Show INCREASED ASSESSMENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS County County State Company C 1907 1905 1908 1905 nah i tall Light IJ ht RR R R Co C D Rio Grande Western Vestern R RR Rn RR R n Co 1929 Oregon Short Shari Lino R R Co t Salt Lake Route Western estem Pa Pacific cUte clUe R R It ItCo Co S Salt Lake Ogden R R Co Bell Telephone Co o jm Independent Telephone Co 23 Western Vestern Union Union Telegraph Co 1St 03 Postal Tele Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph graph Co 1294 12 4 Telluride Power Co Ui Express Co Pacific Express Co 2833 Totals I Increase The state board of ot equalization yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day transmitted to Frank county auditor the above statement of oC the assessments made against public service corporations operating In Salt Lake COWl coun county ty t The table shows that the aggregate In Increase Increase increase crease has been over the 1907 as assessment assessment assessment The largest increase is in the assessment of or the Utah Light Railway company which was boosted This is ex explained to be due to the many man Improve Improvements Improvements improvements ments which the company has made the theIn past In t year making its property much more valuable than it was when the tho assessment was wall made last year Of or the assessment ase of ot the company the larger portion of it will be within the city limits and therefore is available for taxes tues for city purposes The Bell Telephone company compan was also raised considerably The Independent Telephone company did had hed its assessment cut slightly as did the Salt Lake Route and the Western Pacific Railway company The Salt Lake Ogden known as the Bamberger road was raised The assessments shown In the first two columns are all within the county and show a comparison of at the 1907 1 1 and 1908 1903 figures The figures in the last column show the assessment for the various com companies companies com in the entire state which is di divided divided divided vided between the various counties in which the companies operate in popo tion to the business done and property owned It Is now the duty dut of ot the county auditor to apportion these those assessments between n the various taxing districts In the county count which will probably occupy two weeks week time |