Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-07
Census Bulletin on Those Having
APopuIation Of Over Thirty
Thousand.
IN 1904 WERE S554,440,2l5.
Increase over 1908 Was SIS Per Cent;
over Iso2 Increase Was ISL
Per Cent

Washington. Aug The census
bureau today issued a bulletin ON STA.
tlstlcs for 1904 OF cities having a popu-
laiion o. over 10000. the cities covered
numbering ~. or these New York
held the largest land area. 2o9 2ls acres,
New Orleans with l25G0O acres and Chi
cago with 1852 ranking next. Hobo
ken with s25 acres had the smallest
land area.
The total corporate expenditures Of
the ISL cities for the fiscal year 1904,
exclusive Of payments by one depart
ment OF the city 10 another
were E5illO.2l5, % which those
IN New York constituted fi61.-
06o.ld. or three.tenths The total ex-
pendtures showed an increase Of t27.-
lOs.7i2 or IS per cent over 1903. and Of
$4,000, $50. or ISL per cen, over 1902.
The increase for the single city OF New
York during the two years ending 100;
was Sa7. s64 625. or 4t5 per cent Of the
total increase
In the 81 cities the amount spent for
permanent works increased almost
per cent over 1908.
Though New York has only twice the
population Of Chicago, Us current ex-
penses are nearly four times as great.
The next six largest cities NJ the coun-
try together expend less than New
York. Though Chicago is one third as
large again a. Philadelphia, the latter's
running expenses are slightly geater.
Though about equal in size with Baltl-
more, Bostons current expenses are
nearly three times as great, Washing
ton spends more than any Of the next
eight large cities Of the country ana
twice that Of other cities Of sbotN the
same population. only one half OF Us
expenditures are met by local taxation.
the other half being paid by the United
States government
OF the total running expenses OF the
ltl cities, 6i.1 per cent went FOR salaries
and wages and $50 for all other OBJ.
jects.
The total Fecclife We're.
Total receipts ierc tsjqs isgpsx hf
which sac 423 So. or rs per cent were
from taxes and other revenues ana
N@l,i52l40 OF 90j per cent from loans
Increasing Indebtedness.
The receipts from munlclpdl indus.
ines such as gas and Waterwurks and
other commercial revenues amounted TO
Sll2.2sG, ST.
or the municipal industries. hy far
the most important are the waterforks.
they are reported boy 10S uf the tI
cities aud their value constitutes $50
per cent OF the aggregate value OF an
municipal Industries as reported. The
cities 81 over 100 900 population not
owning water works were San Fran
cisco, Denver New Orleans. Omaha.
New Haven. St Joseph Scranton and
Patterson. Of the t64 900 900 In electric
light works. Chicago reported about
one-half
Nearly an ~ the s3i 100000 invested
IN gas works was reported hv philldel-
phla. -Four cities were shown to De In
inc Irrigation business Denver Los
Angeles. salt Lake City and san An
tonic three had toll bridges-New
York. Covington and Ia Crosse. and
two were operating municipal ferries
BOSTON and Portland or The only
city RAINING a stone quarry and crush
Or was Auburn, y. Y. and the only one
having % municipal asphalt plant was
Detroit.
The aggregate value Of the proper-
ties of AN municipal industries as here
reported was S1sQ.050.526 The Isl cities
have already met from the general
revenues nearly one-half the cost of
their industrial plants. but sim owe
5S4 per cent ~ the total value. Out
lays for permanent Improvements are
met from current revenue In American
cities more generally than in British
Tho aggregate debt OF the ~ cities al
The close Of The year was 81 s2l. 4s265l
ard debt less sinking funds tl.egG.2le.-
bS3 or more than fourth greater
than the national debt. The per capi-
"a debt loss sinking funds was ti697
Of Tho individual cities the largest nor
capita net debt was reported bv New
Ton. Mass. t'i.i6; tho Second largest
New York. sll325, tho third. BOSTON.
slo2l1 the fourth Pawiucket. si0lla.
only ~ other cities had q per capita
not debt ~ over sIs The tax levy rer
capita was largest FOR Hnsfon fg01f