The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-19
TOO QUICK TO our
Census EnumeratorS Could
Have Had Until June 80.
SUPERVISOR J. C. @. MORSE
Writes Here for information
Concerning Complaints.

Additional complaints were made yes
sus in Wichita, and a careful estimate
is made that Wichita's population, under
this enumeration will not reach 5000, all
Of which goes to show that hundreds Of
residents have not participated in the
count This estimate is made by official
people who have considered the last cen
Bus and the number of complaints that
have been filed by persons who were
overlooked by the census enumerators.
Wichita has close to %, 900 people, and if
the official report does not come UP TO
that notch there is talk Of taking a pri-
waite census to Let the outside world
know that the Peerless Princess has
more people than are officially recorded.
Some Of the enumerators went under
the impression that the work had to be
finished in two weeks time and have al
ready made their final report to the cen
sus department, and those missed in the
enumeration cannot be counted. How
ever. this is not the case. While it was
June 10 or as near that date as possible,
the order was not compulsory and as a
consequence the work is not satisfactory.
Attorney Brooks and his family, who
were overlooked in the count, made COM
plant and after being published in the
Eagle where Mr.. Brooks could be found
the enumerator hunted him up and re-
corded the names. Mr. Brooks family
is out Of town. Several other instances
Of this kind have occurred, and had
some minute been made the enumerators
would have known what TO do
The entire family Of A. 3. Sykes, liv-
ing at 6l2 East William street. was
overlooked. There are five in the family.
and if the enumerator has not yet sent
In his final report it is not too late to.
enumerate the names and help swell
Wichfta's population
Regarding the whole Of one side Of a
street being missed, Supervisor ]. c o.
Morse Of Hutchinson wrote Assistant
Postmaster Jewett the following letter:
''Mr E. B. Jewett, Wichita Kan.
Il notice by the Wichita Eagle of yes
terday that there is some complaint as
10 the work done by the enumerators in
Wichita. The case to which I refer was
on Wabash avenue north Of Douglas.
presume you saw the article tc which
refer; it was caused by the complaint of
w. w Payne, living at No 302 Wabash
avenue, and the article said it was re-
ported that all the people living on the
east side of Wabash avenue north or
Douglas had been omitted in the enum-
Grafton. I wish you would write me i'm
mediately on receipt Of this letter and
give me the precinct and ward that the
east side OF Wabash avenue north Of
Douglas is in. so that can write 10 the
enumerator who has that district Yours
truly, J. c. O. MORSE"
Mr.. J. C. Redfeld has this precinct In
this ward. and when seen in regard TO
the matter stated that he had not yet
reached that point on the street. Mr.
Redfeld has been granted an extension
of time by Supervisor Morse and has re-
ceived date cards up to June 80, at which
time he says every inhabitant in his ter
ritory will have been enumerated. Mr.
Redield has a long list of families from
whom he has not yet obtained sufficient
data to make an intelligent report These
are people who We're not at home and
while they have been enumerated moth
ing has been learned Of their anteced-
ents This necessitates another call and
he says in such eases 1t is impossible t.
obtain a correct enumeration in so short
a time Mr. Redfeld says the names Of
Mr. Payne's family have now been enum-
Grated
It is the opinion that the other enum-
orators should have continued their work
until they were positive that all the
names had been secured. However. in
some instances the names have been
enumerated and nothing else obtained.
These names We're given by neighbors.
and some Of the compliments have been
counted unknown 70 them by this source.
The enumerators realized only a short
time after their labors began that il was
n difficult job and some were IN a hurry
10 get through.
The columns Of the Eagle are open for
the names and addresses of those who
have been overlooked and in most Of
the precincts it is not yet too late to ges
in on the count.