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Show Denver & Rio Grande Western Heaviest Taxpayer in Colorado and Utah The following statement shows taxes paid in 1922 by the Denver and Rio Grande Western in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico: COLORADO State Tax $ 7;5'7 County Tax Highway and Road Tax -'f.t'J, School Tax 5'J, 14S.W City and Town Tax oo.Mj-Lo UTAH ss i County lax Highway and Road Tax bl'-b0;,;. ! School Tax 3-n ! City and Town Tax .b,0L.,0 Total Taxes Paid in Utah MJ.oJb.b, NEW MEXICO ... f mw $S,4S0.0 State lax ' n . rr..-,.. lb,8lb.0l County lax n o-' Highway and Road Tax H,-: f - School Tax ,J':- City and Town Tax --- J-Ub -fi W 00 " Total Taxes Paid in New Mexico .... $ ' Jo'S I Grand Total , $l,bb,o.o Daily average of taxes paid in Colorado-Utah Colorado-Utah and New Mexico, year 1922.... iOOb.bl In 19-2 Sanpete County received from the Denver and Rio Grand'e Westren Railroad $46,09141, made up as follows: State Tax $o,obo.lO County Tax ' - Road Tax t'f.V" School Tax - :HS.72 City and Town Tax 2,oiO.U Total $46,091.41 Federal ownership of the railroads means the people would be deprived of the income now accruing from these taxes The Alaskan Railroad .post offices, forts, arsenals, etc are not taxed, nor is amy property used Decontrolled by the United States and state government assessed for taxes- The income n w derive! from taxes paid by the railroads aad which would be lost under government control would have to come from some source, and the experience of government control of the aS-oads during the war suggests a deficit instead of a profit H woulTth! national, state and municipal governments make up this loss? |