Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-26
street Nomenclature.


trusted TO some one who will consider in an en-
IgLtened spirit every suggestion that can assist
him. To do this thing In a manner satisfactory
IN ali respects - not so easy as IL appears. AS
the list yOu publish was intended to be little
more than suggestion, and somebody must sit
down TO serious consideration of the subject
before Il can be exhausted, and the knowledge
and taste Of no one man are likely to be perfect
offer few comments on your list of names
and add new ones where you left blanks.
Our broad, new, lively country has required
the manufacture or application of a great
quantity Of names within a very short time
! Hence the names OF persons used geographi-
caiiy have either been the names OF nOOOdiss
or else have been used and used and used, with
"dgnna5le iteration" Counties, townships,
and post Offices have carried the uames Of
washington, Franklin, Warren, jefferson, ETC.,
from Maine to California and back again till
there - something too much of il. There Is a
certain lot OF names that will worry the future
traveller as badly a. Michael Angeles did Mark
Twain. Therefore, while following your plan,
We should, 80 far We can without uuiuy
magrifying small man at the expense of a
greater enc, use names that are not already
honOTed TO death and worn threadbsrs by a
similar Use. As the atmosphere here il and
must ever be sfpTeRely political, TO catholic
TASTE 1t would be refTeshiDgly agreeable to avoid
the IaIHes Ct whatse call statesmen" when
eVtr others equally eminent can be found whose
owners directly served the state. Men "a we'll
ss thiTgs are not always what they seem, 1t is
ODs Of our national fins 10 accept at least for
time tEe seeming for the real, and our statesmen
o. a whole sTe the ''sGemiDEest" men ws have.
sOI al worth Just as far as il can be weighed.
For reasons needless TO mention, no street
should be name for living man.
The name OF Adams, probably the most illus
TioUs in our history, considering all the AdAmsss
and all they have done and been, should re.
main where you put It, at the head Of those Of
civilians.
The next / would give to Barlow. To the
Few who now stOptO think what kalOram3 once
was It would seem peculiarly graceful that the
city should TINS remember him. Political ser
vices with Cs Will ever be cOmpsrstiy chsap
and common, and when fine culture is found in
public places il should he made a note OF; and
NJ. Barlow lost his life in the service OF his
country. 1t will be necessary for the average
hack driver OF cultivated policeman TO know
something OF biography in order TO tell which
side or the Avenue - steer. The mellow sound
OF the name, and the soft temper OF certain
jack-knives, will tell him bJ intuition that Bar
low was not blood stained man. On the other
hand, Benton was rather SelligeFent, was Ones
q soldier, is always associated with General
Jackson, and has ever been known by q mil
itaTY title-COlOncl.
Chase u preferable to CLAY. Posterity IL we
do not, will probably call the former the greater
nan and public servant, and he is not So widely
c8nOnlZed in maps az Clay has been.
Francis Dana should I'll the next plaza His
services hOnored his country much more than
thOse Of Douglas did This name also, like that
Of Adams, belongs TO half dozen men-setsing
atide Charles A, who may not now be favor
ate hereof whom the land is proud.
h, you leave blank. Make IL Rufus King. II
the fact that there is a later Rufus King who
bears military title be fatal, you have the
names Of Amos Kendall and DR.. =. X. Kane.
We already have Lincoln Avenue. The
naTes Of Laureus, Lee and Livingston are not
confined to civil llfe, and are already pretty well
hCnOIed. Aeriwether Lewis, the explorer,
would be the man, but he, too, had 4 son who
carried q sword. VIM. j. LOrnfss IL perhaps
the only unexceptiOnsble nan FOR L street.
y, which yCu |. ave blank, should stand for
joseph y. Nicollet, the explorer, who died in
tbs city.
I, thould mean Roger B. fancy or Daniel D.
TCmPkins
on the military aud naval side, while the
memory or Ellsworth is entitled 20 thu pro-
fcuHcess respect, the cold fact remains that,
dying in the performance OF what was hardly
his personal duty, he rendered the country no
Greet serVice, or none to speak OF. Andrew
Eilcotts would be an appropriate name unless
Ii. military service would be uGdGly exalted by
using II. IL be was nOE enough or . soldier,
there Is Jesse ID. Elliott. second ONLY 10 Perry at
the battle OF Lake Erie.
Gen. Grant i alive and already has . strsst
FAMED for him. Give street sOuth to Greene
or Gates.
II, which you leave blank, would have 70 20
to Gen. Hslieck or sam Houston or Commodore
another Hull.
Kno1's rame has passed extensively into geog-
rerBy already, and the average hsCkmAu or CQi-
20 know that Phil. kearney was soldier than
tfat KrOX vas.
/, which you leave blank, would belong to
NatbaDie Lyon or James Lawrence.
\, would seem to stand for Nobody. unisss
Ger. NegleJ should be kind enough 70 d., or
TIE name Of Governor Nelson, OF Virginia,
could be made to serve, or that OF the Nelson
whom Jefi. L. Davis killed would DO.
o, can be awarded to OfceOla or Miles O'RsiIiy
til Gen. ord gets ready for it.
For r there are Reynolds, Kichsrds2n, Reno,
and RiDRgOld,
I, would mean Up-a-stump, perhaps.
Ihtre Is = Van Rensselaer, FOR V.
While OF course there could be nOthia: sad
against the name OF cambridge, Ehica you
give, il would seem better, for this Purpose, 70
replace Ii with BsTney's, simply because much
more COuld be said for the latter. His mortal
wound WaI received in defence OF WashiD stOn,
AID his conduct at Bisdensburg gave Us all tbs
hCLCr we achieved there.
fair distribution or h0nOrg would also re-
quiTe that Sedgwick's name should 90 where
yCu pat SCOTS. e. II.
TIE THEATEKS.-TLe brilliant engagement
OF The great American comedian, John 5.