POPULATION
Halifax
City Proper............................................................64,279
Suburbs
- Armdale, Bedford, Fairview and Rockingham.......5,536
Dartmouth Proper................................................................9,391
TOTAL POPULATION - Official Estimate........................79,206
AREA
Halifax
- 4,400 acres or about 7 square miles.
Dartmouth
- 1,533 acres or about 2 1/2 square miles
ASSESSED
VALUATION
Halifax
- $58,263,755.
Dartmouth
- $6,752,200
EXEMPT
PROPERTY
Halifax
- $39, 237,600
Dartmouth
- $1,854,850
TAX RATE
Halifax
- 35.3 mills
Dartmouth
- 36 mills
BONDED
DEBT
Halifax
- $15,1444,013 less sinking fund of $4,466,621.
Dartmouth
- $1,354,000 less sinking fund of $306,964.
BUILDING
PERMITS
Halifax
- $1,545,824
PARKS
Halifax
- 14 with 274 acres
Dartmouth
- 1 with 120 acres
TRUST
COMPANIES
Halifax
- 5
BANKS
Halifax
- 4 with 13 branches
Dartmouth
- 2
BANK
CLEARINGS
Halifax
- $112,710,681.
FORM
OF GOVERNMENT
Halifax
- Aldermanic, A mayor and 3 aldermen for each of 6 wards.
Dartmouth
- a Mayor and 2 Councillors for each of 3 wards.
POST
OFFICE RECEIPTS
Halifax
- $511,483.
Dartmouth
- $16,445.
TELEPHONES
Halifax
- 13,598
Dartmouth
- 1,596
CHURCH
BUILDINGS
Halifax
- 44 (fourteen denominations)
Dartmouth
- 8 (four denominations)
NUMBER
OF HOMES
Halifax
- 11,712 (sixty-two percent owned)
Dartmouth
- 1,970
NUMBER
OF BUILDINGS CONNECTED WITH WATER
Dartmouth
1,887
INDUSTRIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS
Halifax - 80 (9,800 employees)
Dartmouth - 9 (750 employees)
HOTELS
Halifax - 5 leading hotels with a total of 785 rooms
(Carleton, Halifax, Lord Nelson, Nova Scotian and Queen)
Dartmouth - 1 with 42 rooms (Thorndyke)
THEATRES
Halifax - 8 with seating capacity of 6,200
Dartmouth - 2 with seating capacity of 1,150
HOSPITALS
Halifax - 7 with 844 beds
Dartmouth - 1
COLLEGES
Halifax - 4
SCHOOLS
Halifax - 32 including 4 high schools (13,429 pupils) (308 teachers)
Dartmouth - 5 including 1 high school - (1,778 pupils) (40 teachers)
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Halifax - consists of 95 men, six motor pumpers, two hose cars, two city
service ladder trucks, one 75 ft. aerial truck, one chief's car, one deputy
chief's car, four station houses.
Dartmouth
- consists of 50 men, including 20 members of the Union
Protection Company, a volunteer association, with five pieces of
equipment.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Halifax - consists of 70 men and 1 police woman, with one station and five
pieces of motor equipment.
Dartmouth - consists of a station house and four men.
MOTOR
VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS
Halifax - 8,140 passenger, 1,909 commercial - Total 10,049.
Dartmouth - 801 passenger, 171 commercial - Total 972
VITAL
STATISTICS
Halifax - 1,607 births, 607 marriages, 1,313 deaths.
Dartmouth - 151 births, 72 marriages, 61 deaths.
HALIFAX
PUBLIC LIBRARY
39,500 volumes, 200 commercial text books.
HALIFAX
STATS
There are 108 miles of streets, 25 miles paved, 67 miles of sewers, 16
miles of Electric Street Railway, 63 miles concrete sidewald, 8 million
gallons of water supplied daily.
DARTMOUTH STATS
There are 84 miles of streets, 5 miles paved, 800,000 gallons of water
supplied daily.
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