The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-01-29

resents an investment of $2OOOOOOO and contains
than 5000 inhabitants. It's cost exceeds the assessed
Of all the taxable property In the thriving city of
Little Rock Ark. and its dwellers equal the whole
lation of Emporia, Kan.
And beyond is the snowy tallness of the Plaza
hotel, an investment of $12,000.000.
Here, there everywhere massive structures, in
each of which populations large enough to make
whole towns So tremendous is the cty's growth that
one years building plans represent cost of 000
There nearly 10000 policemen In the 5000 miles
of streets Their pay alone amounts yearly to $12S65
25s They made 244s22 arrests last year To clean the
streets they guard costs 81 299 for single year.
The parks Of the amazing city IA square miles,
including Of its choicest ground It Is said that
they contain than 100000 trees valued at
81 500 100000 other words the parks owned by New
York contain land than the big city Of Rochester
NJ r. 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 514 schoolhouses at
about 500 10000 and that has than 10000
teachers and superintendent educating 900 children
the salaries alone being SIT 5s1 900 year, The depart
ment Of education spent $27A70736 this year.
And II the giant skyline of New York staggers the
and tunnels under the streetsf The separate
buried under the pavements of the metropolis
would reach 20 times around the world.
Down beside the myriad electric channels hidden
der the city PUSHES daily supply of about 100000
gallons of sparkling water of which 325000000 gallons
come from clear mountain lake through two aqueducts
Of them tunneled through rock and earth for %
miles. New Workers. their city $11000000 for
drinking water.
One would think that the government OF city that
spends $2o000o0 900 and employs $4,000 persons
would be in the hands Of its ablest and most trstwor
thy business men.
It would be natural to expect its four and half mil
lion inhabitants to be excited the fact that the
maintaining the municipality has IN
grown from $ss52o0s2 to $15654514s-an increase Of
$3.50 066 year. not to speak of something like $780,
900 added to the citys debt in those 10 years.
Yet the more taxpayers plundered the prouder
they are and the dimensions Of government
ured in terms of millions Of dollars. makes the New
Yorker lift his head haughtily when he should hang
in shame
A citizens bureau Of municipal research has for
three years been digging into the citys accounts and
publishing thrers for the Taxpayers who smile and get
ready vote for government to be proposed BY the
same old gangs Of saloonkeepers graep professional
once seekers the omnipoten hnanciers who direct
them through stained but high-priced lawyers.
who you think the three principal hackers Of
this bureau municipal research which the people Of
New York to be looking for light on public anAs
Just nowf ~ 7t ~ VIZ. S AZ y RI
John d. Rockefeller Of the on trust
Andrew Carnegie Of the steel trust
Robert Fulton Cushing. Of the sugar trust whose fam
ny recently managed % ssn prontisss ferry % ths city
Wn@ he ss1sstsr Nsw YorH~ was orsanis,4 II
yeAn 60 tAe vUesrs delivered he oy again % ~