The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-01-21

resents an investment of contains more
than 5000 inhabitants Its cost exceeds the assessed
the taxable property in the thriving city
Little Rock, Ark and its dwellers equal the whole popu.
lation of Emporia, Kan.
And beyond is the snowy tallness of the Plaza
hotel investment OF $12,O0O,OOO.
Here there, everywhere massive structures in
each Of which populations large enough to make
whole towns So tremendous is the citys growth that
years building plans cost of $780,
There nearly 10000 policemen in the 5000 miles
streets. Their pay alone amounts yearly $12865
25S They made 244S22 arrests last year clean the
streets they guard costs $741s,299 for single year.
The parks of the amazing city cover IA square miles,
including of its choicest ground It is said that
they contain than 100000 trees and valued at
500 100000 In other words, the parks by New
York contain land than the big city of Rochester
N y and could be sold for enough pay the entire
national debts Of Holland Switzerland. Sweden and
Turkey.
Think Of a city that has built 514 schoolhouses at
cost of about and that has than 10000
teachers and superintendent educating 900 children
the salaries alone being $175S1ooo year The depart
ment Of education spent $27.47o,736 this year.
And If the giant skyline Of New York staggers the
Imagination, what Of the marvellous network Of pipes
and wires and tunnels under the sreets The separate
wires buried under the pavements Of the metropolis
would reach 20 times around the world.
Down beside myriad electric channels hidden un.
der the city rushes daily supply of about 900
gallons OF sparkling water of which 1926 900 gallons
a clear mountain lake through aqueducts
of them tunneled through rock and earth for %
miles, New Workers pay their city $11 100000 year
drinking water.
One would think that the government of city that
spends $2Oo0oo.00o year and employs $4,000 persons
would be in the hands of it's abes most trustwor
thy business
It would be natural to expect its four a half MIL
lion Inhabitants to be excited the fact that the
nual of maintaining the municipality years
grown from $9352o0s2 to $156545.14s-an Of
$43025066 not to speak of something like $780,
100000 added to the cty's debt in those 10 years.
Yet the the taxpayers plundered the prouder
they and the dimensions of government.
ured in terms of millions of dollars makes the New
Yorker lift his head haughtily when he should hang it
in shame.
citizens bureau Of municipal research has for
three been digging into the citys and
publishing thrlers for the Taxpayers get
ready to vote for government to be proposed by tho
old gangs Of saoonkeepers graters professional
ohhceseekers and the omnpoent inanciers who direct
them through stained but high-priced lawyers
Who do you think the three principal backers Of
this bureau of municipal research which the people
New York to be 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 to sell prohess ferry to tho city
at an enormous price.
When the greater New York" was Organized u
years ago the voters delivered the city again to the