Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-12
SOME INTERESTING
RAILROAD FIGURES.
Bulletin Of the Census Bureau Sets
Forth the Commercial Values
10 United States.
UTAH GOES 500, 244.S52,OOO
Entire Systems VI the Country Repre-
sent the stipend Gus Sum Of sm,zl+.
$50, 900 In Cold Cash.

Washington, Aug. 12,--According TO
a bulletin OF the census bureau the
commercial value OF the railroad prop
erty IN the United States Is sll,2iiS52,-
900, distributed among the various
states as follows;
Alabama sl5O,2ll 900; Alaska, SiOO, 900
Arizona, sGSSS6OOO; Arkansas, SPA
$4,000; California, 1855, $4,000; Colorado,
N9s,2G1,0Q Connecticut, sos 1863, 900;
Delaware, Stress, QUO; District Of Colum-
bia, s5,57s,OoO; Florida, sSO467, 900,
Georgia, sl566o3,OOo Idaho, s9l,S1zOOO;
Illinois, sSO5,O51OOO, Indian Territory,
Si9,iO1,0OO, lndiana, S3ij,6il 900, Iowa,
S3if,BiLQOO; KANSAS $S56,30600O Ken.
lucky, N5j, I72 GOO Louisiana. N2S,iOl,-
900. Maine yS0,li6, 600; Maryland, Sl3g,-
A2,009 Massachusetts s2i0Oj2,VpO
Michigan, .S2iij9i 900. Minnesota, Si2b'-
$4,000 mississippi, Sl0GSSi 600 Mis-
souri, 5000 l6s0Q0; Montana, $l96 2O9 OOO
Nebraska, $3.50 10 900, Nevada. S43.Ii5.-
ODOi New Hampshire, S9, $4,000; New
Jersey, $685., j6S, 600, New Mexico. SS6,-
100000. New York, $685. 222 600; North
Carolina, Sll3li6OO0; North Dakota,
N2SSg0,0OO Ohio. $3.50, 797 ,00O oklahoma,
$iS.66S 900. Oregon, Si5 66l. GOO Pennsyl-
yania, 81 800, sos, 600; Rhode Islands .Sl25,.
1890; North Carolina. S15. 500 600;
South Carolina, Sl5,500, 600. South Dako-
Ia, sac $40 400; Tennessee. Sl3l 1866 900
Texas. s25Lils0OJ. Utah. 800 1926 ,OOO
Vermont, y5ISllOOO; Virginia, S2l1.3l5,-
GOO Washington, SlS2, $4,000; West Vir-
ginla, 1901 10000; Wisconsin, $2SA 510,-
GOO Wyoming, 500, 800 900.
The percentage of the valuations as
compared with the commercial value is
given for the various states, as follows
Alabama. $50; Alaska ; Arizona,
90; Arkansas 27S; California, 26S,
Colorado, $50; Connecticut, 1l4.4; Della
ware. District of Columbia, il.6 Flor
ida I'll: Georgig, 1913: Idaho, ITO; III
nols. 63.S. Indian Territory - Indiana,
i4,2i Iowa, 1871, Kansas. l6,9; Kentucky,
49, Louisiana, 2S9: Maine. Maryland,
Massachusetts, and Minnesota, 49,,
Michigan. 70.9 Mississippi, 2I7; Mis-
souri,, 3tG; Montana, 49,; Nebraska,
1855; Nevada. 3l5; New Hampshire
2S.3 New Jersey, 500: New Mexico. 80;
New York. 1855; North Carolina. Gil;
North Dakota, $50; Ohio. ja4, Okla
homa. l5.2: oregon and Pennsylvania.
~ Rhode Island. 6l.5; South Carolina
0''Nt GoulU Ddholt, sou, lfnNtsSfti
46.6 Texas, 400, Utah. 22.9; Vermont
1913; Virginia 377; Washington. l43:
West Virginia. lL2; Wisconsin, 1855;
Wyoming. 40,
The valuation given does not include
tho valuation Of Pullman cars or pri-
Vate cars. The value Of this equip
ment, IN commercial Use to which II Is
estimated rs az follows: Pullman cars
ISL 100000; private cars, s12, 600 600
The publication Is intended to show
the estimate placed upon the railroads
for business purposes and 1t purports
to give their market value rather than
the tax valuations,
In note 1t II explained that 1.-THE val
We submitted was determined not with
a view to discovering proper pur-
chase price for the railroads Of the
United states, not as "A basis for tax
ing these railway properties but as one
step in ascertaning for the census bu