Show SOME ADITIONA GUS How the Street Railway Valuation Was Fixed Uner the auspice of the Republican can county committee a great deal has been said and Is being sad concerning concern-ing the lowerIng of the valuation of the property owned by the Salt Lake City Street Railway company The valuation of the same was lowered low-ered from 27510 to 156000 and because be-cause of this a great hue and cry has been rise Now as a mater of fact at the time the valuation of the street railway companywas before the board of county coun-ty commissioners Mr Armstrong was nOt sItting He retired and permitted the other commissoners to make the commissIners mae valuation But presuming he had been there there ae other facts which should be taken Into consideration I will be remembered that prior to the constructon of the works of the Utah Power com any in Big Cotonw od canyon the propelling power of the system was generated at the plant on Second East between Brgham and Firs South Wen that plant was In operation it was valued at 100OOO As soon as tile electric plat in the can yon became operative the plant In this city becamp valueless except sstp what it would selfor Mr Armstrong and other members of the directory de clark it 1s worth 10000 There Is a car difference In the value of the plant or Uw comgny of 90000 At the same Ur 1 aluaton of this bit of prop crbitds 1edbced Yauato on other prpertes In this city were also re dutIeS The Tribune fO instance which was clut from CO to 1900 which did rot satisfy the manager either a further reduction being asked According to statements made by I members o the company the tales told by th oppositon do not hold water In addition to this proper the com pan is paylngtacs on Its power plat in the canyon something the men who make consideration the figgers do not tae into |