Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-17
COURTS AND PLACES.
A Plan 30 Better Designate what Are Nov
Merely Alleys.


Merely Alleys-
hKPoRrs or COMMITTEE AProrxrKp TO LooE
INTO rnn nArrra AND on srupno ~
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ouhdines EntSisie, General street. Inspector
Beggsand Secretary Tndail. appointed 10 devise
Q system Of naming" inhabited ALLEYS and sub
ordinate s.reets tod.x submittsd il. repor, The
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PiePa'eo y! me- Soneasues anu suoHitsso
scheme OF his own.
The report Of the committee and the report
uf Insnector Ept~;.Ie ara .nnend.a.
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Gentlemen. After , stnav OF all the plans
that have come under our consideration for
tne naming OF alleys and other subordinate
n,snwa!s IA .ne Dis,r,et OF ooiumpla. We are
adapted TO this purnose than sny other which
has rsce;rsS a,,u In. ny a,,.,.,S -.
sdontion' The ni.n in hr;af con,emnlatesN "
1. The classifying of ali nassaeeways less
than forty feet Wide as ..courts5 and Of All
subordinate streets of that or greater width a.
..places."
q Giving To each sncb conrt and nlsce n
name. the initial letter of which shall he the
letter which Is the name of the street border
ing on the south front OF the square in which
such court or place Is located
3. indicating NV carts;n sufs,e. A saia
names and a system Of house numbering The
square in which the court or place Ia situated.
and any particular portion Of or location I'M
such court or place Houses in court. and
places east of the Cnpitol 10 hear odd number,
and those in courts and nlaces west OF the Can't
toll TO bear even numbers.
The portion of the ,lan embraced In the frs.
eleven sections Is snecialIy Ies,ynea %, the
convenience of the yarious departments az The
District government. The modification of
those sections and the system OF bonse num-
berine pronosed IN the twelfth section are in
tended TO adapt the nlan 10 The snecial con-
venience of the postal denartments and the
public generally i'm The d;rec,;on ana d.iixsry
of mail and for misoellaneous nurposes
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hA II DETAIL Is As foIho"s'
l. 10 class all subordinate puohc passage
ways less than forty feet wide within squares
as courts and all subordinate streets simi-
la-lv located forty or more feet vide as
places" "'
= r. S,,hs;; Al,
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70 a., go IN go. 1i "a. anu 'he o'iier
2 Tbe co,,r,s =, .ho ~ .oma.a my; =. .,-..
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,oen. III o,'''.S ~ W wy gwen n'.les %
desicna,od b'. ,s - s,Ie ~ secaion w pe
Earh 80. ,ne So. nane 20 Vi "oine.
s,itr,- ,;s,;, ai,u VS. 'o" vi SauAfes w eoh
IT. q oe',,.,s se,ie s.
o. squares TO have the same generic name
6. The order of naming the courts in each
section to commence at the street parallel TO
snu neas. .re me wnlcn separates the sec,
sequence. according 10 tbe ;ni,;ais 80 ,,a.
names The initial Letter Of cob ,a,,s A.. ~
the letter which is the name 81 the strsst a.,
the soutb side Of the series of so,a-as =, ,,t;oh
the court il Iocatad oxcon, .oIr,s =, a',a.a
bordering the north s;da nf Esst ran;,o, -.
tine initial Letters Of a. $685. - ni;nh -, y
be II" All the cour,s in any On. s.,,a sns ~
have only one name and 10 he Regarded as ons
conrt O o "'" w NC 'esAfoeu As one
= Tbs cor-,s ,vos, ~ .,o -.,, .,
line intersecting tba Cap;tol shau ~ 49,.
pnisbad from, t6osa IN az c.. - 80. -
said line NV asix;na the wnrS W., oa'. 81 y.
breyitv tbe letter NJ. tbose sas, 81 80 a.. "a
be distinguished by atfixinr the word Fast or
the letter r. "A system of nnmher;na horsas
as another mode Of such NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., y
set forth in section l2l
& The courts in tbe 3;fferent s,r.r.. - .,,h
series to be distineuisbed from fha conr.s =,
other souares of The same series INV .n,,e,,S;r,,
to the name of the court. after the word or let,
ter indicatirc ito co.., o. -, ,a,;. -
number Of the streat on a.. 60. go ~ Ny
SQUARE excent in tho casas ~ conrts -.
diatelv west Of North Can;tol ana SUR Ca,;.e,
streets 10 which tbe ;n;t;als n n G. 49,
CanitoI and g q for south Ca,;,oi sh.,,Is A..
subioined f' '''01'N NC
VI rhA sfsrhM.
FOR an application OF this system take the
square bounded by New Jersey avenue, LIST. Il
and C streets southeast. Being south of The
east and west cardinal line the courts in ,hs
square would be designated bya woman's given
name. Inc street bordering on the south OF
me he osrs .ne name would oeSin with
and son,b cord;naf L. d. .ss WIG n9r =
ensyed and ,ha nnmhsr.d -, -, ~ a. NC
inc 3d the fipnre 2 wonld Ala ha s,,h;n;, ~
The entire desionation would thsrasoua ~
"Cecilia Court F3n We
o When contionons ;rr.cr,o-,,, ....s
blocks or sonares or t,.o - y, 49,.
or sonare are senar..sd ~, a,.,,.o D a..
sbon1S he reoardad as ono s,rare Nj my
letterea s,ree, ahnts Al. sn,,bt-,, g.. ne az. ho
sonare tbe Ie,tered stroe, 81 49,, III ot nv
crn ahnit;no h;ohwar ia ,ha raa.a.. n. soasn
mate nrolopoa tion shau govar, a. -, =,
the co,,rt i'm such sonara An ;nstanca 90 a.
wonld lie tba sonara hon,aad a., pa.,.'sI..D:s
aysnne r. al and Al" straa.D' rshi ssni y
street north wonIl he The an,sro,;raa,, eo,,.,,
ern boundary off sucb snnars ,,,dnr "a "a.
tom 'f 1' '@'N '''
m In...s. :, Ia s.,,,,.,s .s.-;,, ,....-
cn;sb fro,n each o,her AZ Lee, ~ =.
SrancbaS Of ~ on go, a.,aa;aiSs. -. ~
n;ai 49, :, ~, T. So, iol oni
- - ,,n,st'rs. AZ oeoni VI
- - a.. =, - Giuei Va euon usi
-, 80 AZ ~ 'ie oPenin6s VI suel
&c. aor,n ny .i. u rum we souln,