Chicago eagle., 1918-07-13
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 redistricting 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
at Springfield next winter.
This map, 1t is known, will be used
as the basis for congressional reappor.
tionment and probably for 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 Joint
Republican.Democratic plan. That 1t
may be fixed at either $4,000 or $4,000
in the bill to be introduced, is consid.
cred probable.
Under the agreed map the fifty
wards are erected on the basis Of
population, as ascertained by the
school census of 1917, and accurately
figured, block by block. No one Of the
wards, as the realignment proposes,
has fewer than $4,000 inhabitants nor
more than $4,000.
By sections of the city the addi'
tional fifteen wards are thus appor'
toned North Side, 3; Northwest
Side, 5; West Side, 2; South Side, 2;
Southwest Side, 3.
on the North side the Twenty-iifth
Ward Is divided at Granville avenue
the new ward running thence north &c
the city limits. The Twenty.sixtl
would have its south line at Irvini
Park boulevard The south halves o
the Twenty.first and the Twenty'sec
ond would be made into new ward
and the present Twenty.first would Ii,
north of Chicago avenue and east o
State street. A new ward would b'
made of parts of the Twenty.third
Twenty.fifth, and Twenty-sixth.
On the South Side, the Fifth would
lose its southwest portion to new
ward that would be made out Of thu
north part OF the Twenty.ninth Th'
sixth would split and new ware
would be erected around Washington
Park. A new ward would be bull
from the south half of the presen
Seventh and the north part OF tn
Eighth, with Seventy-hrst street as
center.
Northwest Side would be severed a
Irving Park boulevard, with neN
ward bounded roughly by Irving Park
Belmont, Central avenue, and tn
river. Another ward would be mad
from the Fifteenth and Twenty'seV
enth Wards, between Western, Seeley
Fullerton, and Chicago avenues StL
another new one WOULD be created bf
tween North avenue and Madiso
street, Ashland avenue and Seele
street.
Redistricting on the West Side col
templates two new wards in territor
now in the Twelfth and Thirty'fourt
Wards In the Town OF Lake IN
north line Of the Twenty.ninth is sen
south 10 Fffty.fifth street, A new war
is outlined between SiXty.third an
Ceventy.ffth streets, from South Par
avenue 10 Western avenue. Anothe
is figured between Forty.third an
Fifty.ninth, and between Wentwort
avenue and State street.
Il Is understood that the bulk OF tn
county committeeman in each part
and a majority Of the aldermen hav
approved the new map, and that pros
pective members Of the next legisla
ture have agreed 10 90 along with il
as long as it has been made an orgaT
ization proposition with both parties.
Frank Hogan, the highly respecte
nresident OF the Heco Envelope Con