New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
TAMMANY'S PROFLIGACY
,-rv-YORK'S EXPENSES COMPARED
WITH THOSE OF OTHER CITIES.
yr cosTIEsT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
TIT TINTED sTATEs-RESULTS OF
AN INVESTIGATION MADE BY
THE NATIONAL BUREAU
OF LABOR.
OF LABOR
Inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

INV TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
,,,gton Nov 9.-Congress by enactment
.eoe directed the Commissioner Of Labor to
ennuai investigations into the statistics
=. ,i+ies of the United States having popu-
If oyer thirty thousand. and to report the
,.--,srton gathered for the benefit of the gen
hv-.. .,,,,,, The work Of the Bureau Of Labor
e. ,,aar has just been completed. and the re-
' contains many interesting facts
vor,, City under the management OF
-,a-v has become the most profigate
N..,-al government in the country. The an
- collections and disbursements by the city
HD~. ,,.,,a increased until to-day they amount
onetfird Of the total receipts and ex-
~ s.as of the national government. The
p,s.s Of the local government Of New-fork
- last year were more than seven times as
the expenses of Chicago. and more 'haf
,one-half times these Of the city or fhiia-
~ -. They were nearly twenty times greater
1,a-, the expenses Of St Louis. and hve ana one
- .,-,se as much as those Of the city OF BIOS
ton H. total income of New-York City last year
so11 .031.317. divided as follows;
,,-,a for the fiscal year Gncludins
state taxes; 3; The beginning the fiscal
year loan. made during the gear sIseel2o
,r,o total expenditures during the year incluo-
IL -ena,d. amounted to Ss199.61o.24o'
divided as follows
,o,.,,,c,ion and other capital outlay g.. SEQ oss
fo nan leans repaid * 0SJ @9T
Loans repaid - - -
, ..-.--...--: SSs Sso 50 st5 s ses
Toss lasintensnce operation Ioeo.o..
, ,,,,udtne loans repaid. -slss'oio'Z4o
ne, balance on hand at the end Of the
- .-nounted 10 S11,4l6Oit-
,--,ss7s WITH OTHER GREAT CITIES
=. costs more in proportion TO the popula .'oii
:. ,he city 10 run the New-horh lluii'op"
% - than that of an other city in the
1.-Two country Indeed the cost OF the soNeiti
-, ,n proportion to the population is IN
..-tinr contrast with the cost OF municipal
o,.rnr,ent in the other large cities OF the couh-
chicago with population Of nearly one
h.tf that of New-York spent last year oniS
s,s -s2 S4S in the settlement of accounts III
,,dine seoD0opo in liquidation OF the clls .
;5ab+edness New-York expended SSoS1l''o'
for construction and other capital outlay "H'e
Chicago expended S9215,212 for the same puf
pose. 90, CO..
PHILADELPHIA with a population OF I'-9o'o''
neople a little more than one-third OF the pop @
,ation Of New-York, expended last year eoo'o-''
24s less than one-sixth Of the total exPenuitu
of New-York City, while St Louis with popu-
lation Of $40 23S. expended only Slo94o'o7o' OF
one-nineteenth OF the amount spent by 'ne oiii
cials Of the Eastern metropolis
The greater portion CT the revenues OF 'h7
-etropolis came from property taxes the ilieoiie
4-o-o this source during the year being
sT4 5S5. .271- The revenue from hquor lOeiise'
mounted 10 s5.677.710 and that from other
rna,ses +o s525 5ee. The fines and fees imposed
nv the courts footed up total OF S1f1,2oo- 1he
f.r,hiee fay aggregated $500, ,49S. The water
rsn+ &c no insignificant amount being Sl.ls4 10
IT,. snec;aI assessments collected amounted 10
se41o7 71s while the income from docks ana
,,,,arves was S24S1,9 ,957, from ferries ana
bridges S77I.534, and from markets sf1foio s.5
From all other sources lheFe MsS sSot onS co
& Ss6 $40 making grand total Of Sloi 5ol 'oo1.
The cash on hand at the beginning OF the yes.
VAS Sis 757S SOL The loans negotiated brousht
129 additional ins9 60, t6e 6s1 slrg s1
making grand total Of S2ll,ool,oli.
The assessed valuation of real and personal
propertv in New-York City last year was
S. AS go 029 Boston was the only other CITY
&, tba Union where the assessed Taluatlon OF
rropertv exceeded 81, 1,000,O9o,er IN Chicaso
The assessed valuation was only s3@4e: @ ige: ~ ID
Philadelphia, $3.50 935,265 St Louis S5'o'ooo-
eiS.
Of the total assessed valuation of property in
New-York City, $3.50, 44j,4 ,46i was real ana
s5459o6 565 personal Ihs to1al oeol or 'e i +s
sinking fund. however. S11o.636 ABS, thus reduc-
ing the net debt to SOL .63S2, Io3. AT the close
OF the year there were uncoiieCleu th>eS NNe '
city amounting 10 Si4,65694Z- ~. ,. ,
1t is shown that there were Iu.oZ3 hcenseo %
retail LIQUOR saloons in New-f YORK Cliy ihe
total number Of arrests made during the year
was 132 500 OF which 42012 were PLAIN drunh u KS
3l91l were for disturbing the peace and s,soo
were for assault and battery me lotal nun, nun !.
her ~ arrests in philadelphia in the same period
was 65 $50, Of which 3o.3a5 were for drunken ,,e
ness and S 7S1 for disturbing the peace Inc
total number Of licensed retail liquor saioolis
in Philadelphia was only Ito
The report shows that there was larger
death rate IN the Eastern seaboard cltles than
in the interior and Western cities Inc oeati n =
per ! ns1 oT nopulation in New-Tork was 200;
in Chicago il was 14.6. and in Philadelphia l3.o
The death rate in Boston exceeded that or New
In louis II was Ia i.