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Show RAILROAD PAYS QUARTEROF TAX Indicating the amount was all that was poasibl to pay at this' time, the Denver Rio Orand Western railroad Friday had paid only 19 per cent of its general tax bill in Utah, becoming delinquent on the balance In some counties. In Salt Lake county, a payment of 122,181.23 was mad against a total amount due of S12S.7M.t2, and County Treasurer J. R. Jarvia said he had been Informed the rest would become delinquent The railroad's Utah tax bill paid In 13 counties which it traverses, is in excess of 1000.000 and. In some of the smaller counties the line is the biggest individual taxpayer. Its 1M tax bill was $22,2t5. Net la Default Carlton Sills of ths railroad tax office at Denver told the United Press the company was "not in default," de-fault," but probably would be unable un-able to pay ths 75 per cent balance until after the delinquent date of December 20 that obtains in some counties. In other counties, however, the railroad already is delinquent, these j counties not having extended the November 30 delinquent date. In Grand county the county rev-eneeo rev-eneeo faced a poesibls slssh of. nearly 50 per cent if the railroad's; tax bill is not paid in full. i Tha county's, total tax bill for all general property tax payers is only $103,000 and the railroad is the biggest big-gest Individual tax paper, with approximately ap-proximately $43,000 due from it. Extonslea Asked The line paid $16,260 and asked for an indefinite extension on the' balance, County Treasurer Anne' Lee Nielsen aaid. The unpaid balance bal-ance of approximately $48,000 represents rep-resents nearly half the county's an-! ticipated revenue, and became de-' linquent November 30. "I don't know what will be done i if the revenue is lost," Mrs. Nielsen said. In Carbon county, where the railroad rail-road is the largest taxpayer, $23.-511.33 $23.-511.33 was paid against a bill of $94,047.59, the balance becoming delinquent de-linquent November 30. The payment in Utah county was 1 $37,061.69, one-fourth of the amount! due. No word was given regard-' ing th balance, which will not be-, com delinquent until December 20. ! Waiver Sought The railroad paid $14,019.33 In Emery county and asked that delinquency delin-quency penalties on the balance be waived, said County Treasurer P. Eugene Johansen. The county was powerless to grant such waiver, he said, and the balance of the line's bill became delinquent November Novem-ber 30. In Sanpete county, the railroad paid $12,438.31 on a bill of $49,-733.24, $49,-733.24, said County Treasurer Rudolph Ru-dolph Hope. It is the largest taxpayer tax-payer in the county. |