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TAX LEVY FOR 1876.
As an example of the average rate of taxation to which the people of San Luis Obispo have been subjected, the tax rate for 1876 is appended. The State tax was fixed by the State Board of Equalization at 731/2 cents on the hundred dollars. The county levy amounted to 101 1/2 cents. The items being, to the Current Expense Fund, 50 cents; Interest Fund, 2212 cents; School Fund, 10 cents, and for road purposes, 19 cents. The residents of the town of San Luis Obispo were subjected to city taxes amounting to a further sum of one dollar on each hun- dred dollars, for municipal expenses and for the payment of interest. Thus the taxes upon city property became $2.75 on the hundred dollars.
The total taxable property of the county in 1876 was assessed at $5,409, 197. The amount of tax imposed was $94,678, being at the rate of $1.75 per hundred dollars.
The different road districts contributed as follows to the gross values and taxes :-
District of San Luis Obispo
$ 837,409
$14,660
No. I
876,633
15,340
No. 2
334,278
5,848
Nos. 3 and 4
638,633
12,05I
No. 5.
324,782
5,682
No. 6.
370,187
6,477
No. 7
350,000
6,124
No. 8.
282,410
4,942
No. 9.
159,434
2,792
No. 10.
299,186
5,235
No. II .
406,092
7,106
No. 12
433,144
7,583
No. 13.
137,000
2,408
Total
$5,409,197
$94,678
The cost of assessing the above tax was $1,701.35, as appears from the bill of J. J. Scheiffarley, Assessor of the county.
EVIDENCES OF GROWTH.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune, July 15, 1876, made the following review of the financial affairs of the county at that time.
As an evidence of the growth or decay of a community there is no criterion so sure and infallible as the Assessor's roll, when his labors have been completed, and the books turned over to the county. Through the courtesy of our Assessor, Mr. John Scheiffarley, we are enabled to lay before our readers a synopsis of the realty and personal
effects within the county, coming within his province to enumerate. We take this occasion to tender our thanks, not only to Mr. Scheiffarley for his uniform kindness dur- ing the past year and a half, in affording us facilities to obtain from his office such data as could be laid before the public in readable form, but also to his deputies, Messrs. Mannon, Dana, Delesseiguez, and Hardie, for favors and courtesies shown during the progress of the work the present season.
REAL ESTATE.
Number of acres in each grade: First class -- covering the richest and best bottom-lands, 27,429 acres. Second class-consisting of uplands upon which wheat and other small grain can be grown, also some timber land, 31,022 acres. Third grade: "This grade," says the report, "con- sists of foot-hills that can be used for little else than grazing," 95,697 acres. Let us here say, in parentheses, that the time will come, and at no distant day, when these foot-hills will have a largely advanced value for cul- tivation of the grape, the prune, the nectarine, the almond and kindred fruits and nuts. Such lands, eligibly situated, in Sonoma County, now command fifty dollars and up- wards per acre. Such will be the case here, after the first and second grades pass the hundred-dollar boundary, Fourth grade: "This grade," quoting the report, "consists of rocks, brush, mountains, and the lowest grade of grazing land," 837,256 acres. Total land assessed 991,- 404 acres. The average assessed value of each grade is as follows: First grade $27.21; second, $13,66; third, $9.05; fourth, $1.72 per acre. The grand total assessed valuationi of each grade is as follows :-
First grade.
$ 738,586
Second grade
423,919
Third grade
594,288
Fourth grade.
