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Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
Proceedings of the Territorial Board
 of Equalization

the Board desired 10 have laid before them.
 MT J. W. Sharp. Auditor of the United Verde and Pacific Railroad Company made a few remarks and, upon request, MT. Ellinwood gave in- formation concerning the Central Ari- 2ona Railway Company.
 It was moved by MT. Parker, secono- ed by MT. Solomon, that the Board take q recess until two o'clock D. m.. at which hour it reconvened, all mem bers being present.
 4 portion of the afternoon session was taken up by an examination of the exemption claims of the several roads and by a general discussion on the business properly before the Board. MT. Frank Cox made an extended ad- dress to the Board concerning the rail- way property of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, the Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Rail- road Company and the Glla Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company He also spoke briefly on the mates of the assessment of the Arizona and Colorado Railroad Company and an swered several questions propounded by MT. Wilson in the matter of the returns of the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company.
 At five o'clock D. m., upon motion of Mir. Parker, seconded by MT. Bowman duly put and carried, the Board ad- journed untn 1O:O0 o'clock a. m., June 6. 1906.
 JOHN H. PAGE, Chairman Attest: F. A. TRITLE, JR.,
 Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
office of the Territorial Board of Equalization.


 Equalization.
 Phoenix, Arizona, June ,, 1906. At 10:00 o'clock a. m. the meeting was called to order by the Chairman. John Fl. Page; the roll was called and all members and the Secretary were shown to be present.
 The minutes of the meeting oi June f. 1906. were read and upon motion of Mr. Wilson, seconded by MT. Coalter, duly put and carried, were approved as read
 Upon request of MT. Wilson, the Sec retary reported that in conformity with the instructions of the Board he had notified MT. Chas. F.. Walker of the Arizona and Colorado Railroad Com pany and Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt River Valley Railroad Company, MT. Henry F. Ashurst, District Attor- ney of Coconino county, and MT. Paul Burks of the Grand Canyon Railway Company and Western Arizona Rail- way Company, that the matters relat- ing to the exemptions claimed by the several railroads would be taken under consideration by the Board June G. 1906 at 10:0O o'clock a. m.
 MT. F.. E. Ellinwood then addressed the Board concerning the returns ot the F. PasO and Southwestern Railroad Company and Morenci Southern Rail- way Company and was followed by MT J. V. Bergen, Tax Agent of the Fl Pasc and Southwestern Railroad Company who gave the Beard such information concerning the railroad company he represented as the several members oi
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
Total valuation ........... $7458O0. .OO UNITED VERDE AND PACIFIC
 RAILWAY COMPANY.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Franchise and right Of way
 and 2I.3 miles (narrow
 gauge) of main track, to-
 gether with bridges and cul-
 verts. Said main track run
 ming from Jerome Junction,
 in Yavapai county, Arizona,
 in an easterly direction to
 Jerome, Yavapai county
 Arizona. and known as the
 property of the United Verde
 and Pacific Railway Com
 pany, at valuation of
 $S695.23S per mile ... SIOO8SO .OO "A miles of telegraph line...... 1900. co Structures, personal property, etc.:
 At Jerome Junction Half interest in passenger
 depot and platform . 75O. .OO Freight warehouse and plat
 form ......... ........ 200. .OO l2 dwelling houses ......... 24O0. co l Hotel ................... 1000. .O0 Round house .................. 750. .OO Water tanks ............... 800. % Sand house .............. 25.0O Pump house .................. 25.OO Coal trestle and chutes. 15OO GO Fuel, oil. storage tanks. 13OO. .OO Bunk houses ............... 300. %
 Near Clement, Arizona l Section house . 1OO. %
 At Jerome, Arizona Passenger and freight station
 and platform ........... 75O. % Round house ................. 75O. .OO
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Total valuation .. S299025 .O( WESTERN ARIZONA RAILWAY
 COMPANY

