The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-23
VALUATION OF PUBLIC
UTILITIES IS BOOSTED
In some Cn,-- They Arc Nnip'1
800 Irr Cent h, state lHuallfAN
lion Hoard 20
T. P. S. co. TO $3,75O,OO0
Aud sand ~priur, Tight Company
Valuation T. Given - Hike uf
Nearly TOO ror Cent.


fNe'Ial 'o l'" World
pElNliuNN CITY. Mly 90
while r.. lc...Ir. D.. iIut rff..t nl4
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understood ma the hN'' I''fl "'
cuuu||ypf fIDu w.I urrnlro uas,aa
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."''' 81" ''' way. "' I''''"' wv"
mills WlI n" u"r'aHHTy lo rua" Puf
nri,ul revenue io meet the ,N
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''' '"' p'i''''"" h'f' ''h'f'''F h''N
in,rrJt"i some ~ them iu a
rather remarkable extent and on
farm lands aud farm property par.
ticulhr.y N,,Hu,k VIII Also hc nd
vnurrd.
MANY public service concerns have.
In the last few months. potitiunrd
the state corporation commIsalun FOR
authority tu increase their rates and
10 suhhln'Itir ihtiT claims that
the, were operating ~ loss at pres.
Cut rates if was necessary Ia bring
thoir books into court or at lcns'
present sworn Wnt"muuiH uf thcIr
.ulumc nf business M we'll ns lh"
ynlur of their holdings The law
requires jhrt a copy uf 'his hc flrd
with the Hntc board ~ equalization
rnd TINS Information has been th"
basis for Increased HFaoHsnrn's
Hobart public HoryIo" company WAS
granted an Increase lu rt'rH but
found that n was actually operating
IN view ut the increased assessment.
IA 4 a d "a d ttt.tltf
The previous rate and voluntarily
waived the increase rate authority
and ls now operating on tho same
bnHla nH before i'H p"uilon Tor rdiH"
In rates to IT, customers THIS dld
not. however, save the concern from
an advance ~ about 90 per cent up
on iis valuation
one ~ the most radical asscss
ment incrcaBca IL IN the cnsc to the
Kay County Gas COMPANY which
acrveG ponca city, Tonkawa and
other towns In that portion Of the
state. The Kay county companys
assessment IN 1918 was tt31,i72
ana iis returna were tGb.GiG ana the
tentative assessment fixed for 1919
In sI,73.0Si26 Hearings will be
held ON various public service cor.
poratlon tentative assessments on
June .
The hoard has pn-aed upon the
cascs Of nost nf tho ANAL tcle.
nbond comnanIcs ana about one.
half Of the electric ana other serv.
ice concerns making advance OF AZ
fo an ner cent on last ycnr'E nsscse
m,nts The railway companies made
"a forcefuI showing on the allegation
hat A. they wcrc 1axed higher than
49,, n,bcr Gins. of property In tho
10y IA ,bn N,oiuntIons or toIs I'm
,na ,hs ,niI,yays and other
,.,,s,ton conn,nies mny he
.,"nwpS ""spS' ,"' 70 s,and
rnI,o,,l,u ara nome OF the pub-
n, ron,oWk se.snnnt. Tentatively
w 'L,,n ,,,,l, emu. nm Tor henr.
u."v ~ m"' WV
Tulsa ruono @ Sy1o" .sy9poq rrrsrSs
~, 90 assass,,.rt tg75O Nno
sand sprlnga power. Light &
w.tsr cop,nnny 1918 Assessment
mser eon,pn ,sIaaoa IgIo ms.
sessmont ,9oO, 900.
sn,S srrIrgs p,. rompany 1918
ssses.nen, ,S0sig" returns 1IOE-
ssos',v', ,, ,tyo ono
." t,'a Sy,,nr,l G,, r,mnany.
,o,s ass.ssmert IL 200 900 returns
4. o,p 0eb lglo assessment sea
stt,V556oocV'o' ''''
..,o, sorvic. cnmpany 1918
, ,,sooo ,cturns as sol
iSIo nssessment $4,000
MrA1,ster Una A. coke companV
,oSs mcNlss,s, s',s.,0.n, w"S utt ooo retnrns
.e,s ..,..,,r, ,,r i0tn
a. oco ooo
'oLr,,igoe ans rompnnv. 1918
ostessmnnt ,l7757o. returns iiCI.-