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The Ladysmith News And Ingram News
Ladysmith, Ingram, Rusk County, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin's Dane County District Court rules state entitled to $10,000 penalties from four railroads for falsifying 1902 gross earnings reports. Railroads plan to appeal; additional suits pending for 1903 and other lines, potentially totaling $160,000 in penalties plus over $500,000 in withheld taxes.
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The state won the penalty cases against the Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, and the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railroads.
Judge Stevens, in the Dane county district court, has filed his decision in these cases. The court finds that the state is entitled to recover from these railroads $10,000, as these railroads admitted they falsified their reports of gross earnings made to the state for the year of 1902. The railway companies will appeal.
The state still has an action against these same railroads to recover penalties upon the reports of earnings made for the year 1903.
The state has penalty suits also against the Wisconsin Central railway, the Green Bay & Western, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Illinois Central. On the basis of the last decisions, and on what is known of the reports of the earnings filed for the years of 1902 and 1903, upon which these railroads pay license fees for the years 1903 and 1904, the state would be entitled to recover in penalties a total of $160,000.
These recoveries of penalties total only a small portion of what the railroads will be compelled to pay to the state. On gross earnings wrongfully withheld they still owe the state 4 per cent upon the total amount of gross earnings, which will amount to more than half a million of dollars.
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Dane County, Wisconsin
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state recovers $10,000 penalties for 1902 falsified reports; railroads to appeal. pending suits for 1903 and other railroads could yield $160,000 penalties plus over $500,000 in 4% taxes on withheld gross earnings.
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Judge Stevens filed decision finding railroads Chicago & Northwestern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, and Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie falsified 1902 earnings reports. State has further actions for 1903 reports and suits against Wisconsin Central, Green Bay & Western, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and Illinois Central.