The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-09-09
BIG AMOUNT IS DUE TO RECENT
NINE APPRAISAL
BESSEMER CITIZENS ASK REVIEW
Claim General Property Taxes Will Be
Exorbitant Stockpile Increases are
Ignored.


ing the week calls for the biggest lev,
ever spread. The total tax is 90. 523.
04i. 10 and the share OF this which Iroi
county will pay is $50. $50. The rat,
per III. 900 throughout the state Is a.. 81
M Last year this county paid in stat,
I tax the sum of $l7. $40. 80. That a
mount WAS based on an equalization oI
$6. 600. 900; this year amount is based
on an equalization at sci. 900. 900
some difference.
Thirty-two residents and taxpayers
OF Bessemer have petitioned the state
tax commission to review the rolls OF
uogebic county under the plea that
the assessments are not equal
This request has been brought about
by the recent action OF the state board
OF equalization which increased the
valuation OF Gogebic county to forty
million dollars from less than half OF
that sum. That action means that a
great deal more OF the state taxes
will be assessed upon Gogebsc county
property this year than has been the
case ia the past and the taxes will be
something ont OF proportion as re
suit.
The petition OF the Bessemerites is
as follows:
"Bessemer, Mich. Sept. 2. 1911.
ttTo tho uonnrahla Tho Ctata srow
Commission,
Lansing. Mich.
Gentlemen The undersigned, resi-
dent freeholders and taxpayers of the
city OF Bessemer. county of Gogebic,
respectfully petition your honorable
body to visit this county and officially
review and equalize. as the law au-
thorizes you TO do. the general local
assessments OF all mining properties in
the county in order that the added |
valuation OF the county by the state |
equalization board being $25, 900, 600
over and above the present equaliza.
tion OF the state valuation, may be |
proportionately distributed upon these
several mining properties and not. as
otherwise would be the case. become
an additional burden upon the general
property of the county.
AS one patent and conclusive fact
justifying this our request, we call
your attention 10 the report Of the
mining expert who investigated and
reported upon these very mines, and
who placed their valUe at $4l. 600. 600.
Locally the realty OF all the mining
thus reported stands assessed
at. "A total OF cnly about S., 000 600,
this being outside Of their personal
assessments for stockpiles, etc. and
which were not considered in the valu.
ations as complied by your experts
Trusting this our request will re-
ceive your official attention in time
for making this years tax roll from
your revised and rectihed valuations. I
we remain.
tSigned by Thirty-Two Taxpayers {
The condition brought abont by the ,
iction OF the state board OF equaliza-
Jon is not, as general thing. fully {
in this section but II I
VII be when the taxes are collected. q
ron county Is in the same boat with c
5ogebic county excepting that Il Is :
urther in. The valuation OF Gogebic a
was little more than doubled but the a
Ialuation OF Iron was trebbled. The b
esult will be that the amount OF state h
AK 10 be charged 10 Iron county will q
,e enormous for IL will be apportioned
4 the rate of S2i. 600. 600 while the AS q
essed valuation is trine over ~, 600, p
90 and the last years equalization but u
o. 600, 900. p
Last sonng the mining operators of o
he oousy raised the valuation OF all
Z their properties materially and IL
Ess generally supposed that the other
perty would get a relief. Now
Ines the increase in the state equali. y
zion, mainly brought about by the 6,
sport Of the mining expert. and the II
elief obtained through the increased n
aiming assessment is not only wiped N
at but injury Is added to insult by ri
liz state increase
Not alone IL the property outside OF n
10 mining companies holdings bur. ri
ened hut the mining companies them r
lives have missed tire In the arrange IN
lent made last spring by whicn the m
lcrease In assessments were made H.
elnly n-pcrsonal property asscss- m