The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-20

rcscuts Investment of $2o0oOOoo and contains more
than 5000 inhabitants, It's cost exceeds the assessed
Of all the taxable property in the thriving city OF
Little Rock. Ark and It's dwellcrs equal the whole popu
ation Of Emporia, Kan.
And beyond is the snowy tallness Of the Plaza
hotel an Investment of S2,OOO,OOO
Here there, everywhere massive structures fl,
Of which populations large enough to make
whole towns. So tremendous is the cy's growth that
years building plans represent Of $3.50 900 600
There nearly 10000 policemen in the g. 200 miles
Of streets Their pay alone amounts yearly to sl2SC5.
25s They made 244S22 arrests last year To clean the
streets they guard costs $7,41S299 for a single year
The parks of the amazing city IA square miles
including some of its choicest ground. is said that
they contain than 100000 and are valued NJ
s160o00o0oO In other words the parks owned by New
York contain land than the big city of Rochester
N. y and could be sold for enough to pay the entire
national debts Of Holland, Switzerland Sweden and
Turkey
Think Of a city that has built 5ii schoohouses at
cost Of about 500 600 and that has more than 6
teachers superintendent educating G5 900 children
the salaries alone being sl75S 900 year The depar
ment of education spent s2747O,736 this year
And II the giant skyline of New York staggers the
imagination, what of the marvellous network of pipes
and wires and tunnels under the streets? The separate
wires buried under tho pavements of the metropolis
would reach 20 times around the world.
Down beside the myriad electric channels hidden I'M
der the city rushes daily supply OF about $50 900 900
gallons OF sparkling water. of which 1926 100000 gallons
from clear mountain lake through two aouednrtr
Of them tunneed through rock and earth for 2s
miles New Workers pay their city S1 100000 year
drinking water
One would think that the government Of city that
spends $200000000 year and employs 10000 persons
would be in the hands of its ablost and most trustwor.
thy business
1t would be natural 10 expect its four and half mil.
lion inhabitants to be excited fact that the an
nual cost of maintaining the municipality has in 10 years
grown from s9S5200S2 to S1565451iS-an increase Of
$3025 066 year not to speak Of something like $780,
100000 added to the citys debt In those 10 years.
Yet the the taxpayers pundered the prouder
they and the dimensions OF government meas.
Yorker lift his head haughtly when he should hang 1t
in shame
citizens bureau Of municipal research has for
three years been digging into the citys accounts and
publishing thrilers for the taxpayers. who smile get
ready to vote for government TO be proposed by the
old Of saloonkeepers. grafters professional
oceseekers and the omnipotent nnanciers who direct
them through stained but hghprlced lawyers.
Who do you think the three principal hackers of
this of municipal research which the people OF
New York to be looking for light public affairs
Just now?
John ID. Rockefeller. OF the oil trust
Andrew Carnegie. of the steel trust,
Robert Fulton Cushing of the sugar trust whose fam
y recently managed to sell prohtess ferry to the city
at enormous price.
When the greater New York" was organized ~
years ago the voters delivered the city again to the