══════════╤════════════════════╤════════════╤════════════╤════════════ County. │ Name of road. │ Name of │ Appraisal, │ Actual │ │ village. │ 1900. │ transfer. │ │ │Average per │Average per │ │ │ acre. │ acre. ──────────┼────────────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼──────────── Jackson │Michigan Central │Parma │ $177.25│ $1,166.65 Van Buren │Michigan Central │Mattawan │ 571.00│ 2,439.04 Tuscola │Michigan Central │Caro │ 571.00│ 733.42 Oakland │Pere Marquette │Clyde │ 346.00│ 333.00 Oakland │Pere Marquette │Milford │ 571.00│ 1,136.37 Genesee │Pere Marquette │Grand Blanc │ 121.00│ 327.87 Kent │Pere Marquette │Lowell │ 571.00│ 1,552.26 Ionia │Pere Marquette │Belding │ 1,000.00│ 967.77 Washtenaw │Michigan Central │Dexter │ 571.00│ 718.75 Washtenaw │Michigan Central │Delphi │ 233.50│ 2,383.34 Cass │Grand Trunk Western │Cassopolis │ 458.50│ 1,600.00 Cass │Grand Trunk Western │Edwardsburg │ 222.25│ 466.67 ══════════╧════════════════════╧════════════╧════════════╧════════════ The conclusion reached by the appraiser in 1902 was that, for railroad purposes, right of way is worth what it costs to produce it. It would be just as consistent to claim that a railroad has a misfortune in having a river to cross, and that no value should be placed on the bridge which spans it, as to claim that right of way, which costs three times farm-land values, should not be valued at a higher figure than farm land. TABLE 6.—COMPARISON OF VALUATION FIGURES WITH ACTUAL CONSIDERATIONS—COMPARISON OF IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING PROPERTIES, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. The prices are per square foot or per acre.