A N N U A L R E P O R T
s t a t i s t i c s
OF THE
D E P A R T M E N T ,
F O R t h e Y E A R 1 9 0 0 .
[ Document 37 — 1901.]
tJ
0N i- Th o m a s N. H a r t,
M ayor o f the City o f Boston :
0^ rR>-— We have the honor to subm it the follow ing report o-| ^'e work of this Department for the year ending January
1901.
Th
ÿovr e Board of Aldermen on A p ril 23, 1900, confirmed
^ 1 Honor’s appointment of M r. B. Rodman W eld to serve l 9o^ a tis tics Trustee for the five" years ending A p r il 30, th, M r. W eld, who was one of the original members of hoard, succeeds himself, having been appointed by l 897° r Q uincy ’n 1897, to serve for three years from May 1,
ltr office force consists of a secretary, chief clerk, edito- 0
cW k , special clerk, statistical clerk, stenographer, and flRl
ofiaCe v
f)0.y. M r. Brooks, the editorial clerk, being out of
^ ’ has been given leave of absence for one year from of 1? 1900. On November 16, 1900, w ith the approval
* * * * Honor and of the C iv il Service Commissioners of a a°husetts, we appointed on probation M r. E . H . Davis, the v. Ua^e °1 the Massachusetts Institu te of Technology, to htap?°8t of statistical clerk. H aving passed a special exam- f: ion
te w °n’ H r. Davis entered on November 19, 1900, upon his 8et by the C iv il Service Commission, to their satis- of service.
Since our last report Special Publications No. 4 a^
Special Publications No. 5 (advance sheets) have e published. Special Publications No. 6 and No. 7 are in t hands of the printer, and should be ready for d istrib ute 11 an early day.
Sp e c ia l P o b l ig a t io n s No. 4. f This volume, comprising 144 pages, contains a num ber^
tables which afford a review of the C ity ’s Receipt® * Expenditures of Ordinary Revenue by years for the years ending January 31, 1899. I t is a continuation <n ^ series of tables relating to estimates, appropriations) ordinary expenditures, begun in our Special Public11 ;1 No. 1, and, taken in connection w ith Nos. 1- 3, affords a 0 plete review of ordinary receipts and expenditures Eff ^ fiscal years 1 8 9 2 -9 3 to 1 8 9 8 -9 9 . Special Publications J N ^ now in press, w ill continue the series and include the ng for the year 1 8 9 9 -1 9 0 0 .
Sp e c ia l Pu b l ic a t io n s No. 5.
r e i> ‘ This publication contains ten tables specially PreP alV the instance of your Honor to show the actual receipts expenditures of the C ity in each of the fiscal years
1885-86 to 1899-1900. ‘ fc#>
Table I. shows: (1 ) the actual income under the headings of (a ) taxes and other income, add (5) l° anS ’ ^ 0r the actual expenditures; and (3 ) the resulting increas ^ dim inution of the balance in the treasury at the end 0 year. Under each head, averages fo r each five-year p ^ and for fifteen years are given. The remaining table lyze and classify w ith greater detail the items contain
Table I. in-
Table I I . shows in detail the items of taxes and o come. The item of other income is divided into o i ^ and extraordinary income; the latter, consisting in ^‘u ^cJved of the proceeds of property sold and of various sU® s l ® 0t.Rer on betterments, or assessments, or as c o n trib u tio n s ^ ts.
corporations towards the cost of permanent im p i° joafls Table I I I . /presents an analysis of receipts ^ pie issued. Table I I I . A gives a more detailed analys1*^ and receipts from loans than is contained in Table cr’eated divides these receipts into three classes : • ( 1) , de&
inside the debt lim it; ( 2) debt created outside
li * '
^rnit ^ sPeo^ statutes; ( 3 ) water loans outside the debt
‘ The table further shows the purposes fo r which these
°ai s^ e r e i ssued.
thn aPpr0
rp , AOOUCU.
ri ^ , e IV . gives an analysis of the expenditures under classes: ( 1) expenditures from regular department (3 ) illa tio n s ; (2 ) expenditures for W ater Departm ent;
t r (
expenditures from special appropriations -lable V . 0*1 vps fin sm a lve i« ha.la.np.psi rp i
shieasun V . gives an analysis of balances remaining in the o y at the end of each fiscal year, and Table V .A
® the changes in those balances,
taxP, 6 ^ I - gives ( 1) the gross receipts from taxes, ( 2) gives re^un<l eT (3 ) the net receipts from taxes. Table V L B
\Vjpp aa analysis of the taxes refunded. In connection rec • 16 preceding table, i t may be used to ascertain the net
T t i *roin any particular class of taxes.
