The Detroit times., 1917-01-17
Extension of Present
Boundaries Is Their
Plan
COMMITTEE
DRAFTS REPORT
w Ork On Improve
ments In New Dis
tricts to BE Urged

Believing that the enlargement o.
the city council would be detrimen.
tai and would threaten tho alder
manic. system, the committee re-
Gently appointed 20 consider ,hc ~.
ganization OF territory recently an
nexed TO the city Monday after
noon decided against an increase IN
the number OF city ward
Now. according 70 me plans out.
lined by the committeeman. Tho
annexed territory will be added 80
present wards. and a plan OF in
corporation viii be prepared by Guy
Clerk Lindsay On the east side Of
the city. the First ninth Thir.
,eenth, Fifteenth. Seventeenth and
Nineteenth wards viii have
changed boundaries. and IN the
west side the Second, Twelfth SiN.
teenth. Eighteenth and Twentieth
wards will b. affected
That the annexed territory must
be improved soon was The decision
OF the committee The committee
men expressed the belief that The
improvements needed could proba-
bly, be carried out this year
City Clerk Lindsay and his as
sistant, Guy l. ingalls,. have planned
out the following additions 20 The
wards from the annexed territory
To tho Tirs, ward An ares bound
I'd on the east vs. IN. Grand trunk
tracks. on the south "a Naimr o.
blvd on tn. north hy the county
line and on tha west by Wood ard-
ave, containing apptuN unstrk W"
houses and 0nn population
To the Smith ward An area
bounded on the Vest bs the Grand
Trunk tracks. on the south va
mer-h blvd on thr east hy conant-rj..
and on the north hy ihc counts liur.
containing 100 houses anh mrs tai-
mated population ~ 800 person.
Z To the Thirteenth ward An area
bounded on thr south ns Haunt thin' r.
Son the wes' by Highland Park. On
1.-THE north rs seven Milerd anu on
@rhs east by Mt Eiliott-Rve- contnin-
Ing 300 houses and population ni
approximately $500
4 To the Fifteenth ward An area
..Dounded IN tho weat 49, nant-ri. p.
I'm Tho east hS SIT Eiliptt ave "n
tho north by the seven Miller tnd
+ n the south by famtramch con-
Naming about 50 houses ard a p"Ir-
.hation OF appro x'ratslN 500 persons
To IN. seventeenth ward
fstretch bounded ON The west ht Mt
Eiiiott-ave. on H. east ~ Nnn :!
ave. on the north hy I'm SEVEN ~ -
I'd. ana on tho srutn ~ We NY
iine -Ther. are coo house. 20 this
district and the estimated population
1000 uersuna.
To tho Nineteenth ward An ,rea
bounded on the west ~ Van rs lSt-
IN
IN the north ny tho seven ~ ir-rd.
and on the south by the city limits.
arhe estimated population ~ this
"trip is 600 persons
To the Second ward An afca
,ounded on the vest Dy llv"rn"l -
We on tho south hy Palmer blvd >.
IN tho east Nv Woodward ave, and
"a the north ~ the county line rms
rea includes Palmer park ana -
To The Twelfth ward An area
FOUNDED on tho west by liNerhois-
We. on the east br the old cts lm.
n the south by the old city limits
rhc estimated addition IN population
1880 persons.
% the sixteenth ward Territory
',ounded on the east by Llycfnois-
We on the north hvrT wriffh-s - ~ y. f.
nyder-rd. and Mcyer-rd.. ON the
est by Grand Hiver-ave. and on th"
outh by the old city limits.
To the Eighteenth Ward Territory
ounded on the east by Grnrd RIVER
We. on the north hN MfNef-rd on
ne west bv Tireman-aN". md on th"
,ufN bv the old city limits and an
lea OF triangular shape. bounded
tho north by Tireman-avc on the
st by the frro Maruurtfc tracks,
the south b. NeTnier-rd4 ana on
ie west nv the city limits
To the Twentieth ward \ strip ~
,rritory extending from Baby Crock
birth 20 the Greenfield township line
III embracing the tNicfiy- settled
ddison switch district. with n popu-
tion OF 1900