The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-25
VALUATIONS RAISED
NEARLY s7O,OOO,0OO
Board Increases Personally AS.
sessment $4,000, 900 and
Realty s4S,OOO,0 900

State Auditor VERSIONS department
yesterday completed computations on
the assessment rolls returned by the
state board of equalization showing the
number of persons assessed, exclusive
of firms and corporations, to be 268, Sol.
This report shows that the total per-
sonal property assessment for 1904, as
fixed by the state board, amounts to
$169, AT ,692, a raise of over $4,000, 600
over the figures fixed by the board in
1908, and an increase of $32, 207, 628 over
1902 The assessment as returned by
the county boards of equalization
amounted to s149,684,181; as originally
returned by the assessors it amounted
to SAT, $685. 57.
In other words, the people Of Mime
sofa are growing richer every year, but
have been too modest to state the ex-
act amount of their wealth. To the as
SCISSOR they said: I'VE are worth a
trifle less than $14S, 100000" The coun-
ty boards of equalization said that they
were worth $149,684.1S1. Then last. but
not least, the state board tackled on an
additional $19,763,511 to the latter fig
ure.
Realty Valued at $7o1 o66,777
The total value of real estate as
equalized by the state board amounts
to S701, 066,777; as returned by the
county boards, $652,797,7SS; as return
ed by the assessors, $685., 178,151. The
land assessed. exclusive of city and
town lots, amounts to 39,056, 204 acres;
the value of the same is fixed at $685.
223,240; the value of the improvements
thereon, $2,661,S63; and the value of
the buildings on such land, sac, 945, $50.
The value of town and city lots is
placed at $14S,071, 1856, exclusive of
structures and improvements; includ-
ing these, $270,235,843
Other big items on the list are the
goods and merchandise of merchants,
and the material and manufactured ar
ticles of manufacturers. The value of
the former amounts to the sum of $31,-
$4,000, and of the latter, $11,64S,043.
Manufacturers tools, implements and
machinery, including engines and boil
ers, are valued at $4,S97,426.
There are 306,550 wagons, carriages
and sleighs in the state, valued at $5,-
1892; sos automobiles and other
power-yehicles, valued at $312,516 644
street railway cars, valued at $1,007,-s
034; 140,434 sewing and knitting ma
chimes, valued at $954,921. The aver
age value of the watches and clocks
of the state is $5.07, and of them there
are 186,209, valued at $945.375. The
value of melodeons and organs is $473,-
061, and there are 1874 Of them, the
average value of each of which
amounts to 1882.
Pianos average $3.50, making the
total valuation of 35,171 pianos $3,000,-
S75.
Dogs. are valued at $5.02 each, al
though there are only 110,282 of them
over six months old reported in the
state, adding $574,322 to the assess
ment rolls.
Just how many steamboats,, barges
and other water craft there are in the
state is not stated in the report, but
their value amounts to $179,07S. The
value of the diamonds and jewelry in
the state is $379,473, according to the
returns. Gold and silver plate is val
ued at only $272,956.
The money belonging to unincorpo-
rated banks, brokers and stock job
bers amounts to $1,036,I65, and their
credits $504,455. The value of the
stock of banks incorporated in this
state is $14,729,174; that of banks not
of this state, $94,107.
There are 46.079 horses and mules
in the state which are one year old or
less, valued at $493,627; 1925 two
years old, valued at $884,279, and 1889
three years old or over, valued at ST.
02S,66S. OF stations, fine brood mares
and race horses there are 1927 sched-
uled as being worth $S3S,42S.
OF cattle there are 1,552,432 head of
various ages. including S29,96S cows,
valued at $15,593,373. The cows are
valued at $10,532,616. Of sheep there
are 2S0,979, the value of which is fixed
at $431,052. Hogs are of no inconsidera-
BILE value, either, for the farmers Of
the state own 590,948 Of them, and they
are valued in total at $1,336,271.