Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-10
THE CENSUS WAY OFF.
New York's Police Recount Shows an
Increase of 62,731, With
MANY DISTRICTS STILL TO COME.
The Total Gain Over Porter's Figures Will
be About 10000.
BROOKLYN LIKELY TO FOLLOW SUIT.
Second Enumeration Of That City By the Municipal
Authorities
ESPECIAL TEL EeKAM TO THE D1srArcH.I

ESPECIAL TEL EGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.J
NEW YORK. October 9.-Supervisor Por-
ter and his Federal Census Bureau have
been showed under. To-day our own police
census passed his figure. and with 48 cleo
tion districts still out we have outcounted
him just 62, 71.
Here are the figures: Police census to date,
1876, ,232; Porter's total, 1, ,513 sol; increase,
with 4S districts to hear from, 81, ,731. The
average per election district which the 899
districts in show is now 1, ,753, which leaves
Porter's average of !, ,596 way behind.
Here is what we can calculate on if the
other election districts to be heard from SIM
ply maintain the present average: Nine
hundred and forty-seven districts at 1853,
1850, O,O91; Porter's total, 1.513, sol; increase
indicated, 146, $50.
EVEN LARGER FIGURES EXPECTED.
This is going to knock out the Health
Board estimate even OF 1 ,644, 900; but Presi-
dent Wilson, who spent the afternoon to-day
at City Hall figuring on the returns, is con-
ident that all of the districts still to come in
are very large and he won't be satisfied now
unless the grand total comes up to /, 680, 900.
If many OF the districts yet to be reported
come anywhere near the count which Police
man Louis Selig returned to-day from the
Fifth precinct OF the Eighth Assembly dis
trict, we will even beat that. Selig's dis
trict footed up 5, 317, and 1t required three
of the ordinary census books to hold all the
names. Selig's work is a complete refuta-.
tion OF Superintendent Porter's insinuation
that our police census would not amount to
anything because we would not have inter-
prefers. His district is one which the
Polish have settled thIckly, and Selig, whose
regular station is at the Hebrew goose mar
ket, speaks the language fuently.
The Seventh and Eighth election districts
are similar instances. Policeman Louis
Harris otted down 4, ,203 names in the one
and Morris Cohen 4, O36 in the other Mr..
Olcott, the representative of the Federal
Bureau, who was sent up from Washington
to keep tab on our census, is ready to con-
fess now that our population is at least
100000 more than Porter credited us with.
BROOKLYN ALSO KICKING.
Perhaps there will be police recount Of
the population in Brooklyn, too. The
figures OF Census Supervisor Sedgwick
footed up only 500, 900, and there is wide
spre belief That they fall at least Sc, 900 or
go, 900 short OF the real number of Inhabitants
in the big town across the river
There is abundant proof that scores of the
Government enumerators did their work in
a most bungling and careless manner, and
that the enumeration was generally inac.
curate. The authorities are convinced that
a recount will establish this fact conclu-
sively and to-day Police Commissioner
Hayden said that he would very probably
order one.
If it is finally decided to have a recount
Commissioner Hayden will select the most
intelligent members Of the force for the
work and put enough of them on this special
duty to have the enumeration completed
before election. The health authorities,
from careful analysis of the vital statistics,
estimate the population more than $3.50, 900.