Show NEVADA ASSESSMENT I r Railroads Think the Increases Arc 10 t Much Too High San Francisco July 3E H Harriman Harri-man Is preparing for a strenuous flght in the courts to set aside the recent I increase of the Central Pacific assessment r assess-ment in Nevada The Nevada Assessors Asses-sors added 5000000 to the former valuation val-uation of the road by increasing the rate from nn average of 11000 a mile i to 20000 a mile Other roads In the State wero raised about 40 per cent and by these means the State assessment assess-ment roll was Increased from 26000000 to 40000000 The Nevada people are determined to maintain the legality of w the assessment which was advanced under a law of the last l Legislature putting zJl the railroads In separate class for taxation purposes regardless of difference of gauge The railroad people contend that such a classification classifica-tion Is illegal r I |