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Show GOST Of CITY In the Inltc-d States census bureau's bu-reau's special anrunl report for 1ft t7 on the ptatistlcu of l.,S of the lnrf:os( cilles, which is in press. It. Is shown that the per capita running expenes of the government In 14S of Iho I irg est cities increased from $l?..:i'; In 102 to $lo.9l In ,H'07. There has been a pro;ressi ? Inrren.;p In nearly very de part men; of the. ga. ernmen'. The per capita increase In the fire department was from $1.3-1 to 11.01; In the health department from 22c to 2?e; In charities and corrections Irom 8 Or. to Sl.Ofi; and In education from $n.s; to $1.70. Of special interest "n a comparison of the general expanses of the 'Itle. are payments for the maintenance of the health department. la several cities the state maintains a dispensary dispen-sary or health buii;au, b:t In most cille?. nearly all Ihe expense nf the care 0 the public heal'h is borne by the city alone. New York paid $1.-r.Dl.COO $1.-r.Dl.COO for the maintenance, of Its health department, or more thr.n C times as much as any other el'y. The other cities pajlng more than $200,-ooi) $200,-ooi) for the maintenance of this department de-partment were Chicago, $201,1311; Philadelphia, $2.1.J,703 aud San Francisco, Fran-cisco, $240, Its. The payments for schools, libraries and art galleries of the cities considered consid-ered were 20. per cent of the total running expenses c-f the government. Of the cities of over "00,100 population, popula-tion, ihe percrntase spent for education educa-tion was hkhest In Cleveland, Ohio, 3.1.1; in cIMea of from 100,000 to 300,-000 300,-000 population the hibc.-'t percent-aces percent-aces were in Seranton, i'a., 51.5, and Seattle, Wash., 102; In cities of f.om .10.000 lo 10000.) population In Salt Lake city. 4S.2, and Defl Moines, Iowa, 4C.3; and in the smaller cities, .in To-prka. To-prka. Kan. 31.5; and Llnclln, Neb.. 51.5. Payments for outlays are not included in the above computations. |