Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-01-14
Board of Assessors Busy Today Con-
sidering Assessments to be Made
on Various Railroads of the State.
Will Probably Complete Their
LabOrS on Tomorrow

The Board of Assessors convened
this morning at IL o'clock and contin-
ued with the consideration of the as
sessment as regards the railroads OF
the state. The big fight waged in con.
nection with the Central Pacific and
the final agreement on a rate of $2S,
GOO per mile was forgotten when the
Board got down to business.
Bradley addressed the Board regard.
ing the assessment to be applied to
the Nevada California broad gage
road and asked Railroad Commission.
er Thurtell for figures regarding the
road. These were forthcoming and
after the reports of the roa1 had been
read Bradley asked for short recess
to confer with other assessors repre-
senting counties through which the
road passed. On the re-convening Of
the Board Bradley moved that the as
sessment be fixed at the rate of $14.-
900 per mile and the motion carried
unanimously.
The next on the order Of business
was the Tonopah & Goldfeld road and
motion assessing this road at $1O,-
600 per mile met with unanimous ap-
broval. -
The Nevada Northern Railroad was
the next one discussed. Assessor
Miles addressed the Board. stating
that this oad was one f the most
prosperous in the entire "tate and said
that whlle he had no desire to see the
road overtaxed .at the same time he
believed I. SHOULD pay its rightful pro
rata with the other owners of proper
ty in that section of the state AS
SCISSOR Withers was called on by Miles
and the former stated that his county !
derived little taxes from the road and !
tnat he was willing to abide by what |
Miles thought was a fair and assess
ment. A motion was then made by |
Assessor Miles that the road be as
sessed at the rate of $4,000 per mile, |
this assessment to apply also to the
branch Of the road running form East |
Ely to the concentrating plant of the
Steptoe valley Smelter. The motion
was carried, all voting in the aftiirma- ,
tive. ,
The next road considered was the
San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake !:
x Mr.. Waters represented the COM !;
pany and asked permission to address
the Board. This was granted and Wa.
ters PROCEEDED to read reports of the
business and condition of the company |
He related the losses sustained by the |
foods of the years past which had de. J
stroyed long stretches of the road and |
particularly the floods of this month |,
which had completely destroyed the |
length He stated that for this reason /
the company would be compelled to
survey a new line In many places and
rebuild the road.
He said that n his opinion a just |
rate OF $4,000 a mile for main line an0
$500 mile for sidetracks. He also
.tated that at any rate of assessment
above 5000 the mile would be unjust |
In every respect.
At the conclusion OF his remarks
Assessor McBurney made a motion
fixing the rate Of assessment at $4,000
for the road. Mr.. Waters protested |
against the motion. repeating his for
mer remarks that an assessment as
higa as that would be unjust.
At this time motion to adjourn |
was made and carried and the Board |
took a recess until o'clock this after
noon.
When the board Of assessors con-
vened this afternoon the assessment |
OF the San Pedro Los Angeles and !
Salt Lake railroad was taken up and |
n motion to assess this road at $4,000 |
per mile carried.
Following this the following roads |
were considered and the following
assessments agreed upon:
Virginia & Truckee. $500 per mi;e
Hazen and Fallon. $4,000 per mile.
Tonopah and Tidewater, $4,000 per