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1 Those not paying the ad valorem taxes.

2 The tax on property and franchise is alternative with the gross receipts tax.

3 Domestic corporations.

4 Foreign corporations.

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TABLE I.-METHODS OF TAXING TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES FOR STATE AND TERRITORIAL PURPOSES-Cont'd.

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TABLE II.-METHODS OF SECURING LOCAL REVENUES FROM RAILROAD TAXATION.

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There is a local tax on lands owned by railroads, such as have been subject to grant either by the state or by the United States.

2 Lands used by railroad companies but not used in any way for railroad purposes are assessed and taxed like the similar property of individuals.

Not including "distributable property." There are, however, local license taxes on railroads.

LIST OF WITNESSES.

Barter, Henry C., secretary-treasurer International Longshoremen's
Association, Detroit, Mich..

Bemis, Prof. Edward Webster, of the Bureau of Economic Research,
Mount Vernon, N. Y..

Adams, Alton D., electrical engineer, Boston, Mass.

Adams, Charles Francis, former chairman Massachusetts railroad commission, Boston, Mass

Adams, Henry C., statistician Interstate Commerce Commission, Ann
Arbor, Mich

Page. 275-285

824-830

373-387

Anderson, George H., secretary Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg, Pa 636-652
Bacon, M. R., freight manager Michigan Alkali Company, Wyandotte,
Mich..

72-85

306-317

86-103

Bethell, U. N., general manager New York Telephone Company, New
York City

777-816

Bryant, John W., secretary Steamboat Captains and Owners' Exchange,
New Orleans, La

387-400

Chandler, Albert B., chairman of the board of directors Postal Telegraph Company, New York.

193-206

Childs, James E., general manager New York, Ontario and Western
Railroad, New York City

496-508

Clark, Thomas F., vice-president Western Union Telegraph Company,
New York

206-241

Davant, James S., commissioner of the Memphis Freight Bureau, Memphis, Tenn..

5-8

Dunlap, Samuel C., general manager Cornelia and Tellulah Falls Railroad, Gainesville, Ga..

1-4

Fitzpatrick, Val, third vice-grand master Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, United States and Canada, Columbus, Ohio.

830-841

Fleming, Henry S., secretary-treasurer Anthracite Coal Operators' Association, New York City.

535-542

Foote, Allen Ripley, editor Public Policy, Chicago.

103-123

Fuller, H. R., national representative of National Brotherhood of Railroad Employees, Fifty-sixth Congress, Beaverfalls, Pa

8-72

Greene, Thomas L., vice-president Audit Company of New York, New
York City

467-495

Griffith, Charles D., representative Denver Chamber of Commerce.
Griswold, B. H., general freight and passenger agent Western Maryland
Railroad, Baltimore, Md.

848-858

611-626

Guillaudeu, William Leggett, president Old Dominion Steamship Company, New York City..

442-451

Haddock, John C., independent anthracite coal operator, New York City. 521-534 Hall, Edward J., vice-president and general manager of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company

817-824

Harris, Joseph S., former president Reading Company, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa

596-611

Hayne, Daniel H., general solicitor Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company, Baltimore, Md.

413-425

Hitchcock, Romyn, civil engineer, New York City

890-896

Howes, Osborne, secretary Boston Board of Fire Underwriters, Boston,
Mass..

700-718

Jackson, James F., of the Massachusetts State Board of Railroad Commissioners, Fall River.

841-848

Langley, James Morton, representing the Merchants' Association of
New York, New York City

859-883

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