Arizona republican., 1913-06-23
TELEPHONE AND
 TELEGRAPH WIRE
More Than Thirty Thous- and Miles of Wire In Use In Arizona Valued at Nearly Two Million Dol lars.

The work of the state tax com mission in assessing the valuation 1 for the purposes of taxation upon the telephone and telegraph property within the state has been completed the tables made out from the reports, and the comparisons with the assess ed valuation of last year arrived at. ] The total of the assessed valuation upon the telephone and telegraph ] companies in the state this year l amounts to $1S79.379.S5 or an in ] crease over last year of $l,163.S54 .34 l The total valuation last year was | $I05, 525.24. so that the actual value 1 placed upon these properties amounts 1 to nearly three times what it was i last wear. about the same ratio of raise that has been visited upon all | other property in the state. l The figures show that there are 1 more than thirty thousand miles of l telephone wire within the state. Of ] this the greatest amount belongs to 1 the Mountain States Telephone and 1 Telegraph company heading the list | With lSO27 miles; tho Western Union next with 1.193.55 miles. and the 1 Postal Telegraph third with 3,163.10. 1 The Mountain states is the only tele- phone or telegraph company in the state running over one million dollars 1 itself
 The following is the full list of the 1 companies their mileage and the rating:
 The Arizona California and Nev- ada Telephone Go, 22@ wire miles,
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 Arizona Southern Railroad Com lany. 4o wire miles. rate, $2o per mile; valuation. $No0.o0-
 Arizona State Telephone Co. S5 1 wire miles rate. S40 per mile: v:lu ation $3.400.oo.
 Bouse- -Ehrenberg Telephone CO. % wire miles; rate. SIG per mile; V3lu"- ' ti3n $Hooo0.
 | Calumet and Copper Creek Min ing Company. % wire miles rate, | S3o per mile: valuation. s1.17o-oo-
 C'hirlcahua Telephone X Telegraph Go. II wire miles. rate, 80 per mile. valuation, Sl2o.oo.
 Colorado River Supply Company Telephone. 4 wire miles: rate, $23 Ter miles. valuation $l.225.oo.
 The Detroit Copper Mining Com rany of Arizona. Telephone S1 wire miles: rate S45 per mile; valuation S364500.
 Duncan Telephone Company. 3f wire miles. rate $4o per mile. valu-
 Duquesne X Nogales Telephone and Telegraph Company. IS wire miles. rate. Sl6 per miIe valuation. S2SS.00.
 Lake Superior and Arizona Min ing and Smelting Company. Te!e- phone. 66 wire miles; rate. so per mile; valuation. $1.220.oo.
 MoeoIIon Telephone Company. l913, 3o wire miles: rate. S3o per mile; valuation. $90o.00
 Morenci southern Railway Co, 19 wire miles: rate S40 per mile: valu- ation. $760.00.
 Telegraph Company 1S.o27 wire miles: rate, $G5 per mile. valuation.
 Navajo-Apache Telephone System. 1S9 wire miles: rate, $35 per mile; valuation. $6,615.00.
 New State Telephone and Tele- graph Company, 476 wire miles: rate $35 per mile valuation. $1G,GGo.oo.
 Northern Arizona Telephone Co. 8 wire miles; rate, s30 per mile; valuation, S1.050.od.
 Postal Telegraph Cable Company, 3165.10 wire miles; rate, $35 per mile: valuation. $174,0So.5o. | Ray Consolidated Copper Company, lTelephone. 211.04 wire miles; rate, $40 per mile: valuation, SS.441.6o.
 Twin Buttes Railroad Company 1 (advise assessor to assess five miles telephone property as personal pro perty).
 United Verde and Pacific Railway Company. Telegraph, 50 wire miles; rate. $40 per mile; valuation, 5000 1 Western Union Telegraph Company 1 -1q35 n wire miles; rate, $6' per mile: valuation. $467.5So-73- Winslow Telephone Company 65 wire miles; rate S45 per mile; vaiua- | ton. $2S25-oo.
 Total 3o.257.69 wire miles; valua- Ition. $l.&19,379.S3.