The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-06-20
VALUATIONS MADE
By RAILWAYS
ARE DOUBLE
mission Show Great Leap For
ward.
s5s, ,s25, 1858 is TOTAL NOW;
$2s,512,4a4, in 1912
e Paso & southwestern's Extension
toNTucson is Important Item.

PHOENIX, June 2O.-The returns
made to the state for the present
year amount to $685. ,26S. This
amount is over twice the size of last
years returns when the railroads de-
clared their holdings in the state to
be worth s2S,512, ,434.
The last road to file it's return was
the Southern Pacific, which filed it's
rolls last Friday. Practically all of
the balance of - the roads had made
theirs before. This makes the as
sessment of the companies in the
state complete. Some very interest
ing figures are disclosed by the re-
turns of the companies.
Each company in declaring it's
holdings has itemIzed it's statement.
For instance the Atchison Topeka
the Coast Lines, returned valua-
ton on it's property of $1I,310,598,
as against :hat of last year, which
amounted TO $S,586,07l. The Santa
Fe's returns are divided as follows
Main track 1856 miles, 1901, 800;
Second track or double track, IS
miles, s1,616,5S5; side track 121
miles, $607,800; implements, machin-
cry and right of way $56O,4O0, op-
ments S235, 500; fences s25,561; tele-
graph lines s7S,110; rolling stock
locomotives s1,456,621, rolling stock,
cars, $7S0,733 tools, materials, etc.,
$334, 1856.
Each railroad has itemized its
statement in the above manner in
sofar as the holdings go. Some
however, only operating short
branches of railroad, do not have
the variegated holdings which the
Ell Paso and Southwestern, the San
ia Fe or the Southern Pacific have
such cases they have merely
stated as concisely as possible the
main operating holdings.
The Arizona Commercial railroad,
operating a. trifie over four miles
of road makes it's returns at $13,055,
as against $1,000 for a year ago.
>The Arizona Copper company, op-
line ARd IL miles in length, re-
turns its property at s9S,7S9, as
against $56,02S for last year.
The Arizona Eastern, operating
279 miles, made it's return on prop
erty valued at $2,242,9O9. The Ari-
zona Eastern did not this year in
crease its return for assessment to
any degree.
The Arizona Southern Railway,
operating 20 miles, made its return
at $51, $50.
Inc santa, fTeSCOtI anu HuOcuiA,
combined with the Prescott and
Eastern, the Bradshaw Mountain
line, and the Arizona and California
lines, were returned at $4,554, ,072,
as against last years return of
$2,725,O75.
The Central Arizona was returned
at $55,701. The Grand Canyon rail-
way at $SS8,4S6, the Morenci South
ern at $314,4 the New Mexico and
Arizona at $S45,SS7, the Phoenix and
Eastern at sSS2,777, the Ray and
Gila Valley at $239,944, the Tucson
and Nogales at s149,629. The United
Verde and Pacific at S239,S56, the
Verde Valley railroad at $576,605,
the Western Arizona railroad at
$141,362.
The Ell Paso and Southwestern
made its return this year on SILL
O52,2O2, as against last years re-
turn of S2,274,976. The reason for
the great difference in this return
was the completion early this spring
of the Southwestern from Fairbanks
to Tucson. This stretch of road is
one of the most valuable in the !
state.
The Southern Pacific proper makes !
its return to the tax commission on
property valued by the company at
ST., ,154, ,406. Last years return for !
he cauna nrOnartV was S250 900