1,429,375
Total cash value of all grades $3,195,888
The foregoing excludes all city and town lots, which are assessed at $346,528. For the benefit of such of our readers as do not understand the mode of California assessments, we would state that the above valuations are for the land and lots, devoid of any and all improvements. Now come the improvements of all kinds, which were assessed to same owner, valued at $492,220. There are some improvements assessed to different owners than the land, therefore the total valuation of real estate and improvements sums up $4,160,811. Personal property is set down at $1,276,429. Total cash value of all kinds of property, $5,437,240. This is an increase over the last year's roll by $104,456. Here again we must ex- plain to our readers that since the assessment, one year ago, a decision by the Supreme Court has struck from the list all mortgages and solvent debts. This has reduced the list by $279,453. Again, sheep, owing to the decline in the price of wool, are assessed at less than one-half the value they were put in at last year, thereby decreasing the roll by $300,669, making on mortgages, solvent debts, and sheep, a total of $580,122. In order to strike a balance which will bear comparison with results last year, we must add . the increase as it now stands, with the decrease on mortgages, solvent debts, and decrease in value of sheep, which would make the balance stand on the credit side of the ledger as follows: Increase over last year, $684,578. This is equivalent to 12-8 per cent. on the entire property of the county. Instead of diminution in the future, it is fair to suppose that they will continue to increase indefinitely as the years roll around.
The State Controller's report for the fiscal year 1876-77
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FINANCIAL HISTORY CONTINUED.
gives the taxable value of the property of San Luis Obispo at $5,330,239, paying a tax of $32,279.58 to the State, and $54,196.54 to the county. The total value of all State property was $595,073,117; State tax rate, 7312 cents on each $100.
ANGUS M. HARDIE,
The present Assessor of San Luis Obispo County, is a native of the "land o' cakes," having been born in Fife- shire, Scotland, September 3, 1840. He was the seventh child of Thomas and Ellen (McPherson) Hardie, there being ten children in the family, seven sons and three daughters, of whom nine are living at the date of this history. Until the age of eleven years he resided in his native land, and there attended school; but his education he acquired in the active life he has led, the necessities and opportunities of business, through the keen observa- tion of men, and the natural good sense of himself, until he became a self-educated and well-educated man. In 1851 his parents emigrated to America, and settled in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, where they remained four years. In 1856 Mr. Hardie came to California and located at Grizzly Flat, in El Dorado County, engaging in mining. Being young, enthusiastic, and vigorous, he was subject to the excitements often prevailing among miners when reports are made of rich mines discovered in some remote region; and when the tales were told of the great discoveries on Frazer River in the distant North, they found an attentive listener in Angus M. Hardie. The rush of Californians to Frazer River was one of the most remarkable, as one of the most disastrous, features of California history, so depleting the population and sacrificing the wealth of the mining counties that many have not recovered from the effects. Mr. Hardie was an early emigrant to that country, and one of the discoverers of the Cariboo Mines in 1859. Into that snowy and desolate region he carried the express from Lillooett, on Frazer River, a distance of 320 miles, carrying at times as much as ninety pounds of express matter on his back, going on snow-shoes the greater part of the journey. The danger, toil, and suffering attending such a journey few can realize who are accustomed to the genial climate of California, the solid earth for a foothold, the open highway, the easy coach and carriage, and the hospitable hostelries by the wayside. The extreme reverse of all these was experienced by Mr. Hardie in traveling over the hundreds of miles of snow-covered wilderness, of bleak plain, frozen lakes, mountain ranges, and matted forest lying between the frontier post of Lillooett and the distant region of Cariboo. But by such bold and hardy pioneering the rich countries of the North and West have been opened to mankind and their wealth made useful to the world.
After satisfying his adventurous spirit in the far North, he returned to El Dorado County, where he continued mining until 1867, when he removed to San Luis Obispo County, where he has since lived. Here he has a fine ranch of 380 acres, situated three miles from the town of Cayucos. While the ranch is his home he has not been a permanent resident upon it, being engaged in other
business and leasing his farm to others. Being a prac- tical miner, he has been largely employed by different mining companies as an expert to examine and report upon mining property, and has superintended the devel- opment and working of several mines.
