Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. STATE TAX BOARD REPORTS Complete Appraisement of Corporation In State Show Total Valuation of Property Assessable to be $260,318,961. < Indianapolis, May 17.—The state tax board has completed its work of appraising the property of all railroad and other corporations in the .state that ire assessable by the state board, and :he complete figures were given out today. They show a total valuation of all property assessable by the board of $260,318,961, which is a net increase of 1622.417 over the appraisement on one ■ year ago.; The following figures show | the assessments on the various kinds • ->i property this year, with the amount .11 -increase or decrease as compared •vith last year: Steam railroads, $204/ 5? ,__2, increase, $2,216,682; electrical roads, $.4,755,624, increase,■sl,2-J'.',673; [telephone companies, $13,451,277. increase, $1,133,741; express companies, ! jl.Jt2,t>4s, increase, $51,990; telegraph 1 companies. $3,312,474, increase, $115,sleeping car companies, $1,237,increase, $45,806; pipe line comes, $10,181,447, decrease, $358,627; transportation companies, $358,627 ; ransportation dbmpanies, $1,334,313, increase, $187,159. During the year only 54.9-5 miles of steam road main rack and 53.07 miles of electric road main track was built. The Chicago and Erie appraisement was increased $21,650; Baltimore and Ohio, $335,770; Chicago Lake Shore and Eastern, S6B,Evansville and Terre Haute, $116,800; Chicago, Indianapolis and Southern. $69,580; Big Four, $78,900; Pennsylvania. $174,680; St. Joseph Valley, $100,970. The Indiana Harbor Belt was decreased $78,070. The following notable increases were made in electric roads: Goshen, South Bend and Chicago, $11,944; Indianapolis and Cincinnati, $343,369; Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern, $4,210; Indianapolis and New Castle, $24,278; Ohio Electric, $20,124; St. Joseph Valley, $21.1,5; Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern, $283,216; Winona Traction, $223,285; Gary connecting railways, $25,000; Valparaiso and Northern, $60,500; Gary and interurban, $311,997; the Postal Telegraph company was increased $36,888, atnd the Western Lnion $77,605. The Central Union Telephone company was appraised at $4,354.524, an increase of $799,862. The Chicago Telephone company property in Indiana was increased $251,154 to $552,747. The La Porte company was appraised at $72,975, an increase of $3,750. The state tax board will adjourn its session next Monday.