The Detroit times., 1912-01-13
AK COMMISSION LIFTS
ASSESSMENT OF WIRE
AND RAIL COMPANIES
Valuation of Telephone and Tele-
graph Companies Has Been
Boosted S1,417,5O0.
MANY FIGURES THE SANE.
Grand Trunk, Michigan Central
and Toledo Shore Line Roads
Must Pay More.
MANY FIGURES THE SANE.

LANSING. Mich, Jan. lS.--With the
exception OF the Michigan Central and
the Grand Trunk, none OF the railroad
corporations will be required 10 pay
more taxes on their property, accord
ing 10 the tentative assessment oil
tie corporate property made on the
I'D valorem system by the state tax
commission.
Unless the eloquence OF the corpora
ton attorneys has some effect on the
.,commission when the final hearings
ATE held, the assessed valuation OF
railroad property in the state Viii be
Increased $l,1l3,o0O.
There Is no change in the assessed
valuation OF the Pullman Car COM
rany, II being 100000 the same as
lass year The valuation of express
companies has been advanced how
EVER. $3.50, while the assessed valua-
alon OF car loaning companies has
been tilted s44,550 The biggest in
trease comes to the telephone and
Telegraph companies whose valuation
slias gone up SAT- 800. Comparing the
tentative assessment Of 1911 With the
final for 1910, there is an increase in
valuation of the property assessed un-
der the ad valorem system OF S2,5i4,-
100.
After the threats of the railroad
corporations in 1910 that they would
disrupt the whole system of taxation
jn this state unless their property
was reduced, the commission a year
ago. lowered the valuation OF railroad
property S4S.500. hut IL has gone up
again this year alorg with others.
- g- 81 -, he A., A.
Dor, the assessment being $4,000 600
The Chicago. Milwaukee e. ST. Paul
is the same. $3.S50.000 Among the
other big roads no changes are shown
In the assessment of the following
companies: Chicago & Northwestern
Sll.975.0 900; Detroit & Mackinac, $4,-
100000; Detroit South Shore Allan
tic. ss,60G.000: Fort street Union De-
pot company, $500, 900; Grand Rapids
a Indiana, S11 OPS 900: Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern, slS,637 900; Man
istee G. Northeastern. $l.s25,000; Mar
caette & Southeastern, s625,000; Min
ncapclis. ST, Paul & Sault Ste. Marie,
$3.50 900; Pere Marquette. s29,s00,-
300; Wabash, 100000
Tho tentative report shows that the
Detroit. Monroe e. Toledo Shore line
has been increased S26S 900. while the
Escanaba & Lake Superior has been
decreased 100000 The Hancock &
Calumet has been decreased $4,000.
while the Grand Trunk and the Michi-
gan Central are the only large roads
20 suffer an increase. The Grand
Trunk has been tilted s345. 900 and the
Michigan Central, 100000.
Among the larger car loaning com
ranies few changes have been made.
Armour Car lines are increased STAT
900; while the Merchants Dispatch &
Transportation company has been de-
creased $4,000, and Swift's Refrigera-
tor Transportation company. $3S.400
3 No change is made in the Postal
Telegraph company OF Michigan,
which is assessed at 100000. while
the Valley Home Telephone company
IL decreased $4,000. The big com
ranies show increases as follows:
American Telephone & Telegraph,
$4,000; Citizens Telephone company
OF Grand Rapids, $4,000; Citizens
Telegraph company of Muskegon, $40.
600; Home Telephone company of
Muskegon, $150.000; Michigan State
Telephone, $750,O00: Southern Michi-
gan Telephone company. $4,000;
Union Telephone company, s25. 900.
Western Union Telegraph company,
Si50,e00.