«titu t ^ ^ anc^ a consolidation of V I. and Y I.A con-
‘i g. e Tables I., II., and I I I . appended to your Honor’s (Je a einent, March 19, 1900, to the Committees of the
Ineial Court.” (See Document 104, 1900.)
tical Vlew ° I the significance of the facts subjected to statis- to Ilt.anal.ysis for the period 1885-1900, we have undertaken l 87o ?are similar tables for the preceding fifteen years, i.e., of t| "4, in order to indicate in summary form the grow th peri ,e receipts and expenditures of the C ity for equal of pi s nefore and after the establishment by statute in 1885 Acts Kip ^ tax lim it, which was changed by Chapter 399, the , T900, to the present lim it of $10.50 per $1,000 on tln'(JlVer'V e ° I the assessed valuations for the precedingJree
°nlti, years. Though the undertaking involves many diffi- es it bids fa ir to yield valuable results
Sp e c ia l Pu b l ic a t io n s No. 6.
200Precial Publications N o. 6 w i ll 6 w ill make a volume of about make
^ xPempeS' ^t relates to the E xtraordinary Receipts and c°r din ^ Ures ° I the fiscal years 1892-93 to 1897-98. Ac-
^'Parv .. the classification we have adopted, extraor- leceipts consist of the
sIJee. ,receive<l and credited to appropriations for the
proceeds of loans and of loan appropriations or to construction of some public b'°rri ’ extraordinary expenditures consist of payments
T lle C l ^oan an<I special appropriations.
gei|er, ,'Se°Pe and contents of this study may be described, in terms, as fo llo w s :
I. The relation of this class of extraordinary receipt®
expenditures to the other classes and to the total of receip^
and expenditures is shown in a series of five consol ¡<hlte financial statements, one fo r each year.
I I . A summary table of extraordinary receipts and penditures gives a balanced account for each of the nV years. This table shows ( 1 ) the balance brought forwar^
from the previous year; ( 2) the receipts on account of loa,1g issued and from other sources; and ( 3) the net amount of transferred to loan and special appropriations from recerp of ordinary revenue to supply deficiencies in those apPl0&
priations; and on the other hand ( 4) the expenditur®g classified under thirteen heads; ( 5) the net amount of ®lin’
transferred from loan and special appropriations to •sllPP,, deficiencies in ordinary department appropriations, and ( the balance on hand at the end of the year. , e
I I I . A nother summary table contains an analysis of * income and outgo of the entire period by thirteen classes of expenditures. The balances at the beginning a|j.
end of the period, the loans issued, the receipts and exp®®
tures are here assigned to their proper classes, e.ff; ^ '
Buildings, Library, Schools. %
IV . S till another summary table (fillin g 17 Pa?6^0 analyzes the total of each of the thirteen classes referred ^ in the preceding paragraph. This table shows the ®tatuf aP each of the special appropriations (amounting to more t®
400) which make up those tables. The balance at the beg1^
ning of the five-year period is given, the amount of loans iss°®’
the amount of other receipts credited to the appropriate cg the amount expended during the five years, and the bala»^,
d me amount expenaea auring the five years, and tne remaining to the credit of the appropriation at the end the period. The amounts transferred to or from the severa appropriations by order of the C ity Council are alsoupi Kbumio uy oruer oi tne vuty i ouncii are ais^ g- so that each appropriation presents a balanced account the period.
V. The remainder of the publication explains in de the facts set forth in the summary tables II., Ill-» a nd ^ ^
iil
and furnishes such additional inform ation as is necessary ^ show the relation of expenditures made w ith in the PeI x under consideration, to expenditures of previous year® ®P fl) the same specific objects. This portion of the Publ\°-a jded equal to nearly nine-tenths of the whole, is naturally dA ^ into two parts: P art I. dealing w ith details of ^ g 0f dinary Receipts, and P art I I . dealing w ith the detai
E xtraordinary Expenditures. -tateS
P art I. examines each item of extraordinary income, s
S D . 5 the
dernature of the receipts, the source from which they were pVed and their final disposition.
