The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-30

report was greater by nine in the
later year than in the, earlier
Next to taxes, the largest source
of revenue was found in the earnings
of public service enterprises, which
amounted to ss9,797,1 ITS. This sum
was considerably more than, double
the amount Of payments for expenses
of public service enterprises, ST.
636, 007, thus leaving net revenue
froms this source of s55.161,16S. The
bulk of. the earnings of pub1ic-ser-
vice enterprises came from water
supply systems. from which the re-
|ceipts aggregated s79, 423,776.
Another important source of rev
enue consisted of special assessments
and special charges--the bulk of
which were for outlays-aggregati ng
STA, 009,T66. This sum was appre-
ciably smaller than the correspond
ing amount reported for the proceed
ing year-$7s, 890,321.
For all cities taken as a group the
per capita receipts from property
taxes amounted to $19.74; from other
taxes, $3.50; from earnings of public
service enterprises. $500; from spe-
cial assessments and special charges
for outlays, 1929, and from all other
sources combined, 1881.
The highest per capita property
taxes, $48.94, are shown for Brook
line. Mass, and the lowest, $5.2s. for
Portsmouth, Va.
The expenditures during the year
/ for governmental cos.s in these 213
Icities, which aggregated s1,068.301,-
i 311, differed but slightly in. amount
from the cost of conducting the Fed
eral government. These expenditures,
in the order of their Importance,
were: For expenses of general de-
partments Legislative, executive, and
judicial establishments, schools, po-
lice and fire departments, sanitation,
etc). $603, 0,076; for OUTLAWS, $751;
$3.50 for interest on Indebtedness,
$133,046,560 and for expenses Of
public service enterprises (water sup
ply systems, electric light and power
systems, docks, wharves, landings.
etc.), $44, $50, 007. The amount ex-
pended for OUTLAWS was considerably
below the corresponding sum for the
preceding year. 1928, 585,561-
The average per capita expendi-
lures for all governmental costs, in
Guiding interest and OUTLAWS, in the
21S cities amounted to $33.11, a sum
considerably more than three times
as great as the per capita cost of
conducting the Federal government,
$10.36; and for all governmental
costs, including interest but excluding
OUTLAWS, the average per capita pay
ments for governmental costs, fnc1ud-
ing interest and OUTLAWS, exceeded the
revenues by $73,591, 070,. or $2.28 per
capita; but the revenues exceeded the
current expenses and interest by
S213, 967,598, an amount equal to
nearly three-fourths of the total out
I1r<xx SnI- 90
In other words, the cities Of over 3d.
900 taken as a group, are paying
from their revenues, all their current
expenses and interest and nearly
fourths of their OUTLAWS: This Is a
considerably better showing than was
made by the. 204 cities of over 10000
during the preceding year, in which
the revenues Of these cities exceeded
their expenditures for current ex-
penses by s1S9,82e,746, an amount
equivalent to somewhat more than
half their OUTLAWS.
In all but for cities the revenue
receipts exceeded the payments for
current governmental expenses and
interest; and in "a, or 80 per cent. of
the total number covered by the re-
port-including New York, St. Louis.
Boston, Oakland. Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Omaha-the revenues ex-
ceeded the entire expenditures for
governmental costs, including interest
and OUTLAWS. During the preceding
fiscal year the revenues thus exceed
ed the total expenditures in only IS
cities, or 23 per cent of the entire
number covered by the report for
that year.
The net Indebtedness Funded and
floating debt les assets in general
sinking funds) for the entire 213 eli
ties amounted to $2,473,1 03.6S1, or
$76.64 per capita. Ehe correspond
ing figure for the Federal Govern
ment is $sSs,219,6 22, or 1917 Der
capita Thus the per capita indebt-