Arizona republican., 1918-06-18
GROWTH
 SHOWS WSGR0WTH
 IF BABY STATE
Third of a Million More
 Invested In Talk Lines
 Than There Was One Year Ago; Wire Mileage 5C,000

The valuation of the "A telephone and telegraph companies in Arizona as re- turned for 1918 by the state tax com- mission is s3,212,S9423. These figures which were made public yesterday by the commission are for the purpose of arriving at the 1918 assessment of these companies.
 There is an increase in value over last year of $326,66.S2, the total valua- ton of the same "A companies for 1917 being $2SS6,2 ,227.41. The mileage of these wire companies is given this year at 50,447, which is an increase over 1917 of 9,669 miles.
 The steady increase in valuation Of these companies as returned by the state tax commission is shown by the figures since 1913 which are as follows. 1913, $1,S79, ,379S5; 1914, $1.93S 215.24; 1915, s1,925,762.51: 1916, $2.232,S72.2.
 More than 10000 miles of telephone and telegraph lines have been built in Arizona since 1913 the figures for the years since then being given as follows by the tax commission:
 1913, 30,257; 1914, 30,162: 1915, 30, 729; 1916, 33,994; 1917, 4o,77S; 1918, 50447
 Nearly three -fourths of all the wire
 
 Mountain States Telegraph and Tele- phone company the total of this con- pany for 1918 being given at 36.563. The mileage for 1917 was reported as 27,4S7. The Mountain States company is val ued this year by the state tax commits sion at $2,193.7S0, an increase over the valuation for 1917 of s269,690. The company with the second larg- est mileage in the state is the Western Union Telegraph company with S,093 miles. The Postal Telegraph Cable company with 3,166 miles is third anc the Arizona, California and Nevada Telephone company with 1,033 miles is l fourth in the state.
 The rate of valuation per mile of these "A companies run from s100 to s20. The company that is valued the highest per mile is the I. A. Van Dyke | Telephone system, while the one with | the lowest rate of valuation per mile is the A. P. Larson Telephone system. The Mountain States company is val ued at $60 per mile, the Western Union l Telegraph company at $S0 per mile and the Arizona, California and Neva- da Telephone company at :6s per mile. | Following are the "A telegraph and telephone companies in the state in- cluded in this report of the state tax commission
 Arizona. California and Nevada Tele- phone company; Arizona Electric Tele- phone company; Arizona Southern Railroad company, telephone system Arizona State Telephone company; Chiricahua Telegraph and Telephone company; Copper State Mining conn., pany, telephone system; Duncan Tele- phone company; Duquesne Mining ana Reduction company, telephone system: E. c. Grasty, telephone system; Fred V. Kuehn, telephone system; Lake | Superior and Arizona Mining and Smelling company. telephone system A. P. Larson, telephone system; Moun- tain States Telegraph and Telephone company; Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad company telephone sys- tenn; Oak Creek Telephone company; Phelps Dodgs Corporation, Morencl branch, telephone system; Postal Tele- graph Cable company; Ray Consoli- dated Copper company, telephone sys- tenn; United Verde and Pacific Rail- way company, telegraph system; I. A Van Dyke, telephone system; Verde Valley Telephone company; Western Telephone company; Western Union Telegraph company; Winslow Tele- phone company.