,681, ISL. The state board in
turn raised this amount to nearly
$40, 100000. The number of persons
assessed in 1903 was 249,556, and this
year amounts to 26S, 301. The average
assessment this year amounts to
$633.46.