The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-09
READY TO COUNT The CENSUS
No OFFICIAL FIGURES YET. No
OTHERS TRUSTWORTHY.
A. Seen As the Machines Get Under way
IN HashlnEtsa the Results WIN Ne
Announced nay by Dal Rlg CITIES
Come First. AftePWard the states.

In Washlngtsn the Results WIN NE
Announced nay by Da1 Blg CITIES
CSme First. AfterWard the states.
WASHINGTON. May The census
enumeratOrs' schedules have begun 10
arrive IN Washington and the Census
Bureau has cleared it, decks for action
Two additional buildinGs have heen
leased. the armory building. IN |. street
between Fourth and Fifth streets, and
the former District Of Columbia building.
in First street adjoining the main census
building
The total floor space Of the three build
inEs is about 10000 square feet. enough
10 accommodate the permanent census
clerks and the temporary force ~ 1900
employees 20 be taken on this summer.
The great west end OF the census main
building has been cleared 81 clerks and
partitions In u are being Installed the
100 SENT automatic electrical tabulafing
machines and the scores II card sorting
tables Overhead hang hundreds Of
electric lights. which will make the i'm
mense room ~ light a. day for the night
shift Of tabulators and sorters
The east end Of the main building will
he devoted TO clerks who will separate.
check ana verify the schedules a. they
arrive Here also will b. the SOO semi
automatic electrical punching machines.
These machines operated night and day,
each completing an average Of 1900
cards 10 a DAYS work Of seven hours.
in Of 4 fan
cards each representing one inhabitant
Of the United States AZ that rate the
card punching OF tho total population
will take lesa than three months II all
the machines can be kept AZ work fourteen
hours.
Each tabulating machine can tahulaRe
about u .O0O punched cards in seven hours
Az this rate the completion Of the machine
count should be- reached shortly after
the punchers have been ailenced.
II h expected that several weeks will
elapse before an Official announcement
Of the total population % any one Of the
principal cities can he made. Cities
usually are tAbulafed first After them
come the States and minor civil divisions.
Only the ofiicial statements by Census
Director Durand uasued a. Washington
day BY day and given 90 the press should
he believed. Director Durand says that
no preliminary Official statement will he
isaued bv the Census Bureau until the
-ezt ahlished count for each ~ the
different areas has been made There
will h. no rough counts -apprO NINA
tons 81 sacrifice Of accuracy Tor haste
the -systaulishei count - made from
machine count Il the punched cards
checked against the totals shown by a
hand count 81 the names ON the popua-
ton sche iules The only revision or
corrections 20 which 70 ls sui jet ara the
few necessary inclusions Of additions re-
ported subsequently by the supervisors
Chief Statistician Powers Of the census
division u agriculture does not expect
to publish any Information regarding
the farm census II 1879 until September
rs next. when he may issue the nrst pre-
liminary bulletin. giving for each State
aud Territory the totals derived from
the tahulation 81 general farm data. the
principal crops and the Law" stock on
farms and ranges The publication Of
similar totals for the counties in each
state and Territory Will be- made suhss-
quently a. early a. possible. Announce
nerts concerning the hive stock IN the
cities will follow.
II IL the c-usus directors aim 90 eKpe-
ite without mourning inaCcuracy the .
early preliminary publication Of all n"
data which can be- given the public This q
must 10 done without interfering with .
the production 81 the completed reports .
ly July l. 1912. the iate 81 by Congress .
Tor the termination Of all the activities
employed IN taking and reporting tho
.hirteenth decennial Unite States Genus.