The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-02
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
Not Be Necessary to Redistrict on Ac-
count of Annexation.

Elections are to be held in the First, Sec
ond Tenth and Eleventh school districts
Saturday of next week, June r. to elect
successors to Commissioners Blackledge,
Scott, Hendrickson and McNeely. The cleo
ton in the First district will be held at
School No. l, corner of New Jersey and
Vermont streets; in the Second at School
No. 2, corner of Delaware and Walnut
streets; in the Tenth at School No. 49, cor
ner of College avenue and Twenty-firSt
street, and in the Eleventh at School No.
80, corner of Illinois and Twenty-first
streets.
1t has been generally understood that
it would be necessary for the boundary
lines of the districts to be relocated on ac-
count of the annexation of Brightwood,
Haughville Mount Jackson and West In
dianapolis. AT the office of the School
Board it is said that this is not true. The
outer boundaries of the districts touching
the suburbs was the corporation line of
the city. The theory is that the old desig-
nation stands and that the outer boun-
diaries are per see still the district bound
aries. On this theory part of Haughville
will participate in the election in the EleV-
enth district. First street is the south line
of the district, the corporation line of
Haughville the west line of the district
the north corporation line, now lying north
of North Indianapolis, the north line OF
the district, and Delaware street the east
line. Following the same theory, Bright
wood and all other annexed territory north
of the center of ST. Clair street and the
north line of the Ninth school district is
included in the Tenth district
Following are the boundaries of the dis
tricts i'm which elections are to be held Sat
urday of next week:
First Dstrict-North from the intersec-
ton of Washington street and Pennsyl-
yania street in the center of Pennsylvania
to the center OF Vermont east to the CEN
ter of Delaware, north to the center OF
Michigan. east to the center of Alabama
north to the center of North street, east
to the center of New Jersey street north
to the center of st. Clair street, east ia
the center of chatham, south In the cen
ter of Chatham and Liberty to the Union
railway tracks; southwest by the Hne OF
those tracks to Delaware street, north In
the center of Delaware street to the cen
ter of Virginia avenue, thence northwest
to the place of beginning.
Second District-FrOm the intersection OF
Meridian and Vermont streets east in the
center of Vermont street TO the center OF
Delaware street, north to the center oil
Michigan, east to the center or ALABAMA,
north to the center of North street, east
TO the center of New Jersey, north to the
center of St. Clair street, east TO the cen
fer of Park avenue, north to the center
Of old Cherry street, west to the center OF
Fort WAYNE avenue, northeast to the CEN
fer of ST Mary street. west in the center
Of ST Mary and old First streets to the
LAFAYETTE Railroad track, thence south on
the line Of the track TO the center Of Wal
nut street east to the center OF Meridian
street and thence south to the place of be-
Tenth Distribution the intersection of
Delaware street and the donation line in
the center of Delaware street to the CEN
ter of ST Mary street, east TO the center
of Fort Wayne avenue, southwest to the
center of old Cherry street, east to the cen
ter of Park avenue, south to the center OF
ST Clair street. east in the center of St
of the Ninth district to the east corpora
lion line north to the north corporation
line. west TO the center of Delaware
street and south in the center of Delaware
street to the beginning.
Eleventh District-From the intersection
of the donation line and Delaware street
west on the donation line and the center
Of First street Through Haughville) to the
west CORPORATION line, north on the west
corporation line to the north corporation
line east on the north corporation line ia
the center of Delaware street ana thence
south TO the beginning.
note in the School Board manual
says: THE districts running 70 the cor
poration lines are bounded by the corpora
tion lines if the description of the bound
aries of the districts does not so express
it, 1t is said that this would cure any
defect in the descriptions where the cor
poration lines do not lie in direct north
and south and east and west direction.