Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-13
BIG INCREASE IN
TAX Valuations ! | / | !
s5..s
Wyoming State Board Of Equal
ization Completes It's
b. Labors.
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/ 1909 ALUATloN $500 1000, 600
1909 VAL UATIoN $500, 100000.
TAX Estimate of Private Property and
Public Utilities Placed Near
Actual Values
fspecia, Correspondence

CHEYENNE. Wyo, Aug. - n ne
state board of equalization has g ON e
pleted its labors, and judging from the
valuations returned on corporate prop.
erty and the commendato1y remarks
heard IN the streets, 1t has done Its 1ult
duty and in a manner 81 tisf acLory 70
the people. For many years the aver YER
age citizen has complained that ne was
taxed heavily while the railroads and
others We're permitted to escape Win "
light assessments. This year the state
authorities set out to double the valusl-$
lions on the property of indy iduals or
fix the values as close to the actual
values as possible. Citizens every
where objected, but consented to pay
taxes on the valuations fixed provid-S
Ing the assessment OF railroad. tele-
phone and telegraph was placed at the
true value Of the properties
While the state board Of eauali cation
has probably not fixed the actual value
of railroad property In some instances
tho Increases over the valuations OF
past years are such that In all proba-
bility the people will be satisfied In
some instances the value of railroad
property has been doubled. while in
others 1t has been trebled.
IS The total assessed valuation OF all
property In the state last year was lap-
aproximately $4,000. 900. while this year
the total will exceed 5000. 000, 900, gain
Of approximately 2s5 pei; cent.
The valuations of railroads. tele-
graph and telephone property as fixed
by the state board of eaualizatlo ion for
assessment purposes are as follow
with comparison with the 1908 vfllua-
tons:
cars i. 100000 s1s,ooo.oo.
Pullman tourist cars. 100000 100000
Union Pacific r. r.
Main line, per mile. b0000.C0 14.400.00
Hermonia cutoff. 20, 100000 4,S0OOOB
IF Alma spur ...5..... 10000. 90 i5is34 10000
Superior spur 49,. $1,000. 90 100000
Gum branch ..... 2O.900.0 90 4;S0000i
Chicago. Burling ton
& Quincy r. r.
"a Main line ", o00.J0 6,;'O0.b O
Cheyenne line ..,.. 100000
Guernsey line 18, 000.0 90
Franrlie to Kirby !. 20, 100000
Cody line I. -. ..i.. Is, 10000 II
Oregon Short Line,
main line 80. ....,.. 40, 10000 100000
Wyoming & Western 100000 100000
Chicago s North
western .......s... 10000. 90 $4,000
Wyoming & North ..a8. E
western ...,.t.. ~ 70, 900 90 1920. 90
Colorado & Southern 100000 10000
Colorado & Wyoming 100000 100000
Laramie, H aims MI
Peak i paelac...s. 100000 10000
River - 10000 10000
Saratoga g. Encamp-
ment ....1......,.'.. 10000 /, 10000
Rocky Mt. Coal & sa
Iron Co. 1880. 100000 800. 90
Central Coal & Coke
Co. 5000 90 600. 90
Telegraph line, per
| mile ......... 1896 90
Additional wire, cop
per 1900 $500
Additional wire, iron 1850 S5
Additional poles 4. 1850
Equipment $4,000. 300 800
Postal Tel. Gable Co.,
per mile -. 1890. 1850 $500
Additional wire, "a
j copper 1900 $500
Additional wire or
other equipment,
per mile ,...s 49,. 200 LOO
i C. b. & @. telegraph g.
/, /, line, first wire and
Additional wire.
telephone .....t... $500 d. 90
Mountain telegraph q
4 line. first wire and
Il poles ........s 300 1900
Additional wire ~. 1890 Is .O1
Rocky Min. Tel. line,
first wire and poles 1850 Sc. OC
l Additional wire,
4 copper .....s.4...s.. 24.00 2o.ot
i Additional wire.iron 1900 OF
Il Old line .............. 5000 $500
Gable. per foot..... 20 III
Equfpm ent,per mile $500 40.0t
- All other teIephone lines COX nor n, tIa