New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-09
MR.. PORTER on THE STATE CENSUS.
ILLUsrRATIoys or HOW THE ENUMERATION WAS
PADDED.

PADDED.
Washington March e-Mr. Porter, tho Supern.
endent OF the Ccnsus. was asked today what he
thought OF the results Of the census ia N"w-York
Us taken By the state authorities. lie replied that
lie had not had time 10 give the matter much con
sdcraton, aut II the roturns IL published In fhe
ncwspa, ers were correct nthcr curious results
or. .ho,vn ie said zone 81 the beat Illustrations
Of the manner IN which the r"cent state census OF
New York City was padded is furnished Nv the result
l.. the 1T Assembly Dsthct. This district includes
the First Second Third and Fifth vnrds, running from
the Battery 70 Spruce and Ferry 81. and on TIE
vest SIDE Of Broadway q Canalst This district. n
every one Knows Is rot a resident section. being
conposed of once buildings business houses steam
hoat yharves etc Its resident population has been
steadily decreasing for great many years III
1880 for Estance. It contained Go,0OO people.
This population has been constantly DECREASING
since rs may be by reference 10 the New iosA
state census OF 1879 when 1t bad dropped O. iil35
In 1890 there were about $4,000 people wilma i's
limits according TO tho FEDERAL Census IL June. ara
{, 900 old according TO the police count In "coDer
IN mite n th1e facts. however the bal" ehuhcr'"s
climed 10 have found 5000 people IN tl@ ohulo',
on increase Of ~ per cent since iseo ana h"'''"'
Increase OF more than ioooO over H'tH VIC '''''"'
and police enumentions
vo,r Nc Il is vell-known that the actual resident
,onaton OF this district been decreasing n''o'd
90 increasing u," conclusion Is ln"NiAWe 'b"' '"'
state cnpnernloIs either by FnortHoc OF w "c''~'
enumerated huudr~ls and even thousands .. per- Oh.
lon, The rver font and IN business houses VINO "'''
- cvrbc-e and had no right e. be enumerated rs ri
dents Of his district The same thing al'heh P'i"'l
not 10 20 ualed extent, T. seen M ot'cr d'''' ~"
a.. city Wherever a district IS composed lditcP
r, business houses 1r hotels. where there WAS gun
cpp1tunlty FOR padding. the alleged Increase 81 Po'u
lo,iou found nv the stale cnumer"t0is is phc'O'c'"' :
where's on the ntrary, In the tenement mouse "'u
,,.idenre dtfc's where there Is rot the same "pp'
,,,rv f,r ntpli atinr the population tho gains since
IA. Federal census are c-, unreasonable. Tor tx
annie ~. Xltl Assembly Ds;:ict Running from I"eh
g., ,lri % rorrrilrs between Lexington ana -"Ncht'
.vc- SLOWS M increase u - per cent "H'h J.
eo,iiy accounted for when 10 IS remembered 'll ''
4, l,r-cv = district OF hotels ard that their u"ntIcn'
popul,tlon has gone 10 swell the lamma"y CT"
moratnrs' rctbns, whereas the AKIN p'Hc' III"
ni from Forty Second 70 Fiityninth st. on the ha''
Side which Is almost entirely rc-ldent District h''
only showed 10 Increase, but an actual decrease since
rea FOR tho proDnb,e reason that 10 contained neither
"A hotel transient business population "hcfe"I'"
10 swell tie -rltc census returns
aft WAS also noticed that the districts having a
long waterfront showed al Increase In popuauo" %
something like - per cent. while IA ADJOINING W.
,ric,s the increase was shown 10 Sc only about .
rer cent II seemed that the cnumeFa'ors must have
,.l.n the names Of all tho people found about tie
vborves although many OF them probably h'ed ~
come other locality. The same discrepancy u iouu"
I'm the returns for the district which Hes on @ioh soo
% Hrosdway II IS falr TO presume that the Increase
In popnlaon shown due to tho fact thnt TIE ha''
enumerators took the names OF those hving III the
hotels which are 50 numerous in that district Ihero
are other equnly interesting facts which nhgh' &c
mentioned II time allowed. shall be interested 10
see the returns from the State. and especially wheher
they undertake TO mako n tabulation according 10
age I will say now said In July Of the census
80 that IN. Federal Census of NewYork City was
correct and good census to DO taken In the month
OF June"