The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30
6,OOO CENSUS TAKERS
G. o TUESDAY
State Will Count and Tabulate II, 900, 900 People and
Gather Valuable Information About New
York Industrial Conditions.
~ FRANCIS VI. HUGO,
Secretary Of state.

~ FRANCIS ". HUGO,
Secretary Of state.
ALBANY, May 29.-On the morning OF
June 1 the work Of taking the decennial
census Of New York state will be in
full swing and a small army OF ap-
proximately 5000 enumerstors. working
under the direction of the Secretary OF
State, will commence their labor in the
various election districts throughout the
State. These e~numerators are TO work
under the immediate supervision OF e n
sus supervisors, who are 10 I've assigned,
n to each of the several 1850 Assembly
districts. with three additional special
chief supervisors for the counties Of
Bronx and New York. Kings and Queens
n Erie.
Every enumerator and supervisos will
display his badge and certificate OF au-
thority. The enumerator will I've re-
quired to visit every inhabited build ing
or apartment in his prescribed district.
which Is to be outlined upUn the outside
cover OF a large pasteboard portfolio
which he carries about. tn portfolio
IL to contain printed schedules which
are 10 Include a series of twelve ques-
tons to be used as the basis OF the
enumeration.
In the cities OF the first class, where
the population IL more compact and in
some instances quite congested, the pre-
scribed census districts for each emu
meraior will he outlined on a highly col
oted msp, showing city blocks. streets,
wards. &c. These maps will I've an i'm
portant feature in the official returns
81 this census, which the Secretary of
state is required To report to the next
Legislature.
Postal Card Report.
The field work Of these census emu
merstofs Is planned to bo completed
within two weeks. or twelve working
days, during which period a daily postal
card report Is to lie made 10y them 10th
to the Secretary OF State and to the
district supervisor. By this means up
ward of TS.Uo0 postal cards TO he nled
with the Secretary ot state will indi-
cate exactly the daily work accom-
plished by each enumcrator.
These cards vii, contain the number
OF working hours that each enumerator
has spent, also the numbcr OF inhsbi-
tants counted and in "a rough way will
show that every census tskcr Is actu-
ally engaged in the counting Of approx
imately II 1000. 600 OF people. tho esti-
mated number Of irhahitnnts in the
state NJ the present time.
During the remainder Of the month
there will pour Into the Secretary OF
states office and pass under the close
inspection Of the chief OF the census
bureau and his assistants over 1000, 200
schedules. containing the names and
characteristics of all of the people dwell
Ing In this Commonwealth at the pres
Ont time. These must first NC classified
and each one Of the twelve questions TO
I've asked OF each inhahitant must he
carefully inspected by the clerical force.
who will Immediately commence 10 tab
ulate them and within a few weeks 1t
will he possible to ascertain the num-
her of inhabitants of the State. More
over. within n few months later many
OF the details OF this census euumera-
ton will have been compiled and pub
lished.
Few QurstiOns to he Asked.
As 10 the exact nature o. me IN
quiries to nc printed upon these sched-
ul,s I; M the Intention Of the -" rotary
of states department to obtain a maxi
mum Of valuable information win the
smallest possible number or questions.
or course there are any number % ques-
'ious which II might he desirable to
ask. but the limitation Of time ami space
demands that they shall be KEEP, within.
the smnlies; possible compass.
When ;hese schedules had been finally
prepared and adopted the mex, grca,
problem which confronted tho Serretar,
OF State was to secure suitable persons
to serve as enumera'ors TO ash these
questions and gather this information
or ER1lrEn ~ sNpp1a no axsrn,,aF,. lt,y3
cu!: Cor the Secretary NJ State T. select
from Albany six thousand men from
different sections OF the State VINO
would make efficient cnumerato,S
/; has therefore been found advisable
to divide the state in.u the several As.
ssinbly districts and appoint ovei cacA
"A census supervisor. Th,"c arc 10 o.
thes districts, while the election dis
tricts. which form the basis OF the emu
merator's district, number 1851. APP
portioned IN this way, the boundary a
each supervisors district has been mad
TO conform 70 an Assembly district.
The enumeration Of New YORK Statr
will probably be the largest. most ex-
tensive as We'll as Intensive SINCE sta
tistical enterprise ever undertaken IN
any state In the Union, for in no
other commonwealth are there so MANY
~ ~ t'll &
no other state is the population so con-
g,sted In parts. while the number ana
intensity OF tho Undergraduates val h"
far greater. Besides. the necessity of
completing the work within che short
space OF time allowed explains tus need
OF such a large number OF euuma ators
New Methods to he Used.
Considerable changes will he mad,
In the coming census with respect (,
the scope of the inquiries. the m,tho's
FOR conducting the canvass aTL the
ta~hula,ion and publication OF the re
turns, or course each d~crennial census
has shown marked changes as compare
with its predecessors.
MANY changes have had 20 he mad,
as a necessary result Of .he growth -
population ard the Increased complexity
OF the life OF the State besides the ex-
pcr!ence NJ each former census has af-
forded the basis for devisins ncw
methods TO insure accuracy and eYec'
economy. as well as new methucs o.
analyzing .he returns so as 10 se,ure y
clear and more complete view ~ the
significance,
Other additions OF considerable itnpor-
IA nee have been made through the popu
lation schedule prepared for the coming
census. They include inquiries con-
cerning the industry in which each per-
son is employed, experimenting the in
terrogatories regarding trade or profess
sion which he pursurs also one distin-
Guishing employer, employee and persons
working on their own account.
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