River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-20

resents an investment of $20000000 and contains
than 5000 inhabitants It's cost exceeds the assessed
value of the taxable property in the thriving city of
Little Rock Ark and its jewellers equal the whole popu
lation of Emporia, Kan.
And beyond is the snowy talness of the Plaza
hotel an investment of $1200OOOO
Here there everywhere massive structures, in
each of which populations large enough to make
whole So tremendous is the citys growth that
one years building plans represent cost of $1300O00O
There are nearly 10000 policemen in the 5000 miles
of streets Their pay alone amounts yearly to $780,
25S They made 244S22 arrests last To clean the
streets they guard costs $7418299 for single year.
The parks of the amazing city IA square miles
including some of choicest ground. 1t is
they contain more than 100000 trees valued
81 500 900 other words the parks owned by New
York land than the big city of Rochester
N " and could be sold for enough to pay the entire
national debts of Holland. Switzerland, Sweden and
Turkey
Think of city that has built 514 schoohouses
cost 1000 and that has than 10000
teachers superintendent educating $4,000 children
the salaries being SIT 5S 900 year! The depart
ment of education spent $27,47O,736 this year.
And II the giant skyline of New York staggers the
IMAGINATION what of the marvellous network Of pipes
and tunnels under the streets? The separate
wires buried under the pavements of the metropolis
would reach 20 times around the world.
Down beside the myriad electric channels hidden
der the city rushes daily supply of about 900
gallons of sparkling water of which 32500000O gallons
come from clear mountain lake through two aqueducs
one of tunneled through rock and earth for 20
miles Workers their city Sill 100000 year for
drinking water.
One would think that the government or a city tnat
spends 100000 900 year and employs 10000
would be in the hands its ablest trustwor
thy business
1t would natural to expect its four and half mil
lion inhabitants be excited the fact that the
nual cost of maintaining the municipality has in 10
grown from $935200S2 to $15654514S-an increase of
$43O25 066 year not to speak of something like $780,
600 600 added to city's debt in those 10 years
Yet the taxpayers plundered the prouder
they the dimensions of government meas
ured in terms of millions of dollars makes the New
Yorker his head haughtily when he should hang it
in shame.
citizens bureau of municipal research has for
three years digging into the citys accounts and
publishing hrers the taxpayers who smile and get
ready to vote government to be proposed by the
same old gangs of saoonkeepers graers professional
ofceseekers and the omnpoent fnanciers who direct
them through stained but high-priced lawyers.
Who do you think the three principal hackers Of
this bureau municipal research to which the people of
New York seem to looking for light public affairs
Just now?
John D. Rockefeller, of the oil trust
Andrew Carnegie, of the steel trust
Robert Fulton Cushing of the sugar trust whose fam
lily recently managed sell proftess ferry to the city
enormous price.
When the greater New York. organized IL
years ago the delivered the city again to the