The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-27

WARD LINES CHANGED
Ordinance Presented at Last
Nights Meeting Of the
Aldermen.
HOW THE VOTE WILL BE AFFECTED
Two Republican Districts and
Many Made Doubtful
Ten Precincts to Be
Added.
HOW THE VOTE WILL Be AFFECTED

Alderman caInon. leader of the Demo-
cratic majority in the Board of Aldermen,
last night offered the following ordinance
which changed the ward lines OF the
city
An ordinance to amend al ordinance
entitled AN ordinance to divide the city
of Jersey City into wards, to change the
lines of the present wards n aldermanic
districts therein, pursuant to an act Of
the Legislature of New Jersey entitled
. An Act concerning wards and dis
triet lines In cities of this State, and for
he formation of new wards, approved
March IA, 1895"
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City
do ordain as follows:
Section /. That the ordinance to which
this Is an amendment shall be. amended
or changed so as to read as follows
First Ward-New York Bay where 1t is
intersected by Henderson street easteriy
to Hudson River, northerly to Third
street, westerly to Grove, to Railroad
avenue, to Henderson street TO place OF
beginning.
Second Ward-Beginning at Hudson
River and Seventh street, n~ortherly to
northeriy boundary of the city, westerly
to Hoboken avenue to Thirteenth street,
to New Jersey Junction Railroad, to
Pavonia avenue, to Monmouth street. to
Eighth, to Erie, to Seventh. to place OF
beginning.
YnlrQ aru-BeSlnnlng at HuQSoH hlNeI
and Third street. north TO Seventh street,
to Erie, to Eighth, to Monmouth, to Rail-
road avenue, to Grove street, TO Third
street, to the place of beginning.
Fourth Notwithstanding at Henderson
street and Johnston avenue, northerly to
Henderson street, to Railroad avenue, to
Monmouth street, to the Morris Canal. TO
Jersey avenue, to Johnston avenue and
the place of beginning.
Fifth Notwithstanding at Morris Canal
and Monmouth street, northerly to Pavo-
MIA avenue. to New Jersey Junction Rail-
road. to Railroad avenue. to Ccrnelison
avenue, to Montgomery street, to the
National Docks Railway, to Morris Canal,
to Monmouth street and place of begin
ming.
Sixth Ward-Beginning at New York
Bay and Cayen Point avenue, northerly
to Henderson street, to Johnston avenue,
to Morris Canal, to the National Docks
Railway, to Montgomery street, to Cor
nelson avenue, to Sunni avenue, to
C~onmunipaw avenue, to Arlington ave-
nue., to Caven Point avenue and place of
beginning.
Seventh Ward-Beginning at southerly
boundary of the city and New York Bay
northerly to Caven Point avenue. TO Car
field avenue, to Claremont avenu to
Ocean avenue, to Myrtle avenue, to Ber-
gen avenue. to Culver avenue to West
Side avenue, to Rowland street, to the
Morris Canal, to the Newark and New
York Railroad, to Newark Bay, to south
erlx boundary line of city to place of
beginning.
Eighth Ward-Beglnnfng at Arlington
and CayeE Point venues northerly to
Arlington avenue, to Communipaw ave-
nue., to Summit avenue, to Belmont ave-
nue.. to the Hackensack River. to the
Newark and New York Railroad. to the
Morris Canal, to Rowland street, to West
Sid avenue. to Culver avenue. to Bergen
avenue to Myrtle avenue, to Ocean ave
nue.. to Clareinont avenue, 10 GARFIELD ave-
nue., to Caven Point avenue, to Morris
fTasnl nt7I aan of hn0inyfro =
Ninth Notwithstanding at Cornelison
and Summit avenues. thence northerly to
Academy street, to Summit avenue. to
Pennsylvania Railroad cut, to Tonnele
avenue, to Garrison avenue, to Sip ave-
nue., to Hackensack River. to Belmont
avenue and place Of beginning.
Tenth Notwithstanding at Junction of
New Jersey Junction Railroad and Rail-
road avenue, to Newark avenue. % Sum
nit avenue. to Manhattan avenue to wes-
terly line of the city to Sip avenue. TO
Garrison venue, to Tonnele avenue, 10
Pennsylvania Railroad cut, to unlm
avenue to Academy street. to Cofnelison
ayenu to Railroad avenue, to New Jer-
sey Junction Railroad.
Eleventh Ward-Beginning at Newark
avenue and New Jersey Junction Railroad
to Thirteenth street, to Hoboken avenue,
to easterly boundary of city, to South
street. to Central avenue, to Manhattan
avenue. to the New Jersey Junction Rail-
road and place of beginning.
Twelfth Notwithstanding at South
street and easterly boundary line of city
to northerly boundary line of city, to
westerly boundary line of city. to Man
haitian avenue, to Central avenue, to
South street and place of beginning.
The changes which the ordinance will
make in the. wards are not as great as
was expected. The First and Second
wards have been reduced in size, a pre-
cinct from each being put in the Third.
The changes make the First, Second and
Third wards Democratic.
The Fourth ward was enlarged by the
addition of a precinct from the Sixth
The Fifth was cut down a bit, a pre-
cinct being tackled on to the sixth. The
Fifth remains Democratic.
TIL Sixth has a piece of the Seventh
tackled on 1t. The Sixth remains a doubt
The Seventh has been reduced in size
and it will be in the doubtful column as
heretofore.
TIL Eighth and Ninth have been en-
larged. They viii be Enthusiastically Re-
publican.
HI Tenth has been reduced in size and
will be a doubtful ward.
The Eleventh and Twelfth wards were
not changed.
The ordinance creates two solidly Re
publican wards and makes the Sixth,
Seventh. Tenth and Twelfth doubtful.
When the Republicans g-errymandered the
city they announced with apparent pride
that they had shut the Democrats out
with only two wards. They were sup
posed to be the First and Second.
The ordinance changing the lines will
be passed at the meeting of the Aldermen
to be held next Tuesday evening. Just
when the precinct lines will be changed
to conform TO the new ward lines is not
known. Precinct lines are created by
resolution. 1t is said that about ten new
precincts VIII be treated
1t is expected that the Republican
County Committee will test the rights of
the Aldermen to adopt new ward lines at
this time.