| Show A L LARE INCREASE IN SCHOOL CENSUS Unofficial Figures Give Children of School Age in inI ine I e Salt Lake City SALT S AT Lakes Lakos school population p at present is according to unofficial returns of the census which is now being completed and which will be officially reported next Monday This is an increase of nearly over last year yar a large part of the in increase increase increase crease being due to the annexation of or several square miles or land and thou thousands thousands thousands sands of residents in the southern and southeastern portion of Salt Lake Thirty enumerators who have counted the children of ot school chool age In Salt Lake are putting the finishing touches touche to the task which has been ben handled eye systematically ys The census ceneus was begun July IK 16 and must be completed by b July Jub 31 U As An that date falls on Sunday this thin year yar all of ot the census ceneus cen u returns will be bein beIn in Saturday July Jul 39 2 and will III be 00 tab tabulated and ready for Ute tile official lal an announcement on Monday The Tho official figures will not how much difference from the total of ot sev several several e eral corrections correction and changes making a alight difference possible The school year ended June Jun 30 ao and tho the figures figure now being taken will show the number of or pupils who will attend the public schools in I Salt Lake for tor the coming year of 1910 1911 The population for the year 1909 1901 1910 was wan 1500 and the school census ceneus for the year car showed Announcement from Washington The census bureau at Washington yesterday y announced that Salt Lake pays a higher per ier I or capita for the main maln maintenance of or its schools than any other city olty in the United States This Thin has ha habe been be on an established fact for years just justas Ju t talt as alt it Jt has hM been known that the tho state tato pays between and each day for tor the maintenance of the school system stem According to the census ceneus bu bureau bureau bureau reau the per capita Is in which means moans each ach one en of ot an estimated of paid 1818 toward the support of the tho This announcement of the census bureau bu bureau bureau reau of is not regarded by school chool authorities in to Salt Lake as being fair for tor the reason realon that it Jt is based upon an estimated population of two years ago agoan and an Is in computed with tho the actual expenditure expenditure expenditure of that roar minus tho amount spent pent for tor school bonds In the year 1 for which the official figures tl re of 81 are given the city schools spent of or which went ent for tor instruction alone alonen In n addition to this the schools spent on bonds which is 18 not drawn Into the computation by the census ceneus cen us bu bureau buro reau ro au Superintendent D H Christensen of the tho city schools said last night that this amount of bond money should have been added to tho the total of or current ex expense pease pense for tor Instruction and maintenance and supplies s or Per Capita Expense Had this been computed the per capita of ot would have been ma materially materially increased This Thin per capita was reached by a computation of estimated population of a 88 than This shows shown how one pupil to about four tour Continued on Page Pace Two A lARGE INCREASE IN SCHOOL CENSUS Continued from Page One adults The ratio is lessened this year er considering a II school population of and a city population of oC which will 11 shortly shorty be bo announced as a official from Washington While the per capita expense of or tho schools was as the schools wore pay payIn paying In ing ng an annual amount of oC for the he heIn Instruction In of each ench pupil pupi plus the cost of maintenance m and anti operation of the school system Fire und Police According to figures prepared by the census bureau burel the larger arger cities of oC the tho country countr pay more for schools and for Cor police and fire protection and related service than on onal all other accounts and of these two twi al terns items the account payment on o of schools Is 13 much the largest larest the per capita expenses for Cor schools being 70 an as compared with for police and for Cor fire fro protection The figures are given out as al a par part of or the bureaus report covering the fi fi financial operations for tor cities during the tho year 1308 1208 1 08 The Tho report covers cover all al clUes clue of or more than population o ot of which there are 18 The aggregate cost cst of operating these cities was wa wasU U Constant Increase The Tho report Indicates a general In Increase increase crease orese In the cost cott of oC maintaining city governments In 1902 the average was per capita By Dy 1908 It had ad od to 1681 of the total amount more than was vas paid by New NewYork Ne NewYork York expenses es were on only only ly about as much as those thos of oC Now New York But large as were the thc figures fo for New York the people of Boston no on paid Id more In hl proportion to population me ThO New Now England metropolis heads h ads the lit list wit an exPense cost of or 2768 2168 for wi each person person Of or the large Jarge cities clUes New NewYork NewYork NewYork York comes next with wih a II cost of 2471 2431 47 while hUe Washington with a cost of 2463 makes make makel a close third Of the first firt cities cites New Orleans paid loss less for Cor city govern government government ment meat than any other the tho cost being bein only 1276 76 por per capita Baltimore with wit an expenditure of or 1334 was wan wal a close second Of or the cities s of tho tim second class Denver Dener stood at the head and St Joseph Mo Io at tho the foot root of the list the figures for the he Missouri city cl being only 6 per person peron and nd those thos of or Denver 2444 |
