Taxation—Eminent Domain. 
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used in the operation of a railroad? The court held that if the rail¬ 
road company had had no such elevators and warehouses in the 
city, numerous private parties would no doubt have been ready 
to provide them. The warehouses in question were used, free 
of rent, by various steamship companies; and the warehouse 
agent, in a sense, served as agent for both the railroad and 
steamship companies. Hence warehouses were held exempt 
because of their similarity to depots. But in regard to elevators 
the court held that they were “not necessarily used in operat" 
ing the railroad” and hence not exempt from taxation. 
To what extent the railroads have contributed towards paying 
the expenses of the state government is shown in the following 
table: 
Year. 
Per cent, of total 
receipts of the state 
treasury contrib¬ 
uted by railroad 
companies. 
Year. 
Percent, of total 
receipts of the state 
treasury contrib¬ 
uted by railroad 
companies. 
1854-55 . 
0.9 
1875-76 . 
23.3 
1855-56 ... 
1.2 
1876-77 . 
21.2 
1856-57 .. 
1.4 
1877-78 . 
20.4 
1857-58 . 
1.2 
1878-79 
21.8 
1858-59 .. 
1.3 
1879-80 
23.9 
1859-60 . 
3.01 
1880-81 
23.6 
1860-61 .. 
1.4 
1881-82 .. 
23.1 
1861-62 . 
5.7 
1882-83 . 
26.2 
1862-63 . 
4.0 
1883-84 
34.6 
1863-64 . 
5.0 
1884-85 . 
35.9 
1864-65 . 
10.9 
1885-86 .... 
23 5 
1865-66 . 
11.5 
18«6-87 
23.4 
1866-67 . 
17.9 
1887-88 . 
28.4 
1867-68 . 
14.1 
1888-89 
40.8 
1868-69 . 
16.9 
1889-90 
45.9 
1869-70 .... 
17.7 
1890-91 
31.9 
1870-71 . 
14.1 
1891-92 
37.7 
1871-72 .. 
12.4 
1892-93 
32.4 
1872-73 . 
11.8 
1893-94 
32.6 
1873-74 . 
18.7 
1894-95 
34.0 
1874-75 . 
22.3 
1895-96 . 
27.8 
1 It is doubtful whether the figures on which this calculation was based are correct. 
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