art I I . analyzes in detail each of the special appropria- in the summary described in IV . Since extra f ° rth
ftle ntsl f in a ry e xPent^ ures consist fo r the m ost p a rt of pay- W0l,].‘ lo r c o n s tru c tio n of p u b lic b u ild in g s , o r o th e r p u b lic i t j S 1 e<f u ir in g a considerable p e rio d o f tim e fo r c o m p le tio n, mean'leCeSSary’ ' n o rd e r to g iv e th e reader an idea o f the P e rio d ^ de exPend itu re w h ic h was made d u r in g the SePar u n d e r co nside ratio n, to fo llo w the h is to ry o f each be c 6 Piece o f w o rk fro m the tim e i t was begun u n t il i t end dieted or, in th e case o f u n co m p le te d w o rk , u n t il the
T h Period u n der co nside ratio n be reached,
in ,,, r ° ug h o u t the p u b lic a tio n each piece o f w o rk is tre a te d scrjk ri ” detad- "Pi16 natui'e of the work performed is de-
fr0,(( ‘ The history of the progress of the work is followed p(;rj()(j s beginning to its completion, or to the end of the
under consideration, and a history of each appropri- 18 given w ith references to the orders of the
or ation
qv, . w itii icici'cuuos uj uiie uiutus ui tut; C ity 1 or acts of the Legislature authorizing the expend!-
balanced statement of each appropriation is given, ture,
«hi0\vin
^ i c h ■ ° n ^he income side of the account the source from b°ri(| s dl(i money was derived, whether from
fi'oin an
an issue of appropriation from ordinary revenue, or a transfer fiXpenj ° me other appropriation, and showing, also, on the fiscal ' lt’Ure 8i de of the account, the expenditures in each ati0ri year and the amounts transferred from such appropri- the y, _ ,° other appropriations. Amounts expended w ith in c°lutim10<l under consideration are carried out into a special tela,« 1 rig h t of the page, thus showing at a glance the
XheU such expenditure to the total cost of the work, yarious pieces of work are moreover grouped accord- oí
dla
ig i 0 pieces o i
- c t i„ „ ! e ir n a ture, each g ro u p fo rm in g a separate p o rtio n laPter^er >n ^>ar*) ^b The titles of these portions or City p, 8 sufficiently indicate their contents, as follow s: ( I . )
•neUt ; id(bngs, ( I I . ) County Buildings, ( I I I . ) Police Depart
e d p Fire Department, ( V . ) Institutions, ( V I . ) Parks be,.,- T JUC Grounds, ( V I I . ) Streets, Sewers, Bridges and ( X l.) k ^ T I I I . ) Rapid Transit, ( I X . ) Library, ( X . ) Schools, ( X l I I ^ atue8 and Monuments, ( X I I . ) Miscellaneous, and bi tluig ^ t e r Supply. A ll of these chapters are contained ifrid „ Publication, except Chapter V II., on Streets, Sewers,
aild Ferries.
have already noted, the detailed history of the Sewerg aPPr °pi‘iations included in Chapter V II., on Streets,
’ etc., is not contained in the publication under ——con-
sidération. The labor involved in tracing the history of 229 appropriations grouped under this head has been ver) great, and has been considerably complicated by the syste ^ of special assessments. The greatest d iffic u lty experience has been in the case of the general loans for street wot ’ particularly the loan fo r Laying-out and Construction of ways and that for Blue H i l l and other avenues. As a amount of work s till remained to be done on this group appropriations, i t was thought best to om it the detailed scription belonging to Chapter V I I . for the present. I f 0 a purpose to publish this description of the street work aS separate publication.
Mo n t h l y Bu l l e t i n.
The M onthly B u lle tin established in 1899 has been con'^ tinued during the past year. Each number bears the date the last preceding month for which complete returns are ava
circumstances beyond our control it able. Owing to
appeared less regularly than we wished,
descriptive lis t of the principal special studies have published in the Appendix to the B ulletin.
The following * ‘ which "'e
B ulletin No. 11, Volume 1, November, 1899.
Foreign Commerce o f the P rin c ip a l Ports of the Unlie States, 1890-99.
This article contains a series of ten tables, compiled A ” j other the United States Commerce and Navigation déports shows the position of New York, Boston, and the three
of ihe Bosto»
chief ports in relation to the foreign commerce country during the decade. In respect to total trade was second to New Y o rk in eveiy one of the ten years- ^ imports, Boston was also second, except in the year when a drop of nearly tw enty m illions of dollars i® g value of imports at Boston gave Philadelphia prece ^ over her. As regards exports, Boston was less
second to New Y o rk ; in 1890, 1891, 1892, and 18»' Orleans was second, and Baltimore in 1898; for the , . years, 1890-94, New Orleans came next to New but for the five years, 1895-99 Boston was seCj j ey while fo r the decade Boston is third, being led by Orleans by less than $3,000,000. In 1899, Bosto" ited credited w ith 9.36 per cent, of the total trade of the (|f States, 7.47 per cent, of the imports, and 10.43 per ce the exports.
ai] le largest per cent, of increase in the trade of Boston in in ' Was 14.85 in 1896 ; the largest decrease being 22.74 32 In respect to imports, the largest increase was 18*98 per cent in 1895, and the largest decrease 42.92 in t 0 | ’ while as regards exports, the largest increase amounted in I 893 per cent' ln 1898, and the largest decrease to 1.97 nier 6 t,a^ es show that, in the ten years, the aggregate com- T l
°1 the five chief ports in proportion to the total com- f;Hl °1 the country has diminished (the smaller ports of }lav i ^ 0«, Newport News, Savannah, and San Francisco
S greatly increased, especially in exports).
