The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06

A Chicago Claim which Will Not stand tn,
Ordeal or n Comparison with New York.

A Chicago Claim vVhich Will Not stand the
Ordeal or n Comparison with New York.
The Nineteenth ward of the city of Chicago
Is In the west side of the town and Is bounded
by West Twelfth and Van Buren, streets. Throop
street and the Chicago River. 1t is claimed for
1t that 1t has the most variegated population Of
any ward of any city In the United States, and
facts are adduced AS they often are in Chicago
on demand--to support this claim. There are.
IL is said. twentysix different races represented
in The ward. Eight OF the twenty-six are repre-
sented by more than 1000 residents apiece.
The population is 4s.I9O. The predominant
races are the Irish, with 13,O65; the German,
with G,lS4; the Italian, with 5,7s4; the Rus
sian, with 4 $3.50; the Bohemian, with 2,944; the
Canadian, with 2.0o6, and the English with
l,469. Besides these there are Belgians, Danes.
French, Greeks. Hollanders. .Hungarians, Lith-
uanians. Mexicans. Norwegians, Poles. Scots.
Spaniards, ,Swedes, SWISS Welsh negroes
This claim Of Chicago will not Withstand in.
y C;a; 10 ssa 1t On Is :n like assg %snS 9t ltats Ghleas o3
the facts of tho case. The city, which has the
ward containing tho most varied population In
YorrE, and the wardis the Tenth. bounded by
the Bowery and Division. Riyington and Nor.
population within that area now figured by
the Board Of Health at 9 or a. the
oshsr OF city, $50 A to aa .sn acre os E SS %sna IN ha. any =
population so, compact or more diversified.
According to the official figures Of the Board
of Health, for last year, of 500 children
born in tho Tenth ward in a year. l0s only
were the children Of American parents, and by
Tho parents OF 30 of the children were German;
OF Ii, Irish: OF ~, Italian; OF lib, Polish
from Russian, Austrian or German and other
foreign countries, Holland. Bohemia: Spain,
Greece. France. RoumaIia, Sweden, Scotland.
South America and Japan were represented by
537. Tho Tenth ward, between the junction of
Division street and Chatham square and ltiv:
ington street, includes tho most active and
lively portion of the Bowery. and this precinct
further Includes q very large proportion OF tho
from, literally, every portion Of the known
globe. A considerable number OF sailors and
seafRring persons reside when In New York
within this ward. TO it II very considerable
number Of new Immigrants go directly to ind
later on homes or employ ment En-
tireiy apart from tho tnct that II Is less than
upe.halt the size Of tho Nineteenth ward OF Chi
cRgo, and contains 10000 more inhabitants,
the Tenth ward OF New York has n more va
riegated population than the Chicago ward.
Presidential election of 1892 a registration of
the nationality OF the voters. of tho various
wards of Chicago. II was shown then that
there were 1889 native American voters and
4,3A2 naturalizcd voters in tho Nineteenth
ward. a fairly even division bet ween the two.
In the Tenth ward OF New York the foreign
population is greater than the native population
In The ratio. among voters. OF about 80 to J..
But, on the other hand, the Nineteenth ward OF
Chicago has what the Tenth ward of New York
aasn't and is mover likely TO have, a Good street,
and, what is mo g, a Better street. the two
running side by side between May street and
Sholto street; and the-o IL . Hope street further
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