Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-10
NUMBERS ON THE HOUSES
THE CITY TO GARRY OUT THE
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The L OK of Numbers in Many Parts OF
the cit, eourc.. at Great IDOonVeni-
ence-A New Plan Liz ely to be Adopted
Tor the hsrt~ru and " extern Sections
New signs Tor the Streets.
A suggestion was made by Alderman
Thomas Ia Council Wednesday night
looking 80 the REMEMBERING Of the houses
in the city. He stated yesterday that his
idea was not TO cnange tue pres ent system
~ all. but to m5rely carry it out. By the
present system each lot is allo we'd TWO
numb and the houses on a certain lot
on South Broad street, for instance, have
the same numbers as the houses on the
eorresp ouding blocks on Hull, Liberty,
Jones. Taylor and all streets running
east and west north of CASTOR. The same
system applies to the streets running
north aud south between East Broad and
West Broad. There are some houses in
that district that are unnumb ered or mis-
mum Dered, bat those houses are compare
lively few.
In the new section OF the city south of
CASTOR street and in Yamacraw and the
Fort the numbering has been done in
Bo.as-you-please style. There is no uni
torn system east of East Broad or west
OF West b. Dad or south of CASTOR. Col
l,ctors, drivers and the directory men
have tue most trouble with the irregular
ly numbered houses.
INCORRECTLY NUMBERED.
Mr.. A. f. Sholes in his directory Tor 1886
says that ''the lack of proper numbers
over very large portion of the city is
source of inconvenience, not Only 10 the
seeker after information buttothe publish
f.rs ., 10 al 40 hot 10
remarkable that the honorable Board OF
Aldermen permit Savannah TO continue
year after year the worst
numbered city Of its size in the country"
This criticism refers to the eastern, west
prn and southern sections OF the city.
Looking over the directory such attempts
TO locate house as the following are Of
ten seen: IS. 6. Anderson, I'd W OF Mont
gomery." Translated that means south
side OF Anderson street, the second door
west of montgomery. IL the houses were
numbered that house would probably be
2J3 Anderson.
IN TIRE SOUTHERN SECTION.
tits quite usual to count up to ten on
either SHE from given street, and on
Stewart street they count up to twenty
six on the north side from West Broad.
The residents on some streets count their
doors from either end OF the block, on the
same principle that the old Romans d d
their days from either end of the month.
Out on one OF the streets south OF the
Park extension the residents started at
Bull street to number their houses, and
No. l was the first door west OF Bull on
the south side, whereas No. l should be at
East Broad. On another street citizen
built new house and picked out a num-
Der that he liked and put it up in gold leaf
over his door, Notwithstanding the fact
that the same number had been doing SER
vice for years on house three or four
blocks do ~ n the street.
ALDERMAN THOMAS PLAN.
Alderman Thomas plan is TO begin with
Anderson street at East Broad, and, first,
tnd what houses are misnum bered, work.
lng the streets north to CASTOR. When it
Is ascertHined just how many numbers
are wanted, the contract for paint
lug them may be given by the city.
Heretofore the city has done the greater
part OF the numbering, and it has
been found that the work is done
more quickly, more cheaply, more uni
i0rmly and satisfactorily tnan when it is
done by the property owners.
ON THE SIDES OF TIE CITY.
A suggestion has been made that the
streets crossns East Broad should be
numbered eastward from that street.
To FIRST door on BrOughtou street east OF
East Broad would be No. East Brough-
Ton street. such system is in use in
many cities aud gives rise to very little
sonfusop, while the present, which locates
,he houses by numbering them from every
GROSS street, does cause much confusion.
Council Will no doubt take some steps to-
wards REMEMBERING the city before long.
The city has on hand number OF street
signs which the Street and Lane Commit
lee propose to put up in place of signs
That are down or weather beaten. In the
central part Of the city, where nineteen In
every twenty persons know the streets,
there is no necessity for as many signs on
The corners as there is on McAlister and
Zubly streets. The committee recognizes
that, and in putting up The new signs they
will be put on at least TWO corners at
every intersection in the eastern, western
aud southern sections.