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Fire Firhtinr pIant-

Then, too, a vast fire-fghting plant is
required. The fire department includes
1877 regulars, 4.O13 volunteers and $50 en-
ployes other than these. Steam IRE en-
gines numbered $50, chemical engines s,
hand engines 2, freboats and hook and
ladder trucks 70. There were 1859 hose reels
and wagons, ITO other wagons, towers and
1,O91 horses
New York has 1927 miles Of paved
streets' to keep clean and in repair; there
were $685. acres Of public parks to be
cared for and maintained. Each year more
than 2,121,OO0 tons OF ashes must be re-
moved, together with more than 27s, 900
tons Of garbage The dead animals that
are disposed of in a year aggregate 1885,
$780,
In the street cleaning department 1850
persons were employed in 19OS--more than
the National Guard of Iowa. For removal
of garbage and ashes there were 1856 men
equal to the National Guard of Kansas.
Every municipality must expend great
sums Of money to At its rising generations
for citizenship and the battle of life. For
the education of its army of $50, sO7 school
children, attending at 500 school buildings
New York employed 49, 40 teachers, OF
within 1,45O OF the number OF officers and
men enrolled in the ranks Of the state $
soldiery.
This heavy annual expenditure for main.
tenance does not relieve New York Of its
financial burden when 1t is paid. The city
has debt Of $3.50, 977, 2S5 It is estimated
that at the end of the year 1903 the city's
principal salable productive possessions
amounted in value to S129, ,26S and itt
salable unproductive possessions to 1894 =.
| 456470, total falling SIS, 1877 497 short Of the
liabilities.
1t did not cost other cities 50 much tC
live, because of the smaller size of mu.
nicipal families and less imposing and ex
tensive establishments.
Chicago, in all, paid out SAG. s51, O96, accord
ing to the summary column of the censu,
bureaus report. OF this amount So, O67, 46
went to keep the wheels OF city government
turning; $992s,7s2 was required for schools
s., S490S9 for maintenance of the parks anC
$50 for the work Of the sanitary dis,
triets.
In 1903 Chicago had s.nO names on It's
police payroll, of which number 2S75 were
patrolmen and officers and a5 park DO
licemen. The number of men for patrol
work was largely increased recently.
To protect property against fire, 1,sSt
hremen were employed, manning 1O2 steam
eighteen chemical and three hand engines
FIVE freboats, twenty-seven hook and lad
der trucks and other apparatus. The horses
In the department numbered AS.
To keep clean the LAS miles Of paved
streats $50 whitewings were employed
while $40 men were engaged in removing
ashes and garbage, as well as the 1850
dead animals that were carted away to the
glue factory or elsewhere. The fact thai
\ 550.o0O tons OF ashes and garbage were re
moved indicates that Its costs something tc
keep clean a city Of Chicago's size.
The cost Of street cleaning Is always a
considerable item in the annual budget
OF a city. Philadelphia in 1908 had l.22i'
miles OF paved streets, st. Louis 5000, Bos
ton 1916. Baltimore 1912. Cleveland 225.2
| Buffalo 1897, San Francisco PA, Pittsburl
| Ns.7, Allegheny NOW a part Of Greater
I Pittsburgh 95.4 Cincinnati 463.S, Detroit
1921. Washington 27S2 st. Paul co., 10!
Angeles 297.4 and Denver a.2