The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
GREATER NEW YORK EXPENSES.

tho Cost OF the View Municipality Compared
with the Expenditures or London.
The municipal expenditures Of London. the
largest city in the world, amount to about $780,.
900. 900 yearly, thus divided. roughly. among the
various items: Water service, $40. O0O. 900; Pc.
lice Department. $40, ooo, 900; public charities,
$12.5O0. 600; schools. $4,000. 900: Health De-
partment, IS, 500. 900; Fire Department, 81. O00,-
900; Department of Streets, $lO,OO0.O0O; gas,
g 5000, 600; interest on municipal debt, $5. OOO.-
900. and miscellaneous expenses, the balance,
SIS. 900. 900. Paris. with about one-half tho
total population Of the city Of London. spends in
a year $75.OO0,O00. or considerably more per
capita. The question has been asked how the
expenses Of the Greater New York are likely to
compare with those of London and Paris.
The present population Of London is. roughly.
$500. 600, and the population OF the Greater New
York is. roughly, 1900. 900. the relation of the
two cities to each other In respect Of population
being as five to three. The population Of Paris
is $500. 900. The total expenses Of tho city Of
New York in a year amount, approximately, to
$47,OO0 900. Those of the city of Brooklyn
amount, approximately. to $13,OOO.0O O Tho
expenses Of Long Island City are about $780,
600 a year, of Richmond county $500. 900, and
Of the Queens county towns annexed to the
Greater New York $3.50, 900. making q total of
S61. $50. 900 for the whole of the territory to be
included. on Jan. l, 1898, in the Greater Now
York. This is a larger ratio OF municipal ex-
penditure to the population than prevails In
London, but a smaller one than is the rule In
Paris. The Police Department of New York
city costs sc. 900. 900 a year. and the Police
Department in Brooklyn. 81, 300. 600. and tho
total cost of the police in the Greater New York
will DO about SO. 800. 900 q year. or nearly as
much as that of the city OF London. The street
and water services are Joined in this city instead
of being separated. as Is the case In London. Tho
expenses Of the Department of Public Works in
New York are $3, SOC, 900. and those of the De-
partment of City Works. which corresponds to
it In Brooklyn, 81. 100000 and when to this the
expense Of the Department OF Street Improve
ments In the future borough Of Bronx, $3.50. 900,
10 added there is a total in excess of 80, 600. 900
in the whole territory for these items. The ex-
pense of the Fire Department In New York Is
81, 800, 900. In Brooklyn Ii is 81, 800 900, and In
all of the Greater New York II is, substantially,
90, 500, 900. The item of interest on the public
debt amounts in New York to So, 500, 900, and In
Brooklyn TO 50. 800. 900. and in the other local..
ties included in the Greater New York to $780,
900, a total of about 80. 900, 900. or about twice
that of London. Tho expenditure for charitable
purposes In New York city this year 10 81, 600.
boo. and in Brooklyn about $40O 900. The
item Of education appears to the extent of
$4,000, 900 In tho budget of New York city. and
to the extent Of 81. 100000 In the budget Of
Brooklyn, irrespective Of the contributions of
these two cities and of the other districts of the
Greater New York to the State educational fund,
which brings up the total amount to SIC. O0O,.
600. Long Island City expends $115, 900 a year
for educational purposes.