Evening star., 1897-06-05
GREATER NEW YORK EXPENSES.

Expenditures of the New Municipality
Compared With Those of London.
From the New York Sun.
The municipal expenditures of London.
the largest city in the world. amount to
about $SO.OOO.OO0 yearly, thus divided.
| roughly, among the various items: Water
service. $tO.OO0,OOO: police department, $l0.
600. 900; public charities. 81, 800 600; schools.
SIC, 100000; health department. $3.5O0,OO0;
fire department., $1.o00.OOO; department of
streets $1O.OOO.0OO; gas. $3.OO0,OO0; interest
on municipal debt, $5.OOO.OOO, and miscel-
laneous expenses. the balance. S15UO0.O00.
Paris. with about one-half the total popu-
lation of the city Of London, spends In a
year $15O0O,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. 5.5OOOOO. and the population of the
Greater New York is, roughly, $500, 900,
the relation Of the two cities to each other
in respect of population being as five to
three. The population of Paris is 2.5OO.0OO
The total expenses of the city of New
YORK III a year amount. approximately to
$H,OO0.OOO. Those of the city of Brooklyn
amount, approximately. to S13 OO0, 900. The
expenses OF Long Island City are about
S6OO.OOO year; of Richmond county, $780,
600. and Of the Queens county towns an
Eexed 10 the Greater New York, $50 OUO
making a total of s61 $50 900 for the whole
of the territory to be included, on January
!, 1888, in the Greater New York. This is
larger ratio of municipal expenditure to
the population than prevails in London
but smaller one than is the rule in Paris
The police department Of New York city
costs $6U0.OOO year, and the police de-
partment in Brooklyn, s., 100000, and the
total cost of the police in the Greater New
York will be about s9,5OO.0UO a year. or
nearly as much that of the city of Lon
don. The street and water services are
Joined in this city instead Of being separat-
ed, as is the case in London. The expenses
or the department of public works in New
York are $3,5O0.0OO. and those of the de-
partment of city works. which corresponds
to 1t In Brooklyn, s., 100000, and when to
this the expense Of the department of
street improvements in the future borough
Of Bronx, S630,OO0 is added there is q
territory for these items. The expense of
the tire department in New York is s. 300
No. In Brooklyn 1t is 81. 1.3OO,OOO and in all
of the Greater New York it is, substantial
~, $3,5oOOOO The item Of interest on the
public debt amounts in New York to So
1o,OOO, and in Brooklyn to $780, 900, and
In the other localities included in the Grnat-
er New York to S20O000, a total of about
ED.OOO.oOO. or about twice that of London.
The expenditure for charitable purposes
In New York city this year Is 1000 GOO.
and in Brooklyn about 100000. The item
OF education appears to the extent of &c.
100000 in the budget of New York CITY.
end to the extent of s., 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 I'D the total amount to
$lO.OOO.OOO Long Island City expends sll5-
eVo year for educational purposes.