Bulletin, No. 12, Volume I., December, 1899.
Tables ^ ppendix to this B u lle tin embraces: (1 ) Summary In gtp a / or the Year, 1899; (2 ) Expenditures of Public Ten v P'ons, 1894-99, and ( 8) Boston Election Statistics —
11 Years.
l897-) Expenditures o f P ublic Institutions, 1891-99. — In arate i ' e lo stitutio n s Department was divided into five sep- ipCr departments, by A c t of Legislature. In this study the Perio iSe, total expenditures for public institutions for the per Pov 1894-95 to 1899-1900 is shown by years, and the V a rie d ' annual increase is given
between 9.84 in 1895-
That per cent., which 96, and 0.99 in 1897-98 was
5.34 _____
of 1899-1900. I t is shown tha t the published accounts Uish Institu tio ns Department prior to 1897 do not fur- ap ~'J'cleiit ly detailed statements to serve as the basis of throil comparison of certain classes of expenditure
°lhlclr ° Ut ,l ' e Peri0(I, e.g., fo r the support of dependent M lic]ie;i’ Paupers, and insane. However, a table is given of p )e c oes afford a comparison as respects the expenditures port 0£Several departments charged w ith the care and sup- ehildren, insane, paupers, and criminals for the two
T h ? '»
since the reorganization of the Institutions viz., 1898-99 and 1899-1900.
ijS ' Boston Election Statistics.— Ten Years, 1890-99.
Per Ce r 1(de, which deals mostly w ith relative numbers, i.e., Uteres! 7 emhodies an attempt to determine the degree of aii(| q. shown by the electorate in the several National, State, c°Hta,'*-^ A c tio n s which occurred w ith in the decade. I t iel CaÜlSatir.v, ' tw elve principal
hOrQf)e s ° f the total nr _ ,
Alters assessed polls, and ( 2) the number of registered af State and C itv elections. In Tables I I . - X . the per- tables which show by years the the total number of votes cast to ( 1) the
centages are given by wards, as w ell as for the city ilS . whole, la b le s I. to I X . are summary tables. Table shows ( 1) the per cent, of assessed polls registered, and ( ) the per cent, of registered voters who voted for Preside»
and Governor at State elections, and fo r Mayor and on &
license question at C ity elections. Table X I I. shows t:»j per cent, of assessed polls, who voted at the elections covei'e by Table I. Table X . shows, by wards, the per cent- 0 registered women voters who voted for School Coromitte ’ and I able X I. the per cent, of registered voters who vote ^ on nine referenda in the course of the decade. In geneia the tables bear witness to the fact tha t the voters of B°st° e show most interest in the election of President and are ®°r{
interested in the election of Mayor than in the election Governor, the question of license, or in any referenda* ^ Incidentally it is shown that though Boston and Baltin'^P are nearly equal as regards population, the voters of •’»
more register and vote in larger numbers than those of Bosto1 •
B ulletin, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Volume IT., March, 1900- ( T ) Tax-Bate, Valuation, and Indebtedness of
setts Cities, 1899, 1898.— This article contains several tab e >
compiled from the State Census of 1895 and various PU»U documents of the Board of Health, Tax Commissioner, f G ' fo r the years 1898 and 1899, and affords a compare0 between the tax-rates, etc., of the years specified. Bost° ’ in 1899, w ith the largest population, valuation, and net de had the lowest tax-rate (as was the case in 1898); bav»^
the largest net debt, it, nevertheless, had a smaller per caP1£).e debt than Newton, by $56.85,— and had a smaller p e rc e n t^
of net debt to valuation than seventeen out of the thirty cities of the State.
(2 .) Boston School Census.— Two tables are given , ing the results of the annual school census made in $eP ,, her, 1899. The tables give (1 ) the number at Pu schools, at private schools, and not attending school for ouuuuia, rii piivare scnoois, and. not attending 80 G foi' each ward of the city, and ( 2) a comparison by wards
O f tlie total children betwee ^ per cent, go to public sc 1 ^ the years 1898 and 1899.
and 15 years of age, 76.55
15.62 per cent, go to private schools, attend no school. There was „ ... ...____
sons between the ages of 5 and 15 years of 3,408 from o o n 1 0 18. ana- *■' . _____„, and 7.83 pel
a gain in the number -- - wx. fj tliiu JLU y UJL **
though a loss is recorded fo r Wards 2, 9, 11, 12, , rg, The losses in Wards 9 and 11 were 316 and 331 sC 10 respectively. The loss in W ard 2 was 149.
