Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
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Tuesday, Dec. & Racine-Wed-
nesday, Dec G, Kenosha Thursday,
Dec 7; Wauk asha--E Friday, Dec. s.
Madison co ncilmen. street car
managers and contra ctOrs under the
last of CRY stallized public sentiment.
are straining every effort to bring
speedy completion the paving OF the
streets around the State capitol square
in order to release the 100000 ap
propriated by the last legislature fol
the erection of west wing TO the
capitol which sum, according to the
provisions of the statute, is not
available to the capito CON mis- iOn
until the streets are properly impT "
ed. Ii the work is carried on at the
present rate, it will be completed be
fore December |. In the meantime the
capitol commission will be died oy
its chairman, O. Ell. Ingram, of Eau
Claire, to consider the plans and specl-
fications of the building which have
been submitted. Work on the w5st
wing will commence early next spring,
and, it is thought, will be completed
before the next legislature canvenes.
LEGISLATORS FORCE LOCAL IMPROVE
MENTS.
Madison has been in state of up
heaval since last June. A movement
was launched in the legislature to re-
move the state capitol on account of
the narrow and unprogressive public
spirit manifested by leading citizens
toward any improvements whatever.
When it became evident that the
capitol would not be removed to
another city, the legislators, in making
the appropriations, for the improve
ment OF the state house, inserted the
clause that the money would not be
available until the streets around the
capital park, which are VIGOROUSLY
bad, were paved with asphalt. This
had the desired effect for the "knock-
ers," and "blockers," retired and all
citizens united in the execution of
the demands of the legislators. The
now being made have
been desired and fought for during
the last ten years by the better ele-
ment of Madison.
FINAL RAILROAD ASSESSMENT ANNOUNCED.
The state tax commission. acting as
state board of assessment of railroad
property, under the provisions of the
advalorem railroad taxation law
enacted by the legislature of 1903, an
nounced the final assessment to be
1928, $4,000 substantially the same as
the preliminary assessment annouced
some two months ago, prior to the
hearings of the tax experts and at
torneys of the railroad companies.
From the preliminary figures reduc-
lions aggregating some $480.O00 in the
assessment we're made, the result of
facts presented during the hearings
and also of conclusions reached by the
commission subsequent to the an
nouncement of the preliminary re-
port. The tax commission is composed
of Judge N. S. ellison, ex- Congressman
n. 2. Haugen, and George Curtis. AS
the law requires the assessment state
ment to show the amount of the
license fees and the additional amount
caused by the ad valorem assessment,
an opportunity for comparison is of
fered between the two system of taxa
ton, as showing the revenue produced
to the state by each. The new law
produces an aggregate OF S671, 381.O7
more than the license fee law, but
some roads pay less under the new
law, these sums amounting to $4,5O1.-
81; making the net increase over the
license fee law some S666,OOO.