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Show Utah Railroads Pay Record Tax Per Mile Railroads in Utah pay higher taxes per mile than in any of the other states where they operate, with the exception of the Oregon Xiwrt Line in Idaho, for the present your according accord-ing to the biennial report of the stat board of equalisation. In Idaho the main line pays 8 higher high-er tax per mile than the main line in Utah but this difference! says the re port. Is ulmosi offset by the higher taxes paid by the branch lines In I tall compared with the taxes paid by the bra nch lines in Idaho, The board finds that in Utah this year the Oregon Short Lino pays an average of $?ilU.3-l on its main lines, or an average for all lines of $1364.10. In Idaho the Same railroad pays on Its main line $:'2M 70 per mile and on it.-: branches 1619.49 per mile, or an I average on all lines of $1231 SO. The railroad pays a total of $310.592..r.4 in 1 taxes in Utah, where Its mileage Is 113 miles of main line and 114 miles of branches, and $ 7, l!6,7 1 4.07 In Idaho, with 613 miles of main line and 982 ihlll s of branches. j In Wyoming the Short Line pays ST S8.5R on Its main line and $373 74 ion its branches, or an average of S 0 7 0 . per mile- In Montana, 96i . I for main line and $66S 0rj for branches, and in Oregon. $1967.36 for main line and $203.24 for branches, with an average of $487.1 1. The Oregon fig-lures fig-lures are for 1919, those for 1920 not being available at the time of 1920 I being available at the time of compiling compil-ing t be report. The 1919 taxes of Ihe Denver & Rio j Grande, baaed on main line and branch track; were $604.94 in Utah,! S536.45 in Colorado and $36 1. .".0 in J New Mexico, in Utah this yen- that road pays $768.30 on main hue and branches. Figures for this year in the other two states are not available. The Union Pacific Railroad company's com-pany's figures In Utah this year were '$2009 for main line, and $286 for fe mlli i n Nebra it iJlroad paj s j on main line and 1626 branches, an average on road of $1072 jjiiH In Wyoming the company pays $ 1 OS 4 KlSs jon main line and $160 on branches, an average of $1013; in Kansas. $10S6 iMlsl on main line and $404 on branches, averaging $660. and in Colorado an IH average of $819 a mile on all lines. |