The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-02
COUNCIL TALKS
INCREASING OF
WARDS IN CITY
Proposal to Boost Total to
Twenty-Five Up for Vote
Monday.

M0flOdy.
Poll books of political parties will
need revision. for voters in the
spring primary will find themselves
voting under new ward banners, II
a CITY ordinance increasing Indian
apolis wards from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-two is passed by the city council.
The ordinance splitting up the
larger wards. the ninth, the fourth,
the third. and Washington township,
will be introduced Monday night IN
the city council.
Democratic leaders say unwieldy
wards will be eliminated by the
ordinances passage and keep the
vote population in all ballot dlstrlcts
down to between 1000 and 10000.
Purpose Nonpartisan
Although the looping off of ward
territory is held to be nonpartlsan
in purpose, it is the declaration OF
some Republicans that it will bene-
fit the Democrats in wards that
normally have been Republican in
the past
Under state laws, the city coun-
Gil is authorized to set ward boun-
diaries while the last legislature gave
the county commissioners the right
to establish precinct lines where the
precincts are split by city boundary
lines and county area.
The new ordinance proposes to
split the Ninth ward almost equally
and make it's western section the
Tenth ward. Irvington, east OF
Emerson avenue. will be the Eight
zenith ward. The Fourth ward is
split into the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
and part of the Seventh wards.
Tenth Ward Divided
The old Tenth ward becomes the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth. Ward
thirteen is divided into part Of the
Fifteenth and the new Seventeenth.
The new thirteenth ward is COM
posed of the old Eleventh and
Twelfth wards.
The First ward becomes the First
and Second while the Eighth ward
remains the same, with the Seventh
ward composed of the old Third and
part OF the old Fourth.
The new Twelfth ward is part of
the old Fifteenth, all of the old Fifth
and part of the old Sixth wards. The
Fourteenth ward keeps the same
boundaries Wayne township in the
city becomes the Nineteenth ward
and Perry township in the city be-
comes Ward twenty-five.
Boundaries Fixed
The ordinance fixes the following
boundaries for wards:
l. Massachusetts avenue. Emerson
avenue, Thirty-fifth street and the
Nickel Plate railroad.
.. Massachusetts avenue, the cor
poration line, Emerson avenue and
Tenth street.
g. Nickel Plate railroad, Fall
creek, Alabama street and Fifteenth
street.
a. Meridian street, Thirty eighth
street and Fall creek.
5. Thirty-eighth street, Fall creek
and Northwestern avenue.
g. Thirty eighth street. North
western avenue. Fall creek, White
river and the township line.
Fall Greek Is Line
T. Fall creek. Alabama street, Six
tenth street, Capitol avenue, Ninth
street. West street and Tenth street.
8. Capitol avenue. Sixteenth street,
Alabama street, Fifteenth street,
Central avenue. Nickel Plate railroad,
st. Clair street. Pennsylvania street
and Ninth street.
9. Tenth street, Emerson avenue,
Prospect street, Sherman drive, Eng
liSh avenue, Belt railroad, Washing
ton street and Oakland street.
10. Tenth street. Oakland street.
Washington street. Pine street, St.
Clair street and the Nickel Plate
railroad.
II. Pine street. washington street,
West street, Ninth street, Pennsyl-
vania street and St Clair street.
II. West street. Tenth street. Fall
creek, White river, Belmont avenue.
the Big -Four railroad, Washington
street
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