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Franchise and right of way and 21.57 miles of main track and road bed, together with the bridges and culverts. Said main track running from McConnico, MohaVe county, Arizona, northerIy to Chloride, Mohave county Arizona, a total distance of of 21.57 miles at S3477O515 per mile ..................... s75ooo .oD At Chloride Station buildings .......... 1900 co
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
Total valuation ............. S439OO0. O MORENCI SOUTHERN RAllWA>

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Franchise and right of way and IS miles of narrow gauge 6 fooO main track and road bed, together with the bridges and culVerts, all in the coun- ty of Graham, Territory of Arizona. at valuation of $30O0.00 per mile $54000. % Is Miles telephone line. soc. .O0 Shed and depot ............. 1000. % Rolling stock: small four wheel F
 ton switch engine....$ 750. % 1 second hand 36 inch
 gauge locomotive (nOt
 in use) .......... 1000 % 2 56 inch gauge locomo-
 tiVeS q only used reg
 ularIy) ...... ... 5000. .OO 12 36 inch flat cars at s1OO each .............. 100 2 36 inch cabooSeS, very
 old and almost out of
 use; 20 36 inch gauge
 fuel cars; 3 36 inch
 box cars (second hand
 cars of from to II
 tons capacity) ........ 5000 .00 Total rolling stock ...... 10950 co
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17

THE ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY
 LIMITED CORONADO
 RAILROAD). DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. 7.5 miles of narrow gauge 6 fooD railroad all in Graham county, Arizona, (engines and cars) at $25O0O0 per mile $lS75O. co THE GRAND CANYON RAILWAY
 COMPANY. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY Franchise and right of way and 66.45 miles of main track and road bed, together with the bridges and culverts. said main track running from Williams, in Coconino county, Arizona, through Coconino county to Grand Canyon, with a branch line 70 Anita and known as the property of The Grand Can yon Railway Company; at a valuation of $4454.S532 per mile ........ .................s2 .s2s6025 GO Structures, etc: At Grand Canyon, Valle. Anita. Apex, Prado. Rel Lake ......-- .-........ ....-... 30OO %
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
JOHN H. PAGE, Chairman. Attest: F. A. TRITLE, JR.,
 Secretary.
Office of the Territorial Board of
 Equalization.

Office of the Territorial Board of
 Equalization.
 Phoenix, Arizona, June :, 1906. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 o'clock a. m. by the Chairman, John H. Page. The roll was called and all the members and the secretary were shown to be present. inc minutes of the meeting of June 6, 1906, were read and upon motion of Mir Wilson, seconded by MT. Solomon, which motion was duly put and car ried, approved as read.
 MT. Paul Burks and MT. L. H. Chal- mers, representing The Grand Canyon Railway Company and the Western Arizona Railway Company, being pres ent, the matters relating to the exemp- tions claimed by the roads they repre- sented were taken under consideration.
 At 100 o'clock p. m., upon motion of Mir. Bowman, seconded by MT. Coalter, the Board took a recess until 80 i o'clock D. m.
 The Board reconvened at 4:30 o'clock D. m., all the members and the secre- tary present.
 l MT. Parker, seconded by MT. Wilson, ] introduced the following resolution, which upon roll call being had, was adopted by the following vote: 1 MT. Wilson: Aye. Mir. Bowman: Aye (eXcept in so far as the resolution affects the assessment of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com pany upon which portion the vote was nay0
 MT. Parker: Aye. | MT. Coalter: Aye.
 MT. Solomon: Aye.
 MT. Chairman: Aye. and said resolution was declared ado2ted.
 BE IT RESOLVED: That upon due inquiry and upon consideration of the statements furnished pursuant to law by the various corporations operating railways in this territory, and of other matters connected herewith, the Ter ritorial Board of Equalization does now determine and fix the valuations of the railroads owned, operated or leased by such corporations respectively, theil franchises, rights of way, roadbeds
 bridges, culVerts, rolling stock, depots station grounds, buildings, telegrap pi
 lines, and all other property real anC
 personal exclusively used by each O
 them severally in the operation of thei
 respective railroads as shown in tn
 following list, as set opposite the sev
 eral items thereof in figures, and tha
 said property and all thereof be assess
 ed for the purpose of taxation. for tn
 year 1906, at such valuations, that is |,
 saw
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
Office of the Territorial Board of Equalization.

