Illumination items: By the lighting and illumination committee

A recent survey showed that 15 years ago approximately 5.4 cents out of each dollar of municipal taxes was the average amount expended for street lighting in cities of 30,000 population or larger in the United States. In the face of the need for much better lighting, the amount allotted to the street lighting for the same cities in 1919 had fallen to an average of 3.8 cents. In an article commenting upon the comparatively small expenditure for this essential public service, Mr. A. F. Dickerson reported that the average per capita expenditure in cities is only about $0.70 annually for street lighting. The highest found was $4.81 per capita, and in 50 of the best illuminated cities there was an average of $2.04 per capita.