The sun., 1910-10-09


Yo4 are Iook,ng peacefully out % me
window thai docs not front on the Glr-
shaft ard bv ard ny policeman walks
pa-t When Won have recovered from
I he shock ~ thai vou hear = fire engine
hootlng up tho block or perhaps a prDCes-
sion of the National Guard goes by. These
things are Interesting. think you, bgr
do not Al the time seem to have any IN
media hearing upon your per-oaal
welfare PerhHu- YOU do no, realize that
Won and ten-year.old fgeklel and vour
wife ard her mother are paying S.n1
year for tho privilege ~ walking abroad
on the ~ reefs without being sRndhagged
or molested by rnoIs and with a reason
able sense Of surety that on returning
home II the house should he on fire there
will be a fire engine AT w2rk putting the
fin. oft And the next tIfhe you 20 down
to fsaex Market court remember that
the ponp and majesty Of Justice there
disr Iayed - pa,d for with part Of the 81 81
that each member Of your family u sup.
posed TO ne putting up Tor ia" mantle
nance Of our judiciary.
Al tins and more you may learn by
reading the tahulatipnH that the Depart.
meni of Finance has made fur the budget
"Nniht They were prepared by Comp.
trollrr Prrndergast and careful study
81 them j. well worth while Tn" figures
ara bas.-i IN ne results Of the last census
and arp night up To date
For ryampl-. IN la0 cye-y man. woman
and Chlll IN thl. city was giving 81 70
> yelr Tor the inJcre't on and tho r~deinp-
,lon oi our city dob; 70 make up IN" sum
q ell .7D7. SO Gc.o,ol - That purpose.
The cane ri ypurs" or 81 M" taNe'.
and that nsn. woman and child phrase
= figurat,ve BIi a. the populaJlCn mas
incrca.ci al the,N has increased / the p~
capita coS1 - the funcr'rn of cay go'-
"rnncn,. aud to-day that P~- capita
c7.i for the cot s"T-ll" lS - - lnr'
lcc yclrIy burden Il car. .ng the cty's
dob: has been mac. lOn per cent. heavier.
There - something - nuu over. l"l
see TO- the hs. ION years the demand
fur public irlpros "rncn's mas been going
m almCs hhisJcringll and th- recurring
adminis; -a lions hRv" t"en forced ~
core with this demand b. adding q the
dob,
Then again In "iucdt.ng yol- hsus
Ezekiel m the publI" schools at hrst ana
then rc-haps N a high school finally -
lind lam VA the Chy College - not cheap
re.fo-mJn," TO- he tlXpaye Tie
- capita cost hero. accorting to Comp
rolf. Prc1'."- gas. II 50 10 a year ouL
~ the .axe. and under thefe1d ~ educa-
in on the able are Included tho appr"-
ur,atian- for the Eepartm-n, If tfuc1-
ton. the College Z thr Ii'y ~ New York
mo Normal college and ~" aPpropri-
a.cns made by the city toward th" main
eaancc and administ ration Of the public
certta -. ~ IN 1910.
I've aDnropriatlons rnade for the De-
rs-fIrent of luh'ic Charities, for all
charitable institutions and for tensions
and relief funds amounted To about
-. ~? .17l in 1910. aud there the per capita
,~st was N.T2 Don't you feel charitahle
now The yearly average Tor the ten
q y-ars under consideration has been IA
fhs ue,chborhood of S.Wo .UDo. and IA
40 the city gave m charity almost that
amount
Inc caring fp- the public health has
also Jumped the per capita cost tor
'nc,s 10 felIeyu. Hospital TO- ~ looked
out for and the Department ~ Health of
course and the pepa rtrnent ~ street
TleaninC and the bureau ~ sewers and
the Tensmo nj House Department and all
'hcBe other departmental servants ot the
puhic welfare whose maintenance aver
ages 81 so.Wn year. and tins year
cost more than SI8.O0r, These are
~ 81 m 1910 and g. - ton wears ago IN
$50 the year total outlay for the servants
who Kept the city clean and healthy was
- ~ 70
of Mr. Prcndergast's ngtIring shows that
IA order TO keep the police alive ana sup
mort the ire Department and tho Armory
BOARD and 'he department oi Gts and
Electricity. though what that do"- y" pro
teCt our lives r-rnnins an unenlved prob
lem there 'S the per capita cost % - hS
as hinted 81 abovo. and that in ialn ~"
cost of tins function - government IL
S2s 5S0. J9i Now commissioner BAKER
wants sia OpO nm for his own department
aio,,. An ,pII and m 1851 this whole branch
Of our government cost - about tlSOn.-
OD Either We are growing moro wicked
or better proiectAd. Take yoYr choice.
Tn" functions of gov ernm"nf here
enumerated are the most expensive VI
tho end pi the lis' come those wtth
a smaller per capita cost Tns r""r.ation
A. enc" and art DIVISION. which SHOWS q
head crs, of cent, and some deC''nalH
frr 'tS rNi-tenCe. costs the CITY an aver
A 20 of some two millions Tor the ten
vpars The streets. highways and bridge.
dt,iSInn Is down for a peT capita cusi pl
one cent Under this head are grouped IN"
Bureau q highwavs, the municinal
engineers. The OrlnllssloueT ~ iH'H'
Norris and - on. -
The last 10 come II Tho plhhc hhlld-
,nls and offices branch. cheaper m nus
wear Of grace 1910 man zen wears nanA
Fnr from m. taxes tn. city only taxes
p cents per capita. while IN 1871 ~ took
y cents
Now to nav for all tho turn.nEs Of this
great mach no that We haV" made uece--
~ ~ because wc insist ~ living huddl"'i
mn together 'he Citv goe- tp ~ taN low
and it, general fund. which atter lp8 m
Ciuded the surplus rev enue- % he sink
ing funds
thus In ipO the budget called for an
expenditure Z SpO Wo.rHH and To meet
this there " as an sSn 40 .nOo taA low and
a general fund - nine millions and
half or mor. IN the next Two wears the
budget figures hoyCrsd around The SO
~, OOn mars dropr.Si S,OD'sD ~ 1898
" hen the surplus r"N cnue- " sinking
Fund No. ! weT" thrown INTO thr genera
N nd and used in the payment q current
budget cNDsuditure-. q nd ia 1909 IN"
budget hopped up 20 a demand Tor aua
ga fsD since hen u has risen s;eadilF
going 10 tlOa sDO OrD IN Ig5, yelling fot
a. an 900 more the NEXT vear. and ~ 1877
ih.. budge' Was si2I .DD. .uCo Last wear
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