New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-07
NETWORKS EXPENDITURES.
THE CONTROLLER AND THE CENSUS
HE ATTACKS THE PER CAPITA RATE GIVEN IN
rur prcrNT BULLETIN or THE BUREAU.

HE ATTACKS THE PER CAPITA RATE GIVEN IN
TIE RECENT BULLETIN or THE BUREAU
co,.ro,lcr Myers addressed letter Of nine type
ur,,tor naces 10 Mayor Grant yesterday, invelghns
heavily AGAINST what the Controller den0mlnaUcS o
pniust and erroneous methods pursued by rho Super
tandem. az Census in ascertanng socalod per capita
rate Of expenditures in tho city OF New-forR ING
paDcr which the Controller attacks Is the Census Bue
lin No g. issued June 81 by the Department OF Olo
Interior giving the ordinary and administrative ex
ro,dtres of certain Cities as well as comparison OF
tho roceipts Of those cities. Mr.. Myers says "Ihe
buetjn is responsible for the remarkable statement
that the ordinary expenditures OF Newly orR Ciy ao"
arc R4a037 ,G94 This statement Is entirely iase III
fact the truth being that tue ordinary expenses Oh 'c
CITY of NewY York more than S17OOoOoo less l. g.
about S32 100000"
The Controller adds that in the case OF New'forh
C the expenditures for state and county 60 TO swell
tho ordinary expenditures forming tie basis OF Uhe
Dor capita expenditure"
The bulletin fixes tle Appropriated administrative
ovnepdituresn OF NewYorS city at S30,2OJ'oo3'
Amounts expended for libraries, schools, puOhc DunsS
charitable objects and water works or use OF water are
said 10 be deducted The Controller Observes By sp-
nIvnC this rule and deductng from the sum OF
eqo 600 600 (above stated 10 be about the sum OF
ordinary expendtures) the sum Of about S12,OOo,O2o
expended for the purposes specified In the RUE u VIII
IN seen that the correct statement OF administrative
expendttures as defined In the Census Bulletin, would
rc olut 200 900 OOO instead Of S36O0o0O0 as stated
in tlc bulletin ,.
Tie Controller summarizes his position as follows:
First-Tlc per capita expenditure Of New-fork CITY
Is bag:d upon an erroneous census. Ill.,. H.,
Sccond-che statement Of ordinary expenditures i'm
properly Included amounts 10 nlor5 man S5Ooi ;uo,
Tui'd-Ext3Ordinary expenditures have been luinPed
with ordinary expenditures. -
Fourth-Ihe expenditures for construction or new
Acuciuct, reservoirs, dams, etc, are incmded as
Fifli-1hr expenditures for construction Of the
Harlem ElyvT Bridge ciasscd by the censs Officers
95 Ordinary expenditures. 49,
~IXCll-Tbe expenditures for construction OF ne"
st.o't> and covers have been cas,cd a. ordinary;
by@nthrhc ceps;Is officers have LWce lncluded' ~
Ordu1r' expenditure, the sum VI 8lJ6,5Ol the amount
Gppr pHatcd by the Board Of Estimate ana Appor-
tonUpEt for the fund f0r street and park openings
FiIti-Nany other smaller Items, paid ON Of
ccnHts, have been ClaSs"d as ordinary cNPtdilurcs
such az charges on Of taxes paid BY purchasers
AT tax sales moneys paid 10 the society fof ne IT.
VentOn Of Cruelty TO Children, TO te Medical society,"
etc.
neutrality-suspicious. for salaries have been twice
incluAcd the ITEMS however, being small amounting
10 1928.
The Controller further asserts that I'm selecting the
expenditures of the year 1880 Ja,s for comparison
IL unfair to the city because Of the enormous and
abnormal expenditures for paris made that year.
lie also refers to large Item from which cities Of
the interior wholly free. that is the general work Of
construction of the Dock Department.
The Controller then finds the per capita expenditures
Of Ncw-York TO be as follows:
Corrected on Corrected on
As given fl basis u Ma basis OF Po-
cen-'- bIl tin tnal Census. lice Census.
Ordinary expenditures. $3.50 2lo5 1870
| Administrative eApend' 23o9 1913 I.Os