The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-31

e krsssa Ans1yxes The ISLANDERS
--xhe Efnsl Count
3
Il &fter siRusd ~ @. 4. snowden -.
z6f63x 81 the Tacosna cb.roter g fs,,,-
r1erco. has BEN senf g suner,n fcn1enf 81
lISnnun portev s.r<,f .t;,.<v s-.r,,.t 49,. -
fa,,~e & 80. ~ 3 e s. - ~,
<,.s@ =. W. III ~.
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8 ~ n TINS C1tf IL prefacee
N details Of the charges By stat
Ing TINT Supervisor jenkins was
nq1fudfced ii fnvn< 81 ts~nttle :. - 5el.ovv.d
81 apDoInfine 81 prosr1s e ~ re- rsco, -
ee.z 1880 49, q tns Snsnaner q 0ommerce.
s. - esas ~ e1sty ehu ators'
ne sppQsn IInent - tacoma was
0403ect q pfON8 ~ f14 chamber and only
u1notccn euuuaefa&or8 were Allowed For
1hoso ne&aonn TIN re1fdk5{fn ar Tacoxna
8 @vSr, ns,S<f..<.<f - ..-[.,3s7 1xs.-. ,s si.-
S n,,6 -. 80 ;sl<..s - 8 81 3. -
s s q: - s. 81. q <' = 0Asys - 80.
y - ~ ~ - "a - q 49, pe6un WQ1k On
- 5.x - ~ 4ttk@ 4l4 &k8y 3ls
1x)(e4 oHEn$o ~ IN 1Xcoma chamber say
<6cY @nEo kc3k o00nf6<K though protesting
Z {h6f 1{<S 1vj1r1 6Su1xr frane;enf v{eitors
~. ~. II - =, $500. 1890
zss ID - $3.50 $3.50 s' .. 49,: =
s - IS. g e nel so 8 !. VINO aes'ue
s a q .ssI no e, - .ne e'sy on
Ss..:x g.. 80. s.lo ons % snese
zs - .0ous |. uo1en qnes.lo ~
s 49, -. z,- sNlss - lauy =, 80 -
= = - cAplasneo MAJ ue useu .as
8 I! 49, NN 1sz 70 nl OUT the DINERS. Inc
&&4qx reports:
x19 &4N1erator who took my name went TO
1898 oom IN the house where my room is aud
I DeT5o&6z3 xntsfviewed the lcdgers, Is could
a ~ g. ne went along. e did not seem to
4 - 1lLlesence g I'm nne.ner Mey weIe
80 a = 49, =. ~. a..i1 - ~ go,
- IS two n ~ tool INV wife,s name al
thoueh told him me was in Tacoma ct the
ttme.
The letter continues:
One Of the reports Of June IS says: after .
careful investigation Is far As practicable the
only irregular practices made use OF sif such are
irregular) are tile omissions OF majority of the
questions required to be put by the enumera-
tors, and also the fact OF their including visitors
and non-restdents knowing them to be such.
That they do this can easily be authenticated =
In talking with the clerk OF the Russell house
s he informed me that enumerat0rs IN taking the
censns Of hotels received the number and names
from the clerks, and not BY Visiting rooms At
the Willis house. the Lincoln, Tweed and Occi-
dental hotels the enumerators visited each room
pen0naliy.
AnOtHer ToD0fB Is QuOL3Q as saving that
the propriefor of the Y. n lodpinc-housa
fo1d hin, th.t the enumerefor tr9,L al tha
,sdeers trsrs;s,,ts ;rct,,,aS r. s.sr,t,.-
~ - :. 80 '-s. saso
N tne evening met Mi fltcn IN beeoes
CAFE. ne aiso told me that ennmerators took
s:S yns 49,, - .,,d nv. - msrs
ronld ast Iist a. iorers from CLERKS sn5 Al, !,
out At home without personally interviewing
tho individuals.
The letter further states that Seattle
enumerators counted both crews and pas
sengers on board steamers, regardless of
their residences and quotes an enumer-
afor's statement tn one of the Tacom.
agents. as follows:
s.Yesterffav !, aaid no az want IN Tacom. ~,
the steamer (,lvmnian ana did mot oct 49, iii
10 n M ana onlv made q nn A. fh.t tin.
en,s,uersfora supnosnd thew were Ia he Maid nrIv
cents per name. 10 this man must have fou "a
M least seventv-iva nersone On hosrd
subject 70 enpmeration. n he maid
his fare ana cof his snnner m, hoard X cent.
each way and So cents for sumner and attn ,nade
81 "a he muss have faren vsssaurers :. v,alI -
officers and crew. although this steamer mares
daily trips between Tacoma and Victoria, only
touching at Seattle. and few II any of her pas
sengers were residents OF that city, IL they were
nes snouau nsse oeen enameiateu AZ tneir Iesi-
uenceA Inc captain OF tnis boat resides at Ia
COMA, auu 90 tolo tne enumerator, ana yet ne
was enrolled IN sne census OF seattle.
ine NORM rae nc, announcer large boat plying
uee"eeh Aseoha ana sictofias only touching &C
seatsie, was csnsasseo IN the same way by Seat
ue emu metators.
IL IS also claimed that the steamers OF the
Puget Sound d Alaska company and Pa
cific Navigation Company had their crews
counted in Seattle tbough tba haats ara
ovne.; in Tacoma and sbo,ia to.h,,;a.u,s
\. o.s,,,,..a 49, ~. ~ cNs-y
..S>N11's1 1s -. oi'o" aen says
oul chuhefaoIs were careful 10 take
only the names OF employees on these boats
who claimed to reside here" He con.
tinues.
From the abo~e. and much yoore ~ IN. ..r,a
sort which might he .ubm;ttad two ,h,ras
neem To he reasonably clear. ono "a ,hs. 80
many peonla in seattle have hea,, an,r,a.s.ss
who have not themselves seen IN q snn,rs-a.n.
and therefore supnose thev have hea,, ,sSar'
looked. The other il that n GOOD many NAM.
have been added to the seattle census which
do not belong there and which in ali fa,rnass
should be taken ont in case any stteyrrs - -
vision 10 made.
He proceeds to contrast the methods
adopted in the two cities to ascertain the
names of those missed by the enumerators.
to Seattle's discredit, and adds:
In view of all that we have learned from our
own experience IN nuning mp people who think
"sae oss.'uoa ~ W .he enumerators, and
slsras :, ,,r.ssst ss.,ns, -, We arg in-
turns from either city. unless il he - shra r,
from both the names which do not belonv
there. We do not believe that many
tacn can % iouna IN the hsis sent from Ia
= a a sN 49,