The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-14
WILL PROBABLY STICK
TO PRESENT WARD PLAN
Annexation Not Expected to Result
I'm Enla,gin2 Membership of
City Council.
MUST nEARRANGE BOUNDARIES
Board Of Aldermen Will Act ro-Nlor-
row on Resolution Appointing Spc-
cial Committee to Draw Up Ward
and Precinct Lines.

The removal OF the last barrier i'll
the WAY Of annexation by lienrico
County's agreement to withdraw its
opposition To Judge Campbclrs decree.
has given impetus to the projected re
districtiug of the enlarged city, so ms
TO insure equitable representation In
the city Council
Under the law. 4 reimbursement OF tho
wards is required whenever ono ward
exceeds in population any Other ward
by 1000 Inhabitants. The addition Of
seventeen additional square miles OF
territory on November :. win. OF course.
produces a condition which will require
immediate adjustment
The first step in the direction OF a
rcdtStrictin" has been taken by the
Common Council. Which at it's meeting
last Tuesday night passed. under :, sus-
pension of the rules. resolution APP
pointing 4 joint committee of nine
four from the Board of Aldermen and
iiN" from the Common Council, to un-
d"riHk" an immediate redistrictiug Of
the city into new wards. II will come
up Tor concurrence at the meeting of
the Board OF Aldermen tomorrow
FAVOR RETENTION or
EOUR-WARD SYSTEM
coun"imcn and city authorities gen
orally appear for the most part to
favor the retention Of the four ward
- otcfi. ih:I" arc - lew VINO bciIeNe
that the enlarged city will be better
served Ivy division into six or eight
wards. majority. however. il is be-
licNcd. arc Inclined TO favor the APP
portioumcnt Of the whole city into four
wards. and the enlargement Of tho
present ward boundaries to cuunlixc
the population.
tentative plan Of division. based
ON the four ward idea is being pre-
pared under tho direction OF Council
man Jones. The sketch Will be pre-
scented to tho redistrictinc committee
for it's consideration. il the Board con
ours in tho Joint resolution appointing
such a committee Unanimous concur
renee in the resolution is expected
broadly described. the tentative plan
Of Nj. Jones ,uaiutains the general
Srh"u" of division now in force. The
plan gives Madison Ward all Of the
city south Of the river and that see
ti"n "f the city north of the river
bounded by Fourteenth street and the
thcsapeakc and ohio hallway Com
pauNS lin" tho cast, First street
on TIA" west, and the corporation line
on the north
~ r. \OKTIiN ESTI:ItN
SiniRBS INTO LEt: WARD
Jefferson Ward. according TO this
tentative plan, would embrace :hc
whole eastern section of the city. cast
Of the eastern boundary OF Madison
Ward. included between the river and
the corporation line on the east ana
uor:h
-" Ward. under the same plan
would embrace the whole northwestern
S'";!:"n of the city and would he bound
eel ON the east Icy First Street.-The
western boundary of Madison Ward
on TN" south hy Tie north side Of
';road street and on thc west and north
hN the corporation line.
TIA. plan gives to Clay Ward that
,I r, 81 III.
river ON III" south. the corporation line
on the west. the south side of Rroad
street on the north. and First Street
OF The east
The municipal statistician who has
boon 1T work ON this tentative plan
figures that this scheme of division
cor"cctly upportiuns the population SO
that n" ward viii have as many as B.
10" inhabitants more than any other
ward. 1t is pointed out that the di-
vision Just described has the adVan-
taTo of compactncss and shoe atrini:
wards stretched over an extended ter
ritorN are avoided.
WANT DEFINITE: PLAN BN
TIME ORDER TAXES EFFECT
The plan described is purely tcnta-
tive and intended merely To form a
bass upon which tho rcdiStricting com
miticc may work; II is extremely
probable that the boundaries will he
changed. but more or less close ad
hcrcnc" To the four ward compact di-
VISION is expected. The rcdstrictinG
committee will probably have a definite.
plan of ward division TO proposes to
the city Council 10y the time anneXa .
tion becomes effective on November =,
With another ordinance granting III,
continental Register Company a per
init 10 erect I'm electric sign on tho
buiidiu" ut 3n1-G North sixth Street
The resolution appointing "a rcdistrict-
con hn no
ness of Importance on the Boa r,l' g
docket at tomorrow nights meeting
iiotr measures were passed by the