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

not certain chat the difference IN calling
them avenues and numbering them Will
not be more confusing than the present
names they bear. APPERsoS IL Go.
Avenue rIan End orsed.
We very readily endorse your sugges-
fions regarding the streets in the west End,
and believing IL to be much peter than
the present arrangement. wouia suggest
that az the streets 90 mol run AIM an,o F9n
shee westward. calling them, north OF
Broad North avenues, and south OF broad
South avenues. W. N. BaAGG Il Go.
The Avenue system.
To remedy the difficulty Of locating
places west Of First street your plsn tor
calling ell the streets west OF FIRST ave-
m,ea and numbering them, 10 the only
practicable one that think OF. As 70 the
streets that do not connect nortn ana
south and those that run diagonal l sus,,
ccst that they be called avenues also, ana
be named as Henrico avenue. Hanover ave
"N'' ALBERT L. WEsT.
The Centre-SfFeet Plan.
II strikes me that If any change can be
made now II should be upon the basis or o
line through the centre OF the CITY nOrtH
and south, and streets on the cast sl1e OF
said line should be designated first East
street, Second Fast. and so on; anu On ,i nc
west side, First West. Second West, and 80
or course this north and south line
should be a street and might be called
THoMAs RUTHERrooRD.
The Council should Take Hold.
Twonld ike TO see our City Council take
hold of the subject. They once appointed
committee for this purpose, but y never
reported. like the idea OF numbering the
streets that cross Broad west OF Adams;
hs businese advances west on Broad 1t Will
be still more desirable that they should De
numbered. The agitation Of tnls subJect
NAV interest and attract the attention OF
the public TO the growth and advancement
"'' JANIS II. CEEEsHAw.
Alphabetical System or Avenues.
The present system is bod one and rem
dere il almost impossible for strangers or
one unfamiliar with the western portloh
of the city 10 find the way. can tnink
of no better nomenclature for these cross
streets than to call them avenues west
OF First street or to name them alter the
letters of the alphabet" B." &c"
nc IA less likely to confuse. When our
CITY becomes of such magnificent proper;
tions az TO exhaust the alphabet IT WIZ
then he time TO revise the whole system
aud number these cross streets rom east
TO west. NJ ,. DihAoOh'
The Avenue Plan tho Best.
II seems TO me that the proposition to
name tbe streets west Of First street
avenues is the most practicable solution
of the difficulty We all experience IN de-
signaling locality in the West End.
Wbile these avenues do not always con-
meet north and south of Broad street still
IL would he great improvement on the
present plan and may materially assist any
future system That might Inc devised; or
the streets might be called west First, west
second. west Third. aud 30 on. but ! much
prefer the first mentioned arrangement. IL
il n matter that requires careful Thought,
and hone plan will be evolved that
will be an advance upon the present sys-
TEN. ID WHILE
Ninth Street as a Dividing Line.
have long advocated dividing the city
at Ninth street. Let this be called centre
street, and then proceed to number cast
and west from Thirst street East ana
First street West, and so on.
Ninth street il the natural divide
Glowing Richmond and Manchester by
way of the Free bridge.
The changes recently made in many lots
compel number of houses to be desIG-
mated by half-numbcrs, which Is. not de-
sirable. as it gives the impression that sucn
are small lots.
Very many houses are now numbered
wrong. and there can be no better time
than now to correct the trouble.
'--'''' 49, Il. NJ. QUARLEs.
An Evil to BE Remedicd.
We have no particular plan or scheme 70
advance as TO new arrangement for
Naming streets. but we are decidedly IN
favor of some change that would obviate
the present difficulties, especially west OF
First street, and make more easy the desig-
nation OF localities.
The present and prospective growth OF
the western part of the city makes IT ep-
Darent that some new system should be
adopted at once.
The suggestion that the cross-streets
west of First be called avenues and mum
bered First, Second. Third, &c.. is good
one, and would much simplify matters,
and the short streets Though all should be
opened where possible) could retain their
present name. DENooN, UPPER ~ 20
The Evil Irremsdiabie.
The question of adopting comprehen-
siye and expressive system OF nomencla-
ture for the cTOss-streets west OF FIRST
has engaged my attention more than
once of late years. BY reason OF their wide
departure from conformity in the northern.
middle. and southern sections of the west
End. where for instance the cross-streets
north of Broad are narrower than those
south Of that street and the squares over
there being shorter. there are more cross
streets than in the territory on the south
and then those south of Park avenue run
in different directions from, and IN most
cases are not in continuation OF those north
of said avenue. therefore conclude that
no system can be adopted that Will mate
rally, if at all, better the deplorable con-
dition of street designation at present eX-
listing. n. W. DOVE.
Thoy Can Always Count.
Old people forget names. but do not for
get how TO count. If the streets west Of
First were called avenues and numbered,
beginning with Foushee as First avenue,
would find no difficulty III getting TO any
! part of the "West End" without getting
lost. ~.
For thirty years | have watched the
growth of Richmond. and "Screamersvllie"
was once familiar to me, but since 1t has oeen
swallowed up by forests of cherry, laurel,
beech, plum, and pine, I'm lost IN the
woods"
run entirely through the city, out the
principal thoroughfares are cut by them,
and that meetsthe objection to their be-
ing called avenues. Where they do not
ioin LEI such be called avenues still, but
maine them after well-known men.
Polk MILLER.
East and West Richmond.
Make First street the dividing line be-
tween East and West Richmond.
This street is nearly straight line and
extends clear across the city limits; Then
number the streets running parallel with
| FIRST street westward the same as they now
are eastward.
Foushee street would be Second street.
| West Richmond; Adams street would be
| third street. West Richmond; Jefferson
street would be Fourth street, West Rich
mond, and so 80.
SoS-ExrENpINd STREETS.
| Some Of these streets do not extend
through, but if they are extended (Which
| should be done) they will connect with
| other streets north of Broad running in
| the same dlreetion-for instance: Foushee
| street continued would connect with st.
| James street; Adams street would be con-
| tinuous with st. John, aud so on. After
| these changes name all irregular streets
running oDliquely avenues.
| B.J. BLACK.
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