The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-02-24
CHICAGO PAYSH|C
Mayor Gets $4,000 aYear and
Seventy Aldermen $4,000 Each.
new YORK IS NEXT In LINE.

$4,000, Philadelphia $4,000, Boston,
= St. Louis, Newark, N. j.; Cincinnati,
Cleveland and Pittsburgh $4,000, In
dianapoIis and Seattle $500.
Washington Chicago has the high
est priced mayor in the. country. he
gets SIS, 90 o.. 4 year serves four
years. New York Gomez next, with
$4,000 mayor, whose term also lasts
four years. Philadelphia. third in the
list, gives its 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. Louis,
and two years in Cincinnati. Cleveland
and Newark.
Indianapolis and Seattle pay their
mayors $500 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,
at $4,000 each; Boston, nine, at $1,5OO
each; st. Louis, twenty nine, at $500
each: Newark, thirty two, at $500 each;
New York, seventy-three, at $4,000
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 $4,000 apiece.
The only cities that have an upper
and a lower house of aldermen or
councilmen are Hartford. Conn.,; New
Britain, Conn; Atlanta, Louisville,
Portland, Me-; Baltimore (thirty- three
in all, at $1,000 each); Brockton, Mass. p;
Cambridge. Mass: Everett, Mass; NAL
den, Mass; Fitchburg, Mass; New Bed
ford, Mass; Pittsfeld, 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,
r. l.; Providence, r. T.; W6onsocket,
R. l.; Lynchburg, Va; Norfolk, Va;
Portsmouth, Va; Richmond, Va, and
Roanoke; Va. r.
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, $31,5OO; in Lin
coin, Neb., $4,000; in Atlantic City,
$4,000; in Bayonne. N. j., $4,000; in
Hoboken, $4,000; in Jersey City, $685.
600; in Trenton, $4,000, and in Har-
risburg, $4,000.
In some of the commission governed
cities 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
to be raised for city purposes. 5.