The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-28
Auditor RaybouId's Report of
Salaries Paid Them.
SALT LAKES POPULATION.
1T IS ESTIMATED AT sIXTY-FIVE
THOUSAND.
Estimated Assessed Valuation For
This Year is Fifty-Five Millions
The Tax Levy-Our WaterwOrks
system-The Various Departments

City Auditor Raybould will today issue
a circular containing much interesting
information concerning the city's govern
.ment. and the cost of maintenance of
several departments during the past
year. After giving a list of officers in
the several departments, the circular
states that the population of the city
according to the government census of
1890 was 60.516. while the present popu-
lation is estimated at Zoo. The assessed
valuation in 1890, S35,0l6,0 00 Estimated
valuation 1896, $4,000 goo.
Concerning the present tax levy the
following information is given:
General fund .....................5 mills
| Controlling water ................ Ia mills
Streets and sidewalks ........... y mills
Total for city ................... mills
County and city schools ......... 10 mills
State and county .................. mills
Total rate ...................2 mills
| The total debt of the city is $2,54S, 200.
which is bonded at per cent. as fol-
lows:
Issue of September. 1888. 1920 years.
| $500, 900; issue of January, 1891, 1920 years,
$4,000; issue Of July, 1891, 1920 years,
azOO.0OU; issue OF j uly, 1892, 1920 years,
S94S egg: issue Of May 1884, 20 years, gold'
The issue is in bonds of the 'denomina-
ton of $1,000 each.
! The city owns its water works, which
! are valued at $S,0G0,g00. 1t has 125 miles
of water mains laid, and the average
supply is 100000 gallons per day. The
! revenue from this department aggregates
I $4,000 per year, while the cost of main
/ tenance is about $4,000.
The total revenue of the city other
| than tax assessments. is 100000 per year.
| The city is lighted by 276 arc lights
! from private company at $3.50 per
month each. Natural gas is furnished at
! 90 cents per Lou.
I The cost of maintenance of the principal
/ departments during the past year and
! the salaries paid, are given as follows:
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Cost for the year 1885, S51,6245S Sal
aries paid per month, chief, 500; captain,
| Sl20; three sergeants, 500 each; three desk
! Sergeants, $40; Two detectives, $50 each;
! thirty patrolmen, $50 each.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Cost for 1895 S84.S4S.67. Salaries paid
| per month: Chief, $50; assistant chief,
! S1OS; captains $50 ieutenants $50; en-
| gineers, S9o; drivers, $50; pipemen, $50.
Number oil paid men, q; NUMBER of cleo
trio call boxes, SO.
ENGINEERING AND SEWER.
Cost for 1885, .S22,286.78. Salaries paid
per month: City engineer, S20S3S: first
| assistant engineer, $llo; second assistant
! engineer, $luO; chief draughtman, SlOU;
! draughtmen, S75; transitmen, $50; chain
men, $50; clerks, SIS; inspectors of sewer,
$100.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
Cost for 1895, $2O,G6S2 IS, including street
cleaning, salary Of superintendent, $lyC
per month; laborers, per day, $1.75; teams
$780,
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Cost for 1885. $1529403, including collec-
ton Of garbage and running crematory
Salaries paid per month: Health com
missioner, $l2o sanitary inspector, 500,
food Slnl. r1laat ins1nnnt.nr S1nn