Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16
CAPITAL IS CENTER
OF NEARLY 100000,
SURVEY D|SCLOSES
Board of Trade Figures Dis
close 100000 of TotaI'Are
Employed in D. c.
$1,816,669,457 WORTH
OF PROPERTY TAXABLE
Federal Government Owns $500 of
Districts $4,000 Acres, VAL
ued at $4OO,OoO,0O0.

The National Capital is the center
of a population of nearly 100000. &C
cording to figures compiled by the Board
of Trade in its third annual survey of
the commercial. financial and municipal
activities of Washington, made public
today.
OF this total, approximately 100000
men and women are employed here >in
the Government service and in the vari-
GUS privately operated industries and
businesses and in the professions. This
roll in turn is divided into 10000 male
workers and 10000 woman workers.
Survey of Taxable Property.
The same survey shows that the
Capital has total of $1,816,669,457
worth of privately owned taxable
property. The Federal Government,
the survey indicates, owns $500 acres
of the District of Columbia's $4,000
acres. valued at oo,OO0,OOo, while the
District itself holds 625 acres, valued
at S3O,0OO,0O0. Embassies, legations.
charitable institutions, churches and
schools own an aggregate 1900 acres,
worth another 100000 The remain
az SIS privately owned acres, exclusive
of streets and other thoroughtareS, carry
the burden of the taxable property mere.
Dividing the taxable property INTO
classes, the Board of Trade figures APP
portion 81 ,139, 1903 098 of its total taXaple
nronerty list to privately owned real eS-
tate The total includes also tangible
personal property valued at $1O3,539, $50,
Intangible personal property valued at
1904 565 O56 and miscellaneous property
worth $49, 301 1923.
The Board of Trades estimated pop
ulation is based upon total OF 3o4,Uoo
residents of the District OF Columbia
and 10000 residents of nearby Mary
land and Virginia. most OF %nom, tne
survey points out, work ana Pu.c sI -
in Washington. The actual toVai 10
$4,000. :. 49,
The trade body's division OF the
aoo O00 workers includes $4,000 in Gov
eminent service, $1,000 in manulaco
turing. $4,000 in transportation, 2IUou
in the various trades, $1,000 in pubic
service, 80 900 in the professions, 49ooo
in domestic and personal service helds,
5000 in clerical occupations ana Z'ooo
in various other fields OF endeavor.
According to the survey. the Federal
Government pay roll here totals $780,
738 600 while that of the District gov.
eminent approximates $17,50O,00O. ClVll
service EMPLOYEES in the Capital receive
S132 200 600 of the Federal pay roll
total. the Army draws $15,36O, OOO, the
NAVY S6.78O,OOO and the legislative
branches $11,134,000.
Home Construction Great.
Residential construction in Washing
ton during the past five years has been
sufficient to house a population OF 1872
600. the survey sets forth. Putting II
another Way. the survey CONTENDS tnaC
the entire population OF Kansas CITY,
or Albany, or Nashville, could be &C
commodated in new houses ana apart
ments constructed here during tnat
five-year period.
Continuing, the survey shows there
are approximately 100000 one-famlly
dwellings, or ordinary houses, and 20
600 apartments and two-tamlly dwell
ings, giving a total number OF over
100 900 housing units within the Dis
trict of Columbia. These figures 40
not include the residential develop
ments in Maryland and Virginia SUBURBS.
Business in Washington increased So
per cent in 1928 over the preceding
year, according to estimates based on
reports from seven leading and repre-
sentative department stores" the sur
vey sets forth. Sales totaling S42,6l7,-
812 were reported by these stores for
1928. In 1927 their reports showed their
sales reached SAL 1853, $40, which in turn
represented IL per cent decline over
378 sales were 81 per cent higher than
1925.
Survey of Utilities.
Basing its figures on reports made by
the companies themselves, the Board
of Trade survey indicates that Wash
ingtons public utilities are. capitalized
st S1O4,474,8 1856, divided as follows:
Capital Traction Co., S17,606,000;
Washington Railway g. Electric Co.,
S012,7 700; Washington Rapid Transit
Cox ,S766 STA; Potomac Electric Power
Co., S25,523.000; Washington and
GEORGETOWN Gas Light Cos, $14,459,-
6l2, and Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co., $14,107,000.
OF these the traction companies en-
ploy 1904 persons at an aggregate SAL
AIRY of $5,096,777. The electric and gas
concerns employ 2,512 persons on a
pay roll of $2,160,320. The telephone
2,5l2 persons at an aggregate pay OF
So, 160,320.
business here gives employment to
Bank clearances in 1928, the survey
shows, totaled 81 ABS, 725,602, as COM
pared with 81 1886. 1877 426 in 1927, or an
increase of $49,828,176.
Educational Facilities.
Reviewing the National Capitals ed
ucational facilities. the trade body
shows there ARE 100 PUBIC SCHOOLS ana
20 private schools for children of public
school age Besides these the report lists
6 universities. IL colleges. IS women's
seminaries, secondary or preparatory
schools, schools of modern languages,
10 schools of commercial art and de-
signing, 9 schools of dramatics and ex-
preston, accountancy schools, 4
schools Of music and special schools
for blind, deaf and the underprivileged.
Commenting on municipal maintSr
nance, the Board of Trade declares in
its survey that washington has no
bonded indebtedness-it is on pay-as-
you-go basis. All appropriations are
approved by Congress, pass through the
APPROPRIATIONS committees of both
houses, are approved by the director
of the Budget and the President of the
United States and undergo the usual
procedure of all national legislation in
addition to the scrutiny OF other OIL
Gals" Continuing, the survey points
out that while WaShingtons tax rate
is $1.7O, it is the second highest per
capita tax in the country. The Fed
eral Government pays $9,O0O,O0O an
nually, or about % per cent OF the en-
tire cost, toward the upkeep OF the city.
Commenting upon Washington as
convention city, the survey points out
that $50 organizations met in Wash
ington during the past year, bringing
to the city a total of 10000 delegates
who spent an estimated total of $4,000
900 here. A fully equipped convention
bureau" is maintained, the survey de-
clares, through the cooperation OF the
Hotel Mems Association, the Merchants