The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-21
CHICAGO PAYS HIGH
Mayor Gets $4,000 a Year and
Seventy Aldermen $4,000 Each.
NEW YORK IS NEXT IN LINE.

Gotham Allows Its Chief Executive
$4,000, Philadelphia $4,000, Boston,
st. Louis, Newark, N. j.; Cincinnati,
Cleveland and Pittsburgh $4,000, In.
dianapoIis and Seattle $500.
Washington.-Chica has the high
est priced mayor in the country. He
gets $4,000 a year and serves four
years. New York comes next, with
q Sic, 5000 mayor, whose term also lasts
four years. Philadelphia. third in the
List, gives its mayor $4,000 a year for
four years. Boston, St Louis, New
ark, n. J.; Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Pittsburgh pay their mayors $4,000
annually, the term being four years
In Boston, Pittsburgh and St Louis,
and two years in Cincinnati. Cleveland
and Newark
indianapolis and Seattle pay their
mayors $500 a year; San Francisco,
Baltimore and Minneapolis $4,000 each;
East st. Louis, Louisville, New Bed
ford, Detroit, Kansas City, Buffalo,
Mount Vernon, Rochester, Columbus,
Scranton, Providence. San Antonio.
Tex, and Richmond pay $1,000 each.
The aldermen, who share with the
mayor and certain other officials the
responsibility of government in Ameri-
can cities, cost the taxpayers varying
sums. Chicago has seventy aldermen,
Dacfnr min of CT 600
each; St. Louis, twenty nine, at $1,SOO
each; Newark, thirty-two, at $500 each;
New York, seventy-three, at $1,000
each; Cincinnati. thirty-two. at 81, $50
apiece; Cleveland. twenty-six, at $1,000
each; Philadelphia, forty-eight select
councilmen and eighty-three common
councilmen. all serving without salary;
Pittsburgh, nine aldermen. at $4,000
each; Indianapolis. nine. at 5000 apiece,
and Seattle, nine, at $1,000 apiece.
The only cities that have an upper
and a lower house Of aldermen or
councifmen are Hartford. Conn; New
Britain, Conn: Atlanta. Louisville,
Portland. Me-; Baltimore .(thirty-three
in all, at $1,000 EACH; BrOckton. Mass;
Cambridge. Mass: Everett. Mass; NAL
den, Mass: Fitchburg. Mass; New Bed
ford, Mass; Pittsfield. Mass: Spring
field, Mass: Worcester, Mass; Kansas
City, Mo-; Manchester. n. H; Buffalo
(hirty-siX in all. at $1,000 EACH; Lam
caster. Pa; Philadelphia. Pawtucket,
r. l.; Providence. Il. l.; WOonsocket,
r. l.; Lynchburg. Va; Norfolk. Va;
Portsmouth. Va: Richmond. Va. and
Roanoke, Va.
The commission form of government,
which takes the place of mayors and
aldermen, involves a smaller salary
outlay In Washington. d. c., the
three commissioners get a total OF
$4,000: in Denver. $4,000; in San
Diego, $4,000; in Topeka. $4,000; in
New Orleans, 100000: in Salem. Mass.
$4,000; in st. Paul. S31.500; in Lin
coin, Neb.. $4,000: in Atlantic City.
$4,000; in Bayonne. n. J., $4,000; in
Hoboken. $4,000; in Jersey City, S25,-
600; in Trenton. $4,000. and in Har-
risburg, $4,000.
In some of the commission governed
cities a mayor is elected as such, while
In others he is chosen by the commits
sion. Sometimes he gets an extra al
lowance as chairman Of the commits
sion, but this rarely exceeds $500, and
is included in most of the above totals.
While most cities employ assessors
to fix the valuation of property for
the purposes of taxation. those of
some states have no assessors, but re-
port to the county the amount required
70 hn raised for city nnrnOSeS