Mr. Hardie takes an active interest in public affairs, and in politics acts with the Republican Party. In his political career he has been quite successful, being Road Supervisor of San Simeon Township in 1869; was Dep- uty Assessor under J. J. Scheiffarley in 1877, and in 1879 was elected on the Republican ticket as Assessor of the county, which office he still holds, having been re-elected in November, 1881, and is regarded as one of the ablest and most efficient Assessors in California. Of the social and secret societies, he is a member of San Simeon Lodge No. 196, of F. & A. M .; of the Royal Arch Chap- ter, No. 62, of San Luis Obispo; of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Legion of Honor, in all of which he takes great interest. He is fond of good society, of which he is a jovial and popular member, enjoying a joke and happy in repartee, making him a pleasant companion.
While his early life was venturesome and wandering, in his later years he has become the head of a happy family, marrying Miss Agnes Innis, October 4, 1866. This lady is a native of Fifeshire, Scotland, the birthplace of her husband. From this union has sprung a family of seven children, five of whom are sons and two daugh- ters. A view of the dairy ranch and residence of Mr. Hardie at Cayucos is given in this volume. The full name is Angus McPherson Hardie.
VALUATIONS FOR 1877.
Real estate $2,416,017
City and town lots. .. 263,950
Improvements on land. 513,831
Mining claims, railroad property, tele-
graph line, and personal property. 799,942
Other property
181,706
Total $4,175,446
The taxation for the fiscal year 1877-78 was at the rate of $1.50. The inhabitants of the town of San Luis Obispo paid in addition city taxes of 70 cents. The Mission School tax levied in that year was a special tax of 30 cents.
TOTALS FOR 1878.
In 1878 the Assessor reported 987,107 acres of land
taxable. The value of Real Estate was $2,492,263
Improvements thereon 363,251
City and Town Lots 279,003
Improvements thereon 264,261
Improvements assessed to others than own-
ers of Real Estate 16,060
Personal Property 972,458
Amount of Money 23,871
Total Property. $4,411,167
Taxes thereupon, $80,283.25. Rate of taxation, $1.81.
STATISTICS FOR 1879.
Land, 948,374 acres, valued at $2,230,510, or an aver- age of $2.23 per acre.
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HISTORY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.
Improvements on same
$
276,235
City and Town Lots 272,81 1
Improvements on same
2 38,645
Personal Property.
1, 144,965
Total
$4,163,965
STATISTICS FOR 1880.
Acres, 1,056,330, value $2,271,000.
Improvements on same $ 274,000
City and Town Lots 209,902
Improvements on same. 225,754
Trust Deeds and Mortgages 248,146
Other Property . 1,928,078
Total Valuation $5,156,880
Rate of taxation for year, $1.68. Total of taxes, $78,- 591.21.
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
The years of the first decade of the county's exist- ence might well be called prehistoric, as the records of transactions of that time are so meagre and the recollec- tion so feeble. In those days there was probably no need of a county hospital, as the people were few and health prevailed. But the drought that afflicted the State in 1863-64, destroying the cattle and impoverish- ing the great land-holders, causing the breaking up of the large grants, opened the way for a new class of people, and the population rapidly increased. Then came the necessities of charity, the first calling upon the public in an official manner being the care of the indigent sick. With the first newspaper established are the recorded acts of Dr. W. W. Hays in connection with the county hospital. The system was inaugurated and conducted by that gentleman, and the papers for a number of years are unstinted in their praise with which the affairs of the hospital are conducted. As the establishment was started, so it has continued, until in 1883, it is claimed as the model hospital of the State.
The present hospital was built in 1878, occupying a conspicuous site as seen from the town of San Luis Obispo on the north, or in approaching the town from the south, being on an elevated ridge about one mile southeast of the town. The grounds comprise an area of about thirteen acres, in what is locally known as the "thermal belt," being in a region exempt from frost and favorable to the production of the most delicate semi- tropical fruits. From the adjacent hills water is brought in abundance for hospital and irrigation purposes, and the grounds are mostly in cultivation, producing vegeta- bles, fruit, and flowers, for the patients and attendants. The buildings comprising the hospital, are a main build- ing, a building containing the rooms for patients, and a dining hall and kitchen. The main building is of two stories, and fifty feet square. The lower story contains the reception room, physicians' office and dispensary, and the stewards' room, and commissary store rooms. The patients' wards are in an adjoining building, forty- seven feet long by twenty-five feet wide, and one story, sixteen feet, in height. The rooms are well arranged and comfortably furnished. In front of the wards is a broad veranda exposed to the southwest, opening to a
most extended and pleasing view, aiding with its quiet loveliness the salubrious advantages of the location.
