Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-13
WHO WILL TAAE THEM.

Soon Census-Taking Omcials Needed
Some Think These Cities Should Furn'
ish the Superintendent.
Yet few more moons shall wax and Wane
ere the census enumerator will be around
poking his neb into your business and you
cannot shunt him as you would tramp
BY Offering him some menial employment,
so YOU may as well make up your mind to
treat him ciTilly and bear the intilctlon,
tell him your religion. business and thou
sand and one other things if he asks. Ladies
under so are not REQUIRED. at least not ex'
pected to be altogether certain of their ages,
but are expected to get there approximately
The matter is really one of Importance,
and it seems strange that the politicians
haven't been heard from before now, as the
principal officers of the census in each dis
trict are important, even though the tenure
is ephemeral, while the job of enumerator
for ten days at S. day, is certainly better
one than that of juryman at 81 day for
two weeks, unless it may be that very lazy
man would choose the latter.
The Ninth district includes Allegheny,
Beaver, Washington and Greene counties,
and is one of the most, if not the
most important in the State, its
interests not only being very large,
but exceedingly complex, and requiring
in the Superintendent and some of his chief
assistants large knowledge of business and
manufacturing. In each district there is
supervisor, special agent on recorded in
debtedness, one on manufactures, etc., and
host of enumerators whose term (that OF
enumerator) is limited to 10 DAYS. In them
the requisites are honesty. ordinary capacity
and the ability to write plainly, but for the
L. L Ill L.. -s,ka 4
ent, high grade of ability is needed, and
there is an impression that he should belong
either to Pittsburg or Allegheny, that is
that view prevails largely in these cities
among those who have expressed themselves
The following is the expression of a mer-
chant on the subject:
The varied interests of PIttsburg. Allegheny
and surroundings are of so great importance
that manufacturers and merchants will natur-
ticularly qualified for the duties devolving upon
them. The supervisor of the district should be
a man fully conversant with the business and
industries of Pittsburg and surroundings, and
would be expected to be citizen of Plttsburg
or Allegheny of long acquaintance with their |
business. Our Congressman will undoubtedly
look to it that such qualified person is named
and appointed by Superintendent of Census
Porter. It's, however, also important that the
minor positions be carefully filled, and the
peoples representatives IN the lower House of |
Congress will be expected to see that the |
proper persons be selected.
An effort was made to ascertain of politi- |
clans who were likely to be applicants, but the |
attempt was failure, and it looked as though |
Mr.. Porter might be left to make his own |
the only orinion given being that the |
chiet should be man dt to handle the |
matter.
OF course, it isn't likely that these posi- |
tions will go begging. as sufficient num-
Der of people can always be found to sacri- |
fee themselves pro bono publIco. So far the |
only man prominently spoken of as superin-
tendent is man from Washington county |
hamlet, but there is talent in these two cities
too modest as yet to nominate itself that |
might be induced to enter the lists, and no
doubt the emergency can be depended upon
to trot out a local man able and willing to
serve.