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Show THE CORPORATIONS KICK. Protests from the Kailroad Companies anil Hanks Against the Aisrument, The corporations got in their work last night at the meeting of the board of equalization. . Attorney P." L. "Villiani3 for the Union Pacific presented the following protest and statement: KoferrlnK to the valuation for city assessment assess-ment for IHM, placed on the following items of Union Paclttc Oregon Short Lino and Utah Northern railway) property, viz: Block 83 A .i t! 19.3V 5' tulles trark , :,;,sa 5x3 1 and 5xlu. lot 4, block DO A, and lot 10 xll, lot 5, block 6a A . W.fA Lots a, a, 4 ana 0, block OS A.. w,.Ju Lots 1, 7 and 8, and H0x;i;J, lot t), biock NA i jcov) Thesn valuations (except one tr.ukl ,e about) per cent grea'er than the iimoums placed on the same bv Suit Lake cotintv. und It is respectfully asked that the valuations be reduced as follows: On lands, block Ki A tXWO " " ttt " i,to " " " 9S " sti,ino " " " SO " ftu.Oui We believe this reqnext to bo rehsor.uMe after considering thoelreiimstaiires. the comparisons com-parisons ami t! e principles wl lch we thmk should Roveru iu assessie.g pioperty of th s class. We tx-lieve that in ussensiutt su. h depot lands an allowance should be made for a reasonable reas-onable rlnht uf way as beluut;luC wlih the track and bcliu assessed with it separate v at a rate per mile. We iHtlieve it to be fa'r in such cases to allow a dillerence of at lat liaj percent in favor of the railway piopcrtv as against adjoining business property, as the railway property m used for ra:lroad purposes only, and the adjoining property is affected favorably fa-vorably for business purports in a rn-anr 1 roponion by reason of tho location of the railway tracks. Attentiou is called to tho fact that about or.e-halt or.e-halt of the distance covered by the " mills assessed at I0,UI0 per mile is outsiilo ot the Elattod limits ot the city, which districts derive ut little benefit from the city tax. and In which the city valuations aro (tenerally understood under-stood to be (very properly we believe) very much lower than the county valuations. Ten thousand dollars per mile for track was the amount returned by the company, but at that time there was general confusion concerninu' the interpretation of the new law. etc., and many valuations at first placed upon railway property have been decreased lariiely by the various county boards of equalization. In view of the above and in consideration of the poor condition of the track and yards and the reconstruction now uuder ay which will make practically a new road before next year, we request a reduction la track to WUJ per mllfl if the total distance is allowed to stand as at present assessed. Very KeKpeetfnlly, Alrkht Wooiicook, Tax Auditor. P. L. Williams, Attorney of Railway Co. On behalf of the liio Grande Western, Attorney Harkness presented the following follow-ing statement: The Klo Grande Western railroad company complains of the assesHinent of the lots and bloi ks namrd In the annexed fchwlnle. and asks an abatement. The system on whk h the aHKessment is made, as your petitioner believes, be-lieves, is erroneous, and leuds to unjust and oppressive results. The lots are asseiised with the lmpiorenientH, the trark as another improvement, im-provement, und the machinery separately. In assessing the lots no deduction is mart for the riuht of way. which should be a part of the mileage. All these lots are held for present or future ate in connection with the whole line of road. The company cannot Bell them. What they might be worth If the railroad is removed Is not material, for it is an impossible case. There must ue a difference in tho condition between property held only for a special use and which cannot be hi uitlit or sold, and the city valuation on the same property Is J-IS4.0J1), about 45 per cent above the enmity assess meat. The company regards the county assessment as-sessment too hlnh and that the city valuation should be reduced at least to that of the county. coun-ty. Respectfully submitted, BKNNKTT, M AKHHAiri & HHAULEY, Attorneys for the railroad. County AstessmtM. Ci'll Annmnrnt VALUE. ABATKU. Block 13, plate W01 W)ti , w Block 13. plate 'M.tXO WM "Jl ' Block I, plato.... WO) IS.H mock ai, plate..., mti Block 35. plate H5.UK) fXAU I iK.:n) Blocks .V-3, plate...... WOO f Block 37, plat c ), .,n Block plate S5,(1 158,000 Block 48, plat 0 HiMfl) ) Total ' I!i7. 