The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-10
CENSUS FIGURES TAKE DROP;; BRIDGEPORT MAY
 NOT TOUCH 100000
President Enos Declares Thar Board of Trade
 Will Take Census of ifs Own,
Many Instances in Which Enmerators Have Overlooked Families Emigration to Other States Has Been Heavy and Neghboring Suburban Popu-
 lation Has Increased

The indication today is that the Census for this city as taken under the direction of the Census Bureau at Washington will not show a pop ulation of 100000. There has been on the sheets of the past few days, a remarkable falling off from the in- dications of the earlier returns.
 It seems now to be certain that, so far at least as the official figures are concerned, Bridgeport will remain the third city in size in Connecticut with New Haven first and Hartford second. as heretofore.
 The Farmer is in possession of in- formation to the effect that since last Saturday afternoon, when it printed an appeal to those who had not been taken, to send in their names, that over 200 people have reported them selves as not being on the official list.
 In many instances whole families, numbering from to 12 people each have been overlooked. Special Agent N. H. Jones, who is restricted from giving any information relative to the census, would only say this morning that 1t is his desire that all persons will show their patriotism and local pride by reporting to him at the Fed eral building, all instances where the census has not been fully taken.
 The Farmer is in possession of figures showing that all deductions made relative to the 1910 census, bas- ing upon names in the city directory. voters listed by the registrars, school enumeration, or extensions, by ratio of growth, from the census of past years, will not be sustained by the work of the Federal enumerators.
 In 1900 the Federal enumeration gave the population of Bridgeport as 70,996 while a special census, taken in 1903, gave the population as 82,128 an average annual growth of 3,711. On this basis the population in this year should be 108, ,1O6
 Taking the directory as a basis and multiplying each n;sIne by 2 12 the population in the present year should be 114,1S1.
 General registrar of voters, James H. Rooney, who has made a canvass years, estimates e the population at about 10000.
 But the indications are that the of ficial figures of the. enumerators will show the population to be between 9S,00O and 101,000.
 President Fred Enos. of the Board of Trade expressed today, the opinion that the board should take census of it's own. Mr. -Enos believes that an enumeration made for the purpose of ascertaining the number of men, women and children in town would bring larger numerical results than an inquiry like that made by the gov ernment,-- in which some 32 questions are asked. MT. Enos said that the board of trade is not especially inter- ested in the census except to know how many men, women and children there are within the city. To have a big population, he said, is great asset in interesting manufacturers, and heads of industries to locate here. MT Enos said: '"The board will cer- tainly take a census of it's own.''
 When the census was begun the board of trade offered it's assistance to the government to make the count, desiring to place experienced men at