The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-05-14
CARBON COUNTY GIVES
HUGE RETURNS FOR
TAXES
RAISE LOCALLY OF FOUR MIL
LIONS OR MORE.

Emery Down to the South Showing
Considerable Falling off In the
Same Glass For This Year-Entire
Property In the State viii Run
Very Much Below Former Figures.
Assessed valuation Of the ores i'm
the metalliferous mines of this state.
based on three times their net pro-
ceeds, are this year less than half that
of last year. according to the report
of the state board of equalization.
compiled a few days ago. This one
item reduced the total valuation of
property assessed by the state board
S2S,S5lB5l. The aggregate valuation
Of all property directly assessed by
the board this year is SlsS.634.1l5 as
compared with 1903. 1870. 434 last year.
The decrease in the valuation of prop
erty assessed by the state board is
Sl4,553,33g. in spite of the fact that
the valuation Of every class except
the ore bodies in the mines has been
raised. This bears out the prediction
made earlier in the year that the total
valuation of the state will probably
be close to S70O.O0O.00O. the present
year Last year the state was assessed
ut S8D2,000,000. The limit of taxation
for state purposes is five mills, of
which this year two and four-tenihs
mills 90 To- the general fund of the
state. or this amount 2S per cent
CUES To the maintenance Of the Uni
versity of Utah. the Utah Agricultur.
al college and the branch agricultural
college. The net amount 10 the gem
eral fund will. IL is predicted. cause
that fund 10 fall short of the de-.
mands on IL hy from S750.0OO 10 a..
100000, and the state will end the BIZ
cnnium with that much of a deficit.
Carbon County Coal
Next To the totals. interest in the
report perhaps ccniers around the ct.
feet Of the new schedule for the as
scssing of coal mining properties us
determined by the state board. This
was fixed this year ON a tonnage
basis. only commercial coal being con.
sidercd and thickness Of the vein. dis.
tance from outcrup aud from railroad
all being taken into consideration in
making up me schedule. The value of
the real estate Of the Carbon county
coal mines this year has been fixed
at sl0,50D,liT as compared with So
iI6,i3 last year. This includes the
valuation ON al coal ON which the
title has passed from the state or gov
eminent 10 private parties. In Emery
county, on the other hand, the ynlua-
lion ON the coalbeds privately owned
dropped from slIl0,6Dl 10 sl,l4O,-
200 under the application Of the same
principles Al the valuations M far
fixed by the state board are tentative
and subject 10 nny changes which the
board may make In passing ON pro-
tests from the owners OF the proper
ties affected.
Summary oi the result of the
board y assessment work shows that
the return of the railroads Ia more
nearly normal business conditions in
1919 caused nn increase ia the assess
ed valuation of the ear companies 10
Al ,S26,2l5 from SSi1,0n2 In 1918.
These valuations are on a mileage
basis of the ears owned By the vari-
GUS private ear companies, such as
the Pullman, the Pacific Fruit Tx
press aud the like. Express com
panies will this year pay ON yalua-
tion of around S2lS.769 as compared
with Sl9O,96i last year. Power COM
panies are assessed in 1920 at Sl4,-
I3s,4s6 rs compared with Sl2,043, 500
in 1919. The 1920 valuation of the
Utah Power aud Light company is
l4,lOi,l00. That company now has
an application before the public utili-
ties commission asking for a return
of s per cent and a depreciation al
lowanee of 4 per cent on valuation
Of near S42,0O0,O00.
Railroad companies, the largest sim
gle class of property assessed by the
state board, this year are valued at'
S91O35,32t as compared with S02,-
$4,000 last year, II is said that prac-
llcally all this increase is in the ad l.
ed valuation put on rolling stock on
account of the higher prices the rail-
roads would have To pay were. they
to try TO replace that equipment,
companies will, unless the
board changes It's mind, pay this year
ON valuation of Sl,O75,433, as COM
pared with SS7S, 264 a year ago. Tele-
phone companies are assessed in Utah
this year at S6,OOO,l3S as compared
with S4,,693,669 year ago. The
Mountain States will pay this year
on a valuation of $5,Sls,S75, as com
pared with "a 527 ass in 1919. Water
companies operating as public utili-
ties over county lines are compare
lively few, and the valuation this
year is the same as last, S2SS,O67.
Total Fol the Mines,
The total valuation placed on min
ing properties, both metallferous
and non-metalliferous, this year is
S67 ,45l ,6s3 as compared with $780,
06l ,O02 year ago. The total for