Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-03
TERRITORIAL VALUATIONS
ASSESSMENT FIGURES As PRE-.
t-NTgp TO PUBLIC BY TRAVEL.
ING AUDITOR 1ArroRo.

NANA AAN conn lNIIN NNf M'In SD NAnA'
iataa au summlrHIus tho assoas.
mcnt returns from oacn county for
tho year 1908 The work ms been
dune BE- a thoroughly systematic way,
fn faei. never before in The history
of The territory has Do boon done ln
such a. accurate and satisfactory
mannef. and o. o. now possible not
only q gunoralizs but 90 draw specific
doductians from the assessment re
turns end to place tho finger upon
every classification. ever item. every
weakness in each county return This
tabulauou will be- oft inoHtimable value
20 the board OF equalization az we'll
az TO each individual assessor next
year
The t0ta assessment OF New Mex
loo fog the year 1904 Do til ,7g5,52O.36.
whioh A. only tD7cie2g less than last
year uha taxable valuation Ia $685.
s896e. q loHs OF s29o7i2.26 since last
year. Considering that toe urouth
cnuaga e direct loss OF a million dol
lars. not 90 speak Of The indlroct loss.
this ahoving ls very good. The effect
of THE improvement b. sull more ia
creased by the better classification
aud the greater equalization IN assess.
ments. slthou"h tho anxiety of a good
many asseasors this year for rc.olec-
ton prevented the total from being
Ereator than lt ls The effect OF the
drouth and the loss from Jack u ON.
ploymcnt OF those who had worked
the year previous upon railroad con.
structiou can he accurately gagged
from the assessment returus Cattle.
Tor Instance. show loss OF g5G2.
1900. sheep of 1903 51225. agricult.
ural innda az 81 230.Us5h2. Tor many
acres cultivated the year before wore
returned ns rrazIuE lands thls year
There 81 decrease of tlJ213 boz the
value 81 toats and Cd, glit.b62 t0 m
the amounf of cash on hand. Tho dc.
prosaion in mining and ila atagnant
state in the territory, excepting coal
mining. o. course, is shown by a loss
To vaiustion OF surface improvements
Of mines of f8sS.7O In tools OF tl2-
s595e. and IN product of mines Of
Ss,gfT Grazing lands. apparently
shoW q depreciation Of g222 .0879S.
but thai 10 due 10 the fact that thous.
ands 81 acres returned formerly as
graEinE sands. we're returned this year
a. railPoad. mineral. timber and coal
lands. che latter three at a higher val.
uatioa other slight losses IN valua,
ton are shown by bitches Tor manu-.
facturiAg. 3s.SiS, mills. 90. t26; notes
and aeoounts. t66.7as, engines. f7i+
776 mulea. S2O,s63. carriages and
wagons. t306350. saddles and har.
aoss. ea,1isG0; bonds. siOOOi. watch.
es and clocks. t2.O32. books. $4,000
gold and silver plate tlG39; corn.
$500. nay. 12.2O6 and unclasslfied
property t2fg.51527
The following classes show gains
Railroads and railread lands. tiOl7.
Si67t city lots. t5g3. O6i,S; mineral
lands. eg6i. sOS.5O. coal lands. SSH
s93; timber lands. g2O0,O6l 90: horsoa.
f7f. s6s; telephone and telegraph. 500.
3sles banks. g3Sl .9S6SO. reduction
Worha. I2fG; merchandise. t2S.8fJ.
narrow EAuge railroads. 1883; res.
ervoirs. 5sts0. swine 1886; sewing
machines. t3.iis50. musical lnstru.
monts. e6672GO; lumber. $3.50, bees.
ff.O27 onts. S2ib, wheat. t245 house.
hold goods tl7f. fixtures, 1891;
farm supplements. Sass; capital IN
manufacturing. S3.2ts. burros. s2s7-
GO. toll bridges. 1926.
over one.ffth OF the total assess.
mpna a. upon railroads. l6bOl $50 SO.
while enc next item is that Of city Toto
9U.b66 06S.15. Cattle come third WITH
$3.50 8285O. They we're second the
year before. Gr8zing lands are fourth
with q valuation OF tb.66o .93277 agri.
cultural lands flith with g2.953. s221s;
sheep holding seventh place with g..
ga. 1855. or one-siXteenth Of the on.
tire taxable wealth OF the territory
The 1nly other item above 81 600 600.
Ia taat OF merchandise. ~ 900 SOS. The
following items bring In valuations
from 500 900 90 $1,000 600. Il being
noticeable that mining Is among the
p0oreut Of the tax paying industries.
Horses. ts77.al9.50; banks, tSS5, $40
SO sRolnasifiod property, S7ii.1bs6O;
household goods f6iTi55. coal lands,
ff020Asi mining. including mills. re.
ductioa works. surface improve.
montn and production, t392.1sl. min.
orai lands. S3Si .S0S50, carriages and
wagons gsi4 b63.50. d seeming strange
that the vehicles In New Mexico are
ASSESSED al almost as much as the
mineral lends; goats, Sl79,23g; notes
and accounts, tli755i. telephone and
telegraph hnos, SIS. f62. fixtures
Qitaf1tb0; engines, Siis.153, saddles
and harness. sil3.i7f5O. which. by
the way. 10 seven times as much af
enc oapltal returned as invested On
manufacturing enterprises ia the ter
ritory.
The items returned rs less than
ti0O .00e. are, Musical instruments
go .2se: lumber. gss.8i8; money. SIS.
1s7Se; farm implements. 500 ,tiO25
mules, Qsi .764; sewing machines. g6l.
aS76o; books, t9l6s7; tools, 9a2.
692Go, watches and clocks. t25. 800
ioweiu, t25,Osi capital 10 manu-
tscturRE. ti6.3l6. swine. 1888.
burros. ss.OS2.5O; ditches for manu-
factuFihg. $500; bitches Cor irrga
ton. eaI20; toll bridges. Si825
bonds. $685. sold and silver plate