The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-05
Proposed REMEMBERING of
the Entire City.
COMMITTEES PLAN.
Each Block to Be Divided Into
Fifty Parts.
TO ABOLISH ALL FRACTIONS.
Proposed Changes of Names OF
Streets as Finally Decided Upon.
The Last Great Act.

The Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors expects to spring grand coup
with which to put glitterlng period to It's
official career. Mr.. Day, It's chairman, is
an enthusiast on the subject of stralghten-
ing out the tangle of streets that results
from the duplication and misappllcatlon
of names, and he has given great deal OIL
time to perfecting plan to overcome It,
Some time ago this matter was called to
the attention of the Supervisors by the
Fire Depart ment because of the confusion
and delay that frequently resulted ID
locating fire. and an elaborate schedule
of streets that should be rechrIstened was
proposed. The matter was given all the
time and attention that its Importance de-
manded. All the streets wearing obJec-
tionable names were fitted with new ones,
and the resolution was passed to print.
The printing brought out cloud of OBJ
iections. They were all heard, and many
OF them were so full of force that they car
ried their point, 80 that the system was all
upset.
Then the committee got to work and
went all over its work, and has now CON-
pleted a new list containing such changes
as have been determined upon. and this
list will be acted upon at the meeting Of
the committee, will be reported to the
board at its meeting on Monday. and by 1t
will be again passed to print. Mr.. Day
hopes to see his res solution hna lily adopted
before the life of the present board ex-
pires
Not only that, but he has another scheme
which be has set his heart upon carrying
through-a plan which contempates the
REMEMBERING of the houses throughout the
city.
Mr.. Day has been working on this plan
for some time. The suggestion that some
change be made comes from the Postoffice
Department, which meets with great diff
culties in finding people because there are
not numbers en- Tough in block"
The use of fractions and letters to sup
plement a number to designate different
parts of a single building is the cause of
many letters going asray aud Of the loss
of much time on the part Of letter-carriers,
for the writer's seldom put more than the
plain figure upon the address-pro baby
because they are not advised to. People
do not like to say they live at "1342" or
"64 A." because it carries the idea TO their
that their quarters are
cramped, and so they leave of the fraction
when giving the address to their friends
and take chances on the carrier hndlng
them. This is Mr.. Days argument.
Besides" he says, sit is all awkward
and confusing aud there IS no need of it
being so. My plan is to divide every block
inf a
parts and simply give to each OF those
parts number.
''As the numbers run now the house on
the end of the block is generally 49. 149,
249, as the case may be. All through the
block you find fractions and letters to help
out the numbers for the upstairs flats.
With the latitude of 100 full numbers in
each block why is this necessary? Under
our proposed system every building will
have all the numb ers it can possibly re-
ouire, and the last in the block will IN
every case be nun Der 80 instead of 49. We
also propose TO have the number OF the
block painted on every lamp post, so that
persons at night may di scOver where they
are at and people driving may 90 so WIN
out getting out of their vehicle. rms
system was long ago adopted In Boston
followed a good example and did away
with nuisance"
Following are the latest proposed
changes in The names of streets:
Anderson SIT eet to Bernal avenue.
Bernal street 10 Shotwell street.
Blaine street to Eugenia avenue.
Boise street TO PeIalia avenue.
Bruce place, from Folsom street south, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets, to Harrison
avenue.
Bryant avenue 10 Bryant street.
Butte street to Nineteenth street.
Byington avenue to olive avenue,
Byron street to Brewster street.
California avenue. from Coso avenue east
parallel 10 Precta avenue. then turning south
parallel To Folsom street, