TABLE 18.--Statistics for 1888–89 of property and receipts of public Total taxable property in Estimated actual value of public property the city. used for school purposes. c310, COO c54,000 317, 806 c 80, 100 255, COO 900,000 ....... 40 34 Bridgeport......... 16,759, 389 16,759, 389 35 Bristol c2, 300,000 c3, 500,000 (€ 48,000) c5,000 cl,000 36 Hartford 48,541, 890 Meriden......... 48,511, 890 (1,113,500) 37 55,665 212, 841 38 Middletown... 19, 300 C4,500,000 C 4,500,000 39 New Britain ....... 7,000,000 7,000,000 New Haven. 49,311, 7-15 65, 748, 993 41 | New London...... 7,500,000 12, 000, COO 42 Norwich..... 25,000 130,000 10,000 Rockville... 2,000 43 44 South Norwaik.... 2,000,000 4,000,000 10,000 60,000 5,000 2,000 5, 000 45 Stamford..... 30,000 3,000 1, 100 1,000 167,000 77, OVO 39, 400 47 61, 000 TABLE 18.-Statistics for 1888–89 of property and receipts of public Belleville .......... ...... 70 Aurora*... 3,572, 489 9,500,000 71 Beardstown... (145, 000) 2, 940 525,000 147, 940 1,312,500 6,000 72 30,000 2,000 300 2,400,000 38, 300 6,000,000 40,000 73 Belvidere 106, 600 5,000 (800,000 3,000 154, 600 112, 100, 000 74 2,000 34,000 Bloomington..... 580 11,000,000 36,580 33,000,000 75 Braidwood.. 1, 900 312,000 76 Cairo........ (24, 000) 270 24, 270 1,723, 943 5, 171, 829 77 Canton ..... 14,000 1 48,000 2,000 65,000 811,726 2,525, 178 (51,043) 78 Carlinville.. 10, 594 66, 125 1, 250 79 Centralia...... 40,000 3,500 250 45,000 685,000 1, 955,000 80 | Champaign (west 1,500 22,000 1,700 25, 275 side). 81 Chicago ... 168, 133, 831 82 Danville*..... ..... 672, 543, 324 1,500,000 4, 250,000 | 220,000 2,000,000 25,000 5,995,000 6,000,000 83 Decatur 2, 336, 553 7,009, 659 84 Effingham* 55,900 120,000 4,000 3,000 1,200, 100 182,000 2,000,000 1,000 Elgin*.. 25,000 85 3,000 250 2,651, 286 29, 250 7,953,858 46, 900) 86 Evanston 7, 450 1,295, 803 2,500 156, 350 7,774, 818 20,000 87 60,000 3,800 200 Freeport 84,000 1,679, 650 5,878, 880 Galena 10,700 (75,682) 844 487, 601 87, 226 2, 438, 005 1,500 30,000 Galesburgh 4,000 89 2,500,000 1,750 37,250 7,500,000 90 Geneseo ... 20,000 130,000 10,000 1,000 161, 000 * Statistics of 1887-88. a Other buildings used for public schools are not public property. The accounts of the city and county schools are kept together, and it is impossible to make a financial statement for the city alone. cIn 1887-88. 77,000 schools of cities and villages containing over 4,000 inhabitants-Continued. 991. 2,723 4,575 56, 802 70 1,514 14, 967 998 55 4,514 39, 602 16, 020 71 0 376 192 44,684 0 641 2,084 9,671 46, 768 72 494 106 0 6,599 10, 640 56,723 6,821 17, 461 73 229 5,532 69, 083 0 1,500 7, 293 76, 376 74 10,000 3, 500 2, 375 2, 443 14,952 15, 943 75 17, 327 12,000 812 1, 329 14, 197 30, 139 76 157 30* 15, 713 1, 100 25,000 8,500 2, 950 43, 663 77 185 9,785 1,314 10,071 1,000 470 10,785 208 7 12, 070 768 1, 122 9,323 12, 838 0 79 238 10, 683 0 3,955 14, 638 80 136, 313 2, 118, 550 1,275 | e570, 806 2, 826, 944 (59,167) 81 36 50,203 12, 240 4,365 16,811 79, 253 35, 689 82 0 250 144 40, 448 0 13,894 54, 342 83 75 6, 975 2, 100 9, 075 84 904 29, 148 156 300 30, 508 3, 110 30, 632 18,489 79, 629 24, 280 194 86 133 8 27,725 2,046 11,731 2,823 30, 548 87 0 203 3,078 17, 058 0 4,525 5,534 25,000 22,592 88 71 461 30, 057 0 17,651 47, 708 89 17 90 d Estimated. e of this amount $512,036 was derived from rental of land belonging to the city school fund, and $45,800 was received as interest on principal of city school fund. |