Show ALT LAKES POP POPULATION ULA IS Q 11 J JJ J CENSUS GIVES elVES CITY GITY AS INCREASE Gain of Per Cent Is V Ahead of Average Sho Shown by Returns Prominent t Men l Are Disappointed l Salt Lakes Lake's population numb numbers r rs 11 or per pel cent greater reater than t the e population of 1910 according to figures released In in Washington yesterday esterday Considerable disappointment was as manifest over o the announcement man many prominent citizens having J that the final census returns would sho show the city's inhabitants to number The city's gain in the last Jast ten year according to the government statistics s. s was 2533 persons News lews of the release of the census i figures figure was first received here In a telegram to Mayor lnor E E. A A. A Bock from Congre Congressman James II IL Mays The mayor nayor promptly answered Congressman Congressman Con r gressman Nays Mays n s telegram thanking him for tor his interest in the situation and for tor his prompt forwarding of or the this figures Commenting Commenting- on the showing made I h by tho the city In lii the thc census returns return t Mayor Bo Dock Bock said Suburbs Suburb Sot Not Included The figures of or the census bureau are somewhat of a no surprise and not nota a little disappointing From Prom the Indirect Indi ludl- evidences e In the possession of dt city departments we felt we were conserva conservative Uv tire tive in estimating the population of the city at These figures are based baaed ba ell on a 1 comparison of or water service serice servIce ser ice connections in 1910 and now ani and andon andon on building building- permits for residences and apartment houses I would not presume presume pre presume pre pre- sume to question the figures of or th the census bureau not being In a a. position to Judge juge the thoroughness of ot their canvass but hut with other city officials official and prominent citizens with whom 1 J 1 nave discussed the matter I 1 cannot fe- fe frain from expressing expressIng- my disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment that the gain should be no greater than jJ per cent I fJ think the citizens should n not t mIsunderstand mIs- mIs understand these figures said Lester Leste D D. Freed Free president of ot the Commercial club The They must take Into consideration consideration consid consid- that they cover er that section o othe of the city which Is Incorporated and the they must not forget that beloy Twenty r South street the southern southern south south- em ern limits o of the city there Is Js a no population iopu- iopu lation of OOOO people whom we are ara entitled to to tosa sa say live in Salt Lake and yet are arc not so classified b the by gay gov This only goes oes to prove pro we should have hn a greater Salt Lake City whose boundaries will contain the entire entire- population of oC the city Ahead Ild of A Average While this on the face faco of it might look bad statistics will show that the thc average Increase of all cities for tor tho thu period of or ten years Is but 20 O per cent while ours is s per cent Therefore Therefore There There- fore we have er e every rca reason on to be e fairly fairly fair fair- I ly well satisfied When hen this census was taken be between between be- be tween January Januar 1 anti anil March 1 I think thin I am Jn cons conservative In esl estimating the there e were at least OO people from Salt Lako In California Another nother thing that es us reason to believe o we have I had hind a lar larger er Increase In Iii population tha than the government o census shows Is IsI I that notwithstanding the tho great number num nuni- ber of or houses house built buill In tho the past ten years we wo have no vacant houses houes or apartments here hero now flOW and It Is even difficult to 0 secure a room in a roomIng room- room lug InS house I am yer very vera much disappointed said esl Wesley Vesley 1 U. U I King president o of the Rotary Rotary Ro Ro- tary club lIo However if Jt the census all allover allover over u the thc cit city was taken with the same lack lack of of oC care that It was In sonic borne In Instances In- In stances which I J have havo been Informed it does not show Salt Lakes Lake's real population Whether the ia law Is to blame or the rules of th the census bureau bu bu- reau Ilau or whether It i tiel is due to the l i indi individual di- di vidual census enumerator I 1 do not not know I do think though the census should show the number who live at a l gi given n place and not the tho number num num- her ber of people caught there at 1014 a.m. a.m. a.m. a. a m. m some sonic Tuesday as that appears to bethe bo be bothe bothe the basis on which the census was Continued on page parre 14 CENSUS REPORT GIVES SALT lAKE WE I Continued from page 1 1 part 2 taken In Salt Lake this year ear If It they caught you you were ere counted if It the they did not you ou were not counted Shown Shows lI Healthy Growth I It was In the long ago ngo that It was decided one cannot go behind the re returns returns re- re turns hence we must take tho the figures on tho the census of ot Salt Lako Lake as aa the government government gov gov- returns them said Governor G Bamberger yesterday In In- In speaking of ot the census figures on the population of oC Salt Lake All of us expected a 11 greater population than tho the census gives S1 but wo we 0 must take our disappointment disappointment disappointment and get ready to make mako a better showing when the tho neit next decade will have passed No doubt man many persons persons per per- sons Eons were overlooked in the tion Then too when the enumerator was around Is tho the time when so many Salt Lako Lake people are out of oC the state hence this makes maltes considerable difference difference difference differ differ- ence and then there is the general unrest unrest unrest un un- un- un rest which causes people to move from place to place on the tho spur of the thc mo mo- ment But 10 population shows that we e have e grown I think the Increase of 23 per cent centis is reassuring whilo it Is hardly as largo large as we had anticipated was tho the opinion of Earl J J. J Glade president of at tho the Kiwanis club It nevertheless ne indicates a l healthy growth It seems to mo me however that during the coming com com- comI I ing decade this ratio may be measurably abl ably augmented by tho the right kind of oC community building spirit on the part o of ot Salt Lakers In m my opinion we are arc areas ns as citizens not nearly as optimistic as we should be This should be particuLarly particularly larl true when our people arc away awa from the city I have heard numerous Salt Lakers express themselves in highly derogatory terms in re regard ard to their home town There Thero should be bo a a. sort of community understanding that we should be well spoken of if spoken of or at all and there should be bo an out- out out and-out unit unity of or effort cHort to solve sol this I problem which Interferes with tho the allaround allaround all all- around development of the city Disagree e With lIh Enumerator This is not enough remarked J. J E. E Gallgher Galigher president of oC the Associated Industries I think we wo havo have people in Salt Lake CIl City and ancl I 1 be believe believe be- be lieve e m my estimate Is ia conservative 1 am surprised at the government figure figures fig fig- mires ures tho ydo do not look right to me I firmly believe our net growth should give I e us more moro than 21 per cent In Increase increase in- in crease In the past ten years ears From In my association with the manufacturing man mian Interests in this city and my general knowledge of or the actual growth both b 1 by taking in new territory terri tern tory and tho the building up of ot new sections SIC sec tione in the past ton ten years ear I feel that my m estimate of oC tho the population at is isery very ery conservative was tho the comment of or E. E H. H Eardley president of at the Utah Manufacturers Manufacturers' tion Yet I do not see sec how thoy they could miss that many In tho the elt city still I 1 am amnot amnot not convinced that tho the figures are exact ex ex- act lct though I do not know who ho is to blame |