The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-20
State Tax Commission Makes
Increase in Valuation of the
kenosha Electric R'y
CITY TO RECEIVE MORE TAXES
Tax to be Paid by the Company This
Year VIII be So, III as Compared
With ST, 56o.5s Last Year
Make General Raise

The Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany is given a big boost by the Wis
cousin State Tax Commission in the
preliminary valuation of the electric
railway properties Of the state which
was made public at Madison on We'd
#nesday evening and the city of Keno
.sha will receive more money in taxes
from the company than in any former
year. This year the valuation Of the
property of the company as made by
the State Commission is $1s5,00o and
the total tax to be. paid by the com
Fpany is $2,114.55. The tax paid by the
company to the city last year was
,565.58. The valuation as placed by
the State Commission is within a few
hundred dollars of the amount paid for
the property in Kenosha by the London
Investment Company few months ago
and it is pretty close to the actual
value of the property. Since the Lon
don company purchased the line consid-
cradle work has been done on extern
|sions, but under the state law no taxes
would be levied on these extensions
until next year.
The company will have a chance to
appeal from the valuations placed by
the Commission but it is hardly thought
probable that such an appeal will be
taken as the valuation is regarded as
a fair one. A general raise has been
made by the Commission in all the
cities of the state and the Kenosha
valuation is in keeping with the rule
adopted for other cities. The total
valuation of all the electric street rail
ways in the state TINS year is placed
at $37,344,0o0 as compared with
$33;932, 900 last year. The rate of tax
alton for this year will be $11.43 for
each thousand dollars Of valuation
while last year the rate was $11.5l
per $1,000.
The town Of Somers will profit by
the large increase in the valuation of
the property of the Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway and Light Company which
is placed this year at $22,000,000. The
tax on the property of the Milwaukee
company WIN be divided among all of
the towns in which the company has
lines Ihe town of Somers is the only
town in Kenosha county to receive any
of this tax and the amount for this
year will be considerable over $1,000.
The following is the valuation placed
on the electric railways in the larger
cities of the state:
Ashland Light, Power and
Street railway company IS $4,000
Beloit Traction company. $4,000
Chippewa Valley Ry. Light
and Power company. -. 775,o0o
Duluth Street railway COM
company !. ............. 775,ooo
Eastern Wisconsin Railway
and Light company ...... 100000
Green Bay Traction COM
pany y. ................ 775,ooo
GAINESVILLE Street railway
company ............. $4,000
Kenosha Electric railway
company ...,.......... $4,000
Lacrosse and Onalaska st.
railway company ........ 10000
Lacrosse City railway COM
pany !. ............. 100000
Manitowoc and Northern
Traction company ....... $4,000
Menominee and Marinette
Light and Traction COM
pany ..,............ 100000
Merrill Railway and Light
company ........ 10000
The Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light com
pany .............. 100000
Milwaukee Light, Heat and
Traction company 80. 100000
Milwaukee Northern rail
way company .......... 100000
Rockford and Interurban
railway company 1890. 295,Ooo
sheboygan Light, Power
and Railway company. $4,000
Southern Wisconsin railway
company FL. ........ 100000
Twin City General Electric
company ............. $4,000
Waupaca Electric Light and
Railway company 1850. $4,000
Wausau Street railroad com
pany ............ 2s5,ooo
Traction com
pany IS. ............ $4,000
Wisconsin Traction, Light,
Heat and Power company 100000 |
$37, 900
Chicago and Milwaukee .s.ss,4
Electric railway company
and Fidelity Trust COM FsaTs
pany as receiver thereof 10000
s37 $4,000