The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-10-08


which will not bear investigation and
stand as near right as the figures of the
Enumerators, If they should be few
short. The article reflects discredit on
myself and the two gentlemen who assist
ed in the enumeration. We were sworn
to perform the duties of the office, and
under heavy penalties for neglect or over
doing the work, which duties so far as
population is concerned, were to go from
house to house and obtain the names, age,
&c, of each person in the district assign
ed If the census was not correct, then
we have perjured ourselves according to
The article, for it says, Believing these
figures wrong, &c" Not to the writer's
knowledge has there been one family or
person who has made complaint that the
enumerators did not visit them. / am
sure that no one escaped In the First
Ward, and feel equally certain that the
gentlemen of the Second and Third
Wards performed their duty as well.
Now, let's see about the statement "At
one time Immediately after the rebellion
we were reported to have a population of
over A, 5o0.n The United States census
says: 1870. S,S42; 1880, 4,1S9. State
census, 1885, 4,O87. AT no time does the
census give us over 4, 200. 1t is true that
"many houses have been built since that
time,n but how that fact has increased the
population is conundrum. " Most of
them are occupied" IS another fact, but
that 'sSnce the quarries have opened here
hundreds Of laborers, mostly colored peo-
pie, have moved here with their families,
and at the Hook and on South Frank
lin street two or three families may be
found occupying one house, is very far
from fact, as the proprietor could have
found out If he had made inquiries.
Mr.. Callan said on Saturday last, when
] visited him, that there were 35 men en-
ployed by him, 8 of whom were colored
and ten Of the employees are old citizens.
AT B. NJ. and J. F. Shanley's quarries, Al
men are reported at work, l2of whom are
colored and 10 old residents. 1t will be
seen from the above that 76 hands are en-
ployed at both qnarres, that II are color
ed and % old residents, leaving 81 to
make up the hundreds of laborers, most
ly coored.p Besides, several of the la
borers live in West Amwel and New
Hope. There were ten more working In
,Shanley's at the time of census, but Mr.
ICaiIan had only few at work then.
i When took the census in the First
Ward, found but one house where there
were two families. This was on s. Frank
lie street, and the next day the smaller
family, consisting of man, wife aud child,
moved into an empty house in the "Hook. -
All this vast accumulation of labor, will
not balance the loss sustained when the
Lambertville Iron Works went out. -
There have been built during The past ten
years, as near as can be counted, about 60
new houses, these mostly in the Third
Ward, but have sixty new families moved
into them from out the city2 Ne, they
have been oiled by other families thnniug
out.
! Since 1870, when directory was made
for this city, there have been by actual
count by those known personally TO the
writer, $50 who have either died or moved
away from the city. An accurate count
would make at least 100 more.
I There are always people in every com
mnnity who are not satisfied with any
thing done, unless they do il themselves,
aud there are newspapers who keep
'Grumblcrs" employed just to keep up a
little circus all the time amongst the peo-
pie. 1t is not to be wondered at, then,
that the proprietor with his "many cili.
zens" should want a recount. But who
is to believe them after they have it done
viii everybody take the result as final,
Will there not be few doubling Thomases
then, as now9 viii 1t make any differ.
ence to the Government or Superintend-
eDt Porter2
There cannot be duplicate count made
now. The population may be more or
less than IL was at the time of making.
Twenty-Five persons are known to have
moved out OF the First Ward, and Mr..
Mathews tells me 1t is the same 10 the
Third Ward. II the proprietor of the
Beacon seeks Dotoriety by this movement
and wants to advertise his paper at the
expense OF the subscribers to the fund OF
$500, why that is another thing. AT
the same time II is not the correct thing
10 do 1t at the expense Of the reputation
Of the Enumerators. 1t took the writer
nine days TO do The First Ward, and faith
full work TO accomplish it 10 that time, and
! challenge any family or individual Ia
come and say did not visit them for the
purpose OF enumeration. 1874 were all
Chat could get out of it at two cents q
name. Who would undertake to make a
thorough canvas OF the three Wards for
$36.0o2 "Donations for the purpose will
be received at this office and acknowl.
edged through the columns of the Beacon. y
II is customary TO head subscription lists
by those who start them out. Would II
not have been an incentive IL the Beacon
had said, ave mean thorough canvas
TO the extent Of $l0."
Other live newspaper men do not wait
for the public 10 defray the expense Of
any enterprise that needs stirring up aud
which will really benefit the paper. Thew
go to work and do it, and give the pa
irons the benefit Of il at subscription price.
1t looks small when any newspaper man
claims that certain thing would be bene.
fetal TO bin and then asks the public to
subscribe the money to pay for it, and II
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