New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-14
Tot .c0O. HOC 1.OIS,OUI ...O.fE Nv


The fact that the old wards arc taken as units OF
div,>iou instead OF the modern Assembly districts,
Will no doubt lead to good deal OF confusion IN 'hc
mind OF the average New Yorker t. what paris OF
tho city have made the gains and sustained the Ioc'
indicated. The most married increase is creu'eu 7"
tho Twelfth Ward. which stretches along IN" We"
Side above Fifty ninth-st. Tho downtown wards Rc''
orally show distinct losses OF population dnc bc!"hd
question to increased emigration TO Broohl!n ana W
the uptown tenement districts.
In commenting upon these figures. Nr Porter 81: :
The numbers Of the wards do not indicac thc'r
location and II is therefore necessary III
order TO analylc the growth OF tn" population o! tho
city, to divide il groups, which for convenience
may be designated the lower end OF tho city. the
tenement house district the business district ana the
great residence district above Forcth 81, IN lo"cr
Ncw.York ! have included the First. second. Ihird
and Fourth wards. which In 1850 contained p"pi'
la,ion Of l4i23. but which Juno contained only
49, 34s pcrsons a decrease OF 1857 In the second
group has been included what mn. BE- termed I'll" tone
ment house distric;, embracing the sixth seventh
Tenth. Elc -anth ard Thirteenth wards. covering
quarter OF the city the Fast side IN when IsrTc
population Is masscd and wherein the people ar even
more thickly settled than in 1880. inc p"pa'
,ation OF this district In 1850 2o+.30l. and
In 1900 2j03c5 showing an increase OF o4.o3'
in the decade.
Next VIC haze 10 examine what may BE- termed
tho business district Of the cty. which has been con
sianty extending upward. until il may fairly bc s"h
to reach ror'ich st.. the boundary of the Twcnt"'h
The Twenty first Wards. This district inc ludcs tn"
rrea' warehouses i'll the Filth. Eighth and HInh Wards
and the business houses and stores which have been
pushing their during the las, dccadc MOI ta"ad
AID crowding ont IN" residents. have Included
Ia the list the Fifth. Eighth, ninth. Fourteenth I!i-
teenth. sixteenth. Seventeenth. Eighteenth twentieth
and Twenty GrSt Wards In only one OF tlT>e tho
Ninth does tho plus sigh APPEAR and here the nor"a'c
$3.50 only 30 The total population Oi fhs
district In so j+iJGO. ard IN 1880 ol2.p2n.
decrease for the business d.strc, Of 81 .i1". stud,
of tho depletion Of this district r,icn'c quarter
durc the last decade. far from being sign OF decay.
proof Of the tremendous advance 81 'h" great meiro
politan district, which Will show population not fr
short Of STOOD when the ofhca returns
from all The adjacent place, ar,' ted b' tih'
extension o; business are Sivcn. II "il! b"
shown that not only has tho residence ais
irict VI Ncw YORK extended n"rhwa-d. hu' ch''"Lri
and westward mt" the surrounding suburban citr'
The district above Fort'eth St Including
the Twelfth. NnA'ccnh. Twenty second. Twenty thiri
and Twenty ionith Warts hs' sh,vn dung tIc Ia.
decade growth which j. s''npl, niiNr.lrn>. II
1890 tn" population of This district VA, 3"a.::' II
$500 It had reached 7o7.Go'. n'rcasc Of 3ii.74.
Herr is growth that tho metropolis NAV well fec.
proud Of and which In = r.Ge has aided ~ tho
upper district Population equivalent 20 the entir,
CIV Of Ciurrn,ti. The Distribution Of the population
.
1870 i,v,.
Iow"- cli 80 =:
i,nr,ac,t house district -. ~ T.,
Business dis'f.ct 10 5dU
Ably foitc.i.,i ....... ...- SO 'c.o
1000 ioooo
TIE percentage, Of gain decrease u the four
DIVISIONS 81 Tic rlty follows:
Lower "rd .-..... "a y.
I "leGltHt.En.-' distlct -I'l1
n.Aih~ss distr.ri.
AtoN" Forii"th.>t..-- ''''"'
'Thc.. hsnrc, accord with the known fact, In rel,
ton to the growth Of the population 81 n" city. An
81 nearly 20 per cent above Iori"th Vt, 0neh
10 br E6,;actory while an nrr"a~r ~ nearly 16 per
cen, In tenement house district il probably a.,ut
correct.
Il believe the ccnSns Of Now York has hern care
1850 OF course among hundreds OF ennmcra ter,
there may have been some carrcss and In, onleirnt
PERSONS. Tho paw small bu thai f. the fault IL
law Of the Csnsu, Once and the date OF taxing thu
census. Juno !, was pcriap, not the best date for
large t.iie. The superintendent Of the tcnsns Ia,
nothing do with this. for II Is kcw,c prescribed BY
law u the BOARD Of Health. tho city Council or any
other authority will pnint ort omissions had work
any specific District neFward. the Census Ofcc viii
gladly investigate aud recount, II necessary A r..
count Of tho city, certainly above F0rcth st.. where
Me population has increased 10 per cent and whore
the total population In 1890 was 7O7 8b1. would
hardly be deemed necessary BY the cncrprisng
advotat. Of II recount"
(for oMer Washington Mere see PusslS