Office of the Territorial Board of
 Equalization.
 Phoenix, Arizona, June 6, 1906.
 At 10:00 o'clock a. m. the meeting was called to order by the Chairman, John H. Page. The roll was called and all members and the Secretary were shown to be present.
 The minutes of the meeting of June 5. 19O6 were read, and upon motion of MT. Solomon, seconded by MT. Parker. approved as read.
 MT. L. H. Chalmers, representing The Grand Canyon Railway Company and Western Arizona Railway Company, appeared and requested that the con- sideration by the Board of the exemp- ton claims of the railroads he repre- scented be deferred until MT. Paul Burks could be present. The Board then examined the returns of the several railroads and upon mo- ton of MT. Bowman, seconded by MT. Coalter, duly put and carried. ad- journed until 1O:OO o'clock a. m., June '. 1906.
 JOHN H. PAGE, Chairman. Attest: F. A. TRITLE, JR., Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
Total valuation .......... s43175O0. % FL PASO AND SOUTHWESTERN
 RAILROAD COMPANY

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Franchise and right of way and S6.3 miles of main track, (being S63 miles of a total of 145.6 miles of main track in Arizona, of which
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
Total valuation ....... CENTRAL ARIZONA
 COMPANY.
...S66550. .00
 RAILWAY

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Franchise and right of way and 15 miles of main track and road bed, together with the bridges and culverts run ming from Flagstaff in
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17

 1 Water tank .................. A tract of land in and near Jerome Junction, Yavapai county, Arizona, to-wit: $. one-half (1s) of SW one quarter (A) of Sec. twelve Q2) and the north one-half Gh) of the NV one-quarter CL) of Sec. thirteen (13) township sixteen Q6). north of range two CD west of Gila and Salt River Meridian; containing one hundred and sixty O60) acres .........- A tract of land: The northeast one-quarter CA of the northeast one-quarter (A) of Sec. fourteen QD. township sixteen (16) north of range two (2) west, Gila and Salt River Meridian, containing forty (4O acres. A tract of land: Southwest one-quarter (A) of northwest one-quarter (A) of Sec. thirteen 03 and the southeast one-quarter tA or Lne quarter (A) and the east one-half (1a) of the south east one-quarter (A) of Sec. fourteen Q4), township six teen Q6) north of range two (2) west of Gila and Salt River Meridian, containing one hundred and sixty Q6O ! anraS Rolling Stock: l 6 Locomotives ........... l Passenger coach ......... 4 Combination passenger, bag l gage and express ........ | 10 Box cars | 39 Flat cars ................ 5 26 Coal cars ........... 3 Boarding cars ..... 34 Coke cars ..... , 1 Water car 4 Rock cars ....... Oil cars .-................. Total valuation ....... $13t
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
1obdi valuation S316OO. % THE CONGRESS CONSOLIDATED
 MINES COMPANY, LIMITED.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. S.6 miles of railroad. all in
 favapai county, Arizona. at
 SlOOO.OO per mile ............ $S60O .Oe Locomotive ................ 250O .OO Locomotive ..............-.. 450. .O0
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
IotaI valuation ...............s S6550 .00 cANANEA, YAoUI RIVER AND PA.
 CIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Cochise county West half of block 14. town
 or Naco ....-..... ............ 500 .O0 5 Frame houses on same at toIaI valuation ............. $2700 % MT. Solomon. seconded by MT. Bow man, introduced the following resolu- tion, which upon roll call being had
 was unanimously adopted by the fol- lowing vote: MT. Wilson: Aye. Mir Bowman: Aye.
 MT. Parker: Aye. MT. Coalter: Aye MT. Solomon: Aye. MT. Chairman: Aye. and said resolution was declared adopted. BE IT RESOLVED: That upon due consideration of the statement of the Pullman Company and of other matters connected herewith, and upon it's re- quest to be valued and assessed by this
 Board for the purposes of taxation. the
 Board determines the valuation of the
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17

