, 1923-01-07

letter setting forth the facts to w. e.
McGarry. OF the General Freight Serv.
ice association at st. Louis. Ir
this letter Mr.. Stafford brought out
the injustice that had beer done 10
Casper in the census of 1920 which
did not give this city anywhere near
its actual number of residents.
An excrac: from the letter is as
follows:
we used seven different factors,
ali of which are matters OF record,
with which to compile the estimated
population at the present date. name
ly: bank debits. school census tele.
phone census registered voters. post
office receipts, the r. L. Polk dlrec-
tory which vas compiled during the
winter of 1921, and the accounts of
the Natrona Power company.
Using the 1919 bank debts, which
for statistical information should be
checked against the 1920 census, aud
using the actual population of 1891,
VIII CHI we had It that time, gives a
per capita ratio OF $6,170.66 per unit
Of population. This per capita ratio
divided into $154.O49, 900. the total
bank debts of 1922. gives an esti-
mated population. from the standpoint
Of bank debts. of 24,265.
1.-THE school census OF 1920 shows
2,15S students enrolled in the city
schools. This figure checked with the
actual population of 1920. produces a
per capita factor OF. 7.3s. Our present
actual school enrolment is 1886. This
multiplied by the per capita factor Sc
cured above. produces an estimated
population. from the standpoint of
school enrolment, of q. 309.
THE telephone census of 1920
shows 2.S26 phones in use in January
of that year. which produces a per
capttn factor OF csc. The number IF
telephones in use at present is 4.06s
and his number multiplied by the per
/, capita factor produces an estimated
population, from the standpoint of
telephones, of 81, 900.
There were 1877 voters within the
city limits that voted in the presl-
Dental election OF 1920. Ifi..s figure
checked against our actual population
produces n per capita factor of 4.72.
The actual number of voters in the
city limits in the fall election of 1922
was 5,9oS, and multiplying this figure
by h pei capita factor of 4.72 pro-
duces an estimated population, from
the standpoint of voters, of 27,SS5.
The post office receipts of 1919.
which from h standpoint of. vital
statistics should be checked against
the population figure Of january.
1920. $~74,197.20. produces a factor of
$4.65. This factor divided into the
1922 post office receipts of approx
mately $4,000, gives an estimated
population for 1922. from the stand
point Of post office receipts OF 24.946.
THE r. L. Polk directory. which
was compiled in the late fall of 1891,
gives 11,020 names by actual count
over sixteen years OF age. not includ-
ing the names Of firms or corpora
tons. Using tho multiple of two az
q factor to ecu the total population.
gave us the population at that time
estimated at 1000. Using the same
ratio o. increase for the directory as
is shown by the post Office receipts in
1922 over 1921, namely 16 per cent.
gives us an estimated population from
the standpoint OF the directory of
25.566.
THE Natrona Power company had
$500 accounts in December. 1919.
which from the standpoint of vital
stat sites should be checked against
the population figure of January.