New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-12
NEV- YORK,S POPULATION.
CENSUS RETURNS NOT YEr CoMPLETE-A TOTAL OF
100000 EsrTMATED-cHANGEs IN VARIOUS
wARDs-DIFFIcULTIEs AND DEFBCTB In EMU

| CENSUS RETURNS NOT YEr COMPLErE--A TOTAL OF
| 100000 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN VARIOUS
wARDs-DIFFICULTEs AND DEFBCrs In EMU
VIBRATION.
| Tho returns of the census in this city are
very much delayed aud in some cases exceedingly
imperfect o, the 5o7 election districts in tho city, ony
AGO had beer returned complete up 10 Saturday MOI
single Assembly District has been completed al SONIC
there are only two three election districts missing
while IN others there Is q considerable number In the
xxth Assembly District. for instance. there is one
election district missing Th Is The AA, anu IL COM
prses the islands in the East River IN which arc tho pup
lie institutions. These have population OF ABOUT V'ooo'
and II was work Of 100 ruch magnitude Tor
one man aono undertake. Ihr enumeration In TINS case
Ia to have leila given him. bat The magnitude OF TIE tt
has already delayed making up tao return OF the ASsn
bly, District Stupidity tie part VI some OF te ehuc
ators has also delayed tho returns Tho aoften c
which TO finish tho work Of gathering tho census statistics
and making report expired the 9th inst The score
tary statc considering the difficulties under which the
cnumcrators abored extended the time to July To- 1t
was intended first to make announcement OF this ac
but those at the head OF tho Census Bureau In this city
and Mr. Plum OF the County Clerks Office who receives
and coacs the returns thought best to keep this fact
quiet and meanwhile to urge the enumcrors TO renewed
exertions 1t Is believed That! work can be ac
compished ny the 18th inst The cnsus Is being taken
both by wards and Assembly Districts, so that clear
comparison he made with former years.
It's possible that the Second and Third Wards may
slow a slight decrease in population rs compared WIN
former years The hotels IN these wards. when formerly
had considerable number Of resident boarders are
fewer in number Tencmenth0usts have not Increased
To any apprccable extent these quarters OF the city
At no time during the past ten years have these wards
posse sed large population They have been given up
almost entirely to The Sixth and Fourteenth
Wards will have large Increase ~ INC nnmDer OF 1 ra
roads on streetcleanng, and other Work not requiring
skill much higher than the average OF @ae ec paa
tractod here. There arc certain Quarters IN the t%o
up almost entirely Of this nationality Ihe
deusy populated wards OF several years rn
t"enth. Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nneeenth-haye
moro than held their own The Esit Mill On; iwS nh
bly show the greatest of population The Eighth
and ninth Wards have changed greatly III ch,ac .h
S %a Of m aSm smaller dwellings, Up town the
I'm population has Of course been greater tha esc"nee
ns s.s ct a s % w w Tvs years op
ton returned little more than SGOoo ms
return showing it to contain nearly 100000 per-
f Board t Of Health a few years ago. It was
shown that the population in considerable portion Of
The popnaton of the Nineteenth Ward not dense as
in the Seventeenth because it covers much larger area
notwithstanding the incomplete returns received, u Is
considered certain by those engaged in compiling the
Agures-and they have received enough 10 ,Ct con h
total population will exceed 100000 Some portion OF
the increase which has taken place. must or course
he attributed annexation OF the Twenty-thrd ana
Twenty fourth Wards, but the larger amount Ii due 10
the natural growth OF tine city especially ABOVE Ihry-
fUurth-st , ,. A..
Ex-Surrogate Tucker, who is the Supervisor OF the
Census says that evidences OF gross neglect III
the enumeration districts In one which he gave
as an ns ance the enumerator returned only some 200
names while the registration and vote at the last election
showed between $50 and 300 voters Al the ordinary
ratio OF inhabitants for one vote THIS district
should have ut least 700 inhabitants. Tic census was
taken in june when many persons were out OF toWiL
The pay the enuneratOrs too low TO secure reay
competent Iuen and. of the men who might nave
been secured he thought the beat had not always been
selected owing political quarrcs in some districts
Several complaints have been made OF failures by
enmerutors to properly their districts One pre-
ferred on Saturday. and apparently borne ont by the
return. that In district covering parts OF Greene
and West Houstonsts. whole block OF enementhoises
had boon omitted six persons in the COMPLAINANT
own house had also been omitted, ana various minor
errors as To the status OF those enumerated committed
In this IL Plum. in whose charge the returns re-
main until To Albany, decided to send Tor the
cnumeraor but there have been several complaints OF
similar nature which came TOO late for any such cor
rectlon Mr. Plum thinks the enumeration viii show
population Of 200 900 Mr.. Tucker thinks that there
are 100000 nhabtan In this city. bllt tha Owing 10
the stated by him, the enumeration VIII I iar
short OF that number