The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-22

The sessions of the Nevada State
Railroad Commission were resumed
promptly at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning at the court house. The
early session was attended by fully
as large d number of spectators as
had attended the first sessions of the
examination into the charges against
the Nevada Northern Railway COM
pany by II. V. Meloy and others.
d. w. Ellis, who had been on the
stand for direct examination at the
afternoon session Wednesday, was re-
called by the defense for the purpose
of cross examination. This was con-
Quoted by Judge Curtis Lindley, for
the defense.
Ibid the Ely Townsite company
not lease land on the Chairman mill
site to Senator Comins?" asked Judge
Lindley.
Not that | am aware of" answer
ed the witness.
Ibid the Ely Townsite company
not sell land to one Dillon?'
Not that I am aware of"
Ibid the amount of taxes you spe-
Gifted as having been paid in Ely
City include only that amount paid,
or assessed against the Ely Townsite
company or did it include assessment
against other owners of property in
that plat?'
1.-The amount paid by others was
S2,117.15, making total of about
S6,411, paid by the owners of prop
erty in the new town aside from the
Townsite company, and by the Town
site company on it's property in the
old town.
'tAre you sure that any of the
Georgetown ranch was included in
the assessment
mo, | had nothing to do with
that"
'.Is it fair assessment"
''I do not know"
'What is the fair acreage value,
for assessment purposes?'
81 do not know if that is in the
assessment | had to do the work
hurriedly. So far. as the assessment
of the Ely Townsite company is con-
cerned, Mr.. Corbett handed the list
TO Assessor House, who put it down
in Just that way. The values were
not nearly so high rs they should
have been.'
''What would you consider falr
valuation for tax purposes to put on
that land?"
THAT land, in the Georgetown
ranch, should, in my opinion, be as
sessed at from 5000 to $3.50 per
acre, for purposes of taxation.
1.-The Ely Townsite company owns
patented land adjoining the plat to
the extent of 1000 acres" said
Judge Lindley, ''also 1000 acres OF
patented lands, none of which is as
sessed. If this 3,1OO acres of land
we're assessed at, say your minimum
estimate of 5000 Der acre, it would
increase the assessment by $62O,00o
on the rolf"
81 would not care to say without
seeing the land
A general discussion and eXposi-
ton of the tax rolls and rates was
then had, and Judge Lindley asked: !:
If that were added to the rell,
the taxes of the Townsite company
would be increased about $1a00o'
would they nol?'
res, sir
"That would make total tax
charge against the Townsite company
of about $4,000, would it not?'
about $40, 900.
''Can you give me an idea as to
what the plated land of the ELY
Townsite company should be as
sessed for?"
"Do you mean an avorage?' asked
Mr. Ellis.
Judge Lindley stated to the COM
mission that the object of this was
to show that if the property IN the
two towns were properly ana COM
pletely assessed, there would not be
the showing of centrallzatlon ol
capital and wealth that was repre-
sented by the prosecution.
1.-The county commissioners lei.
the assessment about as it was turned
in by Assessor House" said Mr.. Ellis
THAT is, with the exception OF the
improvements I added as special as,
SCISSOR. | believe that sou per io'
on their plats would be ABOUT lali
taxable valuation.
.sWhat difference would that make
in the aggregate volume OF taxes
81 believe that it would be abou'
double a,4,
You believe that the Townsitt
company's taxes would be Slo'o'o III
stead of $4,000
''Yes, sir"
On redirect examination MI Ellis
said that regardless of the supreme
court opinion, no property was as
sessed at it's full market valuation.
rake the acreages said to belons
to the Ely Townsite company. Arr
there any people living thereon?
mot anyone so far as am aware:
mo one lives there who seem u
be alive and in need of depot, saw