The morning call., 1891-05-16
R. P. PORTER HERE.
He Gives His Ideas About Har-
risOn and the Census.
The Census IN San Francisco Has Been Credi-
tably Taken-New Business Enterprises
on the Pacific Coast.

Robert ?. Porter, United States Superin-
tendent of the Census for 1891, arrived on
the early morning train yesterday, and
registered at the Palace Hotel.
Interviewed by a CALL reporter, he said
l have come to the Pacific Coast more for
a vacation than anything else l will say,
however that am with party of gentle
men consisting Of the Hon. j. f. Plummer,
Government Director of the Union Pacific
Railroad, and Colonel Aug. G. Paine, Presi-
dent OF the New York and Pennsylvania
Company, the largest paper manufacturing
company in the United States. We have
also with our party Mrs Porter, Dr. c. ".
Sanders, Mrs and the Misses Plummer."
Superintendent Porter settled himself into
a chair as he continued; THE object of
our visit on the special train which brought
us here is primarily to inaugurate some
manufacturing enterprises on Puget Sound.
Among these enterprl Will be one of the
largest paper-mills, making all kinds of
paper, so far attempted on the Pacific
Coast II Will be started Oh Puget Sound
The capitalists whom these people repre-
sent IN New uTk also intend 10 start steel
barge plant These steel bargeS are to carry
coal to San Francisco from Puget Sound;
also to and 10 establishing a nail factory and
other industries.
AS to the census" said Mr.. Porter, Incl
dentally, Il would like to say right here
that it has been one Of the most satisfactory
and complete ever taken. We shall include
IN Il large number of inquiries which have
never been made tore as well as everything
that has been gone into In previous CeuSuSeS,
making 1t the most complete census yet
taken. l hope to finish II in two years. l
have now employed IN Washington 300 peO-
pie on the night and day force. Every
month decreases the value Of the census,
and hence 1t Is my intention 10 close the
work up this year
LAS TO the census in San Francisco | be-
heye II IS one OF the best ever taken. l
think that both Mr.. Sheehan aud Mr.. Davis
are entitled 10 credit, and that their work
has been thoroughly done. 1t IS nothing
new Tor municipalities to be dissatisfied
with the census On the contrary, it is a
common thing with every community in the
country. Or course You can take a census
without any check and show a larger num-
Der Of people. The trouble IN taking or
trying to take an accurate census is that a
large number or people have houses OF buSi-
ness IN the city and country houses, and
they cannot be registered AZ both without
faiolfYlng the results. Ii Is Just the same in
New York and other large cities"
MI Porter here lapSed into his easy chair
and seemed to intimate that he was weary
Of numbering the people. He was asked
what his Intentions were.
" We are going tomorrow to PaIo Alto"
said Mr.. Porter with the air Of man who
discerns feasting and pleasant entertain
ment in near prospect Then the Union
League Club want me on Monday and |
have acceded."
" By the way, we met President Harrison
on the road last Monday at Florence, Colo,
and he expressed himself as very much de-
lighted with the reception the people OF Cal
ifOrnia offered him"
At this moment the Census Superinten-
dent was warned of the advent of another
interviewer and cautiously babe the CALL
reporter adieu.