The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
OSHKOSH COSTS
ABOVE KENOSHA
Per Capita Cost of Govern
ment in Oshkosh is
$34.64 for 1924.
IS LESS IN KENOSHA
KenOsha's Per Capita Cost for
Same Period Was $22.23
Showing Saving Here.

Per capita cost of government in
Kenosha in 1924 was considerably
less than it was in the city of Osh-
kosh for that year, according to infor-
nation made public today. The De-
partment of Commerce at Washington
sent out bulletin, reaching Kenosha
this morning, showing the financial
statistics of the city of Oshkosh and
setting the per capita cost of city gov
eminent for maintenance and outlay
there for 1924 at $34.64. The per
capita cost of government in Kenosha
for the same year was $2223.
This is a high tribute to the city
administration of Kenosha, inasmuch
as it is generally admitted that this
city has carried out one of the larg-
est public improvement programs of
any city in the state. Statistics now
show, despite this big program, that
the per capita costs here are compare
lively low.
Including schools the total per
capita cost of government in Oshkosh
was $49.52. No exact figures are
available for that cost in Kenosha,
but it was stated that it would not
exceed $40 and probably was less than
$38.
Figures on Oshkosh.
The statistics for the city of Osh-
kosh as made public by the Depart
ment of Commerce today are as fol-
lows:
Expenditures.
TIL no1,noar4a for voaiptaporca ord
operation of the general departments
of Oshkosh, Wis, for the fiscal year
ending Dec. 81, 1924, amounted to
$1,150,374, or $34.64 per capita; pay
ments for the operation of public SER
vice enterprises (water works and
cemeteries) amounted to $190,375; in
terest on debt, $48,148; and outlays
for permanent Improvements, includ-
ing those for public service enter
prises, $274,371. The total payments,
therefore, for expenses, interest, and
OUTLAWS, were $1,663,26 In 1923 the
comparative per capita for mafnten-
ance and operation of general depart
rnents was $30.53 and in 1917, $12.62.
The totals include all payments for
the year, whether made from current
revenues or from the proceeds Of
bond issues.
Revenues.
The total revenue receipts of Osh-
kosh for 1924, including schools, were
$1,644,47e or $40.52 per capita This
was $255,579 more than the total pay
ments of the year, exclusive of the
payments for permanent improve
rnents, but $1s,792 less than the total
payments including those for perma-
nent improvements. These payments
in excess Of revenue receipts were met
from the proceeds Of debt obligations.
Property taxes represented 66.9 per
cent of the total revenue for 1924,
66.1 per cent for 1923, and 60.2 per
cent for 1917. The increase in the
amount of property taxes collected
was 1926 per cent from 1917 to 1923,
and 1863 per cent from 1923 to 1924
The per capita property taxes we're
1914 in 1924, s2s.36 in 1928, and
$13.36 in 1917.
Earnings Of public service enter
prises operated by the city represent
ed 11.9 per cent Of the total revenue
for 1924, 1876 per cent for 1923, and
1928 per cent for 1917.
Indebtedness.
The net indebtedness funded debt
less sinking fund assets of Oshkosh
on December 81, 1924, was 81 ,53S, 600, or
1852 per capita. In 1929 the per
capita debt was $47.96, and in 1917,
Sails.
Assessed Valuations and Tax Levies.
For 1924 the assessed valuation Of
property in Oshkosh subject to ad
valorem taxes for city corporation
was s44,960,175. The levy for all pur-
poses for 1924 was 81 2,257, of which
1,141, 439, or $50 per cent was levied
for the city corporation; $62,791, or
At per cent, for the state; and 1885,
OF, or 1913 per cent, for the county.
rer capita tax levy for the city,
state and county was $40.42.