The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-02
CUT IN TAX VALUATIONS
oTATg 0oARD MAKES REoUc.
TON OF es,sosy4]s.
Denver Tramway and Teisphens
Granted Lever Rate and Santa
~ Materially Increased.

Granted lossor Hate and Santa
| ~ Materially Increased.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-A decrease Of $5.506,4 AS
IN the aggregate placed upon the tax.
able property OF corporations in the
state from that fixed last year is an.
nounced BY the State Tax Commits.
sion.
According to the figures given out
By the commission, the railroads,
street railways and other corporations
win pay combined taxes on $3.50. 51z..
$50 worth Of property this year, ~
against $262.018,S35 las year.
The Denver 4 Rio Grande Railroad
Company. which has the largest as
ssssment, is taxed this year on S42..
2I2.010 worth Of property. a. against
$43.3s0.100 In 1914. q decrease Of 81.
$4,000.
The Union Pacific Railroad Com.
pany. whose property was valued last
year at S23.65S,940. will pay this year
on S23,75O,390. The valuation placed
by the commission ON the property Of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy il
| $19.056,920. as against &19,464, $50 last
year. The Colorado Midland IL given
q decrease Of more than 5000. 900.
Last year 1t was assessed on property
valued at $6,156,s90, and this year 1t
will pay taxes on a valuation of g..
s06.210.
The Santa F6 railroad, con the other
hand. will have to pay more taxes this
year. 1t will be assessed this year
ON q valuation of 319.SS3.650 as
against 31s.4s8. $50 in 1914. The Colo
RADIO & Southern and the Rock Island
both are assessed on the same valua-
tons ~ last year, the former to pay
taxes on $24,253,490 worth of prop
erty, and the latter on 26,799,700.
The valuation on the taxable prop.
erty Of the Denver City Tramway
Company 10 decreased this year, as is
that of the Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company. while the
Denver Union Water Company and
the Denver Gas & Electric Company
each will have to pay more taxes.
The Tramway Company will be as.
sessed on q valuation Of $16,973.650 as
against S1s,330.79O last year, de-
crease Of $1,367,140. The Telephone
Company will be assessed on valua.
ton Of $10,206.570.
The Denver Gas & Electric Com
more valuation than in 1914. It will
be assessed on . valuation Of $13.027,.
200 in stead Of S12.sss.74O.
The valuation on the taxable prop
erty Of the Denver Union Water Com.
pany has been increased 1901. $50. The
! company will pay on S1O.824.l40 in.
stead OF 39.819,4S0 as in 1914.
The valuations placed on the var.
lous classes Of property n compared
with that fixed by the commission
last year is as follows:
Car lines-s676.000 in 1915, and
| S76l.56O In 1914.
Railroads s176.231. $3.50 in 1915. and
| $179.460,S9O in 1914.
Telephone companies-$10.554.36 800 in
1915, and $1O,s42,49O in 1914.
Telegraph $40 in 1918.
and $l,495. 800 in 1914.
| Express 1853 800 In
1915, and 31,419.s0O in 1914.
Pullman company $1.101, 800 In
1915, and $1,101,3 800 in 1914.
selfwinding clock-S25,S70 in 1915:
and 339,35O in 1914.
| The valuations fixed on the prop.
erty Of some Of the big corporation
other than those aforementioned are:
Western Colorado Power Company
I-1s14. $2.21S,77O; 1915. 32.364,16o.
Western Light q Power Company
formerly Northern Colorado Power
Company)-1s14. $1,031.O 900; 1915. 81,
392. 400.
Denver & Salt Lake-1s14, $751;
900: 1915. $5,165,690.
Northwestern Terminal Railway
Company-1914, $1,620.OOO; 1915, 81,
100000
-1s14. $1,2O5,24o; 1915, $1,2O5,24o.
| Colorado Postal Telegraph Com
pany-1s14. S23s. $780, 1915, $231.26O.
Globe Express Company - 1914,
$545,sOO: 1915, $523,510.
Adams Express Company 1914
$395.sO 1915. $399,96O.
American Express Company-1914
325s,O50; 1915. $224,2SO.
Colorado Power Company-1s14,$ -,
7S,130; 1915, $4,493,16
Colorado Springs & Interurbar
Company-1914. $2,O3O.3S0; 1915, 81.
100000. s..a
Colorado Springs Light, Heat and
Power Company-1914, 100000;
1915, $2.s61.730. r..
Arkansas Valley Railway, Light ant
Power Company (Pueblo)-1s14, IS,
32,1S0; 1918, $4,88S,040.
Bear Creek Stocked With Trout Fry.
Denver.-The city stocked Bear
creek with 10000 trout fry furnished