New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-03
TAKING The CENSUS.
MAJORITY OF RETURNS INTERPRETATIONS
UNDER WHICH ENUMERATORs LABoRED-INCl-
DENTS OF TIE WORK.

MAJORITY OF RETURNS FTtJD-DIsiDNANrA"ES
UNDER WHICH ENUMERATORs LABoRED-INcI-
DENTS or THE WORK.
The enumeratOrs appointed by the Secretary
of Stale to take the Of this city began their Work
On June l. The law provides that the returns from eacH
~ the census districts shall be recorded at tie County
Clerks Office on or before July l. II sent in within
five days thereafter it the duty Of the County Clerk To
send for and procure the returns ut the expense Of tie
DELINQUENT ennner0rs who, under these circumstances
are considered in default IL has been ruInorcd that "a
large nGml cr of the enuneIators were behind
hand in their work. reporter Of THE TRIBUNE called
Yesterday upon Gideon J. Tucker. Assistant secretary Of
state IN charge OF tie NcwYOrk City Census report ana
learned that nearly nnecnths OF the enumcratOr' had
completed the canvass OF their DISTRICTS and lad verified
their returns The Will be sent 10 the Secretary
of state az Albany for approval and then returned to
the Clerk II the Board Of Supervisors. This viii take
some time and it will be least three four weeks be-
for. the completed will be made known
The number of enerators who have been engaged in
the work WAS Isl. They selected by the Tammany
Hall General Committee and are spoken Of as having
proved fairly competent The complaint j. made against
maay Of them that a. their pay II - per day while en-
gagged the they have been working for theirown
interest instead Of Of the public. II IL certain that
enumcratOrs whose districts comprised only one city
block with population OF from loo 5000 people,
have not ONLY failed To make their the first II
the month, hut Will also the five days OF grace,
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weeks' time. These men. who have sought 10 make
an extra amount through their inaction. have made
INSTRUMENTATION. the law expressly provides that, after
July l. enumcrators must complete their work ~ their
own EXPENSE. The statutory rate OF - day Is Thought
hy many them to he small pttancr for census tax
ing in which intelligence II required and annoy
continually Some Of them talk ~ ie
titonng for 80 per day This census has been taken
under disadvantage not the least OF which II the
that the enneraOrs were paid 10y the day instead
of by the Job. June also is a month III which many VI
the residents leave the city Mr. Tucker stated that prob
ably nn,-haf Of those who live Fiffave. would not
counted The cnumcIatOr- report that III fashionable
districts. when families we're out Oi town. Inc serVlhs
either unable. from Ignorance, ~ n OFTEN nap
pencd in~Oence To the required information
Then again, Of directory makers canvassod the
city during the Spring months. and hOuseholdcrs hal
which the ennncrois were required To ASK were very
numerous and especially by the more ignorant portion
Of the population, resented and regarded a. IN
quisturil. The same blanks were used when were
rmplnyed, under Mr. UPadeys administrator IN
taking tie census OF l-jj. Besides the blanks for
the general data, each cnumcrator was required To
carry % different special blanks for obtaining
facts relating peculiar industries aud MANUFACTURES
As a general thing manufacturers resist such II"DlhS
into their private business. AMI give any nhOlnatIoh
The includes the lrSt nf mar
thr Board ~ Health. II has been suggested that the
blanks might he abbreviated TO good advantage.
All persons refusing To give any Required information
have been will he repnrtc I" the Secretary of -i'tc
and be subjected Ia fine ~ so several pruserutou'
have ALREADY ordered for such refsas In the block
bounded Nv Rector Morris, Washington and Greenwich
the Seventeenth Ward cOntiln "a population Oh from
to three thousand. one cnumtrai0r stated from
mir Observation, that tn houses al The poor WoihE
kept more Wholesome an rieln than lIoroi
prr~Dus moderate means An cnuncGaiOr IA the
XVIII Assembly District mcniuned Ia lis report ma
Of Ireland, who died last Spring al the ase Oh lOJ
prrrIred very little sickness and able to attend 10
his affairs until few dd,s 'cioic his death.