Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-23
THE ELEVENTH CENSUS.
Organizing the Office Into Divisions
Two Special Agents Appointed.

The work of the census bureau is now about
organized Although the actual enumeration
OF the people does not begin until next June,
yet that has become the smallest part of the
work performed at the decennial census of the
United States. The statistics of manufactures,
commerce, &C., covering period of ten years.
requires the labor Of a large number of special
agents and an organization of the work that
must be complete and exact in order to pro-
duce the best results. In order that the system
of carrying on the business of the Office may
be as perfect as possible the superintendent of
the census, Mr.. Robert P. Porter, for admins
trative purposes only, has determined upon
THE FOLLOWING DIVISIONS:
First division, applications, Chas. G. Leon
ard in charge; second, disbursements and ac-
counts, Josiah G. Stoddard, disbursing clerk;
special ages; Geo. b. Chlttenden, chief of
division; fourth, population. VIM. G. Hunt, ex-
pert special agent; fifth, vital statistics and
statistics Of special classes DR.. Jno. s. Billings,
expert special agent; VIM. A. King, chief of
division; sixth, church statistics, Dr. Henry T.
Carroll, special agent; seventh, educational
statistics. Prof. James H. Blodgett, special
agent; eighth, pauperism and crime, -;
ninth, wealth, debt and taxation, T. Campbell
Copeland, acting chief Of division; tenth,
national and state finances, j. K. Upton, act
ing chief of division; eleventh, recorded in
debtedness, -; twelfth, agriculture, -;
Thirteen, manufactures. Frank r. Williams.
chief of division. This division will embrace
special reports ON the following named indus
tries: Chemical industries clay and pottery in
dustries, coke manufacture, cotton manufac-
lures, electrical apparatus, light and power,
glass manufacture, Illuminating gas iron and
steel, mixed textiles, including dyeing and re-
finishing, newspaper and periodical press. in
Guiding book and job printing, ship building,
silk and silk goods, wool manufactures. Four
teenth, mines and mining, DR.. David T. Day,
special agent This division will embrace
reports on the following named industries:
coal. copper, lead and zinc, iron ores, natural
gas, precious stones, mineral waters, petro-
leum, gold and silver, building stones, mineral
paints. Fifteenth, fish and fisheries, Prof
Charles W. Smiley, special agent. Sixteenth,
transportation. Prof. Henry G. Adams, special
agent; A. L. Shuman, acting chief of division.
Seventeenth, insurance, Charles A. Jenney,
special agent; W. H. Olcott, acting chief Of
division. Eighteenth, printing and stationery,
DIR. Orlando @. Ketcham, chief of division.
THE ACTUAL CENSUS WORK ALREADY BEGUN.
The organization of the Office is far in ad-
vance Of what it was at the same period ten
years ago. As is well known it is Mr. Porter's
purpose to complete the work OF the census as
soon as possible after the actual enumeration of
the population has been completed. He has
for this reason finished the preliminary work
completed the organization Of the Office and is
now prepared for the collection and compila-
ton of statistics. In fact the collection of sta
tistics has already been begun.
TWO APPOINTMENTS.
Hon. Robert D. Porter, superintendent
of census, has appointed Mr.. Richard
P. Rothwell of New York, editor Engineering
and Mining Journal, chief special agent
to take charge of the collection of the
statistics Of gold and silver for the eleventh
census. This inquiry is regarded as by far the
most difficult among the mining industries
particularly in the matter of showing the pro-
duction by states. This is on account of the
increasing practice of mining ores in one state
and smelling them in another. Mr. Rothwell,
with other members Of his staff including MIR.
Albert Williams, jr., is probably more familiar
with recent progress in gold and silver smelt-
ing than any one else in the United States.
He has been engaged in the collection of min
eral statistics for many years.
Superintendent of Census Porter also TODAY
appointed Mr.. Baird Halberstadt Of Pittsburg.
Pa, special agent to assist in the collection Of
coal statistics. Mr.. Halberstadt is familiar
with the coal mines of Pennsylvania and will be
assigned to duty with Special Agent Ashburner
at Pittsburg, Pa.