New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-14
National Guard Men and their Regiments. Pastors
and their Congregations. Contrasting Peter Paul
Mahoney's VIII. "A New Hospital. Notes About
the Clubs. What is Going On at the Navy
Yard. Items of General Interest.
PROPOSED TWENTY-SEVENTR WARD.

THE EIGHTEENTH TO BE DIvIDED-How TIE
DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN FORMED
significant indication Of the growth OF tho city Is
the proposition before the Legislature TO create
an additional ward. the Twenty.seventh by dividing
the Eighteenth Ward. There were overi1o 900 votes
cast in that section OF tho city last fall, nearly
twice the average number per ward for the entire city
This indicates population Of nearly CO. 900, half OF
which has been added during the last five years. In
area the ward is the largest In the city, save the
Twenty-slxth, which includes q considerable amount
of the farm lands of which II formerly composed
The Eighteenth ward comprises large portion Of tho
old town OF Bushwick incorporated WITH the city In
1854, when Brooklyn and Williamsburg wore 'eonsoi-
dated. 1t lies )Con the eastern G7boandary
| Of the city. stretching for twao5' miles
along Queens Comfy, from Newtovn,l Creek
and Meeker-ave. to the Evergreens Cemetery
1t east Of Bushwckave and within its broad acres
there Is room for many limos the population 1t now
contains The upper portion has gained great growth
from the opening Of the elevated railroad In Broadway
The natural division Of the ward is Flushlng-sTe
1t is proposed to retain the name Eighteenth ward
for the northern part and name the southern half tho
Twenty Ward. The lstter viii be Republican
and the former Democratic, the present ward
being nearly equally balanced between the
two parties II the bill reconstituting the Board Of
Aldermen by wards is adopted the number Of the Board
will be two greater than It was before the present sys
tenn Of Adernen-atLarge and District Aldermen, nine
teen In number. adopted.
Some interesting facts connected With the pres
| ent division OF the city by wards. When the VII
lage OF Brooklyn incorporated in 1916, It was d.
vided into five districts, each with trustee 10 share
In the village government, and the trustees elected
the president OF the village Brooklyn was then ono
OF the towns Of Kings County being bounded by
| the towns OF Bushwick, Flatbush and EeweUtrecht
With the incorporation Of the city In 1884 nine wards
were constituted the FIVE districts being subdivlded
Each OF the wards then had Aldermen. and the
| Aldermen elected tho Mayor 1t not until 1e4O
| that the Mayor was elected by the people. By tho
act Of incorporation the city received six supervisors
IN the county government representation equal To
| that OF the towns. The first wards had Eve
supervisors, and the Eighth and Lth Wards an add
tionaI one. All South brooklyn, above the Gowsrnus
Canal. 10 the Eighth Ward and the Ninth Warl IN
oluded great territory covered by the Twentieth
Twenty first Twenty-third Twenty fourth and Twenty
fifth Wards. With the growth OF tn infant city, changes
| In ward boundaries effected. Tho Tenth Ward
was created OF the Third and Sixth, the Eleventh
out OF the Fourth and Fifth, and tho Twelfth out Of
tho Sixth, Eighth and Tenth In 1887 TO each ward
waS allotted supervisor, and thus the city gained .
majority Of the County Board.
In 1854 the act was passed consolidating tho elites
OF Brooklyn and Williamsburg and the town Of Bush
wick adding the entire Eastern District 10 the city
u wSs beaE sansd With prsc
ss the sane me- ,T a Soio II The souS s
II
! for governmental purpose, AMI an Alderman and
q Supervisor were allotted 90 each. Tho Twentieth
| and Twenty first Wards added out of the old
| Ninth, and the Twenty-Seco cut on from tho
Eighth. Soon after 1850 the Twenty third. Twenty
fourth and Twenty. nth wards set on according
10 their present boundary lines For Of years
no changes have been made. except In the increase
In the city's area by tho addition Of East NeW-iork
under the name OF the TWEEN ty-sxth Ward.
With the division Of the Eighteenth Ward each half
/ would have 10000 population II this bo taken as
the average size for ward, there are eleven Others
which exceed this In population. The sixteenth has
about 10000, the Twenty. second nearly tho same
number, the Twenty-ftth upward OF $4,000, tho
rwentyhrst the same. the sixth and the Seventh and
| The Seventeenth about 10000 each, the Nineteenth
and the Twenty third about 5000 apiece. and the
Tenth and the Eighth about ~ 900 each. According
10 the present ratio OF growth II will not be lon
before the Twenty second the sixteenth, the Twenty
first and the Twenty. hfth wards VIII have 10 be d.
Vided. With Flatbush and NewUtrecht brought into
the city as additional wards viii be done In tho
next few years. there win be thirty wards
In the city. As the old lines Of division are arbitrary
and irregular, II Is proposed that commission be
formed TO lay out the wards In = systematic manner
and for the hest interests OF the city apart from
political considerations sample Of the present
inequality Is shown by the fact that the Twelfth Ward
is in South Brooklyn, including Rod Hook Point, and
the Thirteenth is I'm tho heart of the Eastern District
The Twenty-hrst and the Twenty second also
widely separated and the seventh and Eighth are
4 mile apart. The Assembly, Senate and Congress
districts, based upon ward divisions. all laid ont
so as 10 secure democratic msjorltes IN nearly ALL
| tho few Republican wards being messed together.