The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-13

$50 900. As the city has not materially Increased
In population since November. 1862, we may
accept these census returns IS the actual popn-
lation at that time, when IL Is asceT1ined that
one vote was cast for evory nine inhaoitan's'
lees a slight fraction. Applying this ratio to the
Sixth Ward, which returns q population OF M,5oi
and the voting population Ia shown TO be s3n' or
spat iess than there were votes cast. But II allow
ance is made for variance Of the ratio OF voters In
different localities. and the most LIBERAL estimate s
made for the Sixth ward-say every arh inhabitant
(. voter-and tie tot.l voting population is ont
4,31l. still leaving
TWO THOUSAND AMI EIGHT FRAUDULENT vofIs CAST
at the November election Dcducling these and sp-
porioning tho legal voters The ~ar1 as requir-
ed by the law and IL Ia that the eleven old dfs-
tricts was exactly what the ward was ont,aed to,
and would give TO each district S92 voters which Is
probably as near as It IA practicable to get to 100
But it was no part OF O'Ilals purpose or desire TO
obey the Law and make honc-t division OF the
city into districts. This Is conclusvely shown by
closer examination OF his extraordinary "ork' IL
will be observed on the above map that TIE iour
blocks included within Camel and Blyard streets,
the Bowery and Baxter street has been made into
eight districts by An arbitrary and unprecedented
method Of
BisEcrISG IHs BLOCKS
Tho entire urea or these elghN uirtws % fN'
o7s 900 ,qulrc feet or 1000 TO each dstric-aoous
three quarter, OF an acre. From personal Inspection
md referenc, to the insurance maps whose correct
ness no one will question It IL found that there are
hut 1863 buildings OF every Kind and character 10 or
upon the entire four blocks or eight districts. Fe"
Of these buildings are OF any great size or contain
ory large number OF rooms Most OF them are ~ o
and half story buildings story oeing occupied
Cor business rlrposes In some there are rear
buildings, but In the mrjority OF instances these are
not arranged for residences. large public SCHOOL,
the Fire Department repair shops the Bower5
Theatre. the Atlantic and tho Pacific Gardens, a
large bank, an extensive cracker factory, cosi
yard, very large paper box factory, nnd t'o or
tAree large furniture factories arc included IN tho
area and dc,ract largely from Tie splc' available
Tor residences.
o'HALLs NOVEL ARITHMETIC.
Tlis territory constituted Two election dstricts
last fall, in which an aggregate OF 2O69 votes we're
cast or these votes at least one.haf were fraudu.
lent. But allowing item all to have been genuine
md under the law, o'Han would have been author
lied to divide the territory into bve districts, viii
would have given average OF fli voters 20 each.
The recent census, however gives Dlt i,fjs roll
dents in the two original dstrcla, OF Whrh mot over
700 can by any showing be made To be voters which
gives $50 TO each OF tho two Oh districts or 80 less
than the maximum under tho law. Therefofe thore
existed valid reason wraIeV0r tCr lhis strange
proceeding in cutting 'he teIriiory mo rHS' as
trlcs and least OF all for suOdIyidins olseks by ar
biirary lines.
DlsIRIBUros OF POPULATION IN rHs sixru WARD.
The following table viii show at glance how the
actual and voting population OF tue ward IA distlb-
utvd among the old eleven election districts;