The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
CHICAGO PAYS HIGH
Mayor Gets $4,000 a Year and
Seventy Aldermen $4,000 Each.
NEW YORK is NEXT IN LINE.

| Sothnm Allows ITS Chief Executive
} $4,000, Philadelphia $4,000, Boston,
ST. Louis, Newark, N. j., Cincinnati.
/ Cleveland and Pittsburgh $4,000, In.
disnapoliS and Seattle $500.
Washington.-Chlcago has the high.
est priced mayor In the country. He
gets $4,000 a year and serves four
years. New York comes next, with
$4,000 mayor. whose term also lasts
four years. Philadelphia. third In the
list, gives It's mayor $4,000 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. Louls.
and two years In Cincinnati. Cleveland
and Newark
indianapolis and Seattle pay their
mayors $500 n ycnr: san Francisco.
Baltimore and Minneapolis $4,000 each:
East 81. Louis. Louisville. New Bed.
ford. Detroit, Knnsas 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 I'm Amcri.
can cities, cost the taxpayers varying
sums. Chicago has seventy aldermen.
at $4,000 each; Boston. nine at $1,000
each; ST. Louis. twenty.ninc. AZ $500
each: Newark. thlrty.two. nt $500 each;
New York. seventy-thpe. nt $1,000
each; Cincinnati thlrty.two. nc sl.l5O
apiece; Cleveland, twcnty.slx, nt $1,000
each; Philadelphia. forty-eight select
councilmen and clghty.thrcc common
conncllmcn. nll serving without salary;
Pittsburgh. nine aldermen. at $4,000
each; indianapolis. nine, at 5000 apiece,
and Seattle. nine at $1,000 apiece.
Tho only cities that have an upper
aud lower house OF aldermen or
councllmcn are Hartford. Conn; New
Britain. Conn: Atlanta. Louisville
Portland. Me-; Baltimore Cthirty.thrce
In all, at $1,000 each: Brockton. Mass;
Cambridge. Mass: Everett. Mass; Nal.
den. Mass; Fitchburg. Mass; New BED.
ford. Mass: Plttsncld. Mass; Spring.
field. Mass: Worcester. Mass: Kansas
City. Mo-: Manchester. N. H.; Buffalo
thirty six In all. at $1,000 each); Ian.
caster. Pa; Philadelphia, Pawtucket
II. l.; Providence. II. l.; woonsocket
n. 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. ID. c., the
three commissioners get n total OF
$4,000: IN Denver. $4,000: In San
Diego. $4,000: In Topeka. $1,000; In
New orleans. S30OOO: IN Salem. Mass.
$4,000; I'm St Paul. S3i.5OO; In Lin
coin. Nch.. $4,000; IN Atlantic City.
$4,000; In nayonnc. " j.. $4,000; In
Hobokcn. $1,000; IN Jersey City. s25,'
600; IN Trcnton. $4,000. and In Iar
risburg. $4,000.
In some Of the commission governed
cities a mayor Is elected as such. while
IN others he Is chosen 10y the commits
sion. Sometimes he gets an extra al
lowance ms chairman Of the commits
sion. but this rarely exceeds $500, and
Is included I'm most OF the above totals,
While most cities employ assessors
20 fix the valuation of property for
the purposes OF taxation, those OF
some states have no assessors. bnt re-
port 10 the county the amount required
10 be raised for city purposes,