Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-20

slon 80 massii,lc. Eeividere street would
then be Sevsath avenue. Pine street would
he E;ehth avenue. Laurel street would De
"' 70 bis syatem Is adopted in few years
VA would see the practical benefits to he
Ssr,ved and there would be far less trouble
in strangers finding their way.
=" ''' 80 FsAxK ID. Hill.
views of y weli-Known Engineer.
Unon n careful study of the map of the
citv' The only possible method OF M
proving the CONFUSING noinehcLhlure .nus
now exists of the streets IN the western
,,ort nj the city that | can suggest - 10
TIC Road street ma the dividing line
nnrth end south and calling the cross
streets az has been proposed, avenues.
p,t l., mako this work they will have to be
dsa;rvs.sd avenue north or south. thus
Fonehee street from Broad south would be
First avenue South, as tousnee street
does not exist from Broad TO Clay; from
CLAY to the corporation line III Woul9 DE
First avenue North. Belyidere would be
Ssyn,tb ovepuo south. and Smith street
Seventh avenue North Mhere shott or
;rreonle- streets exist would use fractions
or jet them retain their present name.
Reservoir and Morris would nave to be
'''" ' 4. L,sasTAFT JOHNSTON.
Civil Engineer.
r,s- Johnston has worked out his plan
on n map and left it at the DispGeh ohice.I
Chance for the Growth OF the city.
where there are two streets in the same
city bearing the same name complications
v.ill CONTINUALLY arise, especially with
strangers.
II seems TO me as the most important
+horouchfares run enet and west that all
streets RUNNING in those directions ought
TO be called avenues and those running
north and south called streets.
NUMBERS.
7 think a good way Of numbering the
streets is rs follows: Commencing at FIRST
street and Going east naming the streets
Second street East, Third street Fast.
&C.: then west Of First name. foushee
Second street West, Adams Third street
West. &c. =, .,,
Tbis piyes n chance for the growth of the
CITY without going up in the hunureds Ior
the names of the streets. The avenues
(commencing at Broad street, could De
named in the same manner.
Nos-coNSEcTrgG STREETS.
think the difficulty with the short, nom
connecting streets could be met with by
naninc them one half more than the pre-
ceding streets--thus, if the preceding
street is Fourteenth, name the short street
Fourteen and "a halt
bope some satisfactory plan will he de-
cided upon. though | think you have IN
dertaken n hard job, as Richmond IL one
of the most irregularly laid of cities III
'''' = '''' GEORGE Z. CEAwroRD.
Too Much Confusion.
Jhave often thought Of the poor arrange
mont for DESIGNATING streets west OF FIRST
-, .raIl n. ttOca aact Of IlIrfV-CITtl
street.
In tho city there are two Adams: two
Washineton. two Third. Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth. and Seventh streets.
In the CITY and on our suburbs there are
two Franklin and two Cedar streets. There
Is a Park avenue and Park street, whlch
arc often confoundcd. i think 1t wonid
lead to much confusion TO have FIRST
avenue and First street, as has been sug-
gested.
PLAN.
would suggest that we commence in
the extreme east line of the city, with, say.
Fortieth street $50 "a to give room for fu-
ture eastern GROWTH. and number all cross
street cOnaocutiveiy.
This would make Lombardv street the
western city limit, about Seventeen street,
and the Boulevard about Elshty-seconc
street.
This, in my Judgment. would he, bic
advertisement for the city, as 1T would give
an idea of its magnitude.
SHORT STREETS.
Where short streets intervene. "a is the
case in the western part OF the city. both
north of Broad and south of Cary street,
they might be called ~ street north or
37T street south. as the case might be, as
is done in Washington city.
This Of course would meet with much
opposition because Of the cost in changing
house-numbers. but ultimately 1t would he
great convenience.
am very glad youare agitatin@ this I'M
portant question. l.. a. CArLIN.
Valuable Suggestions from One VINO mas
Given II Study.
have for long time been in favor of
naming the streets by numbers IN the
West-Epd and calling them avenues =.
BY calling Foushee Centre avenue "
and Adams street First avenue the present
house numbers could be largely retained.
These avenues should he numbered IN Sc
quence as they cross Main street and the
system could be carried on indefinitely.
THE ODD STREETS.
The odd streets north OF Broad and Park
avenue and south of Main should receive
the name of the avenue whose proloDga-
ton comes nearest them. and IN the few
cases where they do not approximate the
extension of any one of the regular system
they should retain their present names but
be called avenues" IN order to indicate
that they are in the West End.
The house numbers, however, should be
controlled by the regular avenues, and
where these avenues don'trun through the
houses should be numbered just as If they
did.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
For instance, Laurel street would under
this system be Eighth avenue. When
it reaches Broad street there is no street
which even approximates its prolongation,
and the present Graham street would pc
come Graham avenue. No. 800 west Clay
would be the house on the north side OF
CLAW Immediately west ofthe prolongatlon
of the centre line of Eighth avenue. Bel
yidere street would become Fifth avenue,
and Smith (Which is nearly on prolonga-
ton of Belvidere) would also be Fifth
avenue. Belvidere south from Main as tar
as the river should be called Belvidere
avenue, as it runs at an angle with the gen.
eral lay ont and could have no number;
l.. L. ID. MYERS, JR.