The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-21
"a CITIES RULED
BY COMMISSIONS
Statistics Are Prepared BY Official Of
the Bureau OF the Census Showing
~ Some Interesting De-
velopments.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2l.--Drector
Sam. l.. Rogers, of the bureau of the cen.
sus, department OF commerce, is soon Ia
issue set of tables giving special fnan-
cial statistics for "a cities--cight having
the council form of government during
the fiscal years 1913 and 1915, eight hav-
ing the commission form during those
years, and eight having the council form
in 1913 and the commission form in 1915.
These tables were prepared under the
supervision of Mr.. Starke NJ. Grogan,
chief statistieian for statistics of cities.
The eight cities having the council
form in each year are indianapolis Ind,
Hartford, Conn. Youngstown, o., Troy,
N. Y, Peoria, ILL.,, Little Rock, Ark,
Davenport, Ia, and Charlotte, n. G..
Their estimated population 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, Ia, Pueb-
10, Col, Topeka, Kan, Montgomery, Ala,
and Austin, Tex. Their estimated popu-
lation in 1915 ranged from $4,000 for
Birmingham to 81, 200 for Austin averag-
ing $4,000.
The eight cities having the council
form in the earlier year and the com
mission form in the later are Dayton
o., Reading, Wilkes Barre, and Allen
town, Pa, Covington, KY, Saginaw,
Mich, Springfield, o., and Joplin, Mo.
Their estimated population in 1915
ranged from $4,000 for Dayton to $4,000
for Joplin, averaging $4,000.
The three groups have been made as
nearly comparable as possible, but it
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 /
form between 1913 and 1918. |
Per Capita Expenditures.
The salient facts brought out by the
figures are:
The per capita expenditures for all
governmental scosts-eNpenses OF general I
expenses of public service
interest ON indebtedness, and
outlays for permanent improvements
increased during the two-year period
rom $3.50 to s2s.33 in the council cit
es, taken as a group, from 1892 to
20 20 in the commission cities, and from
,l644 to SlS.76 in the cities governed
~ the council in the earlier year and
~ enrn m gsiou in thp later
The per capita expenditures for out
avs alone increased from $40 TO Sl0,s0
n the council cities, from $500 to 1886
n the commission cities and from S4.07
o 1921 in the cities which changed from
he council to the commission form be-
ween the earlier and the later year,
his class OF expenditures futcuates so
realty from year to year, however, that
two-year comparison covering a total
/ only "a cities does not provide SUI
GENTLY broad basis for definite conclu-
ions.
The per capita payments for current
expenses and interest-that is, for all
Governmental cost except outlays--in-
reased from $3.50 to $l7.53 in the
roup OF council cities, from 1882 to
1854 in the commission group. and
ON 1927 to 1885 in the group which
hanged from council to commission dur
" the two-year period The increase in
lese expenditures was more than twice
great in the council cities as in the
'mmission cities, and nearly twice a.