59.3 miles are by law ex-
 empt from taxation, leaving
 said S6.3 miles) and road
 bed, together with the
 bridges and cuiverts. Said
 main track running rom
 Benson, Cochise county
 Arizona, in southeasterly
 direction to Naco, Arizona.
 thence easterly to Osborn.
 thence easterly to Douglas
 and northerly to Bisbee,
 total distance of S6.3 miles.
 at $5,477.013 per mile. $472666.2 31 35 miles sidetrack at S2.-
 5OO.OO per mile ............... 7S875. O S63 miles telegraph line at
 S25 per mile ................- 2l5SO Permanent buildings and
 structures. including tools,
 stock. etc. .............. 25OOO. G S63 345.23ths of the following
 rolling stock said rolling
 stock being that used upon
 345.23 miles of main track, of
 which the said S6.3 miles is
 a part: Rolling Stock: Engines
 II 1st class at $4OOO. .$44OOO. co 15 2d class at S35OO.. 525OO. .OU
 4 3d class at $2O0O... S00O.O0
 ' 4th class at $1500.. 10500 % Coaches, 10 at s15O0.. 15000. co Combination, at $1200 600O.00 Cafe parlor, 3 at $250O. 125O0-OO Official, at $30OO...- 6OOO.OO Baggage, at $1200... 4S00. % Box, go at $50. ...... 135O0.O % Flat. 69 at $1O0. 6900.00 Gondolas wood, 100 at
 S1O0 4OOOO .OO Steel coke, 125 1t $250. S125O.OO Ballast, 50 at $150..... 756O. .00 Ore, 120 at $250. 30000. .O0 Water tank, r at $50 2250.00 oil tank. 30 at $15O.... 45OO. % Way cars, IA at $100.. 100000 Tool cars. at $150... 6O0.00 Outfit, at $50. 450.00 Pile driver. 1 at $500. 800 .00 Wrecker, 1 at $4000... 40O0. % Steam shovel, ? at
 $3000 .......... 5000. .OO Hand cars. 30 at $40. 2000. .00 Push cars. 30 at s20.. 500. .OO
 $81O75O. .00 l 345 23th of $31O75O equals $900.125 per mile. Main line Benson to Douglas. 7S.5 miles, 7S.5x$9OO.125 $70659.S1 Branch Osborn to Bis bee, IS miles, 7.Sx $9OO.125 ..... .... .97 Apportionment of roll ing stock for s6.3
 miles ...... ....... 776SO.7 Total valuation S655sS0
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3 Rodgers ballast cars
 at $400 .............. 2 Tailings cars at $200 I Combination bag
 gage and postal car. 16 Hand cars at $15.. 10 Push cars at $10. 3 Velocipedes at $15. : Cabooses at $400.
Arizona republican., 1906-06-17
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
 COMPANY"

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. Franchise and right of way and 1925 miles of main track and road bed, togeth- CT with the bridges and culvertS, said main track running from Yuma. in Yuma county, Arizona, in northeasterly and southeasterly direction. across and through the counties of Yuma. Mari copa, Pinal. Pima and Co., chise to the easterly boun- dary line of said Cochise county, Arizona, where the said road crosses into New Mexico, at or near the sta tion called San Simon, or simon, and known as the property of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. at valuation of $9,160.2217 per mile ................$35 $3595SS7 .0C
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direction to

southwesterly direction to Rodgers Lake. 4 light log engines, 79 light log ging cars, hand cars, 2 log Ioaders, lot of shovels, picks. bars, wrenches, etc.. for track work; total valuation. $SO00O OO SAGINAW & MANISTEE LUMBER
 COMPANY.
 DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. IA miles of main track and road bed, all in Coconino county, Arizona, at $1507.142 per mile ..................... .$2llOO. .OO Rolling Stock: | Locomotive working 1000. O0 , Locomotives idle " 750. .0O CT Logging cars ..... 485O. % Water oars " 300. % Total valuation ............ S2SOOO .OO CHA VALLEY, GLOBE AND
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& MANISTEE LUf
 COMPANY.
Total valuation s2sOOO C
LA VALLEY, GLOBE Al NORTHERN RAILWAY
 COMPANY.