The physician in charge at the present time, and for some years past, is Russel Parkhurst, M. D., assisted, when occasion demands, by the gratuitous services of Doctors Hays, Nichols, and other physicians of the neighboring town of San Luis Obispo. Doctor Park- hurst is a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, and is a veteran in practice. His administration of the af- fairs of the hospital has been highly commended. The economy of the management is such that during the year 1882, the cost per capita was but fifteen cents per day, the average number of patients being about fifteen. Mr. Andrew J. Green was for three years the Steward, and the laying out of the grounds, the cultivation of the garden, and planting of the orchard and flowers was due largely to his industry, aided by the convalescent patients.
WHARF LICENSE.
November 6, 1880, the Board of Supervisors fixed the rates of license for the wharves as follows :--
Railroad Wharf (Port Harford) $20 per quarter
Cayucos Wharf
IO
66
San Simeon IO
Leffingwell's 5
WHARFAGE.
At the same meeting the following rates of wharfage. were established :-
Merchandise per ton $1.00
Lumber per M 1.00
Shakes per M .30
Laths per M. .25
Shingles per M. .12 1/2
Posts per 100. 1.00
Single packages, each .25
Grain, vegetables, and other farm products per ton. .75
Wool, per ton
1.00
Asphaltum, per ton
.50
Cheese, each
.03
Butter, per box of 100 pounds.
.15
Butter in kegs, each keg
.121/2
Eggs, per box of 30 dozen .16
Quicksilver per flask .ro
Live stock .121/2
Sheep, each
.05
Calves, each
.25
Hides, each .02
Horses, Cattle, and Mules, each Single buggies
1.00
Double buggies
1.50
Wagons-two horses
1.50
Wagons-four horses 2.00
Heavy trucks 2.50
STATISTICS OF 1881.
Value of real estate $2,497,724
Improvements on same. 338,337
Mining claims 1,650
City and town lots 239,517
Improvements on same 250,695
Railway property. 54,150
Telegraph line. 3,780
Personal property 1,627,605
Ready money
47,882
Total
$5,013,458
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1.00
DAIRY RANCH AND RESIDENCE OF A. M. HARDIE, CAYUCOS, SAN LUIS OBISPO CO. CAL.
SAN FRANCISCO I'MATY
74
DAIRY RANCH ANDRESIDENCE OF T. MURPHY, 6 MILES FROM CAMBRIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO CD. CAL,
DAIRY RANCH ANDRESIDENCE OF J. C. Mº FERSON, SANTA ROSA CREEK, SAN LUIS OBISPO CO. CAL,
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FINANCIAL HISTORY CONTINUED.
The county of San Luis Obispo paid into the State Treasury in 1881, $37,622.70; and in 1882, $42,298.40. The total amount paid in by all the counties was, in 1881, $4,230,075.68; and in 1882, $4,144,650.93. The State received from other sources in 1881, $52,497.98; and in 1882, $553,994.48, making a total of all receipts from all sources for the thirty-second fiscal year of $4,- 751,576.66, and for the thirty-third year, $4,698,654.41.
STATE STATISTICS.
The following tables show the assessed values of the several classes of property in the State for the years 1881 and 1882, respectively :---
ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTY FOR THE VEAR 188I.
Area of the State 100,500,000 acres.
Value of real estate. $348,869,810
Value of improvements on real estate. 115,213,041
Value of personal property exclusive of money 146, 180,978
The amount of money 13,597,566
Value of railroads operated in more than one county
34,829,664
Tota $658,691,059
TAX RATE FOR 1881.
For General Fund.
