The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-28
The CITYS FINANCES.
How the Public Money, Has Been
- Expendea.
A RECORD OF GDOD WORK.
Study These Figures Carefully and See
What Providence Is Getting for What
1t spends-A Year OF Public Improve
ments Accomplished With Economy.

The cries of the hungry politicians, the
misleading charges of extravaganza and
the frantic call for economy, are usually to
be set down as in the same class. The
citizens of Providence have by long ex-
perience learned that efficient public work
can not be accomplished without money,
and they have also learned that as COM
pared with other cities Providence is very
economically managed.
All reports to the contrary notwith-
standing, the administration has been
very conservative in its expenditures, and
when the facts given below are studied
out and compared carefully, according TO
the tables, it will be found that the work
accomplished has exceeded that of any
previous year. Still further, the amount
OF work done has been more than double
the amount of work done last year, and
last year the amount was in excess OF that
OF any other previous year.
Add 10 these facts the fact that the re-
port for this year covers only ten months,
while that for last years covers twelve
months and the extravaganza of the mayor
and city officials will be found not only
to exist solely in the minds of the Demo
cratic wire pullers, but economy will be
found to be a marked feature of the years
work.
The intelligent citizen will weigh well
the following facts. They arc not imagi-
native but can be verified by the official
records at the city hall:
Amount expended for public buildings
and public works for the year ending
Sept 80 1891. sos IS
For same purposes for the year ending
Sept 30 1890 o........................ eos3 13o 20
This money has been expended for the
following items:
Public Schools.
Number Of new school houses COM
menced during the year ending
Sept. 30 1891. 91......................... 10
Number.of school houses begun dur
ing the year ending sept. 80 $780,. 4
Increase this year ar................ $50 per cent.
Number Of school houses repaired
during year ending Sept. 80. 1901. s
Number of school houses repaired
during year ending Sept. 80. 1890. 1
Increase this year.................. 400 per cent
Water Works.
Miles of mains laid for 10 months In
1891 1............................. IL miles
Miles OF mains laid lor 12months, 1890 81 miles
Increase in 10 months. ............. 100 per cent.
New connections made with dwellings
for 10 months, ,1s91.................... 100
This number exceeds that of any pre-
vious year. except 1877, when the
water works were first opened.
New connections made with dwell
ings for 12 months of 1890. 0.......... ee4
Increase for 10 months s.............. Il per cent
Sewers.
Miles OF latersls laid In 10 months Of
1891. S9l........................ T.2 miles
Miles of improved mains laid In 10
months Of 1891. el............."...... 2.5 miles
Total 1891. o. miles
Miles of all sewers laid in twelve
months Of 1890. 4.25 miles
Increase for ten months ............ los per cent
Yearly average since the sewerage
system was introduced. .............. 3.33 miles
Excess OF this year over average. 200 per cent
Highways.
Lineal feet OF highways built in ten
months OF 1891 ....................... 10000
Lineal feet built in twelve months of
1890. ...................... $4,000
Increase in ten months. hs.............. ss per cent
Square yards Of granite Iayng laid
duling ten months Of 1921. ........ $1,000
Square yards Of granite paving lad
in twelve month Of 1890. ............ I7,763
Increase in 10 months. ....,,....... 100 per cent
Number OF feet OF curbing laid in 10
months of 1891. s9i........,............... 10000
Number OF feet Of curbing laid in 12
months OF 1890. 90.................... $4,000
Increase. soper cent
Increases I'm city expenses for one
year for above purposes. s1107.673 SO
Percentage OF increase over
last ........................19 per cent.
Percentage of increase In work
done and under construction.91 per cent.
FOR A NEW TRIAL.
Ellwood's Counsel Filed Executions