Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-27
New CougressionnI Districts.

OF course a new arrangement of districts is nee
essarv. The committee of the general court
having this matter in charge, were considering
last week a measure which found very little favor
outside the committee room. The severe criti-
cism with which it was visited, or some other
reason, has caused another aud better one to be
put forward, which seems to meet with very
general approval According 10 the later
scbeuethe boundaries of the several districts
are thus defined:
District No. /. The counties Of Barnstable,
Nantucket and Dukes; with the towns of Marsh
field Pembroke, Daxbury, Halifax, Kingston,
PlYmpton, marlborough, Carver, Plymouth,
Lakeyille, Rochester, Marion, Mattaposett and
Wareham in Plymouth county; the cities oil
Fall River and New Bedford and the towns OF
Freetown, Acushnet, Westport, Dartmouth,
Fairhaven, Somerset aud Swansey in Bristol
county Population, 1S1 ,090
District No. ,. The rest OF the counties OF
Bristol and Plymouth with the towns of Wren
than, Walpole, Canton, HYDE Park, Milton,
Quincy, and those lying between these towns
and the counties named. Population 10000
District No. g. Wards T. s, 10, II, -, IS, IA,
IS and is of Boston Population, 1874 ,S24.
District No. A. The rest of Boston aud of
Suffolk county. Population, 1888.
District No s. Marblehead, Salem, Peabody
Lynnfed, Middetown, North Andoyer, Brad
ford and Haverhill, with all of Essex county ly-
ing north and east of these towns. Population,
1871 1885,
District No. G. The cities of Charlestown,
SOmelViile and Lynn, and the towns of Bel
mont Arlington, Everett, Maiden, Medford,
Waltham, Lexington, Winchester Stoneham,
Melrose, Woburn, Wakefield, Burlington, Sau-
gus, Swampscott, Nahant and Reading. Popu-
lalion, 1876.
District No. T. The territory bounded by dis
tricts Mes. ., 6 and 5, and the west and south
lines OF the towns Of Marlborough, Hudson,
Bolton, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg and
Townsend. Population, l3l 1871
District No. 5. All Of Norfolk county not iu-
cldded ia the second district, except Belngham;
the city Of Cambridge and the towns OF Water
town, Newton, Weston, Wayland, Natck, Franz
ingham, scarborough, Hopkinton, Milford and
all included towns. Population, 1872 1872
District No. 9. The territory bounded by the
west lines Of Sturbridge, Brookfeld, West
ED, New Braintree, Oakham, Rutland,
Princeton, and by districts T. s and 3 Bellng-
ham being included in this district. Population,
1Sf ,296
District No 10. The territory bounded on the
easily districts and 8, aud on the west by the
Connecticut river, except that all of Northamp-
ton and South Hadley is included in this dis
trict aud all of Mortified is excluded. Popula
zion, 1872 72.
District No, II. An of the territory west of the
Connecticut river, and all Of Mortified, with the
exception Of Northampton and South tIadley
Population, 1852
1t viii be observed, especially if these boundar-
les are traced upon map Of the state, that the
districts as thus defined are compact and well
balanced, and that not only contiguity, but the
tendencies to ASSOCIATION created by railroads
and other means of communication have been
studied in making the division, and that there
is reasonable approach to equality Of popula-
non among the districts. 1t is noticeable how.
ever, as the Advertiser suggests, and, so far as
it goes, that is an objection, that the districts
now having the largest population are those
which arc growing most rapidly.
According to the above plan the district, of
which Worcester is the center, would have for
its frontier towns Sturbridge, Brookfeld, West
Brookfeld, New Braintgee, Oakham, Rutland,
Princeton. Sterling, Clinton, Berlin, Northboro,
Westboro, Upton, Mendon, Bellingham and the
southern tier Of towns in this county along the
Connecticut line This would add something to
the territory Of the present eighth district on
the north and take something from the east and
west The district is necessarily reduced IN pop
ulation, since the population ,as it now stands, is
nearly 100000, while the average population
under the new apporionment is 132,4S6
Another plan of division, in some respects
preferable TO that Of the committee, is the follow
ing, recommended by the Boston Traveller:
District No. l, TO comprise the counties of Ply
no"!n, iiIsld az, NaltqGAet ana DUKES, with
E.g IoMES o. E3 o' Mtynouth, bralntree,
h Iotct,P' anu VuilicS' Win population OF
District No. ., to comprise Bristol county.
with Hyde Park, Milton Canton, Stoughton
Sharon, Foxooror Dedham, and Walpole in Nor
"Ie? VIII pupoialion VI I"z,95z;
D'Sc'Ict 10. ., "args ., ~, II, u, IL, IA, 10
anu 10, e, a oolstoh' ana the town OF West RoX-
pu, !--o-i--''
~ pslriet ~ Z, wards l, 2, ., 4, ., 3, and 9, of
n'steh' ana the Town oil BFookhne-l33,6 $50.
LUIS lDclodes Tue Sarilsons IN the forts, few oil
whom are voters.
DlstIlct No ., Salem, Lynn, MArblehead, Pea
BODY, Lvnnheld, 5lugus and Nahant, in Ess
county; Caeisea, Revere and Winthrop, in Sui.
lolh; ana Everett, Aerose, Wakefield, Reading,
Sloleham, Winchester, Medlmd, Maiden and
Noourn-iS2,3 o5.
District NO 8, to comprise the cities and towns
Of Essex county north of Salem, with the towns
OF North Reading and lewksbury in Middlesex,
WIN population OF 1851
Dlstnet No, Z, ChaIlestown, Cambridge, Wal
tham. ArlAgtoH, B1mont, Waterfowl, Brieh-
ton, lexington Newton, Weston, Wayland
4Bniord, Someryile, Burlington, Wilmington
Blllerica, Lincoln, in MddleseX county, and
Needham ~ Norfolk, with l3l ,943 Inhabitants.
District No. 8, the towns OF Sherborn, Natick,
Ashland, Framingham, Marlboro, Hudson, Sud
Dury' CONCORD Stow BoXnoro, Acton, Llttleton,
Tvorsb3ro Graron sai5isy 1gor Dnn estaG'u
Pepperell, Townsend and Ashbuiy in Middlesex
county, and Fitchbnrg, Harvard, Lancaster,
IagnaEs' L41IiIlcI, hesInSie1 uardnei
Berlin in worcester. with domination Of 1s a.
O95.
plslflct 10 =, me city OF worcester, and the
horo Santbbopn Wostbor6 n MS b NoItn'
Shrewsbury, Auburn, Oxford. Millbnry. Graf,
ION, Upton sutton, N9rthhridse, UXbrdge,
D1dIy N Worceg,or DpEslqhe Lincoln ana
knton ID the southwest corner Of MiddIascy
county, aad in the north vest corner of Norfolk
Ile uoMs o. 1oFgI, eunel, MeaWaS, Norfolk,
with population of 1s2 .506 mann '"e "'O''
District No. 10 to comprise the towns of Athol.
BARE Brookbsld, Dana, Dudley, Hardwick,
o1kbsm. Paxton PeierSba l0''n P 9rGGng,u'
Princeton, Royalston Rutland, Spencer, Sfer.
llng, SfnrDlld5e, lempleton, Warren, Charlton,