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Show I BUTTE COMPARED WITrJ OTHER CITIES M There are ten cities -in the United ctate., according to the twelf th census, I ; n-hit-h have a population of between f I 30 OI'O and 32,000. They are Chatta-i Chatta-i ! roopa. Tenn.. with 30,1a; . Auburn, X. II v 30,145; Montgomery, Ala., 30.346; I r'utte. 30,470: Canton, O.. 30,067; Taun- , Mass.. 31,036; Rockford. Ills., 31.151; 1 1 superior.' Wis., 31.091; Fitchburg, Mass., 21.531: Schenectady, X. Y., 31,6X2. " paving about the F.me population, it aill be a. matter y interest to tom-1 tom-1 are the statistics of Butte and these 1 other cities. Rockford has the lowest f death rate of these cities. 9.40. and f Taunton -the highest, 24.14. Hutte' 1 death rate is 14.34. Rockford, Canton I n,i Montgomery alone have a lower da1" '"ate tnan Hutte. In point of I ,r;i Butte is the smallest, with 1.350 I gcrrs. Butte has forty-four policemen, i wlii- h is the largest number in any of I ilipse cities, Chattanooga being next,, 'X with forty-one. Rockford gets along nineteen. Butte also has the laipi'Ht number of licensed saloons. 165. iS li"noctady is next, with 149. Taunton lias'n any; Fitchburg. has seventeen. ..'The saloon license is lowest in Butte, . - ; lw ine ?300, with the exception of Chat- f tntioga, where it is $200. In Rockford I f the license required is J1.000. Fi'tchburg ; I l,ad S34 arrests for drunkennes. the j j l.u'Pt number. Butte having 705. It is ; jioculiar that the city which has only 1 c(J -enteen saloons had the largest number num-ber of arrests for drunkenness. Auburn i had the fewest. 405. Butte led in ar-: ar-: I resets for disturbance of the peace, 816. For assault and battery Montgomery led. with 273. For homicide Chatta- nooga w'th six. For vagrancy ; J Montgomery led. with 442. For house- , breaking Chattanooga led, -with fifty- I nine. Butte having forty. ;For larceny J I Montgomery led, with 258, Butte hav-f hav-f inp 23". In other offenses Butte led. J and Butte is aneaa in the total num- I brr of arrests. 3,969. Chattanooga was 1 noxt. with 3.S56, and Auburn was low- I e?t with 7RS. Superior has the most firemen, Torty- fmir. Butte having twenty-five, while Fitchburg was lowest "with thirteen. The property loss was highest m Fitch-burc. Fitch-burc. being $97,541. In Butte it was 4 s:-.:.i-6. In Schenectady It was only $19.- 711. Only in Fitchburg and Canton was the loss greater than in Butte. The greatest number of marriage licenses li-censes was issued in Butte, 603. Rockford Rock-ford was next, with 522. Fitchburg was first in births, 1,031. Butte has the lowest birth rate. Butte had the most deaths from pneumonia, but stood well so far as other deaths are concerned. It was next the lowest in typhoid fever. In deaths from measles it was the lowest, low-est, and in scarlet fever among the lowest. In deaths from grippe it was highest. Six cities had more deaths than Butte, and three had fewer. Taunton Taun-ton was highest, with 656: Rockford lowest, with 252, and Butte had 437. Butte has the fewest miles of paved streets, but it should be remembered that it is much the youngest incorporated incor-porated city. Rockford has 33.82 miles of paved streets, and Butte has 2.21. Taunton is lowest In. miles of sewers, and Butte next lowest. Butte has the 1 most miles of street railways with the f exception of Taunton. Butte is ex- I ceeded only by Rockford and Schenec tady in the square yards of street swept pe rweek. . 1 Butte and Superior have the least V number cf arc street lights. 15S each. Rockford is highest, with 395. Butte has 5.254 children attending the public schools, being exceeded in 'the number num-ber only by Canton and Rockford. More books were taken from the Butte public library for reading than in any of th-3 other cities except Rockford. In seven of the ten cities, the water works are operated by the city. Only in Taunton is the electric light plant operated by the city. Butte has. the smallest bonded debt and the largest floating indebtedness of any cf these cities. Its bonded debt is J173.000. while Montgomery is highest with $1,979,250. Fitchburg, Superior Su-perior and Taunton also have an indebtedness in-debtedness in excess of a million and a half. Butte has $419,270 in floating debt, which is double that of anv other '. of these cities. In total indebtedness, I however, Butte is lowest, with $592,270. 1 Montgomery is highest, with more than J2.000.000. while four others have a debt above $1,000,000. In Butte the legal borrowing limit is 3 per cent.; in Taunton Taun-ton and Fitchburg it is 2fi per cent; In Superior and Rockford it is 3 per t cent: in Schenectady and in Auburn it is 10 per cent; in the others there is no limit. The tax rate is $26 per thousand thou-sand in Butte. It is highest in Rockford. Rock-ford. being $60.75. In Chattanooga, Superior Su-perior and Taunton the rate is also higher than in Butte and lower in the nther cities. Fitchburg is lowest, with Sis. The total income of Butte from al sources was the highest, $65S.S67; Fitchburg was next, with $639,156. Chattanooga Chat-tanooga was lowest, with $299,000. Butte spent more in street construction last year than any of these cities, except ; Schenectady. The latter spent $112,516, and Butte spent $101,303. Superior was lowest, with $4,248. In construction of sewers, Butte was among the lowest. 'Jf In total expenditures for construc- I tion and other capital outlay, Taunton was highest, with $337,523. and Chattanooga Chat-tanooga lowest, with $19,939. Butte spent $216,371.' Butte's police department depart-ment was the most costly, being $56,852. J Montgomery was next highest at 34145,'!, while Rockford was lowest at J!4.?sn. Butte's fire department was :1fo the most costly to operate, being J1. "ho. while the next highest was Superior, $35,000. Schenectady was lowest at $15,000. Butte's health department de-partment was also the most expensive, being $15,000. while Chattanooga was next at $13,000, and Rockford's was lpa!-t at $1,700. Eutte's expenditure was, the most costly also for the mainte-iiance mainte-iiance of schools, having been $1X8,241. while Superior was next at $113,000. Montgomery was lowest at $30,000. Butte's public library was the most "-uy. oc-ing $n,;nj, vmiih- iuai i I'ii'hburg was next at $9,000. Butte's sti-.-et c leaning was the most expensive. In the total expenditures for maintenance mainte-nance and operation, Fitchburg was the Tn'-st costlv at $513,000, with Superior . ( .,,,n.i and Butte third at ?4SX,onO. S-i,-.nctady was cheapest at "$244,000. In total expenditure for construction M for maintenance and operation, Taunton was highest at $820,000. J'-uttf was third at $704,000. Chat- , tH!,oea was lowest at $321,000. Butte Is the Past amount of uncollected taxs on its bonks. The net debt per 'apita. is $19.22 in Butte, which Is the ''vest, with the exception of Rockford, The assessed valuation of real nd personal property per capita is highest in Fitchburg, $743.39. Butte fnds third in per capita wealth, $''"2.21. Rockford is lowest at $169.62. |