The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-13

census on,cers, A. Yes, think so; we had man
here In the early spring, who took all our names.
REPORTER-Dld he take your ages and everything
| concerning the businesss A. Yes.
This house was also
and i can only be concluded , that this was TAKEN
| AT No. Al the reporter was informed by a servant
maid that her master and mistress were both away,
but continued she. In nan an accent savorng greatly
NOT BIN HERE AT ALL, AT ALL"
No. As was next visited. Here the reporter mad
INTERVIEW WITH THE LANDLORD.
Q. Has the census been taken for your houses A.
O. Have you been at home all the summer A: No,
not all the time, but am confident no one has been
here for am extremely strict with my servants AZ
10 callers. Here an old servant was appealed to as
confederation, aud the reply was that "no one had
REP0RTER--Have you any opinion as to the cause
| OF this oversight? A. Well my own impression Is
| for the city. 1t is certainly political dodge.
Here another gentleman was introduced, and ne
reduce the NUMBER Of the population SO as TO pre-
vent US having our correct number Of members for
NOS. 49, Al, 80, 81, SO, SO. 81, 20 AND 81,
were visited In the same manner.
AT one house an Old gentleman said he did not be-
| l1eve any census enumeration had called, put his
memory was SO treacherous that 1t possible he
had forgotten It, In another case an old lady was
| greatly taken back at the revelation made by the
reporter, but not experimenting at first what he
"Oh, we don't take the census; we only read the
| HERALDn
The replies made at the houses whose numbers are
last given were alt negative and from the answers
given by occupants on the n0rGh and south side OF
| the street. the odd and even numbers 1t appears
That exactly l54 persons were omitted from the CEN
| sus on East Twenty.eighth street. between Fourth
| and Madison avenues.
| Message Of Mayor Hall Recommending q
Test Census by the Corporation.
Mayor Hail transmitted to the Common Council
| yesterday copies OF his proclamation announcing
the location Of the various election districts through
out the city. Accompanying the copies Of the pro-
clamation was the following communication, which
MAYORS OFFICE, Sept. II, 1870
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMON COUNCIL:-
herewith transmit to you triplicate original Of
proclamation which was issued from this Office on
the 10Th lnst In pursuance of oct of the last Le
BY the terms of the same act It becomes your duty
or before the LIST OF october proxlm0 TO select in
each election district place Tor registration and
ents ii each district be selected for the best conve
nence OF the electors both In respect to Topographic
Cal situation and area OF accommodation.
In this connection deem it my duty to direct your
ofncia action TO the subject Of recent pretended
preferred at this office by reputable citizens and
| thentcated communications have been sent TO the
public press alleging that such census was partial
1t was certainly prosecuted at season Of the year
| when large percentage OF our inhabitants were
",
in charge Of servants who perhaps dlsinclined
or probably unable, to give proper and full informa-
sensitive to the visit of federal oficer because
remembers the inquistorial provost marshals and
In some localities 1 have reason to believe the
census agent would ask preliminary questions sub
stantially IKE this aow many soldiers could this
| ton Of c0ncealment made TO the tenement house
occupants and In addition to the innateIy ineffective
| and unreasonable manner OF taking the census,
well TO the merely ordinary difficulties aCqulr
ing neediul information about It, In other districts
papers to be filed out and called for were never
| again asked about AZ special instance OF the
original omission to prepare perfect system, GER
Federal superintendent at washington had omit
ted from his blanks inquiry respecting certain
item. and the omission not having been dis
covered until the census began information regard
ing the item was supplied, at the special request Of
the Census bureau, by the exertlons OF the police
federal officials, may not the police be further
trusted with the furnishing Of reliable returns about
! the 1tem OF our City population?
| My recommendation Is that under corporate au-
thorlty immediate arrangement be made for taking
through tne pece % tim v OF rev
furnish more reliable tests should the coaparson
discrepancies in such districts, that then the work
| be continued throughout the entire city.
1t Is Of the greatest importance that the resources
of this growing city should not be beittled for pa1-
tsan effect The federal census just laken IL claim
creased within the past ten years! In the meantime
the city has extended throughout many miles OF per-
fected streets. me STATISTICS department. or
Building verify that about twelve thousand addi-
tlOnal houses have been erected during these years.
and that large proportion OF such buildings were
| tenement and lodging houses. Indeed, every OBJ
server knows that Of late years the choice neces
sity Of our city population has caused preponder-
ance Of families toward boarding and lodging houses
or toward the vicissltudes Of hotel and tenement
house lie, and thereby concentrated inhabitancy
| Upon every side has been manifested large
| development OF metropolitan resources for family
and business accommodation OF inhabitants who
yearly crowd within city precincts from all States Of
| rho Int aaud ETNtY ffrr
statistics Of port evidence that within those ten
years about million and half OF immigrants from
| depot And these statistics exclude all those who
have arrived here from foreign POI Is as passengers
The corporate authorities Of this great CITY owe to
their constituents the duty OF protesting against and
rectiying that sacrifice OF our metropolitan position
to partisan hostility to accomplish which this re-
| cent census was manipulated. BY that CEN
sus, ind indeed, our political rights are to be
cial city, 10 an acknowledged representative
character i'll Congress and State Legislature.
! sentaton is to be apportoned 1pon the recent
census there is outlined the distinct partisan
tive for diminishing the population Of democratic
| city. 1t would not be appropriate to here discuss
whether federal statistics were needed to give
| color 10 the unjustitiaDe statements many times
made In some reckless administration journas that
| the vote Of New York city disproportionate to
Its population. But it is appropriate because based
only time at which the contrary OF this latter ALE
CATION Was commended Tor by the same journals was
when ledcrai OmClalS deemed IT necessary TO make
the quota as large possible for the drafts
| from 1862 to 1864, and which were enforced by the
| provost marsllas OF the then administration, with
manifest unlarness toward the great masses Of the
people.
Also to recall that after the necessity for drafting
had ceased, and an opportunity was offered five
| years ago by State republican census OF deprving
| New iOrk city VI due representation in Senate and
Assembly, there was ''change OF base" and the
city population was statisticaIy diminished before
the new legislative apportonment was made.
| In now submitting this recommendation Tor q cen.
sus test under corporate authority, the Mayor feels
that he but moderately reflects the Of injustice
| which pervades the public mind against this new
! discredit Of the growth Of New York city.
| A. Oakley HALL, Mayor
No Cards--N0 Calls.
| To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
No census taker ever called or left his card at No
| 4S East Tenth street Eighteen or twenty persons
| reside in the house. Mrs. n. =. SELDEN.
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