The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-03
HUNDREDS WHO WERE MISSED.

HUNDREDS WHO WERE MISSED.
Enumerators Even Passed Large Hotels
Without stopping.
In support of its statement thatthe GEN.
sus returns for Seattle were incomplete, the
PosT-INTELLIGEEcER this morning pub
fishes the names of q number of persons
who were not counted by the enumerators,
and gives q statement of q number of
houses where large numbers of persons were
missed. The list was obtained without any
special effort, and is certainly only a frac-
ton OF those who should have been in.
cluded in the list of persons present In the
city OF Seattle on June /, but were over
looked.
In response to the request of the PosT-
IETELLIGENCER, many of these persons
called at the Office and stated that they had
not been counted. The others were col.
lected by the reporters in the performance
OF their regular work, for they did not 60
out of their way to hunt up the unenumer-
ated. Thus the list given below win serve
merely as an indication of how imperfectly
the work was done.
In many cases the enumerators did not
see the persons themselves, and obtained
their information from iandladies of iodg-
fng-houses, who knew nothing about their
dodgers beyond their names; or they made
inquiries of the servants or neIghbors of
persons who were absent from their homes,
so that they could not possibly have OBJ
tanned correct answers to the thirty ques-
tions which they were required to ask.
An instance of the incompleteness of the
census in the country generally is given by
c. w. Wilson, son of Wesley Wilson, of
the S'attle Coal and Iron Company, who
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around the country for two months. He
was not counted at any place on his
travels. Thus it appears that no provision
was made for counting the many thousand
persons who were travelling on the rail-
roads and steamers, or constantly moving
from place to place.
The list of names given below, with the
statements as to the number of persons
living at hotels or elsewhere, who are said
on good authority to have been missed,
shows a total of 527 persons who were not
included in the enumeration of the popu-
lation. Where mention is made of family
without giving the number of persons COM
posing it, the minimum of three has
been adopted and a similar conservative
rule has been followed in estimating the
number of employees in place of business
when the informant failed to give that in
formation. The number, 527, is therefore
rather under than over the total warranted
by the statements received.
MANY PRINTERS MISSED.
The following compositors of the Posr-
INTELLIGENcER say that to the best of
their knowledge and belief they were nos
counted:
d. w. Baird, sl4 Fifth Aes
FL. G. Bowerman.
w. f. Cushing.
Charles A. Derry. 6os Eighth.
John Eudey, 913 Fourth.
George w. Ficks, Lombard and John
streets.
Harry Fletcher, 9l4 Fourth street..
Z. l.. Gamble, Grandvue hotel
G. +. Halsey, zoos Fifth street.
Fred HitehiEgs, 721 Columbia street.
Charles Kendall. GA Fifth street.
J. E. Kelley, Grandvue hotel.
]. G. Kennedy, Grandvue hotel.
r. w. Moulton, Ala Columbia street.
L. s. Martin, Jackson street.
F. b. Mason, Grandview hotel.
]. p. McManus, COS Eighth street.
l. w. Parsons. Marion and Second street.
C. G. Smith. Grandvue hotel.
W. F. Smith, Rochester house.
G. Z. Storey. zoos Fifth street.
UeOrge Ccuc&oic, auuIeWS uOusc, NcoaI
and Front.
J. Bert skofstad. 1l5K Washington
street.
A. NJ. Speights. Rochester house.
Robert Sutherland, International housA
John Wise. West Seattle.
A RIG HOTEL sdGHTED.
At the Arlington hotel the enumerator
did not obtain the names of half the guests.
He simply went around among those who
were sitting in the lobby, but did not get
the names of any of those who happened
to be out at the time. 1t is estimated that
at least twenty were missed.
THIRTY PEOPLE MISSED.
At the Cavuga house, in Ralph Hopkins
block, 1,20oz West street, thirty people
were overlooked. The enumerator called
and said he would call again to get the
names of the dodgers. but failed to do so.
LARGE HOTEL MISSED.
At the Abbott house, corner of Third and
Pike streets, the enumerators did not even
get the name of the proprietor. and missed
at least fifty persons who were stopping in
the house, there being many regular board
ers.
COLLECTED By ONE MAN.
John s. McQuade, who had been omitted
by the enumerator, says he went
TO Mr.. Prosch's Office TO give bis
name, taking with him a friend
who also had been omitted, and was inter
ested in the statements of the PosT-Is-
TELLtGEScER and within two hours of
casual effort obtained the following:
Two proprietors aud three employees OF
the Grandvue, northwest corner OF Front
and Pine-fve il ali.
Two proprietors OF . saloon adjacent,
with their iamilies-eight persons. In one