The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-29
VALUE OF ROADS
 IN MISSISSIPPI Railroad Commission Issues a
 Statement TAX VALUES FOR 1909 Ten Thousand People See Dan Patch Defeat Minor Heir at Meridian Fair in Lively Passing
 Contest.
TAX VALUES FOR 1909

Jackson, Miss, October 27-(Special.)- The following table showing the valuation of each railroad In the state and the state tax thereon for the year 1909 has just been compiled by Secretary Maxwell of the railroad commission. and in addition to which the municipalities levy their own taxes. and in most instances double the state tax of mills: Illinois Central and branches, valuation s17,55 ,794; state tax. 71,122. .69.
 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley and branches, $12So2, ,9O6: s76.S9o48
 Liberty White. s1S5.155; ss1o. 9S Mobile and Ohio and branches, s4,5Ts,- 956; s27.47S.74
 Mississippi Eastern, $57, ,460; $S44.76
 Southern Railway and branches, $2,- POS, ,605; s132 s.
 Delta Southern. s215,oo5; s123s. .24
 Memphis and Charleston, s5lO. .675; $9O64. .O5. Alabama Great Southern, $377, 1895; s2265.57.
 New Orleans and Northeastern, s2, 720, OS1; s16.S24.9s.
 Alabama and yieksburg, $2,52SO1s; s15,- 18u.
 Louisville and Nashville, s1.s13, ITS; Ss6s2. .67
 Gulf and Ship Island and branches, $2, 9S4,145; s17.s04.S7.
 Mobile, JacKson and Kansas City and branches, S21s5.611; $l3113.67.
 Sardis and Delta, s46S50; s2S1 .10 Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction company. s3s2, 450; S1se4.7O. Npnlpbic md RrminU a m and branches, g, 159;470; SIP, ,356.8. New Orleans Great Northern, s452,562; s2715. S6. Mississippi Central and Natchez and Eastern. se4s. .225; $56Ss.S5.
 Meridian Terminal company, $124675; s74s. .05.
 Brookhaven and Pearl River, $SS47; s23. .0s.
 Fernwoed and Gulf ssS. TOO; s532 20
 Alabama and Mississippi, s27,3O0; s16S. 80.
 Oak Grove and Georgetown, s64GO $3S. 40.
 Natchez, Columbia and Mobile, $S9, ,5S0 {; s5S7. 4s.
 shubuta and Southwestern, $27,S75; s164 26.
 Natchez and Southern $15.110; sso. 6s
 Pascagoula Street Railway and Power company, $S4, 100; $504 60
 The total ad valorem valuations, ac- eording to these figures. are s4s, 66S, the state tax on same being $294, AIS. This Is an increase of about ,000,000 in val uation and about $200OO in the amount of taxes paid.
 Other public utility corporations are valued and assessed for taxes as follows:
 Pullman company, valued at $1s3.3O7 state tax, S679. .S4.
 Southern Express company, $57, ,72O; i; sS46.32.
 American Express company, $l1, ,799; s707s
 Postal Telegraph company, s2OS, 493; s125O. 96.
 Western Union Telegraph company, s414, ,297; $24s5. IS.
 Cumberland Telephone company, s1.- 3S9, 390; SS336. 34.
 American Telephone company $40, ,412; sS42 .47.
 Meridian Home Telephone company, $49, ,2S0: S295. .6S.
 Hattiesburg Home Telephone company. $25, ,S30; $154. .93.
 There are 14 other little telephone com panies scattered about over the state the combined assessment of which is given at s22,2l2, and the aggregate taxes paid being $129 4S.
 The privilege taxes charged against the several railroads aggregate $669S1 .92, the heavier payer being the Yazoo and Mis- sissippi Valley, s19.S4l .39; the Illinois Cen tral S11 29S. 93; the Mobile and Ohio, $5,- TS92; the Gulf and Ship Island, s5047 g 1; Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City S3694. 80; ; the Southern railway in Mississippi s3970 "A; the New Orleans and Northeast ern. s3445.5S; the Alabama and Vicksburg s3179.17; the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham $3O6O 80 No other road pays as much as '$300O in the way of privileges
 Ten thousand people saw Dan Patch king of the pacing world. defeat Minor Heir, his close rival, at the fair grounds race track yesterday, and yelled them selves hoarse when the two magnificent bays came under the wire in front of the grandstand. The time was 2:10 the horses having taken it comparatively easy
 The real race of the day was Minor Heirs trial for the three-quarter track record of the world and which he got in 2:06. The first quarter was made in 301z : the first half in 1:0214 the second half in l,e31a. The pace was set by a running horse belonging to Dan Patch's party and the propmter kept his nose close to Minor Heirs wheel. The previous record on this three-ullar- ter mile track was 2:09A, made by "McD. D two years ago.