The morning call., 1893-05-19
MIXED NUMBERS.
The MissiOn-Street Folks
Made Happy.
OTHER SIMILAR SUFFERERS.
Supervisors May Go On in the Good
Work and Cheaply Earn the
Blessings of Thousands.

| The people in the Mission are liable to
obtain relief in regard to the mixing up of
their street numbers. but they are not the
only sufferers in this respect.
Barbary Coast can boast of as many
beautiful idiosyncrasies and the mercan-
| tile part of the city is not far behind.
| The preface to Langley's Directory for
| 1893 gives some startling statistics. There
are in the city 372 numbers duplicated, 572
which are assigned to wrong blocks, in
some cases a mile from where they should
be, and 27S which are assigned to the
wrong side of the street. Post street has
No. 225 repeated three times, 223 and 235
repeated twice.
A hard drinker would be startled in
looking for house on Stevenson street in
the 1100 block by finding on the Odd-nunl-
ber side 177R, 1T. 1103, 1105, 110512, 80. 2.
81. 26, 25.
West Mission street is only one block
long, but some of its deniZens seem to
want to give the world an idea that it is a
street of great Importance, and run their
numbers from 81 to 1862. Point LobOs
avenue began at both ends, and has on the
1000 block mum berS 9, 80 and 1000
In many cases people have purchased
houses to be removed and carried their
numbers along. The people On Sixteenth
street must be afraid Of dunniug letters
reaching them, for on the 30 block the
| numbers are 70. II. 79. 81 and 2600. In the
100 block are numbers 100. 723 and 27OO,
and in the 101 block 2734. 2736 and 273S.
Edward Nj. Adams. the manager Of the
Langley Directory. some time ago EN-
ployed as canvasser man Of good edu-
cation who had gone down hill through
drink, and gave him as his first detail
Broadway. On the even-number side he
ran against the numbers running in the
wrong direction, as follows: IA ~ 10, 81.
s. 8, 6, 2. 3. q. and on the odd-number side
1, 3. 5, 51s. 5A, 9. 9A. 9A. 915, II, 13, IL, So.
a.. p, is, lG. 1872 1914 1614, IA, Az. u. 33,
80. SO, 81. 81 ana 31A. This was too much
went back to the Office and asked Adams
to have him sent TO the Home for the
lnebriates.
Barbary Coast seems to have a great
weakness for getting odd numbers on the
even-number side, and even number on
the odd-number Side On Mason street
they seem to ba enthusiastically odd,
for on the 1900 block are two numbers
1921, and on the even side of the 1900 block
four numbers 1921, two 14l9. two 1417, two
14l5, two 1907, and two 1405. while on the
1860 block is 1929.
East street runs along the front, on both
sides OF Market street, and is the cause of
more confusion than any other in the city,
1t should be named North East street
and South East street, north and south of
Market street respectively. and numbered
from Market
Market street itself cannot boast any too
mueE abont its numbering, for opt osite
the 200 block is the 301 block, and that sys-
tenn runs on up the street and is very con-
fusing.
In Liverpool they have Castle street.
North Castle street. South Castle street
anc Back Castle street, and use the same
system in other parts of the country,
They seem to rather like 1t too Bur 10
an American going there 1t is confusing.
Here We have an imitation of the same
thing IN Montgomery street, Montgomery
avenue. Montgomery place, MONTGOMERY
court and New Montgomery street. and
Mission street, Mission road, Mission
avenue and New Mission street. There
are many other street names duplicated or
duplicated in similar way. There is
probably not single old inhabita mt of the
city who has not walked miles through the
confusion caused by the many thorough
fares.
No expenditure whatever is required on
the part of the Board of Supervisors to
hnd out all the errors in the street num-
bering. They may belobtalned at any time
at the Postoffice or from The CALL
The Postoffice authorities some Time ago
got the Superintendent of Streets to an
point deputy to look into the matter, but
so much of his time was occupied in draw
ing his salary that nothing material was
accomplished.
The Board of Supervisors and the Super
intepdent of Streets could soon straighten
ont the tangle at practically no cost by
carrying out their present order quoted in
1HE CALL yesterday.
Al meeting of the Street COMMITTEES of
the Board OF Supervisors mum ber of resi-
dents Of the Mission appeared and earn
estly advocated the granting of petition
ior the adoption OF new system of num-
bering in the Mission.
Ihe delegation stated that there was no
sequence In the present numbering and
that the greatest confusion prevailed,
whlch was source of most serious incon-
Venience to bath resident and visitor
me petitioners asked that the board
remedy the evil by adopting and enforcing
uniform system of numbering.
1hey asked that in the region bounded
oy castro and Thirteenth streets, Potrero
ana California avenues the numbers in the
cross streets he changed according to the
system in the directory, with the exception
OF sixteenth street. which they want num-
hered east and west from Potrero avenue
they also asked that the streets running
north and south be corrected so as to
eliminate the duplicate numbers: that
numbers be provided for Berna Heights.
Holly Park ana Fairmount streets: that
the name OF Napa street, from Potrero
avenue to Harrison street. be changed to
twentieth street; TINT Albion avenue, be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. be
given another name; that Elizabei street.
between Guerrero street and San Jose ave-
nue., be renamed; that the eleven different
streets known as California avenue, on
Bernal Heights, be each given name:
that the street between Nineteenth ana
twentieth, Valencia and Guerrero streets
he known as Mission avenue; that Fair
Oaks street. between Eighteenth and Nine |
teenth. be changed to Fair Oaks avenue.
Inc members of the committee all ex-
pressed sympathy with the residents of the
district, and said they were in favor of i'm
mediate relief being given. The committee
then decided to refer the matter to the
SUPERINTENDENT of Streets and Surveyor. |
with instructions to adopt plan aud pre-
pare an ordinance putting it in force.
The residents departed well satisfied |
with the result Of their mission.
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