Arizona republican., 1900-07-29
THE MAKING OF IT UP
Seven Million Names Have Already Been Tabulated- Schedules Arriv- ing at the Rate of 2,000 a Day. The Census Will Be Ready for Congress by the 1st of December of This Year.

Washington, July 2S.-The jingle of the bells on the tabulating machines mixes in horrible discord with the regu- lar click of the punching machines at the census office. but yet it is sweet music to the ears of Director Merriam, for it tells him that the officialcount of the people of the United States will be ready for congress by the first of December
 There are 800 punchers at work and they are each punching 600 cards a day. Five hundred and fifty thousand cards on an average are counted each day now, and in fifteen days the average will go up to 750,000.
 The director of the census said today that he would surely be through the of ficial count of the United States by De- cember l, in time for congress to draft a bill upon which the apportionment of the states would be based. There are 45,000, 900 names now in the census office waiting to be counted Already 100000 have passed through the tabu- lating machines and are of official rec ord
 The schedules are arriving at the rate of 1000 daily, and it is expected that
 the bulk of them will be in by Au- gust 3.
 Fifty tabulating machines are run ming at full speed, and the operators have already attained marked proficiency. Three thousand one hun dred and fifty clerks are now at work in the census. There will only be 150 more, and these have been selected and will be appointed this month It will be interesting to those en- gagged in manufacturing to know that out of 600,000 schedules 255,0 have been received, and out of $500, ,000 schedules of farms 3,OOO,OOO have all ready been received In the division devoted to vital statistics the deaths amount to 520 900 for the last fiscal year
 which ended June 30, 1900, have been
 received.
 There is absolutely no loafing in the population division. It is here that the | records made by the enumerators are transcribed by the punching machines | on cards, and the department already | boasts a large number of experts. Di- | rector Merriam has issued orders for the prompt promotion of all punchers who. attain a degree of proficiency. The first promotion is to $60 a month for those who can average 120 cards per hour, while those who will bring their average up to 140 cards per hour will ! receive $75 per month This is an in centive for the clerks to work, and the results have been most satisfactory | to the director.
 It is not nearly so warm in the census office as it has been. The big exhaust fans are now in position, and these draw out of the building the hot air. while the small electric fans placed all about the building keep the fresh air | circulating. Applicants have ceased coming to the | census office in any large numbers and Appointment Clerk Langley is being let alone for the present. The applicants have all realized that, with the excep- ton of those who have received notice, ! there is little chance for appointment. Of the 150 who will go to work this month each one has been notified and there will positively be no more ap- pointments unless some one dies, -e- signs or is discharged for inefficiency.