The evening times., 1898-09-02
OF MANY TONGUES.
The different Races in ChicaSo's
Large Population.
(From the Chicago Chronicle J

(From the Chicago Chroniclc)
One block in the west side of Chicago
contain 2.5S3 Poles and one Chinaman
No other nationality is represented. In
another block people Of twenty differ
ent nations live, the Fiji Islander and the
Spaniard being absent.
The most sparsely populated block in
the city is on the south side. It is the
home of a. Al. Rothschild and contains
nine persons. The block where Philip D.
Armour, jr., and Ogden Armour live con-
tains thirty-four persons. These figures
are taken from the advance sheets OF the
report OF SUPP. Fitzgerald, OF the school
census bureau.
After an endless amount of work and an
unlimited expenditure OF time and patience
the report stands a mountain OF hSureS
to represent Chicago and the 1,S5l.5SS peO-
pie who dwell within its limits. OF these
Si6, ,622 are under y years OF age. 6l9,ls5
under Il. 275,2iI under 6; 15Z,2s5 under 1,
and 40 6SS under l year.
Who they are what they are, why they
are. all is included in the census of 1895.
Not alone the names but the nationality.
the age the parentage, everything that
the city may care 10 know concerning
its people must be told and, without re-
gard fer their wishes, it must be set
down in black and Whlte tor whoever
may wish to read.
There are some of them, a great ma
iority. in fact, who do not care for this
publicity, and who resist the official right
10 force il upon them. 1t Is TO them that
the census taker refers when he speaks OF
the work as unpleasant
The census takers-the 800 of them who,
book and pencil in hand, have been on
the city streets for the past months-haVe
trials as numerous and varied as the
people they meet. Probably each person
is a separate trial in himself, for each has
his own eccentriciles and must be met
in his own way.
The foreign quarters may be trying with
their crowded tenements and their super
stitious occupants, but the Lake Shore
drive has its drawbacks as well. A CEN
sus girl who is slow to criticise said yes
terday Of the comparison:
well. if l We're to choose between
them l should prefer TO do the foreign
quarter The foreigners are hard to get
along with, of course, but with a small
boy for an interpreter. guide and
protector one comes out very we'll
THE Italians thought this year that we
were going TO draft them all into the
army and by the time we had gone fair
ly into a house with our books there was
not man in sight. Nor could we get
track of an atble-bodied mantle women
who were not supporting crippled nus
bands were all widows. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that we made our er-
rand understood, but there always turn
| ed TO be father several sons, num-
Der of boarders and perhaps an uncle or
| a nephew.
Now odd as il may seem. our trouble
on the Lake Shore drive was quite SINH
| lar although 1t did not relate to the
| families 1t was the maids. 1t took us
| sometimes three-quarters of an hour to
| make the girl understand what we want
| ed. and in the end she wouldn't want to
give US the information for fear We
would charge her something
| AS a rule, the nationalities dwell in
| colonies by themselves, but there are
districts in Chicago where every nation
! on the globe seems to be represented. In
one block the second of the sixth pre-
| cinct of the sixteenth ward. there are
| twenty languages spoken. although there
are but 231 people living in the block
Then again there are blocks which are
given up completely 10 one nationality,
| as the first lock of the twenty-eighth
precinct of the sixteenth ward, where all
are Poles and the second block of the
same precinct. where Poles live to the
| man. From the advance sheets Of the
census some interesting statistics have
| been compiled in regard to the population
of the extreme districts
| From these the following are taken:
| All ages. 1,S51.5SS; under twenty-one
years, SAG, go; under fourteen years, 6l9,-
49s under six years, 215247; under four
years, 152, 2s3; under one year. 4o.63S
| The block bounded by Blackhawk, Di-
| vision, Holt and Dickson Streets shows:
Americans, Z; Germans, 3i7: Irish, %: Nor
| wegians, %; Russians, 6; Swedes, 10; Pol
ish. 2,312; total, 727.
The block bounded by Chicago Avenue
| Superior and May Streets and Center
Avenue shows twenty nations, as follows;
| Americans, 80; Bohemians. 2; Canadians,
9; Chinese. 2; Danes. 10; English. d:
| French, 2: Germans, SS: Hollanders, g.:
| Hungarians. 1: Irish. 8: Italians 5: Nor
| wegians, 13: Polish, IA: Russians. s.;
| Scotch, 2: Swedes. I: Swiss. 4; Welsh, q;
mixed parents. Is: total, 2s1.
| In the two blocks bounded by Black
| hawk, Bradley. Holt, Noble and Cieayer
| Streets there are 2.5S3 Poles and China