Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

and the jury found verdict for the plaintiff,
assessing his damages at 100000. The court
on motion set this verdict aside because of
excessive damages The plaintiff then amended
his declaration and aVerred special damages.
THE case was tried a second time before
Mr.. Justice Cox, when the jury returned
verdict for the plaintiff for $60OOO and that
verdict was also set aside on the ground of
excessive damages.
THE case was again tried and a verdict
rendered for $37500 A remittitur was ordered
to be entered of $17,5O0 or stand further
new trial. The remittitur was entered and the
$4,000 remaining was paid
THE Office of F. A. Walker, superintendent
of the census of 1870, was in room 80 of
the Patent Office, though building TOT Eighth
street northwest was also occupied by that
bureau.
In 1876 the headquarters seem to have been
in room 20 of Wright's building, at the corner
of G and Eighth streets northwest, and by
1873 it is recorded having returned to the
Patent Office Building
The tenth census, of which Francis A.
Walker was also the superintendent occupied
quarters in the National Republican office, on
the southwest corner of Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, on the site now occupied
by the building purchased not long ago by the
Federal Government from the Southern Rail-
way. BY 1883 the force had been sufficiently
reduced to occupy smaller quarters, and the
bureau moved into building at SOC Seventh
street. which it continued to occupy until 1885,
when, according to the city directory, it moved
to 1914 F street northwest. After leaving the
Census Bureau, Gen. Francis A. Walker be-
came president of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, at Boston.
Robert p. Porter was the superintendent of
the eleventh census, and established his bureau
first at Third and G streets northwest, until the
completion of the Interocean Building, the tall
structure door or two south of the Washing
ton Loan & Trust Building. The architect of
this building was ], L. Smithmeyer, and it was
completed in the early part of 1890.
The employees of the census of 1900 and 1910,
as stated, were housed in the Emery Building,
at Second and B streets northwest, William r.
Merriam being director of the former and E.
Dana Durand director of the latter. This
building was probably the best one for the pur-
pose ever used by the Census Bureau, and its
present buildings, at least in appearance, no
doubt the most lily adapted.
Sam L. Rogers was director of the four
tenth census in 1920, and william M. Steuart,
who was the assistant director, is now the
director of the fifteenth census
WHEN the first census, of 1870, was taken,
the District of Columbia was just coming
into existence. Alexandria, later part for q
while of the District, was included in the CEN
sus Of Virginia, and Georgetown in that Of
Montgomery County, and a part of the rest
was also included in Maryland because it was
in Prince Georges County. However, by 1900
things had begun to pick up here and three
years later in a return of a schedule it was
shown that among those who were employed
here there were architects, 4; merchant tailors,
q; notary public, 1: clerks, so; merchants, 81;
stonecutters, 16; lumber merchants. 2; carriers,
10; tailors, II; gentlemen, is; gIassman, i;
nailers, 2; butchers, 8; watermen, 8; painters,
2; carpenters, So; painters and, glaziers 4:
joiners, IL; physicians. s.; cabinetmakers 2;
printers 10: laborers, 80; turner, /; bricklayers
ID; sailmakers, 2; cooper, /; nailcutter, i;
house carpenters, Is; limners, 2; painter and
carpenter, l.; shoemakers. %; pumpmakers, 3;
millwright 1; tavernkeepers, 9; plasterers 10;
bakers, s; carver and guilder, / gunmaker, 1;
brickmaker and layer, /; stonemasons z; book
sellers, e. huckster, L; shoe merchant, L gro
GERS q; officers of Government, "a; ditchers
q constables, 6; brewer, /; lawyers, 4; hack
drivers, 4; meaSurers, g. well digger, 1 ped
oilers, 2; blackSmiths, 8: composition maker 1;
masons, 2; billiard table keeper, / matchmaker
/; saddlers, 2; conveyancer, 1; hairdressers, 2;
ministers of the gospel 8; schoomasters S;
woodsawyer, l.; messengers of departments, 8;
brickmakerS, s; hatters 9; collier, /; uphol-
Sterer, i; dentist, 1: Scower, /; ropemakers, 8:
gardeners, 2; shopkeepers, SO; wood measurer,
1; ship carpenters, 2; shipjoiner, l. fisherman,
/; chairmakers, q; wheelwright, l; glazier, /;
postman, /; coachmakers 2; harnessmaker. 1;
jailer, l, and profession not designated 1I7."a
Naturally with so many professional people
and tradeSmen, one would be led to assume that
there must have been number of enterprising