The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-05
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Total q sf,zss, ss54se BY u. s.
~, 81 Cities in 1903 = laft
The total municipal recs,a.
BY the 15s largest cities Il !. y 1908
tea States, each having an ! a .as Uni
population Of 10000 Of m ~ estimated !.
amounted to sl.2Ss,es5.49s n 1903,
g ne census bureaus ANIMAL according
on the statistics Of cities for u report
1908, which is now in press ), 'ne Year
Of the 1853 largest citia. !;
were @no-license" or prohibition n nsV vs.. q
q the 151 cities for which c cor el,les.
returns were available for ,e eoomplete
and 1908. there were 10 "n ass1, 1907
1908. w. and q in
The number of places ,ioo.
the sale OF intoxicating lionor a'so for
drink was 1886 in 1901 E, y. the
1907. and 1884 in 1908. This ' 49,. in
was not confined to any section a'c !, a
country. but is apparent IN VI tae
group of states except in car., every
the Rocky Mountain states Ta Of
crease has been most marked ~ Dc
cities OF the South Atlantic stat - 'ae
To meet municipal payments ~
cities mentioned collected ss59 %, i iss
from taxes. licenses, special 'o sss
ments and other revenues and S1' y
rowed $50O,9O5,414. The balance NV :. uo 70
municipal receipts, amounting II ~ s,s me
395,5O2, was made up of ref,,nd sA0o'
vestments disposed of by citv fu,s ~
and general transfers. The total mus
cipal receipts, therefore, amoun+od 14 !.
$1,28S,635.496, and were made Nv 70
the following items: 37.2 per cent ~. "
taxes and other general revenues. 0.
per cent from special assessments.
per cent from services performod ~ :.
city departments; 1873 per cent f,om
loans, and 14.5 per cent from refunds
general transfers and miscellanaou,
sources.
Revenues of the Big citie.
Taxes and other general revenuos
including licenses and permits. fines
and forfeits and subventions granite
and gifts, were the chief source NJ
revenue for nearly every city. Re-.
ceipts from the general property ,ar
formed the chief item of general rev.
enue, and for the cities of Massachu.
sets, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohm
Iowa, Louisiana, Virginia and Georgia
comprised more than Is per cent Of
the total.
Liquor licenses and taxes formed
1874 per cent of the general revenues
in the cities Of Ohio and 1912 per cent
in the cities of California. New York
City received $7,927,3OO; Chicago, 81,
252,687, and Philadelphia s1,96s,45s
from this source. The only other cities
deriving more than 100000 from Il.
quor licenses were st. Louis, Boston,
Cleveland, San Francisco and Cincin.
natl.
Business licenses formed 299 per
cent of the general revenues in the
cities of Alabama, while general prop
erty taxes formed only 53.1 per cent
an unusual condition among the cities
of the United States. Business L.
censes also formed a large percentage,
14.5, of the general revenues Of the
cities of Georgia.
In most cities sewers, pavements
and similar public Improvements are
paid for in the main from the general
property tax, but there is marked
variation from this practice In several
cities, especially of the West. Okla'
homa City received more money from
special assessments than from taxes
and other general revenues, and New
York City received $10,O29,153 and CnF
cago $4,765, 1893 from the same source
The proportion of receipts lrOm
special assessments to receipts ron
taxes and other general revenues lu
specified cities was as follows: okS
homa City, 164.1 per cent; Seattle "a
coma. and Spokane, Wash, 70.S' 900
and 80, respectively; Oakland, 4Ss pr
cent; Superior, Wis, Alb per csus'
Joplin, 36.2 per cent, and Kansas ClV'
Mo-, 26.7 per cent. Comparatively NV
tax rates for most of these cities @0
accounted for by large receipts iiO~
special assessments.
public Service Enterprises.
From revenues of public service ~
terprises, such as water supply ~ ~,
TENS, toll bridges, ETC., New foin ~, w.
realized $1S,604,056; Chicago, s'', rss
401, and Philadelphia, $4,36S,zlo :-, hi
only cities Of less than SOo,Ooo iuDs a..
tants which received more tnan ,ar
100000 from this source were 'el NJ.
city. Los Angeles and Seattle. ~. -
cago derived $2,3S6,275 from prlsl, 'ssie
81 taxes for the use of the pun
Highways; New York City defm ,,,oner
trife over one-half as mucn -,
from the same source. A ma,ol small
the cities receive comparatively,, 4. ~. ssr.
amounts Of revenue from puD aa.s Of
vice corporations for the prlvl'ss
using the public highways.