Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-01-26
State Tax Commission Makes
Annual Report.

Annual Report.
The total taxable property in the
state. was valued by the tax commits
sion at S44S,222,7S6, of which $212,-
52O,,421 was for real estate; $780,
4s2,33S for personal property and
S46,22O,O27 for. railroad property.
The 1s,6STss3 acres of land in the
state were valued at S109,S76,906,
while buildings in the state were val
ued at S26,591,367 and the real es-
tate in cities, towns and villages val
ued at s76,O52,14s. These figures are
taken from the annual report of the
state tax commission to the governor
and general assembly.
Assessments on merchants and
sundry manufacturers for 1920 were
placed at s42,12S,1s5, an increase
of $14,727,252 over the assessments
of 1919. The largest increases were
in Charleston, Greenville and Rich
land counties, all of which showed
gains of over million dollars. The
assessments on these properties in
Charleston county totaled $685.
,O2O, an increase of $1,595,S4O over
the 1919 figures. Greenville county
gained s1,429,325 to be assessed at
:$3,218,53O, while these properties in
Richland county were assessed at
$685. ,665, an increase of $751;
705. BarnweE county alone showed
loss, dropping from S475,Ss5 in 1918
TO Ss94,66O in 1920. This, however,
was due to the fact that the 1919 as
sessments for Barnwell county in
cluded Allendale county as well. The
combined 1920 assessments for the
two counties shows marked gain.
T; Public Utility Companies.
The gross earnings of all public
utility corporations done on the state
during the year as assessed for cor
poration license fees, totaled $685.
256, ,2S7, divided as follows; Railroad
companies, s14,15s,311; express and
pullman companies, s337,s23; water,
light and power companies, $780,
O74, and navigation companies, $21S-
ITO. OF all public utilities operating
lin the state the Southern railway sys-
item showed the largest gross earn
iings with a total of s5,116,4S5. The
Atlantic Coast Line railroad was sec
ond with s4,234,442 while the Sea-
board Air Line railway only returned
gross earning of $1,612,o21. Leaders
sin other classifcations were: South
sern Ben Telephone and Telegraph
company, s1,sSs,72e; American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company, SCI
427; Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, s1s,16s; Southern Power soitiz
;pany, $1,1S2,374; Great Falls Power
company, sss4,e22; Charleston Con-
solidated Railway and Light COM
pany, $S7S,515; Columbia Railway,
Gas and Electric company, S35O,617;
Parr Shoals Power company, $780,
1913; Charleston Consolidated Rail-
way and Light company (railway de-
partment') s711,919; Columbia Rail-
way, Gas and Electric company
trailway department), S445,S51;
Southern Public Utilities company,
s29O,6Os and American Railway Ex-
press company, s2s7,149.
y. Value of Railroads:
The total assessed value of a!l
railroads in the state was placed at
s4ae2s,122 of which s4e,465,7OO
700 ,was for the 3,770.O2 miles Of
track in the state. ssS2,579 for de-
pots, s426lo7 for buildings, $751;
,72O for lots, .s144,5S1 for land and
S334,616 for zweod and water sta
tions.
The total assessed value of the
American Railway Express property
in the state was placed at $197,1S7.
OF this s150,O15 was for 3,333,21
miles of track and S47,122 for other
property.
The telephone and telegraph COM
panies' properties were valued at ST.
'746,493, divided as follows; Western
Union Telegraph company, $685.
315; Postal Telegraph company, SS6-
ssS; American Telephone and Tele-
graph company, s1,353,91O and local
telephone companies, $240,215.
All banks in the state were val