The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-05
Arrests for Intoxication
in the City in 1905
Reached 5,945.
Cleveland and Frisco
Lead Large Cities for
Drunkenness.

Washington In 1906 had 536 saloons
and during the year 5,945 arrests were
made in the city for drunkenness.
Twenty-three cities in the United states
had more saloons than The Capital City,
yet only ten of them made mcre ar
rests for drunkenness. Nine cities had
a larger number Of policemen.
The police of Washington during the
year numbered 76e men. The total num-
Der Of arrests made for all offenses was
e, $40, Of which 1883 were for disturb
ing the peace. SOS for assault and bat
terry; "a for homicide; 1,SSS, for vagran-
cy; 90 for housebreahng; 3.4l0 for
larceny; IS for gambling; and S,2SS for
violation Of city ordinances. -
Sixth in Arrests.
With the exception of FIVE cities. the
Iolice of Washington. which is the fif-
teenth city in size in the country, made
more arrests for all offenses tEan In any
OF the other large cities.
These figures. among other compare
tive statistics, relative TO municipalities
Of over $1,000 in population, are given in
the. advance proofs, just made public,
of a publication Of the Census Bureau.
The information covers the fiscal year
1895.
1t IS shown that Cleveland and San
Francisco are far ahead of all other
cities iE the number OF saloons as COM
pared TO the population. There We're
$3.50 saloons in San Francisco and 1857
arrests were made for imtONicatiOn. In
Cleveland there were BIZ saloons. and
l5,o5l arrests for intOXication. New
York had 1O.TS licensed saloons, and in
the city during the year there was a
total of 1926 arrests, Of which 81 gl6
were for intoxicatiOn.
Government Cost Seventh.
Washington stood fifteenth among the
cities in point of population in 1905. but
in point of the aggregate cost OF admin
istering the government of the civ II
stood seventh. The total cost was Si1.
20. which was twice as much as the
payments made for the same purpose
in either New Orleans CT Milwaukee.
and larger by Eevera1 million than the
paymehths in either Buffalo. San Fran
cisco. P1ttsburg, Cincinnau, or Detroit
ali larger than Washington in pOpuia-
StiOn.
In proportion TO population the cost
OF administering the government OF
Washington is practically the same as
the cost in New York. The latter city
In 1903, had a population OF 1000, ,403,
hlch was about thirteen times the
population OF Washington. The cost
of government in New York was Si64
Fs3.l0, or about fourteen times what il
cost in Washington.
The per capita Of corporate payments
in Washington was S3S77. and the per
capita Of corporate receipts was SsS S6.
These flgures gre considerably larger
than those Of any OF the other leading
cities Of the country. with the exCep-
ton of New York and Boston. The
per capita cost Of government IN New
York was S4112, and the per CAPITA OF
receipts was 5000, while the figures for
government, and S5232 per capita re-
ceipts.
Washington Debt.
The total debt OF Washington was
s14.522.7 40. OF which s11.591. .4sO was funded.
T'he per capita Indebtedness was S47.95
The largest per capita debt $17O45 IS
reported by Newton, Mass. Boston
with a per capita debt Of S166.60, was the
next largest, and New York followed
with Sl6l94
Second in Area.
Tables on ehe population and area in
ceres of the leading cities IN the United
States show that the density OF popu-
lation IN Washington IS not nearly 50
great as in other cities. New Orleans,
in fact, being the only other city show
Ing a larger corporate area in proper
ton to the number OF it's people. Wash
inZtOn. with a population Of 3O2. $50 in
1905. contained A.S17 acres, or more than
twice the area of either Detroit with n
population OF 325, SOB, or Pittsb1lror with
a population OF 364 lei, and three times
the area OF Milwaukee with a popula
ton Of 3l2. .964. New Orleans, which had
population of 309.659, reported its area
S 125.6O0 acres.