The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-02-26

1913 and 1915. having the commits
sion form during those years, and 8
having the council form in 1913 and the
commission form in 1915. These tables
were prepared under the supe vision
of Mr. Starke NJ. Grogan, chief statis-
clan for statistics OF cities.
The eight cities having the council
form in each year are Indianapolis,
Ind. Hartford. Conn. Youngstown,
Ohio Troy. ~ Y; Peoria. Ill; Little
Rock. Ark; Davenport. Iowa; and
Charlotte. N. c. Their estimated popu
Iation in 1915 ranged from 100000 for
indianapolis to $4,000 for Charlotte,
averaging $4,000.
The eight cities having the commits
sion form Of government in each year
are Birmingham. Ala; Lowell, Mass.
Salt Lake City. Utah; Des Moines,
Iowa; Pueblo. Colo; Topeka, Kans.;
Montgomery, Ala; and Austin, Tex.
Their estimated population in 1915
ranged from $4,000 for Birmingham
10 80 300 for Austin, averaging $4,000.
The eight cities having the council
form in the earlier year and the com
mission form in the later are Dayton,
Ohio; Reading, Wilkes Barre, and AL
lentown, Pa; Covington, Ky; Sagi
nav, Mich; Springfield, Ohio; and
Joplin, Mo. Their estimated popula-
ton in 1915 ranged from $4,000 for
Dayton to $4,000 for Joplin, averaging
SO. 900
The three groups have been made as
nearly comparable as possible but IL
will be noted that the average size OF
the council cities is greater than that
OF the commission cities, while these
in their turn are larger than the cities
which changed from the council to the
commission form between 1913 and
1915.
The salient facts brought out by the
figures are
The per capita expenditures for all
governmental costs-expenses OF gen
eral departments, expenses of public
service enterprises interest on indebt-
edness. and OUTLAWS for permanent i'm
provements increased during the two
year period from $3.50 TO $2s.S3 in the
council cities, taken as a group, from |
1892 to S22.20 in the commission cit
les, and from $16.44 70 s1S.76 in the |
cities governed by council IN he earl |
Ter year and by commfss2on in the |
later
The per capita expenditures for out |
lays alone increased from $40 TO |
$l0S0 in the council cities, from 81 so |
TO $3.50 in the commission cities, and |
from $4.07 10 1921 in the cities which |
changed from the council to the com
mission form between the earlier and |
the later year. This class of expendi-
lures fiuctuates so greatly from year
to year, however, that two-year com
parison covering a total Of only "a cit
les does not provide a sufficiently
broad basis for definite conclusions.
The per capita payments for current
expenses and interest-that is, for all
governmental cost except OUTLAWS in
creased from $3.50 to si753 in the
group of council cities, from 1882 TO
$l6.34 in the commission group, and
from 1927 TO $13.55 in the group
which changed from council 10 com
mission during the two-year period.
The increase i'm these expenditures was
more than twice as great in the council
cities as i'm the commission cities. and
nearly twice as great in the council
cities as I'm those governed by council
in the earlier year and by commission
in the later
The council cities, taken as a group,
show per capita excess Of expendi-
lures over revenues amounting 20 90
cents in the fiscal year 1913 and S4.65
In the fiscal year 1915; and in seven OF
the eight cities. taken individually, the
expenditures during the later year
we're inexcess Of the receipts.
In the group OF commission cities the
per capita excess of expenditures over
revenues increased during the two
year period from 80 cents to s1.37; and
in FIVE OF the eight cities. taken indi- |
the expenditures during the
later year were in excess OF the re-
ceipts.
In the group OF cities which changed
from the council 10 the commission
form between 1913 and 1915, the excess
of expenditures over revenues increas
ID during the two-year period from "a
,ents TO SO cents per capita; and in
our of these cities. taken separately:
he expenditures during the later year
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