The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-21

w. d. Nesbitt, associate railroad COM
missioner, who is in touch with the Louis
vile and Nashville rate cases for the
state railroad commissioners. is daily re-
ceiving answers to his letter of last
Sunday. In his letter Mr.. Nesbitt detailed
the values placed on the company prop
erty before the special master in Louis
vile. He requested information as to
whether the claims were correct. If not
correct 1t is planned by the commission
ers to secure all possible data before Oc-
tober. AL that time the motion for REIN
statement of the injunction will be re-
sumed before Judge Jones. who is to
determine whether the injunction shall be
reinstated against the present Alabama
rates.
In an interview given out yesterday Mr..
Nesbitt said his attention had been called
to the tax assessments made In this coun-
ty by the Louisville and Nashville, the
South and North Alabama and also the
Birmingham mineral.
Returns Not ReconcilabIe.
1.-THE tax returns for this county are not
reconcilable with the values placed on
the properties by the company before the
special masters" says Mr. Nesbitt.
1.-THE land with all improvements of
the North and South Alabama between
Fourteenth street and Twenty-fourth
street is assessed at $4,000, while the
claimed value at Louisville for land alone
between these streets was $s.457,oO0.
1.-THE assessments. In this county on all
land, improvements and machinery are
placed at $277,3 1850 for the South and North
| railroad, while the Louisville and Nash
Vile assesses its holdings of 1851 acres
| and all improvements at $91,670
1.-The Boyles shop property, which in
cludes all improvements. is assessed for
taxes at $4,000. while. before the special
master the claimed value of land alone
is placed at s112.5OO. This Is 225 acres at a
claimed value of $500 per acre.
TN East Birmingham the company
owns from mile post $3.50 to mile post ss3
The value is claimed to be $4S,5OO for 4s5z
acres. From Thirteenth street to mile
post 1876 the company claims the land
to be valued at $4,000 for nine acres.
THE assessments shown on the county
books do not include the land for main
line and side tracks right of way, which
assessments are made to the state aud
itor. For the South and North this would
be about 500 acres. and If assessed on
the same basis as the lands given into the
county would be about $1,000 additional
assessment and for the Louisville and
Nashville birmingham MineraD about
1900 acres $1,000 additional assessment.
1.-The old union depot is placed on the
| local tax books at $S5.00O The Boyles
property and shops at $S5, 0o0 the freight
house and land from Twentieth street to
Twenty-fourth street at $4,000, and the
shop property from Eighteenth street to
Fourteenth street at $4,000.
Louisville Values In Excess.
"In my letter it was pointed out that
the company claims values at Louisville
far in excess of this tax return valua-
ton. From Twenty-second street to Thir-
teenth street the claim Is made in Louis
Vile that 50 per square foot is fair
price for that land. The company owns
| Is. SO acres in the strip which would run
it up to s13O,6s0 per acre, or the total
land value, not including Improvements,
to $S,457.00o
"rhe Birmingham Mineral entire
holdings in this county are assessed
at $91,670. The cost of the follow
ing Birmingham Mineral right Of way
and the claimed value for this land is