The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-08
STATISTICS OF CITIES.
Next to New York, New Or
leans Has Largest Land Area
Northern Cities Spend More
Per Capita For Schools.


Per Capita For Schools.
Washington Dispatch.
The Bureau of the Census has
just issued it's annual report on
the statistics of cities having a
population of over 10000. This
report covers the year 1906, and |
includes financial statistics.
The number of cities included |
in this report is 158, of which |
fifteen had over 100000 inhabi-
tants, twenty-seven between 10O,- |
600 and 300, 1000, forty-eight be-
tween $4,000 and 100000,
and sixty-eight under 5O,-
900. Of the 158 cities, New
York had the largest land area
209,2 acres; New Orleans stood
second, with 125,0O0; Chicago
third, with ia, 932; Philadel-
phia fourth, with 81, 1913, and
Duluth fifth, with 40,556.
The city having the smallest
land area was West Hoboken, N.
j., which had 546 acres. There
is often great disproportion be-
tween the area covered by a
city and the number of it's in
habitants. Duluth, Mimi, with
81, 337 inhabitants, takes in more
territory than st. Louis with it's
649, 320 inhabitants. Salt Lake
City, with a population less by
5, ,487 than that of Hoboken, in
cluded an area thirty-fve times
as great. Of the cities contain
ing over 100, 900 population, Allie
: gheny, Pa, has the smallest land
, area, 726 acres. Patterson, N.
.. j., had the next smallest-5, 157
acres; St. Joseph, Mo-, the next
. y -6,24O acres; Dayton, O., the
next-6, 846; Atlanta, Ca, the
next-7,680; Jersey City, N. j.,
> the next-9, 1853; and Memphis,
: Tenn, the next-9,772 acres.
y The report presents a very
interesting table showing the
y costs of maintaining free public
: schools for the several cities, in.
. . Guiding in such costs the Interest
on the investment in schoo
: buildings aud grounds. The rel
. ative investment Of cities ir
. school property may be noted by
the varying amounts per capits
! allowed for interest on suchinvest
Il ments. These ranged from q
II cents for Atlanta, Ga. .; "a cent
= for Charleston, S. c., "a cent!
y y for Memphis, Tenn. 26 cents o;
g Elizabeth, N. j.; 26 cents fol
: Knoxville, Tenn; 27 cents fo
!, New Orleans, La; 20 cents fo
= Baltimore, Md, and 80 cents fo
- Covington, KY; to $1.O1 fo
Springfield, O.; $1.O2 for East St
= Louis, ILL.,; $1.O2 for Yonkers
u N. Y; $1.06 for Salt Lake City
: Utah; $1.O8 for Boston, Mass.
$1.22 for Joliet, Ill; $1.28 fo
= Springfield, Mass; $1.28 fo
II \ Youngstown, O.; $1.31 for Hart
Il Il ford, Conn. $1.33 for Oakland
!, II CAL: $1.36 for Duluth, MINI.
!, NJ $1.H for Newton, Mass; 81. 4
" for Tacoma, Wash; $1.45 fo
y Denver, Colo. $1.45 for Pueblo
=, Colo; and S1.56 for Spokane
, !, Wash.
'o ,o In like manner the aggregat
~ ~ per. capita cost for maintainin
r0 .n schools, including the foregoin
Iuu amounts for interest, variedfror
y 81. II for Charleston, S. c.; $40
~ ~ for Knoxville, Tenn; S2.11 fo
h Montgomery, Ala; $2.15 f
- Memphis, Tenn, and $2.17 f
fo Noafolk, Va; to $7.2O for Oal
w w land, CAL; $7.2O for Butte
i. is Mont; $7.25 for Springfield
to to Mass; $7.32 for Boston, Mass
" STE for Denver, Colo; STE
10 for Salt Lake City, Utah; So.
~ ~ for Newton, Mass; $3.50 fl
ut ut Spokane, WASH, and $8.76 Fl