The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-01
CENSUS COUNT BEGINS TO-DAY
ENUMERATORS WILL BEGIN THEIR
ROUNDS THIS MORNING.


Enumerators IL Are COlOred.
These Are Placed Chiefly ON the
western side OF the City where
the Negro Population Is Most Com
gested-Enumerator VIII Make
Daily Reports.
Early this morning. the forty-six CEN
sus enumerators for Savannah will begin
their work of counting the city's popu-
lat,on. The enumerators are required to
put in ten hours a day, and to do this,
most of them will begin their rounds be-
tween and O'Clock in the morning.
Every enumerator is equipped with a
book of instructions and lengthy census
schedules, each schedule containing room
for 100 names. Each enumerator is expect
ed TO I'LL out at least one of these sched-
ules each day, as a new schedule sheet
must be begun each day.
No one need imagine that the enumera-
tors are going to have a picnic. While
the information desired by the govern
ment is not so very extensive, it must De
gotten in detail. and there are enough
questions to ask to make both the enum-
orator and the citizen tired, especially If
the latter be the head OF a large family.
By the time the enumerator has obtained
the required informatio concerning one
hundred persons, he win feel that he has
done a pretty good days work.
None need feel sighted If they are not
called upon at their homes this morning.
The enumerator have two weeks in which
to complete their work, and the majority
will be at least ten days in making the
rounds of their districts.
Mr.. Henry Blum. Jr., supervisor, is con-
fident that the enumeration of the city's
population will be as complete, as intel
Hgent and thorough work viii make it,
1.-THE idea that the supervisor has no
check upon the enumerators is an error"
said Mr. Blum. Every enumerator Is re-
quired to report by postal card each night,
both to me ana to tn director of the CEN
sus at washington, the number of names
enumerated and number OF houses visit
ed during the day just closed. In addi-
on to this each enumerator has street
book IN which he notes every visit, the
l cation of the house visi ed and any cir
cumstances worth noting These books
must be returned to the supervisor, of
course. Besides this there are other
checks in the discretion of the SUPER
visor which ii is MT adv sable to make
public. The department has very care
fully provided for every contingency and
the enumeratcr who does net discharge
his duty properly will very soon be caught
up with"
The books of instruction give very ex-
plicit directions to The enumerators as to
manner Of making their rounds, so that
with little prac ice the enume rators will
soon become expert. They are required
to take up one block at a time begin
ming at one corner and going around to
the right until they have sited every
house in the block, including those in the
lanes and alleys.
Every few of the people, who are out of
town, will miss getting their names IN
the census" said Mr.. Blum. Special
provision has been made for this. In most
cases there is some member of the family
in the city, who will be able to give the
desired information. If the enumerator is
unable to catch the head of the family nj
home. a special blank form will be left
at the house to be filed out, this to be
called for later. When this does not work
the address of the party VIII be obtained
and a blank form mailed him, with the
request that he fill out the form and re-
turn to my office. In these and other
ways we shall manage to get pretty much
everybody, even those vino are away from
home"
Mr. Blum was asked If he did not ex-
peet some difficulty in securing an accu-
rate count of Savannahs large negro pop
ulation, which Is migratory in its char
never knows when IL rises up in the
morning, where il will lie down at night
II do not anticipate any particular trou-
bic on that score" he replied. Il think
the negro enumerators win prove a big
advantage in this respect They have
been placed in the districts largely popu-
lated by negroes, and being acquainted
with the ways of them own people, they
will have less trouble In coating them
than white enumerators would
For the purposes of the census the city
has been divided into forty-six enumera-
ton districts, beginning at the northwest
corner. Yamacraw is divided into five
districts, and all the territory across the
Ogeechee canal. and north of Railroad
street, is another district. The Central
Railroad property on West Broad street
is district to itself, and Robertsviile Is
cut up into three districts. The section
between West Broad and Whitaker streets.
from the river, south to Liberty is di-
vided into three districts. Broughton, Ogle-
thorpe avenue and Liberty streets being
the southern boundary lines. District
No. 80 includes the territory between
Whitaker, Broughton and Lincoln streets
and the river. The next district TO the
south extends to Oglethorpe avenue and
the one south of that TO Liberty. There
are forty-siX enumerators in the city and
ten In the county, including eleven col
ored In the city and one IN the county.
me districts are numbered from 80 to
76. The names Of the enumerators. in
the order of the districts to which they
are assigned. are as follows:
James NJ Washington, colored. Archi-
bald J. Josephs, John F. Meincke, VIII
liam l.. Geary, colored. Thomas b. Fuller.
Daniel Simmons, colored, william II.
Ray. John f. Andrews, co.ored. George
S. Frierson, Juliet G. Monroe, colored,
William II. Logan, colored. Sol c. John
son, colored, j. c. Williams, colored
James H. Small colored, George
w. Drummond. Charles w. Mcmillan
Howard stiles, coolred, Ignaiius Black
John c. F. Rendant, Annie Garnett, C. ~
Roberds, Wylly Woodbridge Henry Gal
lager, John Wright David V. L.abey ]. NJ
Baker Geo. c. Goebel, w. S. Adams. VIM
II. Kent Frank c. Purdy. Read S Iva. T. l.
mund w. Brown, Jeremiah r. O'Ccnnor
r.. IL. Cole, Thos l.. c. Vail, Jr, John ID.
Campbell, colored; Henry Hillbrath, r CHI
ard #. Baker Vernon c. Page, Andrew p
Jones Demere Cunningham, M. S. B1ker
Jr; VIM. A. Gugel Heury S. Hymes
John A. NJ. DoScher, Emanuel f. Molina
The county enumerators are as follows