Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-09-17
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district, with a valuation, aSid
from railroad property, of 1921
2o0, or approximately 70 per cen
more than district 66, needs Onl
to levy a slight fraction less thai
Il 80 mills to prduce the sam
amount Of revenue, because o
the fact that to the valuation Civ
en- above, is to be added $13S,3O'
In railroad property. Therefor
with only 20 per cent more rea
and personal property for taxa
ton, the railroad poperty en-
ableS the Olmtz district to ge'
along with a little fraction NOR,
than half the levy that the Gala
tia district has to pay.
Take two townships, Fairview
and Eureka. Eureka, with q
valuation, aside from railroad
property, of $l,OO4, 1916 plus $17S,.
Alt in railroad property, levies q
tax of half a mill for township
purposes, producing almost $500
In revenue. Fairview township
with no railroad property, and
with $923,9O2 in valuation, OF
about s 81 per cent less than
Eureka'S valuation without rail,
roads, is forced in order to secure
same amount Of revenue, approx
mately 6 4-l0 mills, or a trifle
less than 30 per cent greater le-
Ivy. We believe that these facts
speak for themselves in favor of
a proposed line of railroad.
Take the marketing of grain
for instance. AS an example We
will take Fairview township again
Before the days of the Missouri
Pacific, the people of that town
ship were compelled to either com
ito Great Bend or go to Russell.
1t took a long hard trip to come
down in a day and after a night s
rest in the hay NOW of a friend
ly. livery barn, a long trip back
the next day with a load of pro-
visions. The Missouri Pacific
was built, now they market at
Boyd, Olmitz or Otis. If they
are. right. quick, and have excell-
ent horses and good roads, they
can make two loads to market in
one day. They generally figure
shree loads in two days. But, if
. new line were to be constructed
with q station at Galatia, almost
every farmer in the township In
good weather could. make it to
market three times. . day, or
market his wheat in just half the
time that he does new. Again,
farmers usually pay half a cent
per mile per buShel for hauling
wheat to market. Many of the
farmers market almost all then
wheat direct from the machine as
they have no storage bins. For
these same farmers in Fairview
township, to haul or have hauled.
their wheat across Grant town
ship, to get to the elevators at
Olmitz, must pay three cents for
the six miles. On the proposition
that a line o is built and elevators
established at Galatis, this three
cents in the hauling would be
saved. The assessors returns
show that on March 1st, this
year, there were 12,153 acres of
wheat in Fairview township, on
a basis of say an average yield of
ten bushels per acre.. and this is
low, it calls for 121, $50 bushels
of wheat, and a saving of 8 cents
per bushel' on that wheat means
$685.. 80, which is about $500
per quarter. for every year, or if
the township needed no more rev.
enue each year than Eureka is
getting this. year in the forego-
ing figures, it means no taxes
would be necessary for SiK years.
These figures are plain, they
speak for themselves. Then add
to this the fact that every dollars
worth az goods Sold hv tbo Colo