Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-08-15
RAILROAD ASSESSMENT.
State Board Makes Increase q 10
Total Railroad valua-
ilons.

Bismarck, Aug. II, 1907. The state
board of equalization has completed
the assessment of railroad and real
property and was working yesterday
on telephone lines and similar prop
erty. Several representatives of tele-
phone lines in the..state appeared be-
fore the board at the forenoon session
and presented the matter of assess
ment from their standpoint. The
assessment of real property as com.
pleted by the. board shows the follow
ing fgures:
Returned. Equalized.
Lands S103, ,910. 76o SlO7,975,32|
Structures 7,3s7.Sll 7,5ll,9 ,97l
Lots S,539,OoO 8, o,I51,oSo
Structures 1851, $50 1854. 753
The railroad assessment of the
state, which.is the same as last year,
shows the following figures:
Equalized value, 1907 S29, lll,5Io
Equalized value, 1906 27,949,l52
Increase 81, 1866
This increase is from the assess
ment of new lines constructed In the
state since the last assessment.
The total assessed value OF proper
ty exclusive of telegraph and tele-
phone lines. express companies and
similar property and personal proper
ty, is about Sl6s, 100000
The board will not complete its as
sessment of personal property until
the coming week.
The assessment was made without
a dissenting ote-Governor Burke,
Auditor Holmes, Attorney General
McCue, Treasurer. Peterson and Com
missioner Il Gilbreath-the full board
being present.
The members Of the board took the
view that the present assessment OF
the roads was on par with the val
uation of other property in the state.
There have been no Substantial in
creases in the mileage Of sanv OF, the
roads in the state and except for one
or two small branch lines their mile
age remains the same as last year.
The total valuation of the railroad
property in the state will be less
than twenty five millions.
The board has also finished the as
sessment of real property and OF ex-
press companies. There was a forty
per cent. increase In the valuation of
the express companies the members
of the board believing that the value
of the properties and the extent OF
the earnings In the state justified
the increase.
The totai valuation of property in
the state for purposes of taxation
will probably not be far from two
hundred and fifteen millions of dol
lars when the board completes its
work. This will be divided about as
follows: Real estate, $4,000, 600;
railroads. $4,000. 900; personal prop
erty, s5o,ooo,ooo.
Attorney. General McCue has an
nounced that he will tile papers in
the state supreme court compelling
ther railroad companies to Issue fam
ily mileage books as provided in the
act, n. B. No. 8, passed by the leg
islature last winter and known as
the law providing maximum railroad
rates, 2 1-2 cents mile and family
mileage books. l Il. ss,l3 Il.
The railroad companies have recog-
nized the 2 IL cent feature Of the
law, but SO far have shown no dispo-:
sition towards the recognition Of the
mileage book featurea book good
for ], 200. miles, to cost $40 each, and
limited to not less than one year
from date of issue and good for mem-.
bers. Of q family designated at time ~
of purchase. s5