The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-03-06

dale, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee. Liv-
ingston. Macomb, Monroe, Montcalm,
Oakland Shiawassee, st. Clair, st. Jo-
seph, Wayne and Washtenaw.
Valuation Higher for Railroads.
The railroad, telegraph. telephone.
express and car loaning companies OF
Michigan will pay $4.5S0.413.6S In state
taxes this year.
This is reduction OF $663,256.1S
from last year. although their assessed
valuation this is $249.28S,9 900. com.
pared to $243,229, 500 last year.
The assessed valuation for the pres.
ent year is as follows: Railroads,
| $219,4S4.500: sleeping car companies.
100000; express companies, $1.2sl.-
900; car companies. $1.172.900: tele-
phone and telegraph companies. $780,
670,500.
The amount of taxes to be paid this
year by these same companies is as
follows: Railroads. $4,032,719.18:
sleeping car companies. $12.S61.74: ex-
press companies. $23,169.50; car COM
PdnlCo, SGlpOOV.tVp tSiC6IdPu dnu tCio-
phone, s490.041.56.
The total assessed valuations OF
these companies as given In the ten
tative assessment amounted to 1884,
368,40 and the hearings developed
enough information to cause the tax
| commission to reduce this amount by
$b,079.500. The Michigan Central rail-
road was cut $1,500.000. on Detroit
river tunnel. The Michigan State
Telegraph company received cut OF
$780, 900 from its tentative assessment.
The reductions of other railroads
from the tentative assessments are:
Detroit. Bay City & Western. $4,000;
Chicago & Northwestern, $250.000:
Pere Marquette. 100000 (this cut was
on account of piece of road leased
to the M. u To: Detroit. Toledo g.
Milwaukee, 100000 (this amount add
ed to the Michigan United Traction
company. on account of the purchase
of piece of road: Wabash, $4,000.
From last years figures there are
few reductions among the railroad as
sessments. For instance: Arcadia &
Betsy River. reduced $4,000; Boyne
City. Gaylord & Alpena. $4,000; d. g.
NJ, $4,000; Escanaba & Lake Su.
perior, $4,000: Escanaba & Luther
335, 1000.
Ferris Favors Building.
Governor Ferris. while deplor
ing the fact that the appropria-
ton bills are higher this year than at
the session two years ago. favors the
bill introduced by Senator Foster OF
Lansing making an appropriation for
a separate state Office building. rather
than the measure introduced by Rep
resentative Flowers. which provides
for an addition to the capitol.
A committee from the state bar as
sociation conferred with the finance
and appropriations committee and
public buildings committee of the SEN
ate and the lawyers we're more In
clined to capitol addition than a
separate building upon one Of the
vacant city blocks owned by the state.
In defense OF his bill Senator Foster
points out that new building would
be more economical proposition
than an addition. aa II would be neces-
sary In an addition to follow the style
OF architecture In the present state
house and this would be expensive.
Considerable room is wasted in high
ceilings in the capitol building and
Governor Ferris agrees with Senator
Foster that 1t would be cheaper. bet
ter and more satisfactory to erect
new building.
The delegation from the state bar
association wants more elaborate
quarters for the supreme court and In
sisted that II new building Is put
up that It be named the department
Of justice building. senator Foster
and others interested in the PROPOSE.
ton are willing to waive all objections
a. to the name. What they want IL
. building.
New Michigan Patsnts.
Michigan patents granted: william
w. Barcy. Jr.. Detroit, push button;
George H. Bolduc, Detroit. car fender:
Clair H. Brown. Detroit, time indi-
Gator: Garrett Burgess. Detroit, blow
or for boilers: Grover b. Cleveland.
Detroit. seat: James w. Cobburn. Do
troll, vehicle wheel: James K. Dia-
mond. Grand Rapids. tool for clsnch.
ING bolt fssteners; Claiborne W.
oooon. Dp<roit, calculating. machine:
Alexander 0oe6on DETROIT. press Tor
elfar moICDs Ma(thoV Cfimord. lroa