Franchise and right of way and 124.3 miles of main track and road bed, together with the bridges, culVerts, etc, said main track running from Bowie. a station on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Cochise county, Arizona, in a north erly direction, to the place where said road crosses into Graham county, Ari- zona, and thence in a north westerly direction through said Graham county, to Globe, Gila county, Arizona, at $5562. .2928 per mile. .....s Structures, personal property, telegraph lines. etc:
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Total rolling stock. ......... 9143. .OO
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Office of the Territorial Board ot Equalization.
 Phoenix. Arizona, June 4, 1906.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14

cooling, death. and fresh crisis form
ing a new nebuia. / should end with
either Revolutions or Malaria, depend
ing on whether I should last consider
the subject in its relation TO sociology
or 10 pathology; but IN any case, some
where along in the latter third OF the
work. I should treat Of Love and Mar
riage, and therein OF the Crisis and
Catastrophe In Romance.
I have a good mind to do e.!
But, no; crises in general must wait.
seeing that our particular one stands
clamoTing for solution. The concrete
bids away with the abstraction. None
OF our friends Of this history could
be brought just now, for q single mo-
ment, to seek solace IN philosophy. un-
less it might be Prof. Blatherwick-
and he is entirely oblivious Of the fact
OF the crisis having made It's appear
ance.
Not so, for instance, with the pro
fessors extraordinary daughter. whose
feelings were so lacerated by the cul-
minating proof OF the fickleness Of
Brassfield at the PumphTeys recep-
ton that she wondered how she could
ever have thought OF keeping him in
that perhdious plane or consciousness
in the hope that therein he would
cleave 10 her only Better a good
friend in Amidon, said she. than a
false lover IN BTassheld. Howbcit, she
isolated herself and mourned, think
ing much Of the wrong her deed OF the
reception had done 20 Amidon, and
wondering how Il might be remedied.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14

Go. them" shouted Alvord. "and
find you've hoped out OF the frying
pan into the fire, BY George. tell
YOU we've got the money 10 buy this
election"
oh" said Edgington, have you,
And how about your publishing an
itemized account Of campaign ex-
pensese"
AIvOrd. his last card played. fell
back beaten. every vestge OF opti-
mistic pugnacity gone from his face.
Edgington laid his hand on the 9TH
er's shoulder. iu sympathy.
Il tell you, jim" said he, as he
departed. this is no place nor time
70 run a reform campaign. Brassfeld
isn't the candidate Tor it, and you're
not the manager You're simply hsh
trying to NY. Come with me and we'll
get into our natural element"
Not by a good deal" said Alvord
stubbornly. Il don't know anything
in this but Brassheld and TO him III
stick"
AS you please" said Edgington.
But keep the lid on the Scarlet bust
ness"
Alvord made no reply, But when
Edgington was gone ne took up his
work with q groan Of real distress.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14

Williams set are all among his best
paying parishioners and they've put
the screws 10 Buikton-who doesn't
see the point, anyhow. I tell you
that there are too many pillars OF
the church with downtown property
to rent for you to keep either them
or their pastors in line. They'll find
moral issues to fight the ten com
mcndments on. if they have 20. You
ought 20 know this. Jim"
We'll" said Alvord, '1et the Phari-
sees oppose u.s. I'll appeal TO the lib
eral element. III convince EN- that
Brassheld don't mean this stun. They
like him. and they'll stick
Stick" sneered Edginston, Like
him, You make me tired. jim, How
long viii they stick against the in
fiuence Of their landlords and bank
ers? Why, they've all read this plat
form. and the story has gone down
the line that Brassheld is so infatuated
with Miss Waldron that he's allow
ing her 10 write his platform. and
that she'll be the mayor. Don't you
think that that won't cut the ground
from under you. either, A saloon
man or gambler fears a good woman's
influence as a wolf fears fire Why,
Jim. when this Advanced thought
platform Of yours comes 10 be voted
on there won't be anyone for 1t ex-
ceEt thick-aEd-tnin party men who
never scratch. Now I'm not going
down with any such sinking scow. l
shall make terms for my financial in
terests with the other side"
The Washington times., 1906-10-14

Alvord fell back in utter dismay.
Then he read in full the manifesto
which Amidon and Elizabeth had pre-
pared; and, folding up the paper. he
stuck il in a drawer. which he locked,
as it thereby to seal up the d.reful
neV.L For a moment he felt betrayed
and Utterly defeated Then he straight
eneC himself for a resumption Of the
battle
See here. Edge" ne said inslnuat-
ingly. This is pretty bad. l admit
,hluk, myself, that Brass is on his
head He phoned me once about this.
but he's such a iOsher and II was such
wild-cyed lunacy that l thought he
was kidding. You'd have thought so.
too, In my place But We can pull
through yet. We can convince the
sports that tbs high-moral business
is only fer tie church people and The
civic-purity push. Why, Brassfeld
himself couldn't make Fatty Pterson
believe nc stands for this stuff. It's
so out of reasnn-the safe and sane
life he's lived Ana III undertake 10
keep the G0d-and morality folks lined
mp, because these are really the thing
they say they want. This amt going
To Ice so very bad, after all, Edge
Bad" calculated Edginston. Why,
AlvorG. you're so wrapped up In
Brassheld that you're ready TO so
crazy with him.
We'll. 1 want TO say right here
shouted Alvord. that If YOU think
I'm going TO quit on a man I've eaten
with and slept with and sworn to
STAY by-By gad. l WON'T
well. stay by h.m. then cried
Edgington. GO on and butt your
brains out on this stone wall of isms
and see where you come out You're
already beaten. The other side knew
about this last night and you'll be
blown out of water before tomorrow
morning Dir Buxton and his crowd
al. already lined up against you; the
doctor viii take the position that
Brassheld's proposal to segregate
vice is a compromise with sin. and
that that's the paramount issue.
Why, Pumphrey and Johnson and the
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
TyROT RT r - HERBERT QUICK AUTHCRe Of AG0B& CO.
1NSgSn1Jz1Mz1z $500 zul m 20 And IN TIE FARMLAND AGd

same! Done 10 a finish! You might
as well close the headquarters and go
home, for If we win. on this platform.
we lose, and all the money we've put in
is lost! Itellyou. Jim, Gene BrassheId is
either insane-and / believe it's that
or he's the damnedest traitor ana sneak
and two-faced hound that ever stepped.
and I'll have II out with him. Some
way, # 1 wait ten years, I'll have it
out with him, II l have 10 do II with
gun His business leaves my office
at once Why, there aren't words NJ
for me TO use, to describe the miser-
able, <aise, lying
See here, Edge" said Alvord. I'VE
may be done. as you say but EuFene
BTassheld has made you. ana he's my
friend. and you'd better not go on
like that, here! Let me see that pa
per-"
Edgington threw il 70 him. In heavy
type he saw the fateful platform sum
married Ia black-bOrdered panel on
the first page
BRASSFIELD'S PLATFORM
l. strict enforcement Of early closing reg
ulatious for saloons
g. No franchises except on public bidding
and ample provision FOR subsequent acquI-
s!tion by the city.
g. Gambling laws 20 be strictly enforced
Segregation OF vice.
5yote Of the people on all important
measures
g. Appointments non-partissn on the merit
system.
T. Publication Of all items OF campaign
expenses