Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-07-06
new WARDS

Chicago is going to have new wards.
They are needed. as The Eagle
pointed out. The Republican and
Democratic County Committees have
reached an agreement to put through
a fifty.ward bill, with one Alderman
from each ward, at the next session of
the Illinois Legislature.
The river wards, apparently, with
sufficient aldermen among themselves
to stop any favorable action upon the
proposed redstricting under the pres.
ent council organization, have forced
the political arrangement perfected.
Progress has been made whereby an
agreed map covering the realignment
OF ward boundaries to take care of the
additional fifteen wards that would be
created, has been prepared and has
been o. KID by the powers that ought
TO be able to perform the first neces.
sary step, which Is passage of the bill
az Springfield next winter.
This map, II Is known, will be used
as the basis for congressional reappor.
tionment and probably for a senatorial
reapportionment, which have been
hanging fire at the state capital ever
since the census of 1910. The tentative
agreement, congressionally and sena.
torially, is that the new districts in
Chicago shall follow the ward lines
created by the agreed map, provided
the fifty.ward scheme reaches frui
ton.
The salary to be paid the Council
members under the single alderman
system will be factor, undoubtedly
in further development of the join
epublican.Democratic plan. That 4
may be fixed at either $4,000 or $1,000
in the bill TO be introduced, is consid
cred probable.
Under the agreed map the fift.
wards are erected on the basis o
population, as ascertained by tn,
school census OF 1917, and accuratel.
figured, block by block. No one Of tn,
wards, as the realignment proposes
has fewer than $4,000 inhabitants no
more than $4,000.
BY sections of the city the add
tional fifteen wards are thus appol
toned: North Side, 3; Northwes
Side, 3; West Side, 2; South Side, 2
Southwest side, 3.
on the North Side the Twenty.fiftl
Ward Is divided at Granville avenue
the new ward running thence north Z
the city limits. The Twenty.siXt
would have it's south line at Irwin
Park boulevard. The south halves @
the Twenty.first and the Twenty-set
ond would be made into a new ware
and the present Twenty.frst would II
north of Chicago avenue and east O
State street. A new ward would b
made OF parts of the Twenty-Five
Twenty.ifth, and Twenty.sixth.
On the South Side, the Fifth woul
lose its southwest portion to a neN
ward that would be made out OF III
north part of the Twenty.ninth. TIL
Sixth would split and a new war
would be erected around Washlngto
Park. 4 new ward would be bull
from the south half OF the presen
Seventh and the north part OF III
Eighth, with Seventy.first street as
center.
The present Twenty-seyenth on tn
Northwest Side would be severed a
Irving Park boulevard, with a me-
ward bounded roughly by Irving Parl
Belmont, Central avenue, and III
river. Another ward would be mad
from the Fifteenth and Twenty'se'
enth Wards between Western, Seeley
Fullerton, and Chicago avenues. Sti
another new one would be created bt
tween North avenue and Madiso
street, Ashland avenue and Seele
street
Rcdistricting on the West Side cor
templates two new wards in territQT
now IN the Twelfth and Thirty.fourtj
Nard4 In the Town OF Lake tn
north line Of the Twenty-ninth is sen
south 10 Fifty.ftth street 4 new war
Is outlined between Sixty-third an
Srventy.ffth streets, from South Par
avenue 10 Western avenue, Anothe
Is figured between FOrty'third an
Fifty.ninth. and between Went"ort
avenue and state street.
Il Is understood that the bulk OF IN
county committeeman in each part