The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-21
HoUsE-NUMBERNG AGAIN.

1t seems from the continual agl-
tation which the City CouncilisglY-
ing the subject of house-numbering
that the ordinance recently passed
on that subject does not sit well
upon the municipal diaphragm.
Scarcely a sitting since the publica-
ton of that ordinance that some
thing has not been said or done with
view to amending or in some " ay
changing the system of numbering;
and the fact that the Council itself
is dissatisfied with its own act is the
best evidence in the world shat the
subject should be reconstructed.
But in reconsidering if it is done
and the present temper of the
Council seems to indicate that it
will bet is to be hoped that a sys-
TEN as nearly perfect as possible
will be adopted. There should be
no further change after that. AL
ready people are getting anxious for
the promised free postal delivery,
and there is much to do before this
can be successfully inaugurated.
The Importance of making NJ fur
ther misstep is therefore apparent
to all.
So much has been said and written
already on the subject that we
hesitate to offer any further sug-
gestion, but from perusaI of the
method which it is now proposed to
consider, we are constrained to give
the opinion that but little improve
nent will be wrought, unless the
names Of streets be changed to con-
form to the numbering. One of the
chief recommendations in the
former systematic one which is
now in force until another is
passed, is that the numbering be-
gins at the same point where
the naming of the streets IS COM
menced, viz: the southeast corner of
the Temple block, so that the num-
Der of the house, no matter how far
from the central or starting point,
always conforms to the number of
the street, g. G., a house situated on
South Temple street east, and nuns
bered 450, will st once be known to
be between Fourth and Fifth East.
True discrepa 1cy of 100 numbers
occurs in two of the cardinal points
north and West-buU this is a flaw
which has been sufficiently dis
cussed. The system now proposed be-
gins the numbering Of streets run
ming east and west at the extreme
western terminus of those streets,
so that number $50 on First South
street will be between Ninth and
Tenth west, or possibly Eighth and
Ninth instead of being between
First and Second west as it should be
A remedy for this would be to re-
verse the naming of the streets
making First West street on the
extreme western end of the city
The sane difficulty, too, occurs in
every other direction, 1t may be
argued Gas it is proposed to have the
numbering reach 1000 at the inter
section Of north and south
Temple streets, coming from the
west and SOUTH that all one would
have to do after learning number
and wishing to know its where
abouts from East Temple street
would be to subtract the number
from LOCO, and that would tell him
the distance in blocks, But oh, how
cumbersome! The bare explanation
makes one sweat. And there are
many obstacles, too. in the way OF
reversing the naming of streets, anG
taking everything into cOnsidera
ton, we are heartily in favor if the
Council intend to change the
numbering-of changing the name;
of all the streets as well
Indeed, unless the names of street.
be changed nothing will be gained
by a change in numbering. TIL,
present naming of the streets is
good one, and in the past has an
swered every purpose; but now new
circumstances have arisen-circum
stances which require change, TO
it is our belief that no perfec
method of numbering can be insti
tuted with the present naming o
streets.
Our suggestion IS this; That al
streets running north and south b
numbered consecutiYely, beginning
at the Fort Douglas Teserva