The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-11
THE RECOUNT BEGINS.
Eight Enumerators Sent Out to
Test the First Count.
THOUSANDS or uncouNTED
Porter Orders All Questions Answered
The Chambers Men Make Sur
prising Returns. y

Ihe recount of the three districts OF the
CIT ordered by Superintendent OF the Gen.
sus Porter began yesterday, and is expected
70 De completed this week. Mr. Prosch
put eight men to work, picking the best
men from among the enumerators en-
ployed on the previous count. They are:
Valentine Hall, district 80: Henning Crow
ley, district goa: Clarence w. Rowland,
district Sob. George r. Finn. district 80;
John w. Allen, district ga; p. ]. NelIigan,
district 32b; George B. Wilkes, district 40:
w. A. Mcpherson. district 40a. These
men are to go through the work as rapidly
as possible, consistent with tboroughness,
and are to report progress every evening to
MI Prosch until the work is completed.
Supervisor Jenkins yesterday received
the following telegram from Mr.. Porter in
regard to the recount:
You must have population shecules fully
nled in the new enumeration but no supple
niens schedules. ! think q per diem of IS is
proper pay for verifying count.
MT. jenkins goes TO Tacoma to-day, but
will return to the city tomorrow.
The canvass Of the city by the Chamber of
commerce is going forward rapidly. and
will probably be completed today. Owing
10 the lack OF system in handing in the re-
turns 1t is impossible to give exact figures
OF all that have been received up to to date,
out large proportion OF the totals can be
given as an indication of the extent
OF the omissions. The First ward has been
completed, and the number of persons re-
turned as omitted from the original count
exceeds 1000, the second district having
3oi ard the fifth LIS. In the Second ward
there are 500 omissions in the six of the ten
districts. the first district having 346, the
second 167, the third Ia. the fifth 13o. and
so on. In the Third ward $50 omissions
have been reported TO date In, three districts,
the fifth running UP to IT. The Fourth
ward so far has 400 omissions in four dis
tricts. bstween Stewart and Vine streets
and between the Sound and Depot street,
the first having over $50 and the fourth,
comprising Queen Anne town. 1853. This
makes over $500 omissions reported to
date
AT the Seagrave hotel it was stated that
the enumeration had called and promised
to return, but never did so, and missed
about thir.y-five persons. The whole nest
OF shanties on the water front in North
Seattle was entirely passed by, so say the
inhabitants, who number several hundred.
A little party of forty men, who work on a
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern construc-
ton train and live in freight car at North
Seattle, were omitted. though they are in
every sense residents of Seattle.
About sixty persons gave their names to
Mr.. Prosch at the Chamber of Commerce
building yesterday.
THE BELLINAHAM BAY CENSUS.
Complete returns give the BeIlingham
bay cities 10,8l5. as follows:
Whatcom ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 49,. 4,r61
New Whatcom ................. 27I9
Fairhaven and Bellingham. ............... 4,oS5
All but two districts of Whatcom county
have been heard from. The population
VIII be about Is, 400