37.7 cents- $2,190,084
For School Fund. 22.4 cents- 1,300,000
For Interest and Sinking Fund .. 5.4 cents- 315,000
Total 65.5 cents-$3,805,084
ASSESSED VALUES OF PROPERTY FOR VEAR 1882.
Value of real estate $331,803, 193 Value of improvements on real estate 114,516,747
Value of personal property, exclusive of money
120,848,453
The amount of money .. 12,702,056
Value of railroads operated in more than one county 27,602,313
Total $607,472,262
TAX RATE FOR 1882.
For General Fund 27.8 cents-$1,488,735 For School Fund
24.3 cents- 1,300,000
For Interest and Sinking Fund -- 7.5 cents- 398,000
Total 59.6 cents-$3,186,735
SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S REPORT.
The Assessor's report to the State Surveyor-General for the years 1881-82, as reported to the Legislature in January, 1883, contained the following regarding San Luis Obispo :---
Acres of land inclosed, 215,600; acres under cultiva- tion, 74,363; acres in wheat, 36,384; product, 508,263 bushels; acres in barley, 8,454; product, 128,373 bushels; acres in oats, 2,922; product, 72,864 bushels; acres in rye, 3,145; product, 52,320 bushels; acres in corn, 2,622 bushels; product, 104,880 bushels; acres in buckwheat, 75; product, 602 bushels; acres in peas, 40; product, 817 bushels; acres in peanuts, 3; product, 2,200 pounds;
acres in beans, 4,685; product, 87,784 bushels ;* acres in potatoes, 950; product, 3,828 tons; acres in sweet pota- toes, 22; product, 23 tons; acres in onions, 12; product, 425 bushels; acres in hay, 9,420; product, 18,735 tons; acres in flax, 2,822; product, 3,115,200 pounds seed; acres in tobacco, 2; product, 1,500 pounds; acres in sugar beets, 5; product, 86 tons; butter made, 1,331, 160 pounds; cheese made, 872,362 pounds; wool grown, 933,668 pounds; honey, 65,440 pounds; value of fruit crop, $9,897; number of bearing fruit trees-lemon, 42; orange, 65; olive, 86; apple, 4,286; pear, 1,692; fig, 830; plum, 526; peach, 4,484; quince, 381; acres in grape vines, 52; wine made, 2,120 gallons; brandy, 236 gallons; beer made, 26,296 gallons; number of horses, 6,137; number of mules, 155; horned cattle, 44,699; sheep, 122,143; hogs, 7,990; telegraph line, I, with 108 miles of telegraph; number of grist-mills, 2 water power and 4 steam power; barrels of flour made, 13,143; bushels of corn ground, 5,870; number of saw-mills, 3, sawing 187,373 feet of lumber.
ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTY FOR 1882.
Real estate
$3,598,919
Personal property 1,619,896
Total $5,218,815
Population by last census, 9, 142; estimated, 1883, 12, 500; registered voters in November, 1882, 2,422.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS.
The reports published by the Surveyor-General have formerly been the subject of ridicule, as made up from the guess-work of inefficient Assessors, but recently greater attention has been paid to the collection of statis- tics, and therefore the reports have become more relia- ble and satisfactory. The Assessor of San Luis Obispo County, Mr. A. M. Hardy, has been most efficient and careful, combining long experience and familiar acquaint- ance with good judgment and a conscientious regard for duty. His reports must be regarded as reliable facts and of great value.
By the report of the Surveyor-General it is shown that San Luis Obispo is the largest cheese producer in the State, and second in the product of butter, Marin mak- ing 3,872,228 pounds, and only one other county ap- proaching half a million pounds. San Luis Obispo pro- duces nearly twice as much flaxseed as all the other counties put together, and, with Santa Barbara, more beans than all. The average yield of wheat per acre was in San Luis Obispo, 14 bushels; in San Joaquin, 17; in Merced, 11; in Sonoma, 8, and in Butte, II.
TAX LEVY FOR 1882-83.
