Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-14

7541.
The census bureau says that is the pop
ulation of Brattleboro.
Announcement of the result of the
official count was made Monday after
noon. not only for this town, but for
the entire state, and the figures
will have to stand. The tabulauons
made by the census office are
not questioned, but in view of the census
made by the board of trade four years ago
and in the knowledge of the unsatisfac-
tory way in which some parts of the
town were enumerated last spring, no
body will believe that the total given
above is as large as the actual popula-
ton of the town.
Ten years ago the official figures were
66i0. The last census shows a gain OF 9Ol,
which is an increase of 1876 per cent.
The population of the Incorporated vii
lage, according to the census of 1910, is
6517 as against 529T in 1900. This is a gain
of 1920, or 20.3 per cent in the village.
Deducting the present village population
from that of the entire town leaves 1924,
which represents the number of inhabi-
tants outside the village. The number
in 1900, according to the census OF that
year, was 1343 In other words the popu-
lation outside the village limits has de-
creased 319 or 1871 in the past decade
AS previously stated, the population or
the whole town in 1900 was 664O In jan
uary 1904, which was a little less than
four years later, F. w. Newcomb, dis
tributor for the Vermont Bible society,
made a census of the town for that or
ganization, gathering statistics not only as
TO the number of persons, but also in re-
gard to their ages the number embracing
the different religious faiths, the number
supplied with Bibles, the extent OF IL
literacy, restitution, etc, from which II
will be seen that the census was one that
required the exercise of much care. Mr..
nfy nf
his report, which showed the population
i'm the town to be 1854, a gain of Al He
found the number in the village to be oilS,
a gain of 451. Four years ago the board OF
trade engaged H. r. Lawrence who has
lived in town all his life and who was
well equipped for taking a careful census,
to make a count of the town nhabl-
tants The count was made carefully and
intelligently and the footings showed
population of 1923. Mr.. Lawrence's figures
were not doubted, but the census OF TINS
wear shows $50 less than that number.
After the enumerators had gone over
the town last spring 1t developed that
mistake had been made and the
state supervisor had a section of the town
covered again. After that the board OF
trade advertised in the Brattleboro news
papers for the names of those who mad
not been included and in that way some
300 names were added to the list. From
these facts it is plain that there Is room
for doubt as to the correctness of the
official list forwarded to the census de-
partment. -.
The enumeration for Brattleboro at
each census in the past so years has oeeIi
as follows: Year 1860, 1856; year 1870,
1888: year 1880, $3.50; year 1890, $685. year
1900, 664O; year 1910 7541.
In the county the gain in the past de-
cade has been only 272. The only towns
not showing a loss are Athens, Brattle-
boro. Londonderry Rockingham, Vernon
Westminster and Wilmington. Those
seven towns show a gain of 1889, while
the remaining 16 towns have lost III
Brattleboro has made the largest gain
and Londonderry the smallest the latter
town showing an increase of only one.
The count in Bellows Falls was made at
a particularly unfavorable time. many
having left town because of strike IN
the International Paper company's mills
which has since been adjusted. Stratton
shows the largest loss, 1856, and Putney Is
next with a loss of ISL. Stratton shows
the largest per cent of loss, 6S.3 while
Somerset is second with loss Of 3d.
per cent :,
The population of Windham county oS
towns both for the 18th census and the
1o.b oapSus &c as follows: