The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
DITISION Of ERIE COUNTY.
Project Nearer Attainment Now Than
Ever Nefore-Its Supportern, Arrnment.

| Than
Ever fefore-1ts supporter Arguments,
Erie county. Of which Buffalo is the chief city
! was established as a political division Of New
York State in April 1921 Erie being cut of from,
| Ningata county Of which Iockport is the chic,
| town which WAS established in 1903. Before
! the opening Of the Eric Canal in 1928, Buffalo
was a city Of no Importance. but after that even,
It's GROWTH was rapid. increasing from 900 pop,i.
| latinn In 1880 20 5000 in 1870 42 900 in 1850
ol,oOo IN 1850 aud $4,000 In 1870. The present
population OF Buffalo Is generally put at $50 900
by the last Federal census IL was 255 600
Erie county IL made up now Of Buffalo in which
there are twcntyf five wards and Of twenty five
| county towns among them Chccktowaga, Sar.
DINA, Aurora, Alden, Wales Collins. Boston,
iden Matilda North Collins. Elma Evans.
Golden. Holland Hamburg and Amherst These
towns have grown little in population, while III,
'!'y OF Buffalo has been taking rapid strides
ana As consequence the continued union of
Buffalo with some semi.rural region, has nm
peared TO many persons Of progressive notions
as unpopular and undesirable, especially sine.
the adoption OF the amended State Constitution
81 1894 which put Buffalo on terms Of equality
with New York as a city Of tho first class" en-
Toying certain important political exemptiona
and advantages
since that time tho demand for a .eparn,,on
OF Buffalo from tho county towns Of Fri. IN.
been even more active than previously md a,
mas recently come up in way which gives IN.
advocates Of the project of 80 parntun r,rou,. nv
mcn, The board II Supervisors Of Efe Teeraty
10y a vote Of 20 to 70 adopted resolution pioyiI
ing for the division Of Erie county and m. rnun,y
properly on equitable terms. the new county Ia M,
known as buffalo county and 70 include III, city
OF Bunai2 TO the city line and such other towns
as may desire To become part Of said new COUNTY
.rd M IT, eGunuE mem4eIs OPPOSED the resolution,
ahn lnc inequality OF tho present division 10 70,
Ia 10,
Erie beng 40 600 Of which SIS 900 IL VOC OF
city OF Buffalo, and Is. 900 in the county in,,m
collectively Cnde. the form OF county division
proportional share Of political rrpresep ,i n,s
the iowa OF Boston, for instance with tnisi x"t,
Ing R R"pndin,,on Of 200 having the same voice in
Young population Of nearly 1000 "'H
For some Tune before the establishment, Of 9Th,
GIsa,er New York, the separate county form of
s ,.Sun very different from thoss
Kinrs co ns nu thsIo complain In
entitled TO Political representation but TO AN as
ems, so small as 70 DO no menace whatever TO tho
S ron.19i exercised by the city; In Erie county
P, cent OF Me vote, have nearly SO per cent
oi the representation with great disparity In v..ih
az ohn . IN h1 burdens Of taxation. OF S2O, 600 900
OF personal property. assessed, about SI8 100 o00
II In tho city Of Buffalo and of Saoo n01 90 ~ W,
real estate assessed $3.50 900 900 is in BuifnIo VI
c,irpt ,mc ciE OF buffalo Is TO very great
German population, and a considerable Poi,sb
ana hhaaInn population AZ we'll and Tho mctbnSa
TO the representatives Of the Erie c,,r, vhseNes
are not such ms find very much favor I'm w. 'on
.iN,, as II was called until Cincinnati iirst dis
pnlcn successfully that title There ia No cnn
sutlltonal reason why the LeRiSIatut" m b ron
meets should not separate Buffalo civ from az
GGrH county towns increasing the number of New
TO slAty-twO. '"u'HOc'