Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-16
THE COUNT FINISHED
slcHmoNo's POPULATION GIVEN OUT
AS" "ABOuT EIGHTY THOUSAND"
III. ricures. which arc Lower Than was
Anticipated. MAY BE slightly Alter
cd-Formcr Censuscs.

NN,opi. .
These fyo numerals represent The popu-
ia;;on Of Richmond 10 shown by the
limited States census Just taken.
Thov are very modest and unpretentious
for big city like ours and Will not meet
the expectations Of the average citizen.
they NAV BE- correct and doubtless are
ne nearly 50 as the officers in charge OF the
work could get thom but that they truly
renreeent the actual number OF people
living within the corporate limits theie
Will be found many to douoi.
wurRr TN MrsrAKE WAS MADE.
The citv OF Richmond was divided into
ftv-one districts and there was an emu
ncrator for each district. lhey oegah
work on the morning OF Jnne "a anu nl'-
pliad themselves enCrgeucauy 10 the uls,
charge Of their duties as they undeTstooo
N was designed that the census should
bo completod IN a specified time, but IN
Some of the districts. notably IN Jackson
Ward. tho time had to be extended lof
several days. ~.
Ricbmond's great misfortune ~ TINS
whole matter has been that she did hot
have q head enumerator IRON thc st's'. nS
II vyas there was no central ONCE 70 receive
cofoplalnts or lists and 20 dispense lnior-
nation either 20 the men enRageu ~ ~
vork with which they were not iainlilar
or to the public. Rg this means hundrens'
n indeed there were not thousands, were
FINALLY. Welding to the demands OF the
rrosa backed by the public II was declueu
~ appoint "a special CLERK mere 70 Keep un
Office open for some weeks ailer tne 'a,ui
for finishing tho count had expired, anu
bv this means and through the energetic
vork of the police and the Chamber OF
Commerce hundreds Of names have beeh
enrolled which otherwise would never
have been.
TIE WORK COMPLETED.
The work of the Richmond Office has
nov been completed. and it will doubtless
Mr.. Racland. the special clerk, has dis
plaved great patience IN performing MS
tedious TASK. and his assistants -Mcs'rss'
Caben Thompson. 4. G. kockecharhe' -.
". Foster. George ". Donly' ana jesse l.
Uancock-haye been dilgont, pMnstaking,
and energetic During the greater part oll
thetifue. Whilet the several thousand alleged
omIsslons reported by the Chamber OF
Commerce were being considered ana III,
ycatira'cd. the Chamber was represented
bv either Mr.. Whtty or MIR. Nicg!esWofth.
Supcryisor Young. of Petersburg, was
here again Yesterday ana "heh 10 ieIl IOI
home al O'Clock in the afternoon every
package of schedules except one had oeeil
placed I'M q nox ready 10 be shipped, ana
that ono was nearly III proper shape.
ABOUT uGHTY THOUSAND.
Mr.. Young was seen by a DtsDa'ch report
er lust before be left for Byrd-Sueet sta
ton and asked what he had found the
population OF the city 10 he. Ny calcula-
lion. he replied rs merely rough one
and may be changed a few hundred by the
Official figures. which VIII be the result OF q
more careful addition than we have had
the time 20 make, have had to g, over the
papers very hurrtdly. but have endeayOred
10 be MS accurate as possible. and make
the population about $4,000. Az ! say, the
0fcial.fgures may increase this a few hun
dred. but don't think there can hardly be
ANY falling off, =,
Mr. Young was not willing to give the
-ensus by wards, but the aggregate whlcl
he reached "a gwen at the head OF tins ar
tiCle. IL IS S03Gl.