The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-21
STATISTICS OF BIG CITI S.
The Water They Use-Their Police and
Firemen

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Firemen.
In view Of the new water works system
for Savannah the statistics concerning the
water supply and consumption of the large
cities of the United States taken from the
census bulletins upon social statistics of
cities are Of interest.
The largest aggregate amount of
water used by any city is by Philadelphia,
where the daily consumption reaches 49,
SOC, 900 gallons, with a capacity of S9l, 900, =
| 900 gallons 10 draw from. New York uses
liz, Coz, 900 gallons daily, with reservoir
capacity of 10000, 00O, 900 gallons, aud Chi
cago uses full 100, 900, 900 gallons each daY,
drawing the supply from Lake Michigan,
San Francisco uses 2O.00O,0OO gallons daily,
and is credited with reservoir capacity Of
| 81 900 gallons.
New York city has the most expensive
system of water works, having expended
$4,000 900 thereon. Boston comes next,
with $22, 900, aud Philadelphia third,
with SIS, 100000 Brooklyn and San Fran
cisco have spent about SIS, 100000.
or all the large cities the annual charges
for water are by far the highest in San
Francisco. The average dwelling in New
York is taxed So a year, Ia Chicago S14,
In Philadelphia 50, 10 Brooklyn SO. ia st.
Louis S14, In Boston Sl2 and in Balti-
more 81, while in San Francisco the cost is
$50. In New Orleans it is $25 and in Los
Angeles S24 annually.
OF the fifty cities comprising the largest
places in the country only fourtesn do not
own their own water works. OF the seven
teen leading cities San Francisco and New
Orleans are the only onea where private
ownership of water is tolerated.
The best severed oity is Chicago. which
has 525 miles OF drains. New York is next,
With D. g.-n
miles. Philadelphia 376, st. Louis 327, Bos-
| ton 290, Detroit 293 and Washington 266
San Francisco has 1913 miles OF sewers, being
| the tenth city on the list ia this repect The
sewers Of New York have cost a total of
$2l ,2Sl 900 and tn 50 of Chicago only ST.
| 524 900. Brooklyn has expended over $9,-
| 900, 900, Philadelphia 5000 900, st. Louis
S1,0O0,000, aud San Francisco and Cincin-
natl each over "a, SOC, 900 on sewerage
In connection with the water consump-
tion and supply statistics other figures are
| given:
The largest police force in the country
belongs, VI course, to New York, and mum
bers 9. 421 men. Philadelphia, remarkable
to relate Of city that is presumably so
quiet and orderly, requires LIN police
officers, aud turbulent Chicago has oniy
1,625. Brooklyn has 1,157, and these four
are the largest in tue country. No other
city has over 1000 officers San Frau cisco
| gets along With only 406 oficers, a I'd is sur
passe1 in this respect by st. Louis, Boston,
Baltimore and Cincinnati.
- In New York the arrests reach "a, 594 an
nually, in Chicago 80 300, in Philadelphia
5000, IN Brooklyn $4,000. and in st. Louis
only 1900. The New York force costs
S4,So1, 600 each year, and that Of San Fran
cisco s545 400. Cincinnati speads 1880, 900
annually, and Baltimore S677,9l4. Phila-
delphia's force costs an even million each
year, and that of Chicago S979, 1874.
Now York has total of 1927 men regu-
larly employed in the fire department,
Chicago comes next with GIG and Brooklyn
third with SGT. OF the large cities there
are only four that employ the call system
and do not have an entire force of regulars.
These are Boston. Baltimore, San Francisco
and New Orleans New York has ninety
two engines and thirty hook and
ladder trucks, with 100000 feet of hose.
Brooklyn has only twenty-five engines.
Philadelphia has forty, Boston thirty four
and Baltimore only fourteen.