The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-10
ENUMfRATORS APPOINTED
Special Census Agent 4. A. Anderson
Chooses Arthur Theriault and Her.
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Chooses Arthur Theriault and Her.
bert Slayton For This District
Statement Issued as to Services
Expected.
Chief Special agent, e. A. Anderson
of the census bureau arrived in this
city Thursday and established his
headquarters for the State here pre-
paratory to compiling the division of
the census pertaining absolutely to
! manufacturing, mines and mining.
With the arrival of Mr. Anderson the
appointments for the State of YER
mont for this particular branch of the
service were announced although
only two of the members know as yet
| that they have received these desir-
| able positions in the department of
the interior. Arthur G. Theriault and
Herbert e. Slayton are the appointees
| from this city.
This particular branch of the cen
sus service which comes under the
bureau of the Department of the In
terror is entirely distinct from the ia
king of the population enumeration
but deals rather with the statistical
side of the country's activities Mr..
Anderson in describing his work to a
representative of the Journal last ev-
ening, spoke in part as follows:
AS the chief special agent of the
census bureau for this State and for
New Hampshire | shall have charge
of all the special agents within whose
province will come the obtaining of
figures and facts pertaining to the
capital invested in the different man
ufacturing concerns, as well as in the
mines and quarries; the number of
wage earners and their total salaries;
the cost of material and miscellaneous
supplies; the value of products and
the amount, kind and cost of power
used. This sums up in a general way
the information which is desired by
the special agents.
"The list of queries which have to
be obtained have been printed in
forms and many of them have been
sent out to manufacturing concerns
but the majority of these question
forms have not yet been placed in
the hands of the special agents, who
as the general rule will be expected
to distribute them. The forms for
!, this country were given to Mr.. Stay
ton yesterday and all that ne will
| have to do will be to mail them to
their different addresses which have
been placed upon them at the head
quarters of this district by the
clerks there. Then the special agent
will pay visit to these establish
| ments. Some of them will, of course,
: be kind enough to have made or filled
out the questions asked which will
facilitate matters some but others will
have to be quered personally be-
/, fore the blanks can be completed.
J This district is one of the largest
J in the State and includes the entire
!! county. The only other district as
| large is the 9th which includes
: Franklin, Lamoille and Grand Isle
counties. The State is divided into
nine districts, and a special agent
has been named for each of these dis
tricts although one of them is still
open, this being Windsor county
where the man appointed declined to
, serve. We expect that it will take
: from three to five months to compile
= our division of the census depending
entirely on the place and on the
agent. All of the southern States
r have alretdy started in on this
branch of the service but the statistics
can not be taken in the North in the
early part of the year because of the
climatic conditions, which in the
case of numbering, for instance, can
scarcely be taken until after the
drive. And so with a number of other
industries"
The list CT appointments for Yer
mont which Chief Special Agent And
erson has been empowered to make
are rs follows: First district Her.
, bert r. Slayton, Washington County;
End district, Leslie Collins. Chitten-
den and Addison countless 3rd dis
E trict David w. Johnson, Rutland
county; 4th district, Carl J. Kilburn,
Bennington county; 9Th district, O..
B. Hughes, Windham county; 6th
district Windsor open; 18th district,
Arthur c. Theriault, Caledonia coun-
ty; Sth district, Edgar r. Fellows, Or
leans and Essex counties; 9th dis
trict, Rhett j. Gates, Grand Isle
- Franklin and Lamoille counties.
LAUNDRYMEN AT RUTLAND.