Evening journal., 1897-07-08
GREATER YoRK,s EXPENSES.
Cost OF the New Municipality COM
pared with That of London.

0HeA Eli IORk'S EXPENSES.
Cost OF the New Municipality Conn
pared with That of London.
The municipal expenditures of Lon
don, the largest city in the world,
amount to about $50. .oOo, 900 yearly, thus
divided, roughly. among tho various
items: Water service, $4,000, 600; DO
lice department, S1o,ooo,000 public
charities, $4,000 900; schools, $10,00o.-
600; health department, $500, 900; fire
department, $1,000, 900; department of
streets. $1o, 100000; gas, $4,000, 900; in
terest on municipal debt, S5,ooo,0 900, and
miscellaneous expenses, the balance,
$15,00o,0oo. Paris, with about one-half
the total population of the city of Lon
don, spends In ayear $75, 900 900, or con-
siderably more per capita. The ques-
iion has been asked how the expenses
Of the Greater New York are likely to
compare with those of London and
Paris ffre'r4
The present population of London Is,
roughly. 5,500,Oo0, and the population Of
the Greater New York is, roughly,
100000, the relation Of the two cities
topeaoh other in respect of population
being as five to three. The population
Of Paris is 100000. The total expenses
of the city Of New York in a year
amount. approximately, to $4,000, 900.
Those Of the city of Brooklyn amount,
approximately, TO S13,0O0,000. The ex-
penses of Long Island City are about
100000 year, of Richmond county
Cfhn - a..
towns annexed TO the Greater New York
$as0,000. making total of SCI, ,25O, 900
for Che whole Of the territory to be in
ciuded. on January /, 1898, in the Great
et- New York. This is n larger ratio Of
rnunicipal expenditure TO the popula-
ilon tlian prevails in London, but
sfnnller one than is the rule in Paris.
The police department Of New York
city. costs $4,000, 600 year, and the DO
Ice departments in Brooklyn SO 300, 900,
and the total cost of the police in the
Greater New York win be about So, $780,
600. ayear, or nearly as much as that OF
the city OF London. The street and wa
ter services are joined in this city in
stead OF being separated, rs is the case
To London. The expenses of the de-
pnrtment OF public works in New York
nre S3,500.00O, and those OF the depart
rnent of city works. which corresponds
t0itin Brooklyn, 81, 100000, and when
tothia the expense of the department
ofsstreet improvemeRts in, the fhturs
borough of Bronx. S63O,0OO, is added
there is total in excess of $4,000. 600 in
the whole territory for these items
The expense Of the fire department in
New NorlSi isl 81, 100000. In Brooklyn
ftis S1,8oo,o0o, and in all of the Greater
Rew'York tits, substantially, SO, SOC, 900.
The item of interest on the public debt
amounts in New York to $5,500,0O0 and
IN Brooklyn TO $4,000, 900, and in the
other localities included in the Greater
NewvYoEls to, 5000, 900. total of about
$0,0o0,o00, or-about twice that of Lon
con. The expenditure for charitable
purposes in New York city this year is
Sp,o00,O0O, md in Brooklyn about S400,-
COO. The item of education appears 10
the extent of $4,000, 900 in the budget Of
New York city, and to the extent of So
SEQ GOO In thelbudget Of Brooklyn, ire
kfe6fifd ion1 flie contributions Of these
two cities and OF the other districts OF
the Greater New York to the state edu.
cntionnl fund, which brings up the to-
tnl amount to $10,O0O,00O. Long Island
City expends $4,000 year for educa-
fiOnal rlffpDses IN " Sun 81