St a t is t ic s De p a r t m e n t.
Tlijj, ^ B fa n t M o rta lity in Massachusetts Cities, 1891-97.—- f j0a ,ls taken from the T h irtie th A nnual Report of the State of ti lXX§ H ealth of Massachusetts, and affords a comparison of1Qfantiseveral cities in the State in respect to births and deaths
's under one year, and their death-rates.
B ulletin , No. 4-, Volume I I . , A p ril, 1900.
feet^'f f i l i a t i o n Statistics, 1899. — The number of square the ° ^and taxed, the assessed valuation of this land, and
\var(|aHSessed valuation per square foot, are given fo r each ya] ’ ,ail<l f° r the C ity. The analysis gives the amount, as c„ *°n’ aud^valuation per square foot of the occupied land the t raste(t w ith vacant land, and of the vacant land under The la d in g s of “ vacant upland,” and “ marsh and flats.”
$0.gglVera§e assessed valuation of all the land taxed is nearly in 1., Per square foot, varying from $0.05 per square foot busiliaid ^3 (West R oxbury) to $15.85 in W ard 7 (the iCeutre).- _ y. The average assessed valuation of the Hnd is $1.49 per square foot, varying from $0.13 in ati0ll . t° $16.69 in W a rd 7. The average assessed valu- lT°tr' the vacant land is, for vacant upland, $0.17 varying from to $12.27 ; for marsh and flats, $0.04, varying 62 p6p to $1.12. O f the total area of land taxed Ocovi. ■ Cent. is classed as vacant land, and only 38 per cent, as
land.
C,°ntains
B ulletin, No. 5, Volume I I , May, 1900.
no appendix article.
^ u l l e t i n , Nos. 6, 7, and 8, Volume I L , August, 1900.
senteq Boston Elections, 1899. — A series of tables is pre- ler° to show the degree of interest manifested by the the v °ters of Boston in the questions passed upon at J)eCet ate election of November 7. and the C itv election of
»»i* I f d at th.
12, 1899. The per cent, of actual to possible e&raT emfl taken as the standard of measure, the mean . siee 0f •
mterest was 69.69 per cent, of the possible vote
*ty -— against 59.26 at the State election; the ex- _ at the C ity election being 79.07 per cent, of the S c h o ^ t e for Mayor, and 64.94 of the possible vote for State’ , °nim ittee; w hile the corresponding per cents at the
®lection sosS b i,at the
S.et!ti th, ;atiV(
f)°ssible
were 61.78 for Governor and 55.86 for Repre- es to the General Court. Tables are given showing
vote, actual vote, and percentage of actual vote
by precincts as regards the vote fo r Mayor, and the v°
for School Com m ittee; and in other tables the same analys is set forth by wards w ith respect to the contest for May0^
Street Commissioner, Aldermen, Councilmen, and School C°1 mittee, and also the questions submitted as referenda. ,
( 2.) Population o f T h irty P rin c ip a l Cities o f the bJn\ ^ States. — A table is given showing by decades the populab0 ’ relative rank, and percentage .of increase of population of ^ th irty principal cities of the U nited States, under the he? ^ ings seaboard, lake, river, and interior cities fo r the perl°
1880-1900.
B u lle tin , No. 9, Volume I I ., September, 1900.
(1 .) Tax-Bates of Massachusetts Cities, 1880-1899• ^ Three tables show the annual tax-rates of all the cities Massachusetts from 1880 to 1899, the variation in rates, and the average tax-rates by periods of five;
tw enty years. The average tax-rate showed a
toward decrease from 1880-84 to 1890-94, falh - 0 g 16.16 to 15.91, and then an opposite tendency, making marked rise to $16.82, in 1894—99. This movement fi11^8 1 a general reflection in the mean tax-rate of the State 8s whole. The State mean, however, reached its lowest p°*
in the second five year period, 1885-89; the tendency ^ last decade being one of decided gain. As regards the e g year periods the correspondence in the changes in the me«1 is apparent.
The table of annual tax-rates shows the mean C ity rate to have been highest in 1899, $17.26, and lowest 1890, $15.50. Sim ilarly, the mean rate of the State, n except the crisis year of 1884, w ill be seen to be higheS 1899, $15.78, and lowest in 1885, $14.14. -g (2 .) Analysis o f Loans Issued, 1893-94 t0 1897-98- This table shows, w ith summary, the amount of loans iss by the C ity, in each fiscal year, and their terms, rates of 111 j
est, and relation to the debt lim it. The total of loans i s ^ . in each of the years is as follow s: 1893-94, $5,558,3- 1894-95, $6,655,300; 1895-96, $6,793,850; l «96 J
$8,274,800; and 1897-98, $8,627,600. For the first three^
the years the larger part of the loan was made for a '¡je year term, at 4 per cent.; but in the la tte r two years larger part has been for terms of 30 and 40 years, the ^ fa llin g to 31 per cent. The proportion of the loan iss ^ outside of the debt lim it was 44 per cent, in 1893-9' » . per cent, in 1894-95, 52 per cent, in 1895—96, 65 per c
ten, <***
tende»0' no- fro»1
St a t is t ic s De p a r t m e n t.
■bulletin, No. 10, Volume I I , October, 1900.
l 8 g f J Distribution of Population, by Wards, in Boston, in 1900. This report gives ( 1 ) a table showing the in jg q P ^ u la tio n and percent, of population in each ward Ward ri ari<^ 1900, and the increase or decrease in each
%Ur during five years, and ( 2) a diagram showing by iij 19nn0xi a map of Boston the population of Boston by wards, T the change since 1895, and the per cent, of popula- In comparison w ith 1895, six wards
W o n i n , — O '
s^ow ] eac^ Ward. f n co
°ver g°Sses in population. There are two wards containing Conta- ^ 6r cent- eacW °1 C ity ’s population, 12 wards which centcl\ ? ver 1 Per cent- ea°P> 8 wards each having over 3 per of Comparing the growth of Boston w ith that of the zone ccmtj6 '^eC'0politan D is tric t made up by the 14 municipalities im gu°Us to Boston, we have shown that the growth of the than Y ately encircling suburbs was 4.07 per cent, greater Per n lal °1 the C ity in the period 1895-1900, — and 14.34
(2 greater in the period 1890-1900.
hUrni: Boston School Census, 1900. A table gives the m T ber o f ^ n „ „ i __
di-v lSi,
atte: °ns,° f school children by sex w ith appropriate age-sub- . y . 5’ in each ward of the C ity, and classifies them as (1 ) ( 8) t ln g public schools, ( 2) attending private schools, and i'espenot attending school. This table, though fu lle r in relatjn to age periods, is in the main similar to the tables of the^iY0 Wie School Census of 1899 in the March number the t B ulletin, which has been described already. W hile the Y • Population of Boston increased 12.87 per cent, in hi 1895-1900, the School Census shows an increase
°°1 children of 16.83 per cent, in the same period.
Mu n i c i p a l Re g is t e r. T V
^ 0lUtoh^ePartment’ bl accordance w ith a vote of the Joint been Y f 66 ob the C ity Council on Rules and Orders, has Usfced w ith the work of compiling the copy fo r the f v fc('Pal Register of 1900, and seeing it through the press.
Rustj,, ,0l’t s to secure an early issuance of the Register were Cl jJ ( f:T in a measure, by the fact that the Common Coun-
;iC('l p' P°ued the final adoption of its Rules t i l l June 7, 1900, sUgg C Untoward delays encountered in printing. A t our tp l°n the Jo in t Committee on Rules and Orders author- Chjjtio" Publication of a document edition of the Register in
The' \ t0 *"be usual edition bound in cloth.
aS t e l • gister for l 000» which conforms to the make-up Wife p j .1Tl 1899, contains 296 pages, or 21 pages more than gister of 1899. This increase in the number of pages
results partly from the fact that in 1900 the Aide1'«1®'!
were elected to represent districts instead of being eleete for the C ity at large, as in 1899, twice as much space bei'1»
required to present the results of the vote for Aider«1®' in proper form ; and partly from the introduction of tables of election statistics, viz., tables showing, 1., the for Mayor in 1899 by precincts as well as by wards;
summary tables, showing the results as regards (1 ) P°sS!,|.
vote, ( 2 ) actual vote, and (3 ) per cent, of actual to p°s8j j vote at the State and C ity elections of 1899 for the princlha„
officials; I I I . , tables showing for the C ity election of by wards, ( 1) the possible vote, ( 2) actual vote, and , the per cent, of actual to possible vote, for Mayor, Str«®
Commissioner, Aldermen, Councilmen, School Commit1®®' and on three referenda.
