The Worthington advance., 1882-08-17
WHAT SHOULD BEDovE FOR WORTH

WHAT Z SHOULD BEDONE FOR WORTH
lNGTON.
1t is now settled that Worthinpton
is to be an interior railroad center, q
point from which railroads are to radi-
cate like spokes from the hub of y
wheel. 1t will soon be accessible from
all points. It is destined to become
quite u summer resort, not one of the
great resorts, but its beautiful lakes
and the beauty Of the town, with.
Its thousands Of trees, will annually
attract enough people who are summer
ing to fill several hotels.
In view Of this, we should secure the
much-talked-of drive around the lake.
Tie land should be secured now, before
fancy prices attach to lake fronts, and
the avenues should he laid out and grad
naliy improved. 1t will take years to
make Il first-class boulevard of the
drive, but it can and will he done some
time. This drive. If lined with trees,
on both sides, and kept in condition
for driving, would alone be great at-
traction to summer tourists aud more
over would add thousands OF dollars
to the value Of lands around the lake.
Some Of the land owners are not will.
ling to donate the right of way, but this
is the penny-wise pound.foolisl,, or
short-sighted policy. If the farmers
across the lake would give the ground
for wide avenue, line their own fronts
with trees, and put their residences on
the avenue instead OF back on the
other roads, they would at once add
hundreds OF dollars to tho value of
their farms. Moreover, if Worthing-
ton were i city of only i, 600, and it will
be that i'll 4 very few years, a large
proportion Of the lake front would he
in demand for suburban lots and resi-
dences ut high prices. We wish to
urge the point that no one thing will
do so much to make Wortlington an
attractive place rs the opening. of this
six or seven mile boulevard around the
West Lake.
Suggestion No. 2. 1t is probably too
late now to change the name Of WORTH
ington, but it has always been regretted
that it did not take the appropriate
Indian name of Okabena. 1t is not too
late, however, and is just the time to
change tie namc Of Some of our princi.
pal streets. 1t is lazy, niggardly and
shows great poverty Of invention and
public spirit, to sit down for years and
retain the mere numbers given by the
railroad company us Il matter of con-
venience in first plating the town.
These numbers for streets one way and
numbers for avenues the other way,
were mere rough draft, mere busting
mere scaffolding, used in get
ting tho town started. Our village
council should 1T once take the matter
of changing the names of the principal
streets under consideration. Now is
the time to 4" it, when Worthington
is emerging from the chrysalis state
and shaking the old shell from its back.
If it is not done it will always lie 10th
street one way and 10t:, ave. the other
way and strangers will be always con-
fused by the very meagreness and
poverty Of this nomenclature. Or
not nomenclature either, for up to date
the streets Of ""rthil :gton have not
been named. They have only been
numbered. The town has lepn too
poor to give names to its streets, lis
the 1Ioosi"r WAS too poor to afford
names fox lis children.
OF course it will be difficult to find
names to please everybody, but names
can be found which will satisfy the
bulk Of the property ladders and those
who are most interested in the town.
The lakes OF this vicinity. the tl,ous-
and musical Indian names. tho great
men of the country, and even some Of
our citizens, WHO lave been active ip
building up the town, could supply
names. Tenth street ought to be given
q name to indicate its character as
the principal business street, even if
we have to fall back oN the everlasting
Main street. Fourth avenue ought to
be called Miller street, in honor of our
fellow-towns,nan who passed on to Il
higher life last year, Gov. Stephen
Miller. The upper part of Fifth av.
has always been called IIumiston
avenue, and that name ought to be
given to the whole street through to
tho lake. for no man did 50 much for
Worthington as Prof. uumiston DUR
ing the first five years of it's existence.
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TIE IIIl;U SCHOOL CLAIM
Prof. Donav;.n has shown us cores
pondence with the High School Board
from which it is evident that there was
no negligence on his part, either as to
a personal examination by the proper
officer of that Board, or us to getting
the work Of the preparatory class before
the Board. A difficulty as to the latter
arose from the fact that, although an
authorized member Of the High. School
Board gave permission for the examilla-
tion Of our class ut the end of the term,
June 3oth, the Board held their meeting
July 1st, and the papers from this
school could not possibly come before
them. The status of the class is of
course an unsettled question. 1t is
probable that under such circumstances
our school may yet get a hearing. =
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