The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-05
VOTING PRECINCT
LINES CORRECTED
City Divided by Council So That
Voting Precincts Will Each
Contain Similar Proportions
of City's Population

Members of Winnemucca's city
council voted unanimously to change
precinct boundary lines in a man.
ner previously outlined by them,
and SO reported in this newspaper,
at a regular meeting held last Mon
day night. The changes went
through as originally proposed and
in consequence all voters residing
north of the center line of Third
street will vote in the first ward
during the city election to be held
next month, while those residing
between the center lines Of Third
and Fifth streets will vote in ward
two. Ward three will take in all
that portion of the city south of
the center line of Fifth street. Thus
Winnemucca is to be divided for
voting purposes by two straight
east and west lines being drawn
through the city, providing three
voting precincts, the boundaries of
which are easily determined by
keeping in mind that the divisions
occur in the center of Third and
Fifth streets. Another advantage in
the change is that the city's popu-
lation will be more equally divided
in the three precincts, condition
which not only is demanded by
state law, but which has been the
topic of general complaint to the
city officials by voters ever since
it was learned that the second pre-
cinct, under old boundaries, was
larger in population than the other
two precincts combined. Also, the
complaint was, the smaller precincts
were too easily controlled during
elections, referring to ward one
particularly, which before the ad-
vent of prohibition was heavily
populated by the so-called "rounder
element"
Through the efforts of A. j.
Grauvogel, agent for the Western
Pacific Company in this city, it was
announced at the meeting by Mayor
I. A. Brandon, permission has beer
given to the city to use all waste oil
at the roundhouse for street pur-
poses, which concession the council
agreed to accept with thanks. City
Superintendent w. L. Akin was in.
structed to prepare an estimate as
to the amount of oil which will
thus be available, work out a plan
whereby such oil may be trapped
and pumped SO that it may be
spread upon the streets, and to de
termine how, when and where such
oil is to be applied to street sur.
faces. Questions We're asked as to
the possibility of the oil injurine
automobile tires or becoming a
nuisance to pedestrians through be-
ing tracked into homes and upon
carpets. The opinion was expressed
that if the oil is properly spread, a
coating of sand applied and this
mixture well rolled into street
gravel, no complaints upon
those scores may be expected.
The matter of street and side.
walk grades along west Fifth street
to Lay and on Melarkey street
from Fifth to Sixth were discussed
Several property owners thereabouts
have quizzed the city superintend-
ent, mayor and councilmen, concern
ing these grades, expressing the
opinion that if sidewalk grades are
established it may be possible that
property owners will agree to in.
stall retaining walls and sidewalks
Such an Improvement, providing as
it would a cement sidewalk leading
to the grammar school, was OF
course declared highly desirable b,
the council, and it was decided that
If investigation shows that all prom.
erty owners are willing to make the
Improvement, then the city will
proceed with the grading as re.
quested.
If you want to start something
go before the councilmen with q
question concerning the prone,
street lines of property owners
This was again brought up before
the council at the last meeting wher
Surveyor H. H. Sheldon donated te
the board a complete map of the
city made by him in 1910, while
surveying for the sewer system
On this map, he said, were shown al
buildings, fences and property line.
as they were at the time the mar
was made, and his action in pre-
senting the map to the city was {,
make easy and clear determination.
to be made by the council in future
He declared that the map has beer
checked against by a number o.
engineers, plainly shows survey
ing stakes in all parts of the city
and has never been shown to be in
accurate.
Sheldon minced no words i'm stat
ing his opinion of the property lin,
controversies which have arisen dur
ing the last year or SO, and sale
that the situation in a large mum
Der of instances in this city i:
merely that property owners have