The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-20

By adding to this total 2.7S4 in district
10S Fern Hill, which, it says, is soon to be
incorporated in the city limits. and a sup
Elemental list OF zoos persons. the Nems
makes the total population OF Tacoma 40.-
i65. 1t continues:
In districts IS and 81, where a recount was
made, the returns show an increase of 1000
names over the original count. making evident
the fact that large per centage of citizens were
omitted by the first count Supervisor Case says
Seattle is liable to ask for recount in several
other districts, and thinks that Tacoma should
insist on further recount If Seattle's claims
are granted.
The total of 80, 927 published in the Posi-
INTELLIGEHcER yesterday, was the number
of persons definitely ascertained to have
been residents of Seattle on June 1. 1t did
not include the 1900 persons in Ballard,
Fremont, Ross, Edgewater, Latona.
Ravenna Park. West Seattle and South
Seattle. which are suburbs of Seattle, just
as Fern Hill is a suburb of Tacoma. Nor
did it inclttde the supplemental list already
sent to Washington City or that now being
prepared by Mr.. Prosch, for the reason
that until these lists have been compared
with the schedules of the first count it can
not be known how many of the persons on
this reason Tacoma's supplemental list of
ZOOS persons should not be included. With
these deductions the population of Tacoma,
ascertained to date, is IS ,2S5. against IS 1854
according to the first count; Seattle's is
count; giving Seattle an advantage OF
1912.
Special Agent Prosch, of the census bu-
Louis r. Dupuy to work investigating the
lists of unenumerated persons presented
to him by the Chamber of Commerce, and
on Monday Artemus T. Mears will begin
work, making total of eight men thus en-
gagged. This work will be pushed with due
regard to thoroughness.
Mr.. Prosch finds that of the persons
whose names were collected by the Cham
Der of Commerce canvassers, many cannot
be found. as they were picked up on the
street and gave no address. Many resided
in other wards than those in which the
canvassers were working. and thus there
are many Implications. while others say
positively that they told the canvassers
not to take their names, as they had been
counted. Ward boundaries were not
closely observed, for when the line runs
along the middle of a street the names
were taken by one canvasser from both
sides.
WASHINGTON Cry, July 19.-The census
bureau is having a second chapter of the
census war between Tacoma and Seattle.
The recount in Seattle districts gives an in
crease of 100 names. The Seattle people
want more districts counted, and the GEN.
sus bureau has protest from the Tacoma
Chamber of Commerce against this 1.1OO
increase being entered on the summary.
The supervisor has informed the secretary
that the recount was made by
men more competent than was
the first count. The further re-counting
recommended by the supervisor WAS in re-
Spouse to the sentiment of Seattle business
men, rather than on his own idea that
omissions had been made. The three re-
counted districts we're known to have been
improperly taken the first time
The census bureau objects strongly to
more re-counts, because it is afraid of
temporary colonization for swelling pur-
poses The supervisor has been instructed
to take all names, and recount is ex-
pected to rectify omissions.