The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-10-27
TAX COMMISSION MAKES
CHANGES IN VALUATIONS

ordered the following changes, says
the Carson News:
In Esmeralda county s21.996 was
added to the roll on account of l.. V.
& r. r. r. Co.
In Nye county the L. V. & T r. r.
was increased from s299,764 to
1921, 900.
In Clark county the l.. V. & T. II.
r. Co., was decreased from $253,236
to s188,0O0.
By agreement with the American
Express company ana the Globe Ex-
press company 2-3 of the property
in the various counties originally
assessed to the Globe was ordered
assessed in the name of the Ameri-
can, leaving the remaining. one-third
in the name of the Globe. This was
due to the fact that the mileage
heretofore operated by the Globe
has been taken over by the Ameri-
can.
The Washoe County Bank which
was increased by TIE State Board of
Equalization from s450,000 to $685.
900, was reduced to s472,00o.
Sixteen horses belonging to the
Nevada Transfer company, which
were increased by the State Board OF
Equalization from $1,000 . s2336,
we're ordered reduced to original as
sessmeHt of $500.
Virginia and Cold Hill Water
Company was ordered reduced from
1921. 900 to s207.610.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany was increased from S159,S60
to s251,207.
The Nevada Consolidated Copper
Company was increased from s9,-
671,7s0 to $4.724,S91.
Arabic lands in Douglas County
were ordered reclassified by placing
33 1-3 per cent of the acreage ap-
pearing on the roll in the Mountain
and classification at s125 per acre
and allowing the residue TO take the
$50 per cent raise heretofore order
ed by the States Board of Equaliza
ton A total of az taxpayers of
Douglas county were benefited by
this action.
The Goldfield Consolidated Mines
Company was increased from $407,-
294 to s460.4s1.
The Belmont Milling Company in
Esmeralda county was increased
from s100.202 to s12e,0oO; in Nye
county from s241,6s5 to s296, 900.
The Desert Power and Mill Com
pany was increased from s199,25o
to S232,000.
The Western Ore Purchasing Com
pany plant at Goldfeld was increased
from s7,575 to $4,000, and their
plant at Millers was increased from
s19,0S5 to $4,000.
The Giroux Consolidated Mines
Company was increased from s101.-
SIS to s1S3.925.
The Tonopah Mining Company
improvements in Nye county were
increased from sS5. .536.15 to $1o7,
100.
The Nevada Milling Company i'm
provements were increased from
s96. 6.226.52 to $101,360.
The Tonopah Extension Mining
Company improvements were in
creased from s1s6,4so to $165,O
Petition of the Tonopah & Tide
water Railway Company for a re-
duction in the assessed valuation of
its property was denied.
Petition of the Central Pacific
Railway for a reduction in the as
sessed valuation of It's land grant
was denied.
Petition of Fremont Cobb for a
reduction of the assessed valuation
of his property in Clark county was
denied.
Assessment of the Carson Valley
Bank which was increased by the
State Board of Equalization from
sS5. to $4,000 was ordered re-
duced to $61,250.
The main line of the V. & T. Il.
r. Company was ordered reduced
from a full cash valuation basis of
s21.so0 to $4,000 per mile.
The Goldfeld Consolidated Water
Company which was increased by
the State Board of Equalization from
$4,000 to $4,000 was ordered
reduced to $13S,300.
Final county tax rates have been
certified to all counties except
Washoe. This Is temporarily delay
ed pending an adjustment of the as
sessment Of the Truckee River Gen
eral Electric Company, which will
be concluded today. Initial rates as
set by the Boards of county commits
sioners, and final rates as deter
mined by the Tax Commission based
on budgets of estimated amounts of
money required to operate the fifteen
counties (excluding only Washoe
county, are as follows:
Churchill -. LOO so
tlark .'..' '.i.ti i'oo
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