The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-23
HOW SAVANNAH COMPARES.
statistics Showing Municipal Ex-
penses in Georgia.

Statistics relating to municipal ex-
penses of various cities and towns
were presented by Mayor Bridges
Smith at the recent convention of
Georgia mayors at Atlanta The sta
tistics will be of interest to Savannah
ians because of the comparisons af-
forded
Number of cities or towns owning
waterworks, As. This includes such
places as have public artesian wells.
Inc source of supply show: From
rivers, 3; from creeks, 6; from springs
10; from branches or streams, 8; from
wells, l; from artesian wells q. Price
per 100 gallons to consumers: Atlanta.
I1sc; Savannah, 121ec; Augusta, 10c;
Macon, zoe; Columbus, zoe; Athens.
1Oc; Americas. 10c; Rome, zoe; Griffin.
loo; Waycross, &c; Thomasville, 15c:
Naldosta, zoe; Milledgeville. 15c:
Gainesville, 15c, Marietta, 121hc; La
Grange, 30c; Gainesville loo; Barnes
vile. 12c; Dawson. Toe: Dublin 15e; &C.
dartown, lie; Cuthbert, loo: Quitman,
1Oc; Moultrie, 10c Fort Valley. Csc;
West Point, 121zc; Greensboro 15c::
Fitzgerald, 10c; Eatonton, 10c; Forsyth.
10c.
Number owning light plants, H..
Price per arc light where plants are
not owned by city are as follows: At
lanta, $3.50; Savannah, S72; Augusta
SOS; Macon. 800; Columbus, $50;
Brunswick. $50; Americas, $72 Rome
$50; Waycross, SIS; Thomasville, SS9. %:
Ealdosta, $50; Milledgeville, $50: Cor
dele, 800; Marietta, 10; LAGRANGE
$3.50; cambridge. $75; Tallapoosa. SIS:
Toccoa, SIS; Hawkinsville, s72; Eaton
ton, SIS; Swainsboro. $50; Arlington,
$50.
Cost to towns and cities owning
plants: Athens, s4S Griffin. $50:
Gainesville, $50; Albany, $500; Dublin.
$50 Quitman, $50; Covington, $50; Mad
ison, $50; Thomaston, $50: Eastman,
300 A number of the towns use in
candescent lamps.
Number lighted by electricity. 4e: bv
gas, 2; by oil II: not lighted. 50
Number with paid fire departments
IA; part paid IL; volunteer 40: no fire
departments 116.
Number in which saloons are allow
ed, p; number of saloons, 691: number
with dispensaries. 10: number of drv
towns, 149.
Number exempting factories from
taxation, 50; not exempting. 129. offer
Ing free sites for factories, 81: not Of
Iering same, 127; requiring license on
factories. 20; not requiring same 1851
Inc hlShest rate of taxation is that
OF McDonough, 1885 per thousand
lowest, Granville and Donaldsonville
mill. The tax rate of Atlanta. Au-
gusta, Macon and Crawfordville l.
Sl.25 per thousand. That of Savannah
is 81 As: that of Brunswick 81 40
The assessed valuation of real and
personal property of the FIVE largest
cities is as follows Atlanta. sac Isa
355; Savannah, $32, 093. 900; AuglIsta
Sls.664. $40; Macon, s15,O9S, $50: CoIum.
bus, $11,573.650
Number of policemen in the five Iare.
est cities: Atlanta, 325; Savannah 50.
Augusta, So; Macon, As; Columbus. az
Number of firemen: Atlanta, 11S: Sa-
vannah, 80; Augusta, g.; Macon. "a:
Columbus, q.
Number of boards of health in the
1s1 towns and cities 20; county boards
of health, "a.
Number Of towns and cities that
give transportation to paupers. 81
Number imposing license on delivery
wagons "a; on drays, 102; on hacks. 46:
on insurance companies, So; on book
agents, 40.