The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-26
west VIRGINIA
SGAIASINIWEAlTH
VERY RAPIDLY.
Census Bureau
Ii The. ST Dry

WASHINGTON, D. q, june %.
According to q census billetln iast Id;
sued the true value of ali ipropestysiu
West Virginia IN 1904 was ,sieIo Ioes,.
11s, Of which ssli,oop,opo MAS subject
to taxation. The true value otl ali stHs
property in the. State in 800 Mas $685.:
65?,55s: This shows an increase be-
tween 1900 and sls0i Of siso,sif,sso
which is more than ;lsy yoOo, 900 i ysis.
Values IN West Virginia have nearly
doubled themselves since 1890 When
the total wealth was shown by the
census to be .i3s.s5l,ssi. The ii-
crease between 1890 and 1900 wass
ssso,es7,s7l or more than $4,000 1
900 a year for each one ots 1.-The ten
years Of the decade.
The value Of all the properly iii
Westiy Virginia 10 1904 was divided al !
follows among the different classes
Of holdings:
Real property aud Improve.
ments - e. &. ): ,Ssi,aQ5ls5l
Live Stock !. ): $ sss,ss7ies
Farm Implements and ma:
chlnery 8. Z. q. .. :: 5sls,ios
Manufacturing equipment, s5,5sB;liss
Cold and Silver Coin and
Bullion 1. & ls,sso,sos
Railroads and Their EqaIp;
ment sol,7ssepes
Street Railways. Water
Works Shipping, &C. 2i,52s;s5l
All Other Glasses z. |. 3. i6., ,47iio5
As stated before, the value 81 all
the real estate ln West Virginia ID
1904 was ss6i.sO5,s5i. Ohio county
Is the richest In The State. rs realty
values and improvement Il IlnElsoItve
placed at $50, ,5s4; ;los.S Kanawha eoan
tty realty was valued at sso0sfsss!
That Of Wood wa; placed at sls sj7Ss!..
6s2. Harrison county ranks fourth,
with realty and improvement yalusd
at s17.O2i,7sl. MonongalIa county
had realty valued at s15,5os, 80 and
Marion at ,l5,s2s,is sIarshlIl,s
realty was placed at si2,4si,5as, and !
that Of cabeit at st0,s05.72s
The real estate Of Berkeley was
valued at: se.9Si,s5s, Greenbrler, ;s; I,
ssQo47 and Randolph; ,ss s46t2Os. X
Those counties having values rang.
Ing between seven million and eight
million dollars are Faystte, Lewis
Preston and wetzel. Il
Those counties whose realty values
are mose than SIX million. and less
than seven million dollars are Jerst.
son and Jackson.
Those counties whose realty values
r.. y T - - - ~ = =
are more than Eve million dollars and
less than six million are Barbour, Ms.
son. Mercer, Ritchle and Taylor.
Those counties having values In eS,
cess Of four million dollars and less
than Eve million dollars are Braxton,
Doddridge. Mcdowell. Mineral, Mon.
roe, Pocahontas, Roane, Summers, ~.
Ter and Upshur.
The counties whose realty values
range between three and four million
dollars are Brooke GllmsF, Hancock.
Mlngo, Pendleton, Tucker and dSwayne.
The counties with values ot more
than two million dollars and less than
three million are Boone; Calhoun,
Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Lincoln.
Nicholas, Pleasants. Putnam Raleigh,
Webster, Witt and Wyoming.
Clay, Logan aud Morgan each have
more than million dsllafs worth OF
realty. There are 10 sc6anties In tss:
State whose realty values are not
more than one million dollars.
Scott and the cbslrmanshlp.
The Washington POS; sla speaking
otsthe present political situation, says.l
With; reference 70 Tie chairmanshlp ot
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