The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-02
BUDGETS or THREE orrrEa
The Municipal Expenses OF New Yort,
Chicago, and BROOKLYN Compared.


The net municipal expenses OF New York
city In n year. exclusive OF the city's share
OF the state debt. the interest upon the clty's
bonds, and the money required for the pay.
ment Of some Of the bonds Mt maturity. amount
TO S13. 900, 900. The city Of New YORK and the
county OF New York, being Identical oficially,
the expenses OF the latter are merged and In
cluded In tho citv's expenses, whereas the run
ming expenses Of Brooklyn IRE divided between
the city Of Brooklyn proper and the county OF
Kings, and the expenses Of the city Of Chicago
are partly In Guided In the municipal budget
and partly In the expenses W Cook county.
Brooklyn spends for schools this year So.
soc. 1000; New York spends $4,000. 900; Chi.
cago spends So. 800. 900. New York, Brook
lyn. and Chicago are, all three. noted for the
attractive character Of their public parks, those
of Chicago having natural water advantages
which the parks Of New York and Brooklyn
do not enjoy; but owing to the good taste of a
long line of New York city Park Commissions,
that have brought into the public service
men skilled in the development Of park area
In accordance with tho highest standards. the
parks of New York are far ahead OF the parks
Of other American cities.
The Park Department OF Brooklyn costs this
year $500, 900: the New York Park Depart.
mcnt costs $1,000, oooi Chieaso,s Park Do
partment Of City Works. which corresponds
TO the New York Department OF Public Works
%partment of Public WORKS costs So. 1876, 900:
the Chicago Department of. Public Works
made from nOTth the proceeds Of ~ bonds sdme IKE pay
roll of the chicago department Of Public
Works for 1895 amounted TO S2.042 900; The
siderably more. and TO 1t should be added
Seas, 600, this years approximation for the
territory beyond the Harlem River. the juris-
diction OF the New York Department OF Pub
s .iS T isinnd. 0G Brco EE9I,sH' spsni gi '4oo. Ssoh fUr
her Fire Departments; New York spends S2.-
100000; the Chicago Fire Department costs
for the account Of salaries.
The foremost functionary of an American
entertainments at feasts, banauets. receptions,
drills, or reviews, the Mayor is an important
personags. He has to do with the admlnistra.
York and Brooklyn, under the amended Con-
stitutloni has the veto power on certain legis-
in an American city, are very. slight. In New
York city tie Mayors office, including the sal.
the Mayors office in Brooklyn costs still lees,
Sb5'S of w sna in ,s cf for sSl at costs T Sbs'9 MoyS SlG 81
Chicago gets 81 1000 of this. The Health De-
%partment costs IN a year In SSew York city
ment Of Chicago costs 500, 900, OF which ,ss5.-
poTtm N costs ests't this year sIsS.o6o.
The alteration and extension by successive
Legislatures of the building laws has had the
effect of making each year the Department OF
Buildings more Important. The Brooklyn De-
partment OF Buildings costs SIC. 900 to main.
tain this year; the New York Department Of
Buildings. $3.50. 900. In Chicago the Depart
ment Of buildings is called the Department of
Building Inspection. Its maintenance costs
New York expends in a year s27. 800 for a
Civil Service Commission. For the same
funrtionaries Brooklyn. paws $l2,0 900 a year
and Chicago an equal amount. $4,000 of
whic,I IS for salaries. The Department of
Jurors costs In New York S35, 900. and the
fees of jurors are SSl 900 additional. The
Brooklyn Department of Jurors, paid from the
proceeds of the Kings county tax levy, costs
$50. 900. In Chicago II is a branch of the Law
Department.
Chicago has An official known as the Market
Master. and among his items OF disbursement,
are those for gas inspection, oil inspection.
bridge tenders. and dog catchers. Among the
items of public expenditure which appear In
the Brooklyn tax budget are wells, pumps,
and crosswalks." The care OF the INDECENT in
Brooklyn is not a city but a county charge.
The item of interest on the Brooklyn city debt
amounts to 81, 700,0 900 this year, and the in
tcrcst on the county debt of Kings, also paid
by Brooklyn, amounts to $500, 900. New
York's interest charge this year is So. 900, 900.
The annual tax levy in Chicago Is about S12.-
900, 900. and the debt of the city Is SIT. 900. 900,
the debt OF Cook county being 81. 900. 900 ad-
ditional. Brooklyn spends as much In a year