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J. Warren Woodard Casts Deciding Vote in Favor of Reduction, Today. S. P. CUT 1 , MILLION Plea of Railroads For a 85 Million Cut Is Not Considered. Y CARSON CITY, Sept. 25. (Special)—By the narrow mar­gin of a four to three vote, Ne­vada’s three transcontinental railroad systems were victorious in their battle for a reductoin of taxes, within the state, when the state fax" cditimission lopped $1,- 912,340 from the < valuation placed on the three lines by, the assessors in the various counties and approved by the state board of equalization. ' When the question of a reduc­tion was first brought before the commission last week, a tie vote re­sulted. At yesterday’s session, J. Warren Woodard of Las Yegas, appointed to fill, the vacancy caus­ed. by the resignation of I W. E. Hawkins, cast. the deciding vote which brought partial relief to the railroads in their battle for lower taxes... THE VALUATION of the Sou­thern- Pacific was cut $1,303,590, the Western Pacific reduced $336,- 750, and the Los Angeles and Salt Lake branch of the Union Pacific slashed $272,000. The motion to Cut the valuations wqs made by Henry Rives, secre­tary of the Nevada Mine Opera­tors’ association, and was support­ed by Rives, Governor F. B. Balzar, Charles Fulstotte of Minden, arid Woodard. Opposing the motion were Commissioners, J. F. Shaugh-nessey, W. C. Pitt of Lovelock and J. A. Riordan of Ely. Previous to that action, a motion to allow the valuations to stand as adopted hyi the commission last r__- _i_ UNION-PACIFIC (Gorttinued fr'd'm Page One) duction be granted, declaring the-presorit valuation to be fair and equitable. Woodard, the newly appointed commissioner, was named late Monday pight after Ed W. Clark, to whom the appointment was orig­inally tendered, declined to serve, lie left Las Yegas early .Tuesday morning for Carson City,•* arriving late, 'th| at eVv eYn- in-Yg.q. .... I