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Show MOFFAT ROAD ESCAPES TAXATION THIS YEAS. a . DENVER, May 8. Until It shall " be in running order the Moffat road is to ' be Immune from taxes. The State Board of Equalisation has decided not to make an assessment on the unfinished railway, - la the face of strong opposition from competitive com-petitive lines. Opjtosers of the new road . etate that an assessment' should be made r this year on the line between Denver and Lcydrn Junction, contending that the tramway, also intimately related to the Denver Northwestern- and Pacific. Is already al-ready hauling freight and passengers over the line. The lino in question has not yet been accepted by the construction company, therefore, according to State law, it is not assessable. |