Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-07
totals. lis! 2l6I 295l sa5 SOL ESQ all 2,o44

Many Of these buildings, it is true, frame, but large
portion of them large, substantial and elegant brick ed
fees The total number Of buildings in the city is 5,765,
which, allowing average inhabitants each house,
gives population of a. $780, having nearly doubled since the
census of 1880.
There laid down, during the last year, 80, 1872
square feet of brick paved fooway, and $500 square feet
of stone flag footway, and there expended in the
years s45 and 1916 the s54 900 in opening mpov
ing, and repairing Streets and the erection and repair of
bridges Since the city first incorporated in the year
1902 when its site entire waste, there have been
opened, graded and improved about thy-four miles of
Streets costing outlay of $4,000 and there have been
laid down 900 superficial feet of brick pavement about
5000 feet of flag footways and bridges and cu
eectedthe expense of the pavements being betrayed
by special tax the property bordering he and the
streets, bridges, &C. by the property of the inhab-
generally. For the execution of all these works of i'm
provemen and for the support of the poor and nfrm, and
the support public schools the inhabitants have been taxed
aggregate amount of 800, $685. and in addition city
debt of several hundred thousand dollars has been created
The real property of the Government the city is valued
ST. $40, but that of course has been free from axaton
and the burden of improvement has fallen the property Of
the citizens alone 1t may be added, moreover that the orig
nal propetos of the soil conveyed the Government of the
United States, in free gift, moiey of the twenty
thousand lots into which the city laid off, the proceeds of
the sales of which to be appropriated to the improvement
of the place but although these lots have nearly all been
sod and have yielded the Of 100000, the proceeds
have been placed in the public Treasury, and than
fourth fifth part of the amount has been applied to the
purpose intended by the donors.
These details familiar all who have paid attention
city affairs but they may possess interest for Others and
will show to those to whom they may be how much the
settlers of this metropolis had to do, how much they have
done and the sacrifices and burdens which has them
The Government it cannot be doubted, will long conr
butte its fair share towards the improvement Of the city of its
residence the only important aid which would propose
present TO solicit would be the application of the balance of
the lot fund remaining in the Treasury the liquidation Of
the debt which the city has incurred in the execution of the
works OF public convenience for which that fund original
y designed This balance is estimated about $780, 900.
may to place these views in stronger light
hb here not only the present assessed value, but the pro-
gessive valuation of the private property of the inhabitants
and the tax imposed thereon, for few past years
Statement The assessed roie Of real and personal property
in the several wards Of the city, FIR the years 1889 TO
1916, Inclusive h the amount Of tar for each year. at
the rate Of seUentyfpe cents on the hundred dollars