The tax levy for the year 1882-83 was fixed as fol- lows :--
* The Surveyor-General's report gives the product of beans in San Luis Obispo in 1880-81, at 104,740 bushels ; and Santa Barbara 85,273. In 1881-82, San Luis Obispo, 87,784; and Santa Barbara, $146,700 bushels; Los Angeles 33,000, and Ventura 30,000.
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HISTORY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY.
School Fund_
$ .205
Current Expense
.61
Interest
.23
Hospital
.02
Roads
.289
State Levy
.596
Total
$1.95
CONDITION OF FINANCES IN 1882.
The County Auditor, in his report of December, 1882, announces the condition of the several funds as follows :-
Certificate of Purchase Account $ 30.00
County Schools, General Fund.
1.92
County Schools, apportioned
1,635.68
Hospital Fund
2,954.61
Interest, Funded Debt
1,166.41
Redemption Road Bonds
11,054.73
Roads, General Fund.
1,020.50
Road District No. 1
505.23
Road District No. 5.
132.34
Road District No. 8
164.13
Road Repair No. 5
10.76
San Luis Obispo
243.60
State Fund
3,958.72
State School unapportioned
5.98
State School Lands
5,647.69
Unapportioned County Fund
58.99
The following funds were overdrawn :-
Current Expense
$2,923.66
Road District No. 2-
907.51
Road District No. 3 . ..
335.85
Road District No. 4
212.77
Road District No. 6.
209.76
Road District No. 7
105.75
The various Road Districts received the following amounts :-
General Road Fund
$ 158.47
Road District No. I
182.70
No. 2
85.00
No. 3 -
II2.50
No. 4 .
260.80
66
No. 5
254.14
No. 6
160.50
66
No. 7
103.50
No. 8
23.50
San Luis Obispo District.
243.60
Total
$1,584.71
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
The Board of Supervisors in 1883 is composed of Edgar W. Steele, President; Porter S. Finney, James C. McFerson, James D. Fowler, and Reuben M. Beans. The financial affairs of the county are entirely under their control, and they all appear as deeply interested in their judicious management as if the public was their private property. The position of Supervisor is one of the most important in the gift of the people, although often lightly regarded. The Supervisors, being the guardians of the county, if intelligent and true to their trusts, will have a more important bearing upon its prosperity than the Legislators or Governors of the State. Brief sketches of the Members of the Board are here given :-
PORTER S. FINNEY
Is a native of Delhi, Delaware County, New York, where he was born in 1825, his father, Sheldon Finney, being a carpenter and builder in that pleasant and thriv- ing village. The father was accidentally killed by the fall of some timbers of a building he was engaged in con- structing, leaving a family of children thus orphaned to struggle for their future place in the world. While yet a lad of tender years, the present Supervisor went to live with friends in the Genesee Valley, in western New York, where he passed his youth acquiring a good edu- cation in the common schools of the country, and acquir- ing the valuable and lasting capital of a trade in wagon- making and blacksmithing. Soon after the discovery of gold in California he, in the spirit of adventure that char- acterized the young men of enterprise of that time, joined the moving caravan and settled in business in the city of Sacramento. There he formed a partnership with Kim- ball, afterwards of the great wagon manufactory of San Francisco, and engaged in blacksmithing and wagon work. At Sacramento he remained a number of years, and then removed to Corte Madera, in Marin County, where he resided a short time. In 1867 he joined his cousins, the Steele Brothers, in San Luis Obispo County, and established the well-known Finney Dairy, on the early home of Judge Wm. L. Beebee. In that pleasant locality he remained until 1870, when, fancying that wagon-making was a more rapid road to wealth, he removed to San Francisco and entered the establishment of Casebolt & Co., where he remained two years. In . 1872 Mr. Finney, with his family, again made his home in San Luis Obispo, establishing himself in his trade, in which business he has since continued. Here he is regarded as one of the substantial and reliable business men of the city and county, serving both in various public offices. In 1882 he was elected on the Republi- can ticket as one of the Board of Supervisors, resigning his seat as a member of the City Council in January last, to take his place as Supervisor.
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