The San Francisco call., 1910-04-06
CENSUS TO Be
SECRET Until
JANUARY |
Population of Large Cities Will
Be Made Known New
Years Day
Details of Work Planned at
Meeting of EnumeratOrs
and Supervisor

The census taking of San Francisco
was planned in more detail when
George B. Baldwin, census supervisor
for the fourth district Of California,
met his q inspectors last night in his
headquarters in the Chronicle building.
Il was explained by Supervisor Bald
win that all information obtained by
the enumeratOrs was to be held abso
Iutely secret and that nothing was to
be made public until II is given out by
the director of the census at Washing
ton. D. c.
It was learned that the popula ton of
all cities exceeding $4,000 will be made
known by June J. The population of
the remainder Of the United States will
be made known January I.
The enumerators to distribute and
collect the advance schedules are TO be
placed according to density of popula-
tion and not territory. In the east a
farm, according TO the census bureau.
has been any one piece OF land of
three acres or more. For the coming
census a farm is classed as any piece
OF land producing annually $3.50 or
more and requiring the attention of at
least one man.
MUSHROOM BED a FARM
According to this Interpretation a
mushroom bed in the basement of a
house takes on the dignity of a farm.
A hothouse Of carnations is a farm, or
any patch of land from potatoes to
radishes that yields $3.50 q year.
There are to be some women emu
merators in the field. At the time the
census examination was given %
women were successful out Of SO appli,
csnts. Nine hundred and sixteen men
- -F,-., So, 2
passed. The highest percentage was
gained by woman. So it is expected
that some of the best work of the cam
paign viii come from the women emu
merators.
All domestic animals not on farms
are TO be counted The thoroughbred
dogs and Angora cats are to be jOtted
down by Uncle Sans representatives.
Barns, stables and slaughter houses are
10 be counted, including everything eX-
cept the fieas. This was never done
before.
Director Baldwin stated last night
that he would not permit drinking
among the enumerators If the in
spectors find an enumeratOr drunk or
showing the signs Of liquor he is to be
reported and his place filed from a long
list Of eligibles. The list Of inspectors
is headed by II. B. Taylor, who was
color sergeant in the First California
flag into Filipino territory.
Il is found that some foreigners are
suspicious Of the census taking. The
chinese are inclined 10 believe that il
is for the purpose Of later deporting
them. while Italians are sure that IT is
means to lay heavier taxes That
the census is purely TO get an estimate
Of the population Of the United States
and nothing more has been assured by
President Taft in % languages These
placsrds in % tongues arrived yester-
day from Washington and were dis
tributed in the various foreign colonies
of the city.
BIG FAMILIES CREATED
In the coming census family con
number from one into the thousands.
Every body living in hotel is to be
counted as one family With the pro
prietor Of the hotel as the head of the
family. AS, for example. everybody in
the St. Francis will be charged up to
Manag ger James Woods as his family.
The largest family in town is that of
Colonel John A. LUndeen, in command
at the Preside, whose family numbers
5000. The county Jail viii be the
family of Sheriff Tom Finn. while the
relief home and other public institu-
lions VIII be charged up as families to
those directing or managing them
1t is estimated that $4,000 are away
from San Francisco daily whose homes
are here This large out of town popu-
lation includes sailors and society peo-
pie abroad, the Chinese in the Alaskan
csnneries.f 1t is estimated already that
there are 10000 Greeks living in San
Francisco
There is a fine of 500 for any per
son who refuses to ill out the advance
schedules This fine is $500 for any
hotel proprietor or lodging house
keeper who fails to fill out the sched-
ule. The census in Chinatown will be
taken under the direction of six Chi
nese native sons, two of whom are
students at the University of Califor-
MIA and the other four in high school.
INSPECTORS IN CHARGE
Following arc the inspectors in
charge, their telephone numbers, head
quarters and Information bureaus:
K. B. TAYLOR, Kl265 northeast corner Fifth
G. r.. HUDSON. Market s5s, 1921 Market
A. J. cLEARYs Douglas 20. Kentucky and
Twentieth streets, Kentucky street police station
GEORGE REGAIN, Mission 600, 27ss Folsom
7. '. o'coNNoR. Ohio As, 1904 Railroad
). z. MOORE. Mission $500, lal Clement
H. wELcE Mission ess2 1859 Ocean avsnus
F. E. SHORT, Mission 1880, 1osz Twenty.
?. MILRoY. Mission 245. 1908 Valencia street,
B. W. LUNDY Park Ilos. 1895 Market stre.t
B. KAHNs Park 1886, 500 Haight street
W 3. SMITH, Market 3177, $50 Golden Gate
avenue.
G. c. MCDONALD, Park 1868. ll4l Masonic
avenue.
c. A. BR1DGFoRD. Park 2sl1, 1929 Ninth
". R. JENKINS. Pacific s5s, 254 Clement
street
G.. E. RILEY, West 4ls5. 1908 DevissderO
R Il. JURY West lsl. 2sol Fillmors .tr...
FRANK CORY, Franklin 331 I7o6 Union
street
registrars Office, city hall
J. 3. ELIOT. Douglas 1897. room 7o7. Mer-
chants exchange;