The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-06-30

Assessment of mining ,,w,,,i..
railroad and other public utility cor.
porauons other than railroads which
are assessed hy the state board ,f
equalization totals slightly moro than
twice as much as the year prcyi,u.
The total assessment OF the. s,,,.
panics Tor this year. according to fiv.
urcs computed boy the board off oou.i.
l1ation and issued last SATURDAY,
amounts To- grand total OF yigS.ssg. d.
Vs3. The assessment of tho mining
companies. railroads and otb,r nm,
ties for 1915 was S5LgslNg7.
rms years assessment. as is we'll
known. was made under the now law.
enacted by the last Legislature. calling
Tor FUN valuation" uf all pr1p.rt,
subject Co tan In ths wise ID was
Thought o. increase the tax revenue
Of the Htatc--an increase of which
the state government was in sore
n"cd-without any apprcciablc In.
crease In the tax levy. Member of
the board ~ equalization ana other
state officials expected that the az.
scssmcnt under the full valuation
would be- considerably better than
twice the valuations of the previous
year The assessment hay, fallen
very little below that
The total assessment ct railroads
this year was S72.5S2.5sO. a. com.
pared with t3i.7J7.36t FOR 1915. In.
terurban railroads totalcd tg.455.Ois
a. compared with S5.3s2.s2G Tor IN,
81 a =
mines are assessed AZ t2i.b22.Gst. a.
compared with tN.iig.b32. the arscas,
mcnt for 1915. indicating the incrcas.
ed activity 81 the mines In the stat,
and also an Increase of nearly thrc,
times In the amount Of taxes IN,
mining companies viii pay Go IN,
state this year The increase In IN,
taNeE ~ the mining companies on nj
proceeds exceeds by considerable
margin the increase IN the a'Ecas
mruta IT the railroads and other util
ity concerns Whose assessments were
made directly by tho board ~ equal
gatiun. o. glance ut the accompany
/ INK tables viii show. Ia consideration
of tho tables. u should be- borne u
mind that these assessments ar" onl'
81 railroads aud other utility corpora
tionH and mining cpmpnnicr, whlcl
IasHcfamcutf ARE ~ the province %
/ the board The other tax assessment
of real estate. improvements liv
stock aud personal prppcrty--ar
made by county assessors, and IN
board Of equalization has not tlnnll
passed and cqualized these arf"Nf
mcnts as yet
Also. the following assessment d
railroads. other utilitlcH and minln
companies ar. final Until June l2t
the board heard arguments for rcdu,
tinns and other changes In the assess
ments aH first reported, and IN" n'
cnmpanying figures represent "a
II conclusive assessments Of the board
First. there b. the comparative stat,
mrnt ~ the assessments ~ the RAJ
road. other utilities and miuing CON
pnnlrs by IN" board NJ equalization
a. compared with the year 1911
which b. given in the nrrnmpAuNln
table.
! Following b. n comparative table
the upportiunmrnt ~ the assessment
~ railroads. other utilities ana mit
ing companies o. the various coui
Ties AZ made by the state board
EQUALIZATION. IN this table an appai
entity singular stump In Rich count
will Dee noted, II h cited IN 700
note. The explanation, In more a.
tail H. that In 1915 q conhid"rah
portinn Of Union Pacific track an
other property was awcsscd IN ltie
,,unty There wa boundary di
mute with summit county IN
county claimed the tracks I" %"
Summit county The controversy W.
carried a. the supreme court anu u'
clded In favor 81 summit count
Wherefore the board this year app"
toned the disputed line assessed
siie.aG9. % summit county Thr u
bic of county opportionm"nts ioll""