The morning call., 1890-06-27
100000.
San FranciscO's Population From
the Census.
Supervisor Davis Receives Perm :ssion to Dis
close the Total-Thir,y-eight Thousand
Are Not Included.

Census Supervisor Davis received per
mission by telegraph from Washington last
evening to disclose the population of San
Francisco as indicated by the census re-
turns, and informed several reporters, who
had gathered TO hear the news, that the
figure is 100000.
'The number will not vary 600 either
way" he added, when the returns are all
verified. am satisfied that this Office has
obtained careful and reliable census IN
point of population of all those who are in
town and able to be found. A great deal
has been said about the incompleteness Of
the census enumeration, but the cold facts
show that these sensational statements are
erroneous.
1--WE have had districts where the returns
were not perfect. and in these cases we have
Immediately put other nlen on the district
and done the work over again. In soma
suspected districts the work Of the first
enumerator has been found to be sub
stantially correct, and in one, for instance.
that have in mind, the only names missed
were those of five Chinese servants.
NO LOSS BY CARELEssNEss.
''No; the greatest care has been taken
both in selecting the enumerators and in
watching them, and l am positive that no
carelessness has permitted name to es-
cape. To the number of 100000 however,
over $1,000 people should be added who
rightfully belong to this city.
From the best information obtainable [
am satisfied that fully 5000 Counting fam
lilies and alD live in the suburbs of San
Francisco. the head of the family doing
business here, and going and coming every
day. These people ought rightfully to be
counted in with us. Then l am certain that
fully 10000 people are out of town, who
could not be reached. Some are in the
East, some at summer resorts and some are
camping, etc. We are trying to get as many
of these people as possible.
"Then there are fully 10000 Cinnamon
out OF town. who live here in winter. They
on the dykes, picking fruit. etc. These, OF
course, we cannot get. To these figures we
should add 5000 sailors, fisherman and per-
sons on the waterways who belong TO US,
and 500 commercial travellers, summer ped
dlers and persons of itinerant callings, and
you have total of IS, 500 that are lmpos-
sible OF enumeration by this Office.
AN INCREASE OF 1900.
1.-The census of 1880 showed about 223 COO
The city, therefore, has increased 77,000 in
ten years. The increase has been in tile
Western Addition and in the Mission, while
the business portion of the city has de-
creased in resident population. The enum-
GRAFTON shows q, 900 Chinese in the city, an
increase of 2OU0 over 1880 The increase
has been greater than this, but, as l said
before, an unproportionately large number
of Cinnamon is out of the city at this time.
We will try to keep our supplemental
blanks in the city until the last day of June.
so that every stray name may be gathered
in and added to the whole; but, of course,
| can only do this by permission Of Super
intendent Porter"
About 800 Italian gardeners living in San
MntaO Eounty have rpf1Spd tha
questions of the enumeration. Supervisor
Davis appealed TO the Italian Consul here
to furnish him with an o:en letter ad-
dressed to them, and instructng them to
answer the questions, but the Consul de-
clined to furnish one. Supervisor Davis
has instructed the enumerator to try again,
when, if the Italians still refuse to answer,
they will all be arrested.