The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-17
GENERAL VALUES
IN STATE RAISED
PROPERTY BOOSTED s54,o5e, $50 IN
ASSESSED VALUATION. COP
PER RANGE is IN
CREASED.

The assessed valuation of general
property in the state has been boosted
S54,059,55S over the assessment levied
In 1909. and the average rate per
$1,000 will be $20.67 instead of S20.53.
Real estate is assessed $34.314, $3.50
higher this year and personal proper
ty has advanced in valuation S20,745,-
l75, according to the figures submit
ted to the state tax commission by the
local assessing boards in the various
counties of the state.
The tax on state property has been
reduced S1,1SS411.30 and the valuation
of city property has been cut $1,012.-
67S.9S but township school, road re-
pair and highway Improvement taxes
have been tilted i'm each instance. The
tentative assessment prepared by the
tax commission shows that railroad
property has increased i'm value to the
extent of $4,000. owing TO the fact
that the Hecla a. Torch Lake railroad
has dissolved, and the Manistique. Ma
son & Oceana and the Lewiston &
South Eastern roads are practically
abandoned. the total of the railroad
valuation is somewhat smalled than
ordinarily.
Copper Range Increased.
The Ann Arbor railroad is given an
increase of $4,000 in its assessed val
uation, the Chicago & Northwestern
has been boosted from s11,S75,O0O to
S11,975,0O0. The Copper Range has
been increased from $2,6O0,00O to ST.
$4,000, Detroit & Mackinac increased
from $4.5S5.OOO to $4.65O,OOO, Detroit
Monroe & Toledo Shore Line, increase
from $1,3OO,OOO to $1.432,O00 Escanaba
e Lake Superior increase from $1,126,-
600 to S1,150,O00, Grand Rapids & In
diana system decrease from $11, 100000
to $1,025,000, Grand Trunk system de-
crease from $24S5O,OOO to $24,SOO,OOO,
Lake Superior & Ishpeming, increase
from $1,O5O 900 to $1075,OO0, Manisti-
que g. Lake Superior, increase from
81 ,6S5 900 to 100000, Michigan Cen
trail system, increase from $53,000,O0O
10 S54,350 600. Minneapolis. ST. Paul
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coo, 600 to $6,65O,OOO, Wabash increase
from $4,000, 600 to $4,45O,OOO, Pullman
company. increase from 100000 to
$55O,OOO.
South Shore Remains Same.
There were no changes i'm the assess
ments of the Detroit Union Railroad
Depot and Station company, Duluth
South Shore & Atlantic. Lake Shore
system or the Pere Marquette system
Some time ago several Of the largest
railroad corporations i'm the state
threatened a fight If general property
was not boosted and private tax COM
mission has been busy for several
months gathering data which the rep
resentatives of the companies will pre-
sent to the legislature. However the tax
commission has endeavored to treat
the corporations in a fair manner and
wherever property has increased in
value the assessment has been raised.
The valuation of express company's
property has been advanced from ST.
2S7. 600 to S1.516,300. car loaniing COM
panies show an increase from $l,l31,-
$50 to $1.142,25O; while telegraph and
| telephone companies have been boost
ed from $2O.94S,S75 to $21,794,4OO.
There was no change in the assess
ment of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company of Michigan, but
the Citizens Telephone company OF
Grand Rapids was increased from 81
200 900 to $4,000 600. The Grand Ledge
Telephone company was boosted from
500. 900 to $25, O0O while the Home Tel
ephone company of Detroit was de-
creased from s1.492,OO0 to $l,S5O,OOO.
The assessment of the Michigan state
Telephone company has been placed at
$4,000. 600. an increase from $11, 100000.
The Postal Telegraph company Is as
sessed at 100000 the same as last
year and there is no change in the
Western Union, which is assessed ST.
100000
The table showing the figures COM
piled by the commission from the re-
ports received