New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-01

There has been no change IN alder
manic districts for a great many years,
the result being that they vary radi-
callv i'm voting strength. Both the
largest and the smallest in size are IN
The Bronx. The total vote III the
35th District in 1913 was only 2,goi'
while in the 3Sth District 1t was 22,Ioo.
At present in almost every case IN
the city the aldermanic district IS
coter,,inus with the Assembly district
In some Assembly districts there are
two aldermen, and in Richmond three
the result being that there are seventy
three aldermanic districts Tor sixty
three Assembly districts.
The Citizens Union IN cutting down
he number of districts to hIty-hEe
stuck TO the Assembly district lines al
most entirely. combining some OF the
Assembly districts into one aldermah'c'
Old Lines Are Ignored.
The Republican redistricting scheme
in Manhattan ignores Assembly dls-
trict lines entirely, but is based on
making the districts as regular as pos
sible. In almost every case except at
the toe of the island the districts are
rectangular. Two great north ana
south arteries were taken as boundary
lines. Seventh Avenue on the West
Side and Lexington Avenue on the East
Side. Interior districts are LAID out
between these lines and exterior DIS
tricts between Seventh Avenue and the
North River on one side and between
Lexington Avenue and the East River
on the other.
The end of the island is cut off into
a district by line from river 20 river
across Canal. Division and Grand
streets. as straight a line as could be
made. This district is called the 3D.
and includes all of the Cd Assembly
District. about half of the lst and
part of the 4th.
The other districts in Manhattan are
made up briefly Of parts Of Assembly
districts as follows:
l.t--Pafts Of tho 81 lst., 5th Sih and io, 2''h
Ass,m6ly districts aud small part ,, Of tie Io'"
4ti-"arts OF the An. 9th. sth and loth.
ffl Al OF the 9th and parts Of the IN llih
-' 6h' Par,s Of IN. 9Th and ION
-th--AH tie 18Th. parts Of the ll;h. eth and
sf- Psts Of IN, Sd. 10th. 18th and 9j.h.
OH Al the 18th. paris Of the 18Th and I'm
10Th All the liih. parts OF tie l2th. l5th. 9th
i'm Parts q the l7th and 18Th ..
l.'h psrs Of tAe leth dnclud adI, Blackwell
lEisiOl ana PAN OF lle lhLi anu Jul
l3th-Parts u the 18Th and 2lst.
lfh-Au ~. the goth. parts u the 18th and ed.
lith-Parsff the 2lst and sd.
itth-Al OF the Path. parts Of tho 2@f. !6th and
2,.h.
iTth-Par of tho Cad
lsth-Pau o: the 10Th dneludias Wards and
Risers islands, and parts Of tho 2s;h and goth.
l9'h--Par OF tho I'D
o0th-Psrts ~ the 2,ft Esd and 9oth.
Zlst-Parts Of tie 18th and 9th.
gyI-Pats OF the 27th end 23th.
27d-Paus Of the 18Th. 26th and 5ist
aih--Parts Of the 18Th. 2lst and Slst.
.5ih-PsIts OF the Dist sd and 50th.
These districts have an average
registration of about H. 900.
In Brooklyn they have stuck pretty
well to district lines. but in some cases
have consolidated two Assembly dis
tricts, and in others split an Assembly
district into two sldermanic districts.
The districts III The Bronx have not
been changed.
In Richmond the number Of districts
has been cut from three TO two, the
first including the LIST and I'd wards
and the I'd aldermanic district, includ-
ing the Sd, lth and 9th wards.
Queens has the same number OF dis
tricts under the new scheme, but they
have been eoualiZed.