New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-10

The name Of ALtbony-st. has been changed to
worth, sec by the very prominent signs that
have been pot up announcing the fact that Anthony
st. has passed away. 1t has gone with Orange and
Cross-sts. The first now called Baxter and the other
Parl-st, from the fact suppose that 1t runs along
that oed little triangular bit Of open ground which
fosns breathing spot for the Five Points With all
defrsnee to the godfathers Of City street names we
suggest that Mssion-st. would have been more APP
proprste change from Crosst. and that the name Of
Park might have been given to that singuary mis-
named Little Water-st. The change Of Anthony TO
Worth we have no objection TO, unless the original
was intended 10 honor Anthony Wayne aud not much
then 70 the character Of the stree. ia not Of much
worth a. to carry any honor beside the name, to
General Worth or anybody else A TO Baxter
st., we are sorry that O city that has
given the numerical names Of First, Second,
Third and so on to Two Hundred and TSen.
ty-fvo could not have afforded better street 10 per-
petuais She name Of the gallant Lieut. Baxter Of the
New-York Volunteers. There are great many other
glorious names in history tina. we should like to
see applied to streets in the place of those known
by numbers Calling the streets by the numeral they
relatively bear 10 some indefinite point shows bar
Ienness of ideas quite irreconclsbe with the fact that
our country is so full OF great hstorss names OF per-
sons and places that might have been appledin place
If such awkward names as - East One Hundred and
Thirty .ffh-st.," West One Hundred and Thirty
ffh-st, and so on through the catalogue Of jaw
breakers.
The designating our nokle avenues as /, p 3, and
80 On up to H. and then applying A, b, c, to the
remainder, Is still moro TO be regretted. II these
avenues had been named after our great lakes
AID rivers. how zach more grandiy they
would have shown. upon or City msP.
Then we might havo had our avenues called Mich-
gan Mackinaw, Huron, Saginaw, SUPERIOR the lat
Ter in place Of Fifth Erie, Niagara, OntarD, Cham
plain, Oneida, seneca, Csyugs, O1ego, Onondaga.
And Why not cell IL I'm so now How rsuch move
important than TIE change o. the name Of such en-
insignificant street g. Anthony But speaking Of .hs
street what il thsseason, Among all OF our imPoOYs-
menis and stree -0penings, nat cannot have ihis
street opened Though dosn poor Ole bull !nS1 from
liz eastern end into Cha ham squsse! Thare Il no
point on the pa. Of the CITY where short and mex
Iensive an orsnng wo aid afford such grsat couyeo-
eDces II would open direct rate FROM Broadway,
through On Aiham-sqrare and Oliver or Cethafinz-st
10 the EsGs River or through Eat Roadway 10 the
Grand-st Ferry Prom Tia Five Points up ~ neal
Broasw ~ the expsnse Of widening the steee; woSt
be nothing, becs-Ase the property would all be i'm
prov Il in value.
O2sniDg and widening street. Ike tAis nigh. "'el
be undertakes az private speculation parties coui'
have the authority 10 do and bug up the psoPort.
1t it, present value. Opesed in Ais way X would o'
worth tia name lately given to IT, and some credit q
the General whom the change in EaDe was intend (
| 10 hoaor To those who seldom think OF the g'eA
bessht to The City seeruipg from ihese street
mia IA uouid ~ a ,ood Lax.on 10 90 through DH1HD
# o- look Al The extension Of Canal and widening
wake and .ee whs. e great number Of poor on
.b.D.;es viii be pulled down and their places Occspie
tv h.,a.oue ,ub.,an.isl buildings. If yo1can 70
n,s,ohsr ,b.t Bsekmsa and Lbesty<ss. we're . fe'