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along them, or travelling upon them, but
by their length.


by their length.
What should form an adequate police
fOrce,s is not to be determined by the
number Of people to be kept in order,
solely. The sizes Of the districts to be
patrolled have to be considered.
The number of engines needed for
sufficient fire department, depends, in
part at least, upon the lengths of the
runs to fires that may have to be made.
The cost of sewers and water mains
will practically be the same, whether
the house connections be few or many.
Even in the department Of public inS
struction area forms a large factor.
A snugly built town, with a fairly
concentrated population, needs fewer
schools and teachers than would an equal
number of people, scattered over double
or treble the space.
AS things are, the city of st. Paul
presents an extreme case of disproportion
Of area to people living upon 1t. No
other city of the country has so many
square miles of territory, or such ag-
gregate lengths of graded streets, side
walks, sewers, and water mains, in pro
portion to its inhabitants. Besides, the
topography of the place, while giving
much picturesqueness and beauty, has
largely increased the cost of fitting 1T up,
as CITY, The grading of streets has.
required the moving of unusual quanti-3
ties of material. For the connection of
the districts of the town, separated by
the Mississippi river, three lengthy. high,
and therefore very costly bridges have
been built.
The great Irregularities of surface, the
division Of the town site by great
stream, the large space occupied, and
the great length of improved streets,
sidewalks sewers and water mains, in
proportion to population, have largely
increased the cost per head for building
up the place, and keeping it in healthful,
comfortable and presentible form.
The approximate statistics of area,
lengths of streets, ETC., are as follows:
Area of the City,. 55.44 square miles
Linear Miles
Length dedicated streets. ..............S0 800
Length graded streets. 1884
Length paved streets. Observation-Disclosures. 46
Length wooden sidewalks. .............. 500
Length stone and cement sidewalks. 60
Length streets lighted at night. .335
Length sewers Observation-Disclosures. .147
Length water mains. .IoS
Number of building connections
with sewers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,710
Number of building connections
with water mains. ................ IA, 242
Number of city bridges over rail-
ways and streams. 5l
Population by census 1895. ........ ,291
Linear Feet
Lot frontage per inhabitant on
streets now graded. ............ N.S
Lot frontage on existing sewers, for &
edCu UullulHS COHHSCIiOh uOW III ioo'c
Lot frontage on existing service
water mains, for each service con-
nection now in. n................... lZs.3
(Note-In computing lot frontage for
the above table, from total frontage has
been deducted one-fourth for street in
tersections, etc. Of the total length OF
existing water mains, 22O miles are Tor
service and 13 miles are for SUPPLY
No community in the country has been
more enterprising or prompt In the pro.
vision of spacious public buildings, OF
municipal work. including City hall, hos
pital, fire engine houses, workhouse, and
school houses. The park system covers
an area of well towards 1000 acres,
nearly all of which has been improved
and beautifed.
The approximate cost of existing pub
lie improvements and structures, that
NAV be considered of practically a per
manent character, has been as follows; ino vs.;
Street grades. ....... 49,. -. .So4'o ,t'o
Asphalt and stone block pave -
ment o1o,o1A
Bridges over streams and rail- -
ways .............. .......'..' G,ooo,Soo
Sewers ISIS, ,904
Wa+er works " $3.50 064
psrls 420, coo
City hall, city's one-haH. ...::... 100000
other city department buildings :.-,
and grounds .....: sss'oeu:
School houses and school .a.
grounds. ..... ........ 2,2Ai5oo
Total .s1S, ,424, ,116
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CITY DEBT AND INTEREST AC- :
COUNT.
The outstanding bonds of the city, is
sued at intervals through the past TWEEN
ty years, are as follows:
Purpost for which Amount
issued Principal.
Bridges. .... ..... ...... .......A 81, ,340, 600
City and department buildings. 927, 500
School houses and grounds. ..... !o0, 0o0
PARKS. ........ ....... IIo,ooo
Sewers ~ l. 509, 600
Water works g. 400, coo
Railroad subsidies. ........ 59o,000
Street and levee openings and ,,o
improvements. ...... S1o'oeO
Funding and refunding city debt. 222,O0o
West st. Paul bonds. ... .... 1850
Total .... ......... .ss, 1892, ,leo
Portions OF these bonds mature in
each year from 1897 to 1921, inclusive.
Rates Of interest on the several por-
tions of the debt are as follows:
per cent. ................ .Si ,oSo'UoY
Az per cent. .................. 3,6oo, IVY
per cent.......... ............ 2, l5l, 60o
per cent. ............... ...... S99'00o S99 00o
Z per cent. ..."..":....'... 4So.ooo @ w
The total annual interest charge is
1899, ,1S5.
The water works bonds, aggregating.
81, 460, 900, and bearing an annual interest
of $1142 200, while commonly included IN
statements of the city debt, really should
not be so considered in the ordinary ac-
ceptance of the term. Usually, those OBJ
legations are considered city debts, the
service of which must be borne by gen.
eral taxation upon property within the
city.
For some years past the water rents
paid by private consumers have invaria-
bly, been sufficient to maintain and oper-
ate the works, pay the interest on the
bonds. and leave a substantial balance
in hand. There are no reasons for fearing
x,l.a In Of things Al