10) HI9,000 Assessment gi.000 Total ' Hft,ono A protest from the Utah national bank as follows was riled: The Utah national bank objects to the assessment as-sessment made to it upon its stock amounting tottO.OUO. upon the following grounds: First The assessment Is contrary to the provisions on the revenue laws of the territory. terri-tory. Section 3U1 1 Complied Laws, and of section sec-tion 4 of chapter 23 In the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake CItv, both of which provide that shares of stock in national banks shall be assessed as-sessed to the shareholders, which means of course that the shareholders respectively shall be assessed for the number of shares held by thSecond Further than this It Is the fact that this bank was Incorporated Since the first year; that the first call upon the shareholders was due on June ft, 1KU0, and was paid between that date and the 91th of the month, amounting to fifty per cent, of the capital st.x k. and the bank opened its doors for .business and did Its nrst business as a bank on the last named day. It is submitted that the revenue laws contemplate contem-plate taxation upon property only existing in the shaw in which It Is taxed during the entire vear. And that therefore, the assessment of the property, of this bank, if otherwise regular regu-lar and tree from objection, ought not to have been made for the tract lou of the year it will actuallv.bave had existence. On behalf of said bank. I therefore pray that It be relieved from the said assessment lor the vear 1HIW. Very respectfully. ' p. L. Williams, attorney. In regard to the Ucchive valuation the following communication was received from John W. Young: . Gentlemen: By an examination of the tix notice on my proerty known as tho I'eeiilve house, corner South Temple and I irst Eis I Hud that the value is placed at ,0 . The county assessor's vali.arion is MMifO or in.M) less than the city's. While this disparity n values may not be of the greatest moment to tho board In adjusting the as-ewiiient on this propertv. it still suggest tlieproprlty of hav ire some siauJarU rule on which t ) adjust these values, and that some lnetnod or rule tie la-ci down which will prevent assessors from nlacing uureisoiiable and Irrational varies on the residence and business property of 'he city. Unless some uch regulation w adopted and enforced, these lilU'h assessments will carry our city from the vantage ground It has attained at-tained and set It back In the scale of progress for at least ten to flfteeu years. As mv property heein referred to Is used exclusively ex-clusively and simply for residence purjxwes. I lhink the county assessment Ugure is a Just and fair one. and I rictfn11y ask that my city taxes on the above property 1 reduced by at least m75t', and that they may be made KM Resiiectfully ubmlttl w Henry W. Lawrence, receiver for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, objected to Mr. flute's valuation valua-tion of the tithing block at 181,000. as the county assessor had only placed it Manager Rowe of he Z. C. M. I. shoe factory appealed for a remission on the assessmsntof $94,000. Other protests wera received from the Salt Lake Huilding and Manufacturing company, l'hebe V. Bcatie, (Vjra and K H- Wheeler, Mrs. arah B. Phelps. John L. Maxwell. J. K. Waite J. II. Hammond, David McKenzie, Joeph Stay, Orson A. and Mrs. Mary A. V ool-lev. ool-lev. Mrs. II. Hawkins. George Hewlett, William Kirkson. Kobert Patrick. W. N. AndersoD, (i. Uppenshaw. Joseph Toronto s executors, T. J. Chamberlain. Z Jacobs. Milan Atwood, John Dewey, Mrs. A. Jensen, estateof James Hagu. E. A. Kersler, Edward Lonesy, - j-Button, j-Button, estate of R. B. Margetta, Edward Ed-ward X. Norris, Mrs. Elia Kennedy and H. Harris. |