Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-19
"EAsr TEMPLE, NOT "MAIs."
SALT LAKE CRY, Sept. 10. 1909.
EdtorDe'sro' Norsi

SALT LAKE CRY, Sept 10. 1903.
Ed'torDosrci NcrH
notice Ia your mention Of tho fro.
mems parade, 20 tako place on next
Thursday, that tho line OF march In
cludos EAST Temple" street / Ind
Toioronccs IN other parts u your paper
from Time 10 limo OF this same East
Tomplo" street.
seems to mo that tho continued use
Of ibis namo Is productive of no good
whatever, and has tendency 10 confuse
the public. No such street exists M
EAST romplo" In this city, except la the
city records aud tho columns OF tho
NEws. Aud oyon tho advertising col-
umus u the NEws all ignore this "East
Temple business, and usO tho word
"Nlain." our City Council have placed
signs on the corners, telling tho public
thai the name Of the street "Aiain, not
"Etst Iomple.n II thoro IL ono good
reason that tho NEWS has for calling this
street "stst Temple" instead ~ "Main,"
let w know n. Tho street should oithor
be called "Main" or East Templo.n II
the NIwS Is right, los tho street signs
come down. n the NEWS Is wrong. lot
u be- on the side Of the right hereafter.
lours truly,
oscAR GRosurLL.
Our correspondent will pardon W.
for Insisting that the continued use Of
the name EAST Templep for tho chioi
business street OF this city Ia productive
OF tho very highest good, since IL
seems 10 be the only meaps by which
the public shall escape being confused.
That the name IL upon the city
Teoordp, Mr. Groshell admits. Doesn't
he think It win be time enough to
change II in common ute when
the city records shall contpin resolu-
tlon or an order providing for such
changer As ~ the advertising col.
umns Of this paper "ignorinr THU
East Temple street business" that
has no force whatever. We do not eilt
the Advertisements that appear IA this
paper, aud arc not responsible for
their statements. They may apply
the name OF "All wool" to goods that
arc the vefiest "shoddy;" they may
speak Of "bargains" that other folks
would call "swindles;" they may say
they are doing busiuess on "whisky''
street, or "MAin" street, when they
really mean they hold forth on East
Temple street; Tut that Ia matter Of
choice with them, and as they pay fol
1t, We can afford 10 let them have II
their way go long as we knowingly
permit mo- one To be injured or imposed
upon. o. iutt about as much value ~
an argument 10 the fact that "Main"
street adorns the sigu-boarls that pro,
Ject from the sidewalk corners. The
committee or the palnler could just ~
well have put any other name, since
they or he took the liberty OF departing
from the city records In the matter. IL
10 perhaps unfortunate that they were
not compelled 10 undo their impudenCe
In tho ease Of East Temple street as
Mr.. GrOshell will remember they were
compelled TO do In the matter Of South
Temple street, which they imperti.
nently presumed on their own
authority 10 label "Bhgham" street.
Finally, the NEWS agrees with the
suggestion that either one name or the
other should be- adopted into universal
us; anu us We have been unable to
learn that We are wrong In adhering to
"East Temple" by all means lot
"Main" come down. Ordinary good
taste would tuggest this; for "Msin"
Is the name Of the leading street In
almost every one.horse town In the
country from ocean 10 ocean; hut few
itauy cities In the land are able Will
any show u Televance to give II,
pretty AMI appropriate name Of Temple
to their main Ihoroughfara, Even
o den changed rs "Main street" u
"Washing.on avenue" Shall we dc
away with the stately ami dlalinouys