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Show THE CENSUS OF UTAH. The Herald article yesterday morning, morn-ing, on the census, has been the means of bringing within our reach matters relative to the census of this city and Territory which we take pleasure in publishing. Lieutenant Firman, who had the work of collecting the figures for this district, informs us that the returns show Salt Lake City, including Sugar House ward, to have a population popula-tion of 13,545. To these may be added some fifty dwellings, the owners or occupiers oc-cupiers of which could not be found in them during his calls, which at the average of five to a house would make more. Besides these, there are residences on the beach, and down the State road, not included in the city census, though we believe within the corporate limits, which, all told, would make the ci;y population at least 14,-UOO. 14,-UOO. By the census of I860 Salt Lake City appeared to have a population of H..2Z6, which would give an increase in the ten years of about seventy-live per cent. In this county the present census shows 18,428, and, with the dwellings to which access could not be gained, it would be sate to place it at 19,000, against 11,295 in 1860. In the county . are 3,813 dwellings, of which 2,S04 are in the city. The population ef Tooele county is laid at 2,15S, with 420 dwellings ; and that of the Territory at 86,864. How far these figures may be correct we are not prepared to say, for the reasons rea-sons enumerated yesterday morning ; and think it is within the figures to lay the population of the Territory at over 90,000. Scores, hundreds of families fam-ilies would be away from home at the nV uvm uuiiic UL lUC time the census marshals called, and their residences could only be entered as unoccupied houses. The communication signed "Thomas," "Thom-as," which appears elsewhere, refers to two families not visited in this city ; and those are probably not the only canes. Indeed we have heard of some others already. But 1 ruin the position of the two residences referred to, it is evident that Lieutenant Firman could not be charged with wilful omission in these cases, for both are in the centre ot the city. In the one a store he probably did not think a faaiily resided; the other may bo numbered among "unoccupied houses." There are great difficulties attached to the making a correct census of this city alone, and we would suggest that all families that have not been visited report themselves. The IIlRALD is open for communications on the subject, sub-ject, for it is requisite a correct census should be made; and wc think Marshal Mar-shal Patrick has been remiss in not having made some such call before. We beiieve it is usual, after the Marshals Mar-shals have done all they can in securing secur-ing correct returns, to make some such call through the press, or by other public means. Makers of directories do it, who are not supposed to be engaged en-gaged in a work of so much importance. |
