Show STATS OF equalization several complaints heard yesterday demand made for an increase in the assessed valuation of the rocky mountain bell telephone co property rl r l the stale board of equalization met in the weber county cobit house yesterday mornant morn int here being present mr lund of st george J J thomas of salt lake city and judge thomina D dec of ogden bishop booth of provo being abent the board hold ita session in ogden for the express purpose 0 learning the value 0 the property of the depot and pullman palace car superintendent butters of the pullman company was and was sworn and put through a examination to hia knowledge of the value of his companie com property in birden but mr butters was anable to alve any io formation as to value he claimed that the chicago office attended to the prices and values of all the property that while be handled the goods he did not know the valcee the board did not learn much from superintendent butters probably the latter did not intend that they william glasmann appeared before the board requesting that the telephone property in ofden be at instead of the assessment mr glasmann stated that the president ol 01 the rocky mountain bell telephone company had stated to the ogden city council that his h a d ao investment of in aiden and that mr walliace Wa liace the president certainly would not claim larger investment then hia company had actually made t A member 0 the board here stated that SIri Wallace claimed that be had all the fully assessed in the last eare assessment Mr Glasmann replied that the board could draw conclusion atif the value of the property of the telephones company in ogden when the people ol 01 want mr wallace to reduce ahe telephone rates then he pleads bis inability because he must have a investment but V lieh he is to pay taxes he pleads a of only continuing Mn Glasman eala thistelle company ir oden end takeout of oura city a clean set profit of gentlemen of the board on property is taxed at more nhsn its full value some of it at twice its selling price almost every property holder in ogden will seu his property at the assessed valuation and they are cearly all losing money but this great telephone company has its property assessed at leas than one fourth ila casha value the people cannot sand thew inequalities much longer it is the fluty of thia board to see to it that even a telephone company pays its inet proportion of the beatea taxes we do not aek for more it i an injustice ini ustice to a free people to company ch argine double prices for tele ebonee and then shirk their equitable coition of the taxes to maintain the elate mr then appeared before the board iad presented bome facca to show that oden property was assessed inich higher relative ly than m salt like city for instance the utah bat tonal bank salt lake having capital and surplus of is assessed while the ogden state bank aith capital and surplus of ie assessed if se essed on the babie of the utah national bank lie would be but lie farther stated that the templeton hotel real estate was assessed at and their furniture at 1530 while the reed hotel company real estate comprising about the bame area but less than half in actual actual value was assessed over while the heeds furniture was valued at over lie also showed tatt a a similar disparity between actual values and assessment existed in the case of the and the reed |