Ci t y Re c o r d. ,
Eighteen numbers of the th ird volume of the C ity ReC°r f were published, up to the time of its suspension by orde1 • your Honor, in May, 1900, owing to the insufficiency of ^ appropriation ($500) for its continuance. House B ill 654, entitled “ A n A c t relative to the Advertising of Beg' Notices in the County of Suffolk and C ity of Boston,” ^ introduced at the instance of your H onor w ith a vie" | making the C ity Record self-supporting. The provision8 0 the b ill were as fo llo w s :
Se c t io n 1. A l l notices or advertisements relating contracts or other matters required by law to be made 1 newspapers by the C ity of Boston, or the officers or dep«j ments thereof, shall be deemed to be so made if made in weekly publication of said city, entitled The C ity Record- ^
Se c t. 2. A ll notices required by law or by court or . authority to be advertised in some newspaper publishet j the County of Suffolk or in the C ity of Boston, or in therein, shall be deemed to be so advertised i f advertise said publication.
Se c t. 3. I b is a c t s h a ll take e ffe c t upon its passage- y The b ill was referred to the Committee on the Judi®« ^ on February 1, 1900. Your Honor advocated its passage the hearing on March 1, and on March 20 the committee ported that it ought not to pass. Had the b ill been enan®
the expense of publishing the C ity Record could doubt* , have been more than met by the proceeds from advert'8 legal notices.
In addition to the work in hand already noted, viz., the Pl Jy aration of ( 1) a detailed account of loans and special apP
¡SpeciainSp 01' ®*'ree*s> Sewers, Bridges and Ferries, and ( 2 ) of exPen V 1:1 Plications No. 5, showing actual receipts and 'hidert 1pUres ^or ^ le Period 1870-1900, we have iiiC;tl t -L ieri several special studies, among which we may its ^ lc members of the School Committee since hidivi] hment’ tables relating to the death rates by I 875 11 ai years of age and by sex in the Census years since MiilSJ, ^ atisti°s of elections since 1890, statistics of votes in tion8 ^ Usetts and the Town or C ity of Boston on all ques-
^ o iis ff erred to the people, including amendments to the I t j8 ion’ since 1778.
the ( ■<fl,lr Pu rpose also to make a digest of the returns of City 0f r f States Census of 1900, so far as they relate to the office • , . st°n , as soon as the publications of the Census Cct|Sll ",ut- I t is eminently desirable that the United States 1'elatiI1S ° ® ce should furnish us w ith transcripts of its returns
^tailed 9 ^ ’ in order that we may make as fu ll and
°f thg * a digest as possible; the more so as the publications itif0iTl ,a^10n;d Census usually fa il to give as much detailed
•setts c l0n regarding Boston as is given by the Massachu- uit] onsus. I f the Census authorities can be induced to Uniniei '"I this matter, we shall be enabled to place our at present S^a^ si;ics on a more scientific basis than is possible
i^ stribution of the public documents of the C ity
° n S i n r | - ■ I ' U U " L' « « o u l i i c i i y o u . w i c w i u j
°f other . ymual libraries, and to the executive departments Uient-q ,, Cltles> and the securing of municipal and govern-
c° reP°rts and publications in return, continues to form and im portant part of our work,
the year 435 persons or institutions have received pne or more of our publications (exclusive of their
^ l a r l y *
^ " V p . - 7 --- r --- v—
distribution among the departments of the C ity ) ; t> l a:
there
36 6 mcluded in the foregoing statement 94 cities ''s ] statistical offices. Thanks to the facilities afforded eXeflilr Je Smithsonian Ins titu tio n in Washington, our
«tc., ° f documents and publications w ith foreign cities, e v )(:en effected w ith a minimum of expense and trouble m u i t h ^ orwai'ded to our correspondents, through
nian In stitu tio n, 983 packages.
the Respectfully submitted,
La u r e n c e Min o t, Chairman.
Go r d o n Ab b o t t. Ch a r l e s F . Fo l s o m. Da v i s R. De w e y. B . Ro d m a n We l d. Wi l l i a m Ja c k s o n.
A P P E N D I X .
St a t e m e n t op Ex p e n d it u r e s.
St a t is t ic s De p a r t m e n t.
General Classification o f Expenditures
,
1900A p p ro p ria tio n . . . . . .
Expenditures.
900 00
1. S ecretary $3,000
2. C le rk -h ire 4,007
3. M essenger 230
4. P rin tin g 2,011
5. T y p e . . . . 349
6. S ta tio n e ry and supplies . 90
7. B ooks and periodicals 21
8. Postage 149
9. E xpress charges 35
10. R e p a irs, office expenses . 1
11. Telephone 117
Balance unexpended
Th e Cit y Re c o r d. General Classification o f Expenditure■
A p p ro p ria tio n . . . . . . .
B alance fro m p re vio u s y e a r . R eceipts fro m a d v e rtis e m e n ts :
1899 ... $558 13 1900 ... 324 67
1900-1901
R eceipts fro m subscriptions
Expen ditures.
1. P u b lic a tio n
2. S ta tio n e ry and supplies 3 . B ooks and p e rio d ica ls 4. B in d in g .
5. P ostage . 6. R e n t
7. R efunded su b scrip tio n s
$1 300
88 2 121 804
00 74
80 35 80
B alance unexpended *
' th e fis c a l y
* T h e re w e re b ills o u ts ta n d in g a n d u n p a id a t th e end o f th e ¡ b u p th e a m o u n t o f $794.09. T h is a m o u n t, a d d e d to th e $1,330.19, gross co st o f p u b lic a tio n sh o w n o n page 15.
the a
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ï s i s o p Co s t o p Pu b l i c a t i o n o p Th e Ci t y Re c o r d. V o l u m e I I I . , 1900.
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a<=Q
<0 H'H O 'S
1.. / Gross Cost ofPubli- / cation. I
Re c e ip t s f r o m Ad v e r t is e m e n t s.
Net Cost of Publica tion. Number of Copies per Issue. Number of Pages per Copy. Number of Ems per Copy.
Amount ! Charged. Amount Collected. Amount Un- collected, Jan. 31,1901.
0 $99 86 $2 75 $2 75 $97 11 900 12 74,917
3 ... 112 2] 11 26 11 26 100 95 1,000 12 82,842
4 .., 107 83 21 27 12 64 8 63 86 56 950 12 79,304
5.. 175 98 3 50 3 50 172 48 1,000 12 121,730
6.. 151 86 20 52 8 38 12 14 131 34 950 16 112,363
7 .., 119 31 11 25 8 00 3 25 108 09 950 16 91,742
8., 123 31 37 15 37 15 86 16 950 16 96,432
9 . . %> 112 26 5 13 5 13 107 13 950 16 81,292
i ° . . 112 93 20 14 20 14 92 79 1,000 20 87,447
u . . 98 59 6 26 6 26 92 33 950 20 69,582
12.. . 116 02 76 78 71 27 5 51 39 24 1,000 20 77.3S2
13.. 92 is
27 89 19 64 8 25 64 29 950 16 53,861
U . . . " 89 85 20 01 9 13 10 88 69 84 950 16 50,045
15... 129 88 10 76 8 01 2 75 119 12 950 20 81,466
16.. 115 U 10 64 38 14 2 50 74 50 950 20 75,856
17.. 117 54
53 78 46 02 7 76 63 76 950 20 80,269
18.. 116 47 30 51 25 13 5 38 85 96 1,000 20 76,029
1».. 111 74
21 29
21 29 33,878
o&
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*A ve ri*ge
$2,124 28
$399 60 $324 67 $74 93 $1,724 68 17,300 304 1,497,236
$118 02 $22 20 $18 04 $4 16 $95 82 961 17 83,180
A verage is fig u re d as o f 18 issues.
An a l y s is o f Gross Co st o f Pu b l ic a t io n-
17
Co l l e c t io n s f o r Ad v e r t is in g, Vo l. I I . — Th e
19
St a t i s t i c s De p a r t m e n t.
Inventory o f Boohs and Periodicals.
Bound Volumes.
L ib r a ry P e ri0 <iicale...
Sb,t D° CUments (B osto n)...
Ofi 1 ° U lm ents (Massachusetts)
...
0 .1Ut<id Stat«8 D ocum ents;...
l ' i68 W n i t c States)...
„ (Great B r ita in ) ...
(Germany)...
(France)...
(A U o th e r)...
T o ta l...
84 2
435 248 11 93 296 50 25 21 45
1,310
Unbound.
423 53 606 140 60 178 290 109 264 121 188
Total.
507 55 1,041 388 71 271 586 159 289 142 233
3,742
In v e n t o r y o f Of f ic e Fu r n it u r e.
1 2
1 1 2 1 1 1
table.
de*ks.
lU op degk_
.ypew riter cab u°kcases.
lett°lving boo> etter fiie.
etter Press.
General Office.
11 chairs.
1 hat tree.
5 waste paper baskets.
1 Remington typew riter.
1 Edison mimeograph.
4 cuspidores.
1 water cooler.
5 drop lights.
table 1
1 re'* 1 * * 4 5' ! 0!' desk.
3 bool Vlng bookc 1 W °keases.
“ at tree.
B oard Room and lib r a r y .
ase.
14 chairs.
1 stepladder.
2 cuspidores.
2 waste paper baskets.
