The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-15
zHrRrr. OWE ASSEMBLY Drs1Rrora
The Bssnaaries as They May Ne Uaesr she
New Apportionment.

The Bs..aa-ies as They May Ne UsAsr che
New Apportionment.
Under the apportionment OF 1S47 New York
city had sixteen members Of Assembly. Under
the apportionment OF 1867 It had seventeen.
Under the apportionment OF 1865 II had TWEEN
ty-one. Under the apportionment OF 1879
It had twenty.four Under the apportion-
ment OF 1892 It will have not less than thirty
one. Until the population Of the State has
been ascertained officially and tho reports OF
the enumerators have been tabulated 1t Will
be impossible for the Legislature to carry
through the new apportlonment so long and
30 strenuously demanded by the people OF this
city. 1t Is fact. however. that tho population
OF this city is known accurately now by the
census taken by the police In 1890. by tho fig
ures Of the Board OF Health. and by the vote
cast Mt the recent election for Governor. the
proportion being l to az. the former repre-
senting tho number Of votors and the latter
tho number of inhabitants. exclusive Of aliens.
II is. therefore. not difficult for those famil-
lar with the matter to anticipate the result Of
the routine lnbors OF the enumerators. and
district leaders are preparing for the change
viii establish. The down town districts: Of
course. will suffer most. and two OF them. the
SS ana Fn will Ssr b On
the other hand. the big uptown districts. the
Nineteenth; Twenty SECOND and Twenty third bird
an approximate population OF about $500.
While what follows is not. OF course. a definite
iec f to many changes. i viii be correct sub.
stantially. unles there is an entire change OF
Ran co OF the before tile
District -Bounded on the west by the Hudson River
from the Battery to Charlton stree, through CharltSn
and Prince to broadway and down Broadway to tho
m..Bounaea by broadway from tn. battery to r.,s
and
BY Eas, htssy Par. to Canal
s5ss Rnn
folk: down NorIalk 20 DIVISION; through Liyision to
aS tom Win ana DOWN 10 tho
s s on ss the orh By S
tic Es to 70 PIKE and Primo. IN.
North SSs! IrsssTsy down SSSsrssx.y e Ssss!:
through seeker to Leroy. and Through Leroy to the
I'D BY : on on As IN. tn
~ : :ss ss9s .s
I :,sss q n:
Avenue ~ Clinton street s Stanton and through Stan.
s : sss f:; :Tss q: IT, .sss
'?a iHs the
10 Broadway the West. and BY Twenty street
nss S saa I'd TT. Eli k1s1 ave
street. to sixth avenue. TO the Ea., river
through 10y s5sey sS
nn, 10 Esysn,h street, through ssy;
ana
ssTeass SIKH "yssas shssasS Elsysa!fs stree. z
%
sssnus down Third avsnae Houston street. s through
HOUSTON to the point int OF r s,a,inS ~,
streets Eish'h svsSue end SeIsh River yer. .'A.''.'a
by sna sHsh r''h
Xvii.IDoahd.d BY Txen,ysiS,h street. rortie.h
By FST1,,h street F0rysvensh
rns r,nn
',ss Sx SS,
rsr
hss psy
street sixth and ne E1s, River
iiss seventy
fourth ;trsss Gsn,,Pi raIs nv,
xXvlM,a bounded Iy Sin.tysesond street. 11e.h
ss h' h'ss S$f and tn.
XXX.-Bounded by North Third avenue. and Washing.
ton avenue as far as the ward line and
:sfs and
The ths have ths FepTs
Third. -59066;, Fourth $1,000: Fifth. $4,000:
Sixth Sixth 5s9Qo; sevsnth 5000 Eighth 10000:
s7uo6: Twelfth. 66 9 Thiptesnth h's sS666
Fourteenth. $4,000: Fifteenth. $1,000: Six.
s ssnsh % $685. TWss n
s;sseHdS St S TSsn.ty !. tS$S %xsn!y:
ty,eiEhth g 2Ho 10000:
This was the vote by districts in the recent
election. and i shows the inequalities which
Fes new & aeSsrfd to
E Eeush s ssS t lilth 5G9S SXth 5000
tespth. ElGS3o; Fifteenth e 27o4
Twentieth, 6. 900; Twenty first, $500: Twenty.
second. 20.W0; Twenty-third. 24.5OO; Twenty.
:, The bili Of 1879 apportioning the districts Of
the state between the various counties and
fixing the present districts was passed on the
by this years Legislature comtempates much
sspeedier work. and it is. therefore. much more
in this city before, April /. Strong pressure
may may be brought by many i.4s ambitious states
equal power and influence would necessitate
the abdicati9n. or removal: OF one or the other.
usual characteristics of politicians friction
will be unavoidable.
:. At tho time Of the latest apportionment OF
New York city districts the leaders OF Tam
many Hall were not in control OF the city de-
partments; Edward Cooper. had been elected
ment of Public Works was in tho hands OF the
opponents. OF Tammany. the newly elected
Hs nnIt,ca Att0rfGy Was RennbIicsn and
portlonment OF 1882 finds Tammany Hail
in practical control OF oil the Departments
leaders y recognized in nearly every district
Under these circumstances. In the dlsplace-
purely geographical. and whore It means SO
much to the leader and to his liautenants, the
adjustment OF rival claims will not be- ensy.
An Unexpected Moral Eject.
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