The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-05
INTO new WARDS
Political Boundaries Will Nearly
All BE Changed.
Proposed to Leave Only the
First Intact.
MUST BE EQUALIZED.
The Second Will Be Made Into
Two.
Sixth May Be Put on the East
Side.
MUST BE EQUALIZED.

stnan squares ana FORCED TO play all OF
the checkers, this is the quandary which
has got the city councilmen scratching
their heads in perplexity. The squares
ere the wards of the city under a
change in the ward boundaries which is
proposed and the checkers are the
councilmen.
How can you change the boundaries
TO make the population about on a par
in each ward, without throwing more
than two councilmen into new ward,
legisIating others out of office and hav-
ing more than the II councilmen allow
ed fo- by law? The wards OF the city
will have to be misunderstanding is a
positive necessity for the Second ward
has more voters in it than the Fifth
and Sixth wards together and is grow
ing faster in population. than any other
ward with the exception of the Fifth
The change in the wards will have to
be made on the basis of the number OF
voters in them. The smaller wards
must be the wards in which there Is a
chance of expansion, the larger waros
must not afford an opportunity OF grow
ang much larger Then in addition the
present disparity N populahon pc
tween the smallest and largest must
not be too great to WORK a present IN
5usticc.
new change in the wards One by
Councilman Montgomery and second
by Councilman Griley-
If the idea OF equaizing the Popula-
ton is kept to the fore it Will De I'M
possible to make either of the ABOVE
two changes without throwing coun-
Gilman out of his ward and leaving
vacancies to be filled .
F. G. Dreaming, city attorney, says II
is a funny situation and he doesnt
know exactly how to meet it. Inc
councilmen put it up to the city attor-
IT,, last evening.
The committee on ways and means OF
me council held a session last evening
with the main idea of going over plans
proposed but did not come to any DEN
mite decision The committee will meet
again next week and vote to adopt one
of the two plans proposed
The First ward ccuncilmen do not
need to bother their heads for they are
not affected under either plan, the f1rst
daries remain the same under either
plan. .,-..
Horn and Hughes would be colleagues,
Councilmen Nipps, Sinner ana howe
are in the same ward, Councllmsn
Swendson and Montgomery would be
serving together Counctlmen Holiday
and Griley would still walk arm In arm
into the council chamber but Councli-
man Green would be left without col
league.
The FIST plan follows:
The sixth ward will be bod
ily transferred from its present
position on the west side and placed
70 the east East Topeka and the new
Santa Fe shop district Will De known
as the Sixth ward. The boundaries OF
the new Sixth ward are designated as
follows: All of the territory lying east
Of Jefferson and Washington streets
to the present city limits.
= The Fifth ward will not offer such
l.. n
Huntoon street on the north. Shun-
ganInea creek on the east and on
the south and west by the city limits:
Al present this includes portion OF
both the Fifth and miro Wa 4t nul
in the main takes in most OF the pres
ent Fifth. -
southwark and most OF the people VINO
ward will find themselves living IN
newly created Third. The boundaries
of the Fourth ward would De on o the
nv Eighth avenue. on the east by Jer-
ferson street and on the west Dy the
city limits. This means that plece ol
the second and Third wards as they
now exist would be included in the new
Fourth ward.
The Third ward would be that portion
of the city lying north OF Eighth ave-
nue. west of Van Buren, street ana
bounded on the west by the city limits
and on the north by the Kansas
river. ,,
men Councilman Horn would be liv-
ing in the Third ward though. he is now
in the Fourth. Councilman Montgomery
would remain in the Fourth, Council
man Nipps would be in the Fifth ward
instead Of the Third, Councilman Green
would be in the Fourth instead OF the
Third ward. Councilman Hughes would
be in the Third ward instead of the
sixth, Councilman Swendson in the
Fourth and not the Sixth. Councilman
Sinner and Councilman Howe would
still be in the Fifth ward.
The Second ward would be bounded
on the west by Van Buren, and on the
south by Eighth avenue and on the
east by Washington street and then run
to the Kansas river. This would leave
Councilmen Holiday and Griley still in
the Second ward.
The above change is under a plan
proposed by Councilman Montgomery
and Is endorsed by a large number of
councilmen. 1t divides the city above
as to population in almost equal pro-
portions.
This would give the following appor-
tionment of voting population:
First ward, 2,795: Second ward 3,033;
Third ward, 3.194; Fourth ward. 2,605;
Fifth ward, 2.541; Sixth ward, 2.695.
Total 1888.
The second plan makes Kansas ave-
nue. the boundary on the west for the
Second and Third wards. and on the
east of course for the Fifth, Sixth and
Fourth wards. The boundary lines un-
der this plan would be: Second ward. |
bounded on west by Kansas avenue and
on south by Sixth avenue and runs
east to city limits; Third ward. lying
south OF Sixth avenue east, and east of
Kansas avenue; Fourth wars lying
west of Kansas avenue and south of
Huntoon street; Fifth ward, between
Sixth avenue and Huntoon street and
lying west of Kansas avenue; Sixth |
ward lying west of Kansas avenue and |
north Of Sixth avenue. Later 1t was
n q q
more equal distribution of voting pop
n,In TOR, tho hour, darrr anaf Of EEenaas |