Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-02
TAKING THE CENSUS.
The Work of Enumeration Begun This
Morning.

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-sIX MEN IN THIS DIS
TRIcr AND OVER 10000 THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY TAKING COUNT OF THE PEOPLE AND
ASKING SEVERAL MILLION QUESTIONS.
Mr. Harrison Dingman, the supervisor of the
census for the District of Columbia sat in his
Office this morning and smiled placidly when
STAR reporter asked HIM how he was getting
along. He said that, as far as he knew,
the work of taking the census in
this District began this morning He had
personal interviews with most of the enumer-
ators Saturday and the understanding was
that each man should start out this morning
after breakfast. Il suppose that this program
has been carried out" he continued. The
enumerators instructed TO send a postal
each night to me giving a statement as to the
number OF calls each has made. In this way
shall be able to keep track of each man"
HOPING TO COMPLETE THE DISTRICT COUNT IN
TWO WEEKS.
Mr.. Dingman stated that he did not antici-
pate that there would be any hitch in the
work. On the evening of June IA he expected
that the census of the District would be COM
pleted. He will then tabulate the returns by
districts and transmit them to the Census Office.
Mr.. Dingman today issued circular to enum-
orators asking them to send each day to him
the completed returns. II this is done the
work of tabulation will keep pace with the
enumeration. and when the latter is completed
the general results will practically be known.
PRoMPTNEss AND ExACrNEss REQUIRED
Every night Mr. Dingman will be in his office
to receive any verbal reports which the enum-
orators may have to make. He wants the CEN
sus work in the District not only to be promptly
done, but to be well done. and to this end he is
going TO spare no effort
The officials at the Census Office appreciate
Mr. DiDgmans management OF the details of
the work and are afording him all the aid in
their power. 1t is expected that today will be
the test to large extent of the machinery
which has been set in motion not
only In this District but all over the country.
1t is thought that if the enumerators do their
WORK well today that the same grade OF work
will be continued until the count is completed
THE ARMY OF MEN EMPLOYED.
over 136 men are now engaged in census
taking III this District, but this humble. only
forms small fraction of the great army of
men which is scattered throughout the coun-
try. Over 10000 men began the work this
morning IN all parts of the country.
ONE ESUMERAToR's MORNING EXPERIENCE.
One OF the first enumerators to report today
stated that he had taken about sixty names IN
three hours and a halfs time. There are
between fifteen and eighteen hundred residents
IN each district, and III the closely-populated
districts II is expected that the enumerators
Will complete their work easily within two
weeks. This enumerator told Mr. Dingman
that some people in reply TO the questions as
to diseases referred him politely to the family
physician. MIR. Dingman told him that he was not
expected to consult the family physician and
that he should so state when he received a re-
ply OF this kind. The enumerators were fur
ther told to obtain the Information as correctly
as possible. but not to insist upon particulars
Auction Sales of Real Estate
Duncanson Bros, auctioneers have sold at
public sale small brick house on 10th street
between and q streets northeast for 90 O6o
| to W. y. Morrison; also the two-story brick
house 1912 Corcoran street to Mrs. Charlotte
Hayden for S4.650; also lot on 9th street
near street, 21x10O feet, TO A. s
| Hilton for Sl.4O per square foot;
also the three-story brick building 513 9TH
| street, the lot containing about 2, $50 feet, to
| Chas. Baum for $4,000; also the four-story
| brick building SIS It'll street, the lot contain
| ing about 1850 square feet, to NJ G. Emery
for 12 1905 also alley lot in the rear of above for
$3.50 to Chas. W. King. Also the following lots
| on Washington Heights: lot at the
corner of 18th and boundary, containing
/ Asst square feet. for Sl.36 per square foot
to Dplany & Whiting; also lot corner of 18th
| and Boundary streets. containing 1892 feet. to
| Gen. j. {. Breckenridge, for Sl.25 per square
! foot; also lot on Vernon avenue near 18th
street, for S1.25, to DR.. A. p. Pardon; also two
story brick house Gag b street northeast to
| Thos. w. Scott, for 1920; also q frame house
| Oh South Carolina avenue near 10th street
| southeast, for ss25, to Barbara WIttstatt