Evening journal., 1914-05-08
new Districts FOR
THE NEXT ELECTION
Department of Elections In
creaseS Number in Fifth,
Seventh, Ninth Wards
SOME PRECINCTS HAD
GROWN TOO LARGE

The Department of Elections Is now
engaged in revising some Of the cleo
tion districts in Wilmington. Under
the law not more than 300 voters
are permitted for a precinct, but the
last election showed considerably
more than 300 voters in some of the
districts. Increases already have
been made in the number of districts
of the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth
wards. The Fifth ward is to have
fifteen districts instead of ten: the
Seventh ward will have twenty-three
districts instead of 20, and the Ninth
ward will have sixteen districts in
stead of II.
The new district boundaries in
those wards will be as follows:
FIFTH WARD.
District Market TO West. Sixth TO
Eighth
District 2-West to Jefferson, Sixth to
Eighth.
q District S-JefIerson to Adams, Sixth
to Eighth.
District Adams to Van Buren,
Sixth to Eighth.
District 5-vm Buren to Franklin,
Sixth to Eighth.
i'i1NiltN NT~A NhAlll " ANNuhtNs DAAn
to Eighth
District Rodney to DUPONT, Sixth
to Eighth
District s-DuPont to Union, Sixth
to Eighth.
District 9-Union to City line, Sixth
to Eighth
District l0-Market to West, Eighth
to Ninth.
District ll-West to Madison, Eighth
to Ninth.
District l2-Madison to Adams,
Eighth to Ninth.
District l3-Adams to Harrison,
Eighth TO Ninth.
District l4-IIarrison to Rodney,
Eighth to Ninth.
District l5-Rodney to City line,
Eighth 10 Ninth.
SEVENTH WARD.
Districts from to u have not been
changed.
District Rodney to Scott, Ninth
TO Pennsylvania avenue.
District l3-Rodney to Scott, Penn
sylvania avenue to Delaware avenue.
District Rodney TO Scott, Della
ware avenue TO Shallcross, to Rowan,
to Park Drive to Rodney.
District l5-Rowan to Union. TO Park
drive. TO Grant avenue extended, Bran
dywine river to Shallcross avenue.
District l6-Scott to Union, Delaware
avenue to Shallcross avenue.
District Seventeenth to Park
Drive. Union to Woodlawn avenue.
District lS--Scott to Woodlawn,
Fourteenth TO Delaware avenue
to Union to Seventeenth to Woodlawn
( to Fourteenth.
District l9-Scott to Woodlawn, Ninth
| to Fourteenth.
District 20-Woodlawn to Brincklt
avenue. Ninth to Eighteenth.
District Eighteenth TO Red OAK
Road, Brinckle avenue to Woodlawn
avenue.
District 22-Brinckle avenue to Rising
Sun Lane extended to Brandywine
river. Pennsylvania avenue to Rock
ford Park
District 23-Woodlawn avenue extend.
ed to Park avenue, Red Oak road to
Brandywine.
NINTH WARD.
District Thirteenth to Brandywine
river, Biandywine river to Delawar'
river.
District 2-Thirteenth to Twenty
fifth. Thatcher to Delaware river.
District 3-Thhteenth to Nandeve
avenue. Thatcher to Pine.
District 4-Nandever avenue TO Iwen'
! tv-ffth. Thatcher TO Pine.
District 5-Brandywine river TO Iwen.
tv-second. Market to Pine.
District 6-Market to Pine, Twenty
second to Twenty-fith.
District Market to City line
Twenty.ffth TO City line.
District S-Market to Boulevard
Brandywine river TO Ninteenth.
District 9-MarlSat to Wqhington
Nineteenth to Concord avenue.
District Washington 20 Boulevard
Nineteenth to Concord avenue.
District ll-Boulevard TO City line
Brandywine river TO Twenty eighth.
District l2-Malket to West, Concord
avenue TO Twenty-ifth.
District l3-West to Boulevard, Con.
cord avenue to Twenty
District l4-Market 70 Boulevard
Twenty fifth to Twenty-eighth.
District l5-Market to Washington
| Twenty-eighth TO City line.
District lG-Washington to City line
Twenty eighth to City line.