The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-03
the CENSUS OF 1850.
The Various Officials who Will Manage
the business.

The Various Officials who will Manage
the business.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The original scope OF the decennial
census went no further than the obtaining
basis for political representation and d.
rect taxation. This, however, has been
gradually enlarged until now it is intend
ed to include all manner OF social, vital
and industrial statistics. Heretofore the
United States marshals, whatever might
or might not be their qualifications for
this particular work, performed this duty
OF supervising the census, and the ordi-
nary enumerators were charged with the
collection Of special statistics as well. This
method resulted in 1870 in such imperfect
returns and obvious errors that many OF
the statistics collected were rejected as ut.
terly untrustworthy.
Under the new law special supervisors
will be appointed to take general charge
OF census districts, and many classes OF
statistical inquiry will be placed in the
hands Of experts and special agents.
General Francis A. Walker, Superintend-
emit oil the Census, began the work OF or
ganization in April last. His chief assist
ant is @. W. Seaton, who was chief OF the
New York State census OF 1875. AT the
office in Washington thirty or forty clerks
are already employed in the preliminary
work for the enumeration next June.
Prof. Baird, Secretary OF the Smithsonian
Institution and President Of the United
States Fish Commission, will have the d.
rection Of a comprehensive investigation
into the statistics OF the fisheries and the
fishing population OF the United States.
W. Clarence King has the scientific direc.
ton OF the investigation into the gold and
silver mining Of the country. Gen. W.
P. Trowbridge, Professor OF Engineering
in Columbia College, New York, is
the special agent for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning the statistics OF power and ma
chinery employed in productive industry.
Fred. Ii, Wines, Secretary OF the Illinois
Board OF Commissioners OF Public Chari-
ties, has charge Of a special enumeration
Of the deaf and dumb, blind, insane and
idiotic, and the criminals and paupers.
The collection and coordination OF the So
cial statistics has been entrusted to Col.
George E. Waring Jr., OF Rhode Island.
The collection OF statistics in relation to
manufacture and agriculture has been as
signed to special agents, as follows: The
manufactures oil cotton, TO Edward Akin
son, OF Boston; the manufactures OF wool,
TO Geo. VIM. Bond, OF Boston; the build.
ing-stones OF the United States and the
quarrying industry, to Prof. J. S. New
berry, Of New York; the manufactures OF
iron, to James NJ. Swonk, OF Philadelphia;
ship.building, to John Linch, Of Portland,
Me-; the manufactures oil glass and
OF coke, to ]. D. Weeks, OF Pitts
burgh; the manufactures OF silks,
to W. G. Wyckoti, Of New York;
the numbering industry, to Prof.. @. S. Sar.
gent Of Brookline. Mass. The subject OF
cotton culture has been intrusted to Prof. |
Z. W.. Hilgard Of the University OF Cali
fornia, who is assisted by several eminent
agriculturalists and biologists; that Of the |
production OF cereals 70 Prof. W, II, |
Brewer OF the Sheffield Scientific school OF |
Yale college; that OF forestry TO Prof. G. S,
Sargent OF Brookline, Mass; that OF or.
Chard fruits, tobacco and hops to ]. r.
Dodge OF Washington, D. g., and that OF
meat production 10 the grazing States and
Territories to Clarence Gordon OF New
burg, MY. Special attention will be paid
to the obtaining Of vital statistics. This Is
to include information respecting the
range and degree OF virulence OF certain
fatal diseases, and the rate Of mortality in
one section as compared with adjoining
sections. The cooperation Of physicians
aud surgeons throughout the country Is
solicited in this department OF inquiry.