New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-06
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
PUBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS.


| POLITICAL CHANGES GROWING OUT OF THE CllEA-
TON OF TWO NEW WARDS.
The March meetings OF the county committees Of
both parties will be held successive evenings this
week and the principal question to be discussed by
each Will be the representation be allotted TO the
new wards which have been carved out OF the
Eighteenth Ward by act OF the Legislature. 1t is
many years since ward In the city has been divided
About five years the Twenty sixth Ward WAS
created out oil the town OF Ncw-LOs. There were at
the time Brooklyn incorporated as city five
districts OF the village which comprised about mile
square OF the town. These made the first five
wards. and four more added to take I'm the re
manning territory within the town limits. Tho sixth
took In the Red Hook region, the seventh Ward
| the Hi, the Eighth Ward embraced the Gownnus
district, and the Nnth Ward the outlying region to-
ward Flatbush and East New York. subs ,Iuenly the
Tenth Ward cut Oh the sixth on one side and
the Twelfth the OTHER. and the Eleventh was taken
from the seventh There twelve wards In
Brooklyn when Williamsburg and Bushwick were con
so!idated with the city In 1884 and the wards from
Thirteen 10 Nineteen inclusive became part OF IL. Later
the Twentieth ana Twenty first wards cut OF
from the seventh, the Twenty second formed out
of part Of the Eighth. aud at still later date
the Twenty third Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth
were set apart from the Nlnth. This last division
wa, made fully quarter of century ago. AID the
| boundaries fixed by the city charter
When the question Of a new apportIonmcnt came up
| then, VA, serious consideration OF a proposition to
rcarraucc all the ward boundaries IN the city, but
this. II va, found. would create much disarrange
mont IN political affairs that II abandoned.
Repeated efforts have been made to divide the
Eighteenth ward without success. \ bin t. make
Ward Twenty seven out ~ the town Of FlAtbush was
defeated two year Now when any one Of the
towns comes into the city IL will have to be the
Twenty ninth Ward for it Is not likely that the effort
win be successfully made to divide any OF the
/ of & he
under the l. the Twenty second, with
= 900 inhabitants The Democratic leader is John
Rcmar. and he i strongly opposed to any division,
because he would be- left with "A Republican plurry
| at m, end IL the ward. II has been necessary for
the Eight nth Ward to reach ncsrly 100000 nhab
liant, before the subdivision effected.
Under the division effected the Eighteenth
War. comprises the northern end ~ what WIS tho
old ward. and Il will extend from Meckerave. tO
Flushing ave II lordcrs New1own Creek on one
side and Iushwckave. ,cIara ~ from the Fifteenth
and sixteenth wards. Me-keT ave. does from the
Seventeenth An arm OF Newtown Creek penctriteS
the heart Of the territory and there many noones
ard business ~ abishmcnt.. There IS also large
tenement house population. There Is a Democratic
plurality Of -cvera hundreds in this new ward The
! Twenty seventh Ward extends from Flushing ave. to
-rochholm-s, which is block from De Kalb ave.
I'm The heart Of this region IS the new Bushwick or
-tranahan Park, 81 the new small parks recentiy
, laid ont. M.et OF TIM ward Is densely populated.
It l., pretty evenly divided politically. and with cx
ccllent candidates the Republicans can carry IT.
The rest OF the old Eighteenth Ward. extending from
stockholm st. Ia Nindcvcerst. and The Evergreen
Cemetery constitutes the Twenty eighth Ward This
4, strangely Republican. embracing H. it does The tes'
residence region OF that part II the city. one elevated
railway Hne skirt, side and another crosses a
part of he ward. that the facilities for access
are excellent and the streets are rapidly building up
At the meeting OF the Democratic General Committee
to morrow night action will De- taken In regard -
recnrolment Of the members Of the party In the new
wards II ,, held that the wiping on Of the
old ward destroys the Ward Association and
il, repre-. entatipn In The General Committee
The removal Of Aneurln Jones from the Park super
incndcncy will commend The administration OF MS
new trust by Commissioner Brewer. II Is Significant
that 80 long IL David b. hin Governor Jones
held hi, place aud n, his political sponsor
VIZ, OF office he loses his place Jones has never
lived I'm BROOKLYN ard oumeye1 daily from WORK
to Pros pect Park to exercise his arbitrary authority
At the time his actions aroused - much puzzle as
approval, Commissioner Grower stood up for Jones
and said he wa, an excellent man in his place and
was doing much for the Improvement Of the park l't
atterIy jones independent in his attitude
that the Commits could get him to carry out mono
Of his instructions. Then Jones committed the I'M
pardonabic political offence OF opposing the iPpoinn,-
fn:nt of Mr. Brewer sole Commissioners, using MS
Influence In lavof oil captain Lusc0mb. As MI
on int .erS Of ps s1f % t S more
than ever a place for men with political pull ana
II ma, be expected to become the means Of furthering
Mr. Growers political ambitions. lie was General
Appraiser of the Port under President Cleveland One
Of his pet projects is the Improvement OF the Eastern
Parkway Oh the plan OF Commonwealth ave, Boston
,,neme for providing better roads IN me town ot
Flaibush Is mcr consideration. and committee com
posed OF John Lercns. william Brown.
William N. lyman p., w. ). wcedcn, James
pointed 10 prepare plan for the improvement OF the
roads and submit II to n town meeting. The steps taken
I'm Gravcsend. Newutrecht Jamaica, Flushing and
fIers sinh
roads have aroused Flatbush residents In the mat
one of them emphacally. from his experience rs
n phy sican that he DOES not believe there
roadS in any part Of the universe than In Flabusl
With fine roads the town would prove attractive
place for people to drive into from Prospect Park
with pleasure vehicles With macadmzed scrim
shaw rndways. the mud and dust Of the present
fare Of the town. Flatbushav will soon be newly
paved.
The decision as 10 the Legality OF TIE title which
the CITY give to the lots In the part of the East
side Glands which have been sold settles vexatious
question, which has long retarded the growth Of a
most attractive part OF the city. When the decision
plans Of real estate spectators with a political pull
by extending Prospect Park to Fineenthst, and to
bottom soon fe out Of the reaestae market in 1879
and nothing could he done In the matter for several
years. Finally. in 1881. many Of the lots north Of
the Eastern PARKWAY wen sold. and then began
vcxaous legal Quo Stons the title Before they
we're settled H. wac decided to reserve the property
south OF the Parkway for public uses and this made
the northcrly lots still valuable The decision
10 erect the new Museum OF Art and science I'm
that region has also enhanced values, and now that
tn. title 70 The lot, Is guaranteed It. will not b, long
iractivc Eighth ave. region on The other side Of
Flathushave.
There is a prospect. also. that this part Of the
Ninth Ward will soon have rapid transit by the con
necton Of the brighton Beach Railroad with one OF
tho elevated railroad lines which Will greatly lessen
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