The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-09-19
In the Circuit Court of Mason

IT the state 4.47s 4
= rs, ted in the state, :;.:::...:.:..: I.U7s &
part of the company's system
Total expenses including taxes n,9i4I7S =
i Total net earnings ....-.......- 5,49IO84 2
Total gross earnings of the en-
tire line in and out of the
#:i:! 81 ;;is s ;Ess {:
The percentage of expenses to
the earnings of entire sys-
| tenn In and out of the state. 66 05 per c
/ In the state. te.........-.......... 6S4i Der c
Total value OF ali taxable prop.
= BY inc company l7,Osl.gza o
T.ad; -. le2s.ses o
| Ravenswood, Spencer and
| Gienville Railway. I5OS7S o
| Total value of Is miles of Ripley
Mill Creek Valley railroad 50, ,291 O
Total uni1nded debt S5s,o98 1896, ,oaS
Total funded and unfunded
Total ,.mount Of capital stock '-''''' o
rdss ssqsd by The s
Total amount of stock and debt 4.s,sT9.s9S l.
Amount of stock and debt per
mile otlsne -..-.--.--.-.-....- llO,643 o.
1t is deemed unnecessary to &C
further into figures returned by the
Company in its report at this time
Upon the report containing the
facts and figures above stated, to-
zether with the other information
therein, being filed in it's cffi,e. ii
was the duty of the board to ap.
prove it if satisfactory. But if the
report was not satisfactory, the
BOARD had the right to proceed in
uoh Kramer as to it seemed best
ito obtain the facts and informa.
ton required to be furnished by
-uoh return; and to this end the
said board may send for persons
and papers and may compel the at
tendance of any person and the
production of any paper necessary
in the opinion of the board to en-
able it to obtain the information
desired for the proper discharge oi
it's duties under this section" The
report as it seems was not satisfao
tory to the board; therefore the
board proceeded to obtain some ol
the facts and information The re.
port should have contained, but
which it did not contain, from
other sources, and from the fectl
and information which it obtained
from the report and from Other
sources reached conclusions res
peoting the values of the proper
ties of the Company subject tc
taxation in the state very different
from those reached by the cficerl
IF the Company in the report AT
We have seen, the officers of the
Company in the report put the
value of all the taxable property ol
the Company in the state at SIT,
081.273 90. The Board of Public
Works fixed the value of all the
property of the Company in the
state. subject to taxation at $79,.
981. .749 90. making difference ol
$62 800, 1900.
The section of the statute above
referred to further provides that
the decision of the board shall be
final unless appealed from within
the time provided by the statute
but if appealed from the statut-
says that suoh appeal shall have
precedence over all other cases on
the docket and shall be tried in
the shortest time possible after
suoh appeal is dooketed. The
/ statute requires the board to assest
and fix the fair cash values of the
Companies properties in each oil
the counties of the state and SAYS
i: any company Gains to be ag
grieved by the value 80 fixed By
the board in any county it may ap
peal therefrom to the circuit Court
of the county, and upon such sp.
peal the court shall hear all such
legal evidence as may be offered By
the state, county, district or muni.
cipal corporation OF by the com
pany appealing, and if after the
hearing the court be satisfied thai
the value fixed by the board be
correct it shall confirm the came
but if the court be of opinion thai
the value go fixed be either toe
high or low it shall correct tn.
came and ascertain and fix the true
value of said property.
Under the law as we find it ir
the statute the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, Ravenswood
Spencer and GlenviIIe Railway Co
and the Ripley & Mill Creek VALLEY
Railroad Company filed their sepa
rate petitions praying for appeals
and upon each of these petitions