The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-02-18
Penitentiary Appraisement Report

IL. ~I1olcoHlD, appraisers OF the Olate
prison property, submitted their re-
port to the Board of Control last
week. The report shows a substan-
tial increase in values, due largely
to the new land cleared on the Sun
flower farm, and improvements
made at other places owned by the
State. The grand total Of property
valuations, real and personal, is
$712,877.99, against a total value on
the last inventory of $561,893.69,
the increase for the year being
$3.50, 984.3O.
The recapitulation shows the val
ues of the places owned by the State
as follows:
Sunflower - Realty, $42O,335;
personally, $112,O74.O9. Total,
$532, 4O9.O9.
Belmont-Realty, $59,4OO; per-
%sonalty, $19,0O2.14. Total, $780,
2O2.14.
Rankin-Realty, $4O,OOO; person
atty, $14,617.08. Total, $54,617.-
08.
Oakley-Realty, $31,35O; person
atty, $6,616.45. Total, $37,966,45.
The personal property on the va
rious places leased by the State and
the property in Jackson is summar-
lied as follows: Watson place, ST.
$4,000; Darden place $1,408.83;
Cutrer place, $685.; Oakley walls,
$4,749.41; Jackson boarding house,
$143.5O; Jackson Office, $430.05; to-
tai personally additional, $8,683.23;
grand total of personally and realty,
$712,S77.99. The grand total of
personally is $161,792.99.
The appraisers state that at the
Sun1ower farm they found 800
acres in cultivation, valued at $50
per acre, a total of $255,OO0. The
cleared land not in cultivation
amounted to 1,40O acres, valued at
$40 per acre, a total of $4,000. The
uncleared land is 1899 acres in ex-
tent, valued at SIS per acre, a total
of $109,355. Grand total of realty
valuation on Sunfower place, $780,
1856.
On the Belmont place 1900 acres,
valued at $40 per acre, is in cult
walton, a valuation Of $4,000. The
cleared land not in cultivation is
100 acres, valued at $50 per acre, a
total of $4,000. The uncleared land
is 700 acres in extent, valued at $12
per acre, a total of $8,400.
On the Rankin farm the total
acreage in cultivation is 800 acres,
valued at $50 per acre, a total Of
$4,000. The cleared land not in
cultivation is 500 acres, valued at
$40 per acre, a total of $4,000; the
uncleared land is 1000 acres, val
ued at So per acre, a total of $4,000.
Total valuation of Rankin farm,
$4,000.
The Oakley farm has / $50 acres
in cultivation, at SIS per acre, a to-
tai valuation of $23,25O. The I'M
cleared land is 1880 acres, valued
at Sc per acre, a total of $500.
Total valuation Of the Oakley place,
$31,350.
The grand total of realty valua-
ton is $551,O85.
The appraisers have made a most
careful inventory of every bit of
property owned by the State, even
including the kitchen utensils, cloth
ing, etc. The work has been per-
formed in an exceptionally capable
manner, and the Board of Control
is well pleased with the result.
The Board of Control, according
to the inventory, has 52,648 bush
els of corn on hand, the greater por-
ton of which is stored at the va
rious camps on the Sunfower farm.
This will be sufficient to supply the
work animals during the coming
crop year.
Charter Amendment Approved.
The governor has approved an
amendment to the charter of incor-
poration of the Mississippi Central
Railroad Company, granting per
mission to increase the capital stock
from $4,000 to $1,500,0o0. This
is a substantial evidence of the fact
that the Mississippi Central intends
to push its line westward from the
present terminus at Silver Greek,
and eventually have a line running
from Hattiesburg to Natchez or
Vicksburg, probably the latter place.
Conference Date Changed.
The date of the Mississippi Sun
day School Conference at Yazoo
City has been changed to April