New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-15
CENSUS RETURNS.

DELAYS AND DIFFICULTIES IN NEW-YORK.
EXTENSION OF TIME MADE NEcEssARY-iNCoM-
Potency OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FAR
FROM BEING COMPLETE.
The census returns in this city are still very
much delayed and those which have been reported are
in some cases incorrect and will require thorough rev
son at the Office of tho Secretary Of State in Albany In
addition TO one enumeration for each OF the 557 election
districts the city, there are seven enumerorS W oc
taken into account in few OF the larger dstc's hc
work given 10 two persons or these oo4 enune
rators, only 4s1 had reported up to last evening "'
difficulty in obtaining complete reports has been expe
ence in some parts Of city, At the hospitals especially
the work has not been easy and Mr. Plum OF ire
County Clerks Office, To whom the returns arc deeieo
and certified to- states that II Ia doubtful II the returns
from Bellevue Hospital will be completed peorc
August while those from Backwcls Island VIII dc de-
layed for several days The time at first allotted the
enumeratOrs in which complete their returns eNFeu
on the 9th OF July, but owing 10 numerous petitions Tor
more time the Secretary Of State allowed 1t to be ex-
tended until the 18th. IL Is said that neither the Sere
tary nor any else had authority to make an exon-
sion but rather than have an incomplete report inc @
tons were granted and the enumerators melted TO re-
newed efforts.
Ex-Surrogate Tucker who was appointed Assistant
Secretary of State in charge Of the OF NcwIork
City, states that the work Of gathering the returns mas
been mperecty done, and attributes 1t to many mis-
takes committed at the outset. The ennnerators were
named by the Tsmmany General Committee, and the
names were sent up Albany and approved There seems
to have been investigation of the qualification OF The
men, said Mr. Tucker and the result has been that in
competent persons have been trusted with the work IN
many instances This misfortune has been made worse
by the mode in which the men have been paid. H.
stead OF paying them according 10 the mum
Der of names which they report, they are
allowed SO day. whatever the amount
of work done may he. After the enumcrators were ap-
poncd according their Instructions they called upon
Mr. Tucker TO be i and were invited 10 cali upon
him for any information they might desire during Inc
progress Of their work. The incOmpeeney OF many OF
them was shown b. their ignorance OF their first duties
and ncapaslty for work after receiving INSTRUCTIONS
by their frequent visits further information points
which clear 10 any ordinary man. Some time aft'r
the work had been begun IL was seen that more hcp Oh
supervisory character needed. The Secretary OF
state accordingly appointed % Supervisors OF the Census
of NewYork City.
Some OF The instances given OF the shortcomings OF the
cnumcIators show that the returns not at all likely
TO give a full report OF our population. Mr. Tucker men
tons in which an cnumerator reported 700
names while the election returns for last Fall gave nearly
zoo voters in that district As there are from five 10 six
persons for every voter in community the actual pop
lation in that district must be upward of 5000. In
another district covering part Of West Houston and
out and ont of three blocks IN the district this ono had
population sm 4H tn the ,h %o aS sr' BEEN did,
covered the errors arising from an ignorance
II is considered that june was the most unfavorablc
time of the year for taking the census large number
OF persons in the country abroad and IN many
eases found absolutely impossible 10 gain amy III
formation respecting them EnimeratorS have called NJ
formation than the name OF the family, with perhais
their present address In some cases letters nave been
them a general rule Thirty such letters are known
to have been written and no replies were rrceved
IAVinr Tho int hp
increased very considerably by those who MI the hotel;
humber Of Inhabitants viii reach 1900 900 but that
owing to canscs gwen by lin and stated ab1ye the emu
the number will only reach abOnt ,200, 600
The returns delivered ut the desk OF Mr. Plum III
the County Clerks office in Duplicate copies. one Of
which is filed there and preserved, ana the other sent 10
Albany.
BROOKLYN'S INCREASE IN TEN YEARS.
PRESENT RETURNS COMPARED WITH THE CENSUS
OF 1SGJ-CnANGEs IN THE SEVERAL WARDS.
The returns of the enumeratOrs of the CEN
sus in Brooklyn arc coming very slowly and there
still "a election districts from which reports have
been made Two districts were reported yesterday. and
the returns Of a third brought In, but were given
back to the enumeration for correction, they not
properly arranged. All the returns should have been in
over week ago, according the requirements Of the
law.
The last state was taken in 1865, and COM
parison of the then with the completed returns
thus far made in Brooklyn gives clear idea OF the growth
OF the city. There have been several changes In the
wards since 1868, some having been consolidated and
some divided, while number Of new wards have been
created.
The population OF the First and Third Wards in 1865
was I5,108 the retains Of the present First Ward,
which composed OF the former First and ThirdeXcep
one district which is not yet ngiye - GG6. The Eighth
Ward in 1862 contained $3.50; the Eighth and Twenty
second 1.-THE old Eighth contain 22,550. In 1865 the
Ninth Ward returned 24,143; the Wards into which it
has been dvided-the Ninth, Twenty first Twenty-tLird
Twenty fourth, and Twenty fifth, leaving out three dis
trcts which not yet complced-contain 5S750. The
contained in 1865, IS, 06s; IL has
divided into the Third and Tenth Wards, the present
population Of which, outside VI three districts which are
moi complete, il 3S,19l.
The other Wards are the in 1865, and the
following table shows the population Ia 1860, ani also
the present population 50 Tar as the returns are com
pleted ,., ,,,
Ward 1865. In 1873.
SecOnd-l districts not in S,76O 4,3Jl
FouTth-ODc ii strIct not in....."... Il,oOo lO,z3J
Fifth-siX districts not in.....--. It,sZO ooozo
SIXTH .......................... 26,407 34,ltJ
seventh-O1e district not in-....- 1868 239l7
Ecvcntli-Onc district not n...... 1922 l9S4S
Twelftl-OIe district not in....... 13,0oJ ll,S29
ThTteeDth-One district not IN. lt,l3l Ii,OSl
Fourteenth one district not M. lD,42J zhlJl
Fifteenth. ....................... l1.4i9 2l,3gS
Si1teenth-three districts not in. 24,310 2!,s5S
tlI-One d strict not IN. 1881 Zl,5lS
Fglteenth-two dis ricts NOT In 6,3l9 1903
Nineteenth district not ill.,. SOIo laUtO
Twepcth-twO d sIlcts not in. Is, 81 lb,OaO