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occupied by the railway company, the total difference was more 
than $700,000. Subsequent conferences between representa¬ 
tives of the state and of the railway company served to di¬ 
minish this difference somewhat, but by a relatively small 
amount. This difference was still further increased when the 
percentages for right of way value were added. The final 
figure adopted by'the state appraisers was $22,775 per acre, 
making a total of $3,859,009 for the city. 
Further comparison will be found in the following table, 18 
which gives the total value of the right of way for eight large 
roads of the state. 
Table shovnng comparison of results reached by the state appraiser 
and the railroad companies for the value of their rights of way 
through Wisconsin. 
Name of road. 
Mileage. 
Total 
value of 
right of 
way, state 
appraiser. 
Total 
value of 
right of 
way, 
railway 
company. 
Per cent 
of differ¬ 
ence in 
right of 
way. 
Per cent 
of d iffer- 
encein 
all other 
items. 
Chicago and Northwestern. 
Per mile.. 
1,759.04 
$9,15”,831 
5,205 
10,790,047 
6,380 
1,309,700 
1,776 
88,675 
832 
216,458 
6,670 
330,816 
1,313 
155,331 
469 
16,323 
447 
1,548,037 
$6,200,866 
3,528 
9,998,842 
5,905 
1,212,735 
1,644 
19,082 
179 
218,941 
6,740 
| 140,967 
559 
101,980 
309 
10,426 
286 
1,388,359 
32.2- 
4.27— 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 
Paul .- 
1,691.26 
736.97 
7.33— 
4.19— 
Per mile. 
Chicago, St. Paul, Minne¬ 
apolis and Omaha . 
Per mile . 
7.40- 
.92- 
Duluth, South Shore and 
Atlantic ..... 
106.53 
32.46 
78.5 
9.73 
Per mile. 
Eastern Railway of Minne¬ 
sota . 
Per mile.. . 
1.15+ 
8.07+ 
Green Bay and Western. 
Per mile .... . 
252.00 
57.7— 
32.9— 
Minneapolis, St. Paul and 
SaultSte. Marie. 
330.88 
34.3- 
11.8— 
Per mile... 
Wisconsin and Michigan. 
Per mile. 
36.48 
36.1— 
0.4 
Wisconsin Central. 
732.03 
10.3 
8.5 
Totals . 
6.125.77 
$25,051,723 
4,080 
$19,274,185 
3,145 
21.7 
3.6 
Per mile .... 
At first glance, this table would seem to show nothing except 
possibly the utter unreliability of all figures obtained. How¬ 
ever, if it be remembered that the officials of the Chicago and 
isi am indebted to Professor W. D. Taylor, engineer for the state 
board of assessment, under whose supervision the data for this table 
were brought into final form, for permission to use his results. 
