The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-16
BUTTE COMPARED
With OTHER CITIES


e4a+es. according to the twelfth census,
1,'1ich have a population of between
ao ooo and $4,000. They are Chatta-
,oooea. Tenn. with 30,15; Auburn, N
30. 145: Montgomery, Ala, go BAG;
I,,t+e 30.470: Canton, O., 80, co.: Taun-
+on Mass. 81 ,036; Rockford, Ills. 31.151;
SIIperior. Wis, BLOB; Fitchburg, Mass,
81 Isl: Schenectady, n. Y, 81, $50.
Having about the SINE population, it
sill be a matter - interest to COM
ARE the statistics of Butte and these
other cities. Rockford has the lowest
Death rate of these cities. $40. and
Taunton the highest, 2414 Butte
death rate is 1874. Rockford, Canton
and Montgomery alone have a lower
death rate than Butte. In point of
area Butte is the smallest, with $50
acres. Butte has forty-four policemen.
which is the largest number in any of
these cities, Chattanooga being next
with forty-one. Rockford gets along
with nineteen. Butte also has the
largest number of licensed saloons. 165
schenectady is next, with 149. Taunton
bas'n any; Fitchburg. has seventeen
The aloOn license is lowest in Butte,
being $500, with the exception of Chat
tanooga, where it is 5000. In Rockford
the license required is $1,000. Fitchburg
had S34 arrests for drunkenness the
largest number. Butte having 7O5. 1t is
necular that the city which has only
seventeen saloons had the largest num-
her of arrests for drunkenness. Auburn
had the fewest. 405. Butte led IN ar
rests for disturbance of the peace. S16
For assault and battery Montgomery
led. with 273. For homicide Chatta-
nooga led. with six. For vagrancy
Montgomery led, with 442 For house
To-
nine Butte having forty. For larceny
Montgomery led, with 25S. Butte hay
ing 230. In other offenses Butte led.
and Butte is ahead in the total num-
Der OF arrests. 1859. Chattanooga was
next with 1855, and Auburn was low
est. with 7SS.
Superior has the most firernen. forty
four Butte having twenty five. while
Ftchburg was lowest, with thirteen.
The property loss was highest IN Fitch
burg, being 1854. In Butte it was
s52626. In Schenectady it was only S19,-
III. Only in Fitchburg and Canton was
the loss greater than in Butte.
The greatest number of marriage Ii
censes was issued in Butte. SOB. Rock
ford was next, with 500. Fitchburg was
first in births, 1881. Butte has the
lowest birth rate. Butte had the most
deaths from pneumonia, but stood we'll
so far as other deaths are concerned.
1t was next the lowest in typhoid fever.
In deaths from measles it was the low
est, and in scarlet fever among the
lowest. In deaths from grippe il was
highest. Six cities had more deaths
than Butte, and three had fewer. Taun-
ton was highest, with CSC; Rockford
lowest. with 292, and Butte had 437.
Butte has the fewest miles of paved
l,,+ = I
that it is much the youngest incor-
porated city. Rockford has 1882 miles
of paved streets. and Butte has 221
Taunton is lowest in miles of sewers,
and Butte next lowest. Butte has the
most miles of street railways. with the
exception of Taunton. Butte is ex-
ceeded only by Rockford and Schenec-
tady in the square yards of street
swept pc rweek.
Butte and Superior have the least
number Of arc street lights. 15S each.
Rockford is highest, with 1885, Butte
has 5.254 children attending the public
schools, being exceeded in the num-
Der only by Canton and Rockford.
More books were taken from the Butte
public library for reading than in any
Of the other cities except Rockford
In seven of the ten cities, the water
works are operated by the city. Only
in Taunton is the electric light plant
operated by the city.
Butte has the smallest bonded debt
and the largest floating Indebtedness
Of any Of these cities. Its bonded
debt is 200, while Montgomery is
highest with S1.979.2 $50. Fitchburg, Su-
perior and Taunton also have an in
debtedness in excess of a million and
a half Butte has S419270 in floating
,1rl &c 4
Of these cities. In total indebtedness,
however. Butte is lowest, with $500, 27O.
Montgomery is highest. with more than
100000, while four others have a debt
above S1.000.000. In Butte the legal
borrowing limit is per cent; in Taun-
ton and F'itchburg it is Of per cent;
in Superior and Rockford it is per
cent: in Schenectady and in Auburn
il is 10 per cent; in the others there is
no limit. The tax rate is $26 per thou
sand in Butte. It is highest in Rock
ford. being S60.75. In Chattanooga, Su-
perior and Taunton the rate is also
higher than in Butte and lower in the
other cities. Fitchburg is lowest, with
SIS. The total income of Butte from
al sources was the highest, $65S. S67;
Fitchburg was next, with S639, 156. Chat
tanooga was lowest, with $299, 900. Butte
spent more in street construction last
year than any of these cities except
Schenectady. The latter spent s112, SIG,
and Butte spent $101, 1903. Superior was
lowest. with $4,24S. In construction of
sewers, Butte was among the lowest.
In total expenditures for construc-
ton and other capital outlay, Taunton
was highest, with $685., 1923. and Chat
tsnooga lowest, with S19,939. Butte
spent S216,371. Butte's police depart
ment was the most costly, being $56,S52.
Montgomery was next highest at
$40 453. while Rockford was lowest at
Sl44S0. Butte's fire department was
also the most costly to operate. being
$4,000. while the next highest was
Superior $50. 600. Schenectady was
lowest at $4,000 Butte's health de-
partment was also the most expensive,
being $4,000. while Chattanooga was
next at $4,000, and Rockford's was
least at 81, 200. Butte's expenditure was
the most costly also for the mainte-
nance Of schools, having been $1SS,24l,
while Superior was next at $4,000.
Montgomery was lowest at 100000.
Buttes public library was the most
costly, being S11,551, while that OF
Fitchburg was next at $4,000. Butte's
street cleaning was the most expensive.
In the total expenditures for mainte-
nance and operation, Fitchburg was the
most costly at $4,000, with Superior
second and Butte third at S4SS,OOO.
Schenectady was cheapest at S244.00O.
In total expenditure for construction
and for maintenance and operation,
Taunton was highest at $4,000
Butte was third at 100000. Chat
tanOoga was lowest at 1921, 600. Butte
has the least amount Of uncollected
taxes on it's books. The net debt per
capita is 1892 in Butte, which is the
lowest, with the exception of Rockford,
$3.50. The assessed valuation of real
and personal property per capita is
highest in Fitchburg. S74S.39. Butte
stands third in per capita wealth
S632.21 Rockford is lowest at $685..