Show C A AIN AINa N S a I DECADE AD V Size of U Utah tah Metropolis V Announced d by by Ce us s-us Bureau at the l Disappoints Disappoints' Public bli WASHINGTON D D. D 0 aMay May 19 P Population of Salt Lake City Utah is announced by the census bureau here her today today- as This Thi is an increase of over v r the total for 1910 h h n t the i S 'S 92 city's population w was of the tho c census o of R REPORTS Salt Lake as a Deceived from Washington give th thE th dis disappointing disappoint ing Ung total of As figured by the file cc census census takers this is only a gain of over the tIne census often otten of ot often ten years Ago ag It is a. a gain of but cent The matter of the Salt Lake census was taken up by the Commercial club at the the time it was being taken It Jt was argued d by the special committee Appointed to Investigate the matter that Salt Lake was being unfairly treated bv by close adherence to city boundary lines When as s a a. matter of fact a large larg part of the population is embraced within suburbs that are known as Salt Lake Lale and who r receive t their el mall mail under that d designation s SUBURBS LEFT OUT Taking a leaf leat from the book bool relied upon in r th ny portions of the country the Commercial club s said ld that If it people called themselves Salt Lal Lakers ers they should be counted as such Not so with the census takers however As a a m matter of fact fa-ct r recent cent JP re- re tea have shown that Salt Lakes Lake's pOP population laU n more more neatly approaches than the figures figure given by b the census census According t to the the Commercial club committees committee's figures this will wiIl be found more nearly correct ct if Vt Salt Lake suburbs called by ot er names ames but not separate se arate communities could b counted d V V The figures given for tor Salt Lakes Lake's pp illation do not allow for any normal growth whatsoever In ip view of the the fact f ct that hat territories south of ot th the city h have ve been been V annexed since the last census bringing into the tIne cit city from 15 more inhabitants according to Commission Com Corn mission r 1 C. C Clarence N eslen I J am terribly sho led and I have Itaya my enY doubts Co Commissioner said The figures seem ridiculous ridIculouS' and I am thor thor- satisfied that there are more pe per per- v sons ons In the city than the number given My Iy impression is that the population I is ic bout about V GOVERNOR DISAPPOINTED G vernol Bamberger sa says sas s that a federal fedral fed eral ral credit of population for Cor Salt Halt Lake City is somewhat hat of oC a disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment merit to Min hint as he thinks it will be to many ci citizens who have watched the municipality's mu mu- growth V It H vas yas confidently expected expected- the governor gov goc- says that the returns would show I a population o of between 1000 and 00 but ve WC cant can go behind the governments government's govern govern- ments ment's figures are Ve all disappointed to some extent but we shall endeavor oi to make a better er showing ln for the census census' cen e sus' sus sus S of cf ten years ears hence Doubtless o tI I If all lr lrI noses were actually counted there would I be a much larger but weI we I must accept the figures as given the difference I Probably accounting g for I I between announced results and expectations expectations Hons of of citizens reference ma may maybe be ma made maue l' l I 0 10 w unsettled conditions condition The spirit of r f rI I unrest is not only in business but affects at af individuals Men move from place pla e eto to place more now than thal formerly Itse it I se seems ms and with a R. condition like that prevailing pre pre- aUing it Is s difficult to get an accurate j I count I 5 f SAYS FREED I Although we are re firmly convinced from all at hand that Salt Lake within its limits has a poP population population pop pop- of we would like to lo be bej j unique among the cities of the United States and not protest against the census cen ceo sus sue returns said Lester D. D Freed president president cal pm dent of ot the Salt Lake Commercial club It Is a popular pastime it h In which we wo I will Mr not ot Freed's r have e statement a tJ part t v vas was br brought out by the census n report fr front from Washington a n nI I giving r I eth this city if 1 This R Is the population pop pop- I certified by Austin P. P Miller su superintendent superintendent su su- of or census census' for this this' city OUT OF TOWN V V For For one thing said Mr Freed ws we O e have fairly authentic estimates showing V Continued 2 tl on ri page age 7 M 7 1 V I V c V V 5 t V t f I CITY CIrY CLAIMS Continued from page 1 that persons persons normally resident in this city were away on their winter vacations vacations va va- rations at coast points at the time the census was taken through the winter months Aside from quibbling about returns however we know that there Is not a house to rent nor an apartment and we know that the hotels are crowded to ca ca- ca The city itself is bulging with busy people and unless S we take In n the outlying i suburbs b b with their o op p population pop poil- and take tale over at the same time Ute tile additional 1 problems of of taxation we cannot claim them as our citizens Salt Lake must grow out of ot itself and its in In- In sixth One-sixth of its population Salt Lake as a residence lives in the suburbs and owes allegiance to other towns or the county of Salt Lake They might well be included Inthe in inthe inthe the city's count if we followed the claims of ot other famous cities of ot the United States For the time we will accept the count and say no more about It DIRECTORY ESTIMATE F. F W W. Sudbury of the Polk Directory company said a that t tile the e estimate t according c l to their methods h gave e Salt ta Lake within the corporate limits and within the suburbs It Is our opinion said Mr Sudbury that the c census takers overlooked a great many names in this city AccordI According Accord Accord- log ing to our system which is based on I many years of directory making all over the United States we take the number of names of persons over 16 and multiply multiply multi multi- II ply by two That gives this city I I UNFORTUNATE LIMITS The special committee appointed by the Commercial club consisting of ot John C. C Jones Noble Warrum John Orson Hyde Hyder and r V. V P. P Hiske placed the population t I of Salt a L Lake ke at after thorough in in- in They conferred with Sir Mr Miller who admitted that his help was Inadequate in making a proper census of ot the city In his report to Washington Sir Mr Miller referred to the unfortunate corporate limits of Salt Lake City This reference was brought out by the 1 fact tact that the southern limit of the city I goes through the most densely populated portion of the town outside of the busness busIness business busi bus ness section Thousands of these names are not counted in Salt Lake neither are they counted for Murray They are I accredited ot the county of Salt Lake |