Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-05
The Poor Census Man
And His Thankless Job
100000 Cost Of Census
For Asking a Dgnifed and Disappointed Maiden Lady
Her Age is no Easy Natter Expect to Find Popu-
LatiOn GrOlUn to ), 900, 900

Good morning, madam. May l
trouble you to ask how many people
live in this house? Thank you. Now,
how old are you, please? Thirty
six, did you say? Oh! twenty-six, |
beg your pardon. You can read and
write, l suppose. Oh! now, madam,
please don't get excited. l have to
ask all these questions. You see
I'm the census man."
Conversations similar to this were
heard in every corner of New Jersey
on Tuesday last, when 1900 men APP
pointed by Secretary of State Thomas
B. Martin as enumerators started out
to take the decennial state census.
The counting of the population will
be made as of June /, but in all prob
ability will extend over a period OF
three or four weeks, at least In the
congested sections of the large cities
and in the sparsely settled rural dis
tricts. Here are the questions which
each enumerator must ask:
Name of each person; color or
race; sex; date of birth; age at last
birthday; whether married or single,
widowed or divorced place of birth;
place of birth of father; place of
birth of mother; whether naturaliz-
ed, if foreign born; occupation, trade
or profession of each person ten
years of age or over; whether he or
she can read, write and speak Eng
lish; whether the child is in school;
81 ,,,h1in ror0ohia1 or.
private; whether the home is owned
or rented; whether it is owned free
or is mortaged; whether the farm
is-owned or rented.
The state census is taken every
ten years, the last one being in 1905.
That count was also taken as of June
1, and the completed enumeration of
the entire state in printed form was
turned over to Governor Stokes in
December of that year. The tabulat-
ing and compiling is a tedious opera
ton, as it must be done with the
greatest care to avoid errors.
There are about 500 municipalities
in the state and Secretary Martin has
named a supervisor for each one. In
considerable number of instances
in the smaller municipalities the su-
pervisor will also act as an enum-
orator. AS soon as the enumeration
has been completed in a municipality
it will be the duty of the supervisor
to tabulate all the returns and COM
pile the figures, the result to be
turned over to Frank d. Schroth, of
Trenton who is the State Supervisor
for the census. Under Mr.. Schroth's
direction the census figures for the
entire state will then be compiled.
1t is anticipated by Secretary of
State Martin, who is the Chief OF the
Census, that the count will show a
Il slation for the state in excess of
100000. The last state census in
1905 showed a population of 2,144,-
134s The Federal census of 1910 dis
closed that the population of the state
had grown to 2,537 ,167. The tremend-
Gus growth of New Jersey is shown
by the fact that 100 years ago the
population was only 245,562.
The cost of the census will be
something over three cents name.
allowing for the interpreters, thus
making the total in the State about
100000. Of this, the State will pay
only the general expenses in the Sec
rotary of States office. The specific
cost for supervisors, enumerators, in
terpreters and incidentals is assessed
against the several counties.
1t is estimated that the cost to the
several counties will be as follows:
Atlantic, $4,000; Bergen, $500;
Burlington, $4,000; Camden, $4,000;
Cape May, $3.50; Cumberland, $4,000;
Essex, $4,000; Gloucester, $1,000;
Hudson, $4,000; Hunterdon, $7O0;
Mercer, $4,000; Middlesex, $4,000;
Monmouth, $4,000; Morris, $4,000;
Ocean, $500; Passaic, $4,000; Salem,
81 900; Somerset, 800; Sussex, ST.
600; Union, $1,000, and Warren, 81
500.
There are many who believe Hack
ensack's population will go beyond
10000
The list of appointments as enum-
orators for Hackensack and vicinity
are as follows:
Hackensack = Supervisor, Irving
Waltermire; enumerators, George
Sess, ir., in First Ward; George
Turk, in Second Ward; Patrick G..
Byrne, in Third Ward; Enoch H.
Vreeland, in Fourth Ward; Leonard
O'Brien, in Fifth Ward.
Bogota-Supervisor and enumerator
J. A. Karet.
Carlstadt = Supervisor, Nicholas
Kane, enumerators, Eugene Hess, in
Second District; Thomas Scolly, in
Third District.
Cliffside Park-Supervisor, Nicho-
las Carroll; enumerator, Louis Rent
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