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Show QUALIZE MATTERS Sis Counties Address S State Board. oADS AND FARM LANDS B Governments Have Addressed nunlcations to State Board ng a Comparison of Assess-s Assess-s on Railroads, Telephones, t Car Lines, Etc., and Trlvate erty-Clalmcd That the Cor-Ions Cor-Ions Have Been Getting the of the Hatter. (Sundn s Dally) s-tate Board of Equalisation li sked some pointed questions by county governments, an to tlio llf(eience which exists In the ions made by the Slate bo trd. 08e made by tlio County Asses-nler Asses-nler mles formulifd by the hoard All the counties of the jre Interested, but those prlncl-affecud prlncl-affecud aie the ones through rallwuys ie opertted, and nlne-e nlne-e understood to line combined , purpose of liylns the matter the Stnte hoird Tho stc-ii of "plait ants Is told In brief In I "lowing letter fiom Emery ROM EMERY TOUNTV. Utah, l'eb It To the Honor-Ue Honor-Ue llond of munlUitlon-Gen-Before ou make the nssess-, nssess-, rullioail hn( audolllngstoLk tShJVutiiat Vhe -wmssid on of firm land In this county TO to SO per cent of the actual I while the rnllrovd passing t ii, county. Is assessed at ft,, . per cent of the valuation. In bl the lepoil of tho Inler-"inunerif Inler-"inunerif commission, foi 1900 Is In this boaid that these facts lo be taken Into consideration e burden of taxation may fall Ij on the piopeity valuation I'ARATIVE ASSESSMENTS s huvi- olo been received from ountles, and tho icmalnder of etcen particularly affected will be heard fiom nt an early ache county complains that file and pergonal property In unty Is assessed nt about TO it of the actual value, vvhllo lines and equipment is osscss-ihe osscss-ihe Stale board at 20 to 25 per f the actuil value, and the Mountain Hell Telephone com-i com-i awessed at less than half of luo of Its ptoperty. Summit' complains that Its real estate ersonal property Is assessed at 10 pel cent of lta nctual value, ho lallruads nio nsseMsed by the loard at fiom :0 to ! per cent actual value. UTAH AND ELSEWHERE e Is ul4o a showing made of the e tax pild by railways, as fol- o lax er mile In.lluh .. 171 35 a tax per mlla In Mussachu 1,111 03 0 tax per mllo In United e have nlso been figures submtt-show submtt-show how the Hlo CIrnnde West- Bl Ongon Short Lino nro being il In Utah, us couipjned with luatlnn as placed upon them by lerstate Commerco commission, 'irs from tho showing that both ue assessed at $10 983 per mile, the Interstate Commerce com-a com-a values them at Joj.713 per mile e Western, and Ji'.l.iiSn for the Line. It Is also shown that tho 1 Indebtedness and outstanding per mile of the Western nggre-Sfitoil. nggre-Sfitoil. and that of tho Oregon Line JM lift .11 COUNTY'S STATEMENT, actual value of the Union la-nd la-nd Southern Taclllc Is about tho Ht'K tho Western, and Is sot forth Wilier county statement. Webep also asserts that tho Union grounds n Ogden are assessed State bond at about onn-slxth assessment of udjolnlng prop. r county snys IIh local vnlui-ire vnlui-ire SO per cent, nnd Salt Lake adds to its statement tho street v comp-ulson oh follows: nl value of ball Lako city iny In ltH . , , ,. J 2M,3i) rt value of Hapid Transit my In 10ul. ....'. 132 321 d , ... 37UMI mirket v-ihio of the lo ns rhown by funded Indent- In 1"' Woooono Y UEITUCE TAX RATEH. ' understood that while no de. or even request Is made upon the lo-ud for a raise In Its valua-soniethlng valua-soniethlng Is expocted In tho if equalization, for which the board was created In Utah S. fm Instance, It 1 claimed, an ration would cut down the conn-X conn-X rate about one mill, hh that y has the lirgest railway mileage If county In the Slate. In comparl-IIh comparl-IIh tho amount of other prnpeitj. her. Halt Lnke, Morgan and nth! o loj-il taxpaver would also be relieved, und a larger sharo of Brdcn of taxation would fnll upon ; corporations ' e".,;l!ie i'.n?d ' !'.,""' ,,b,"-,, ,,. I?' '.'I l"lW' hnH thrown ,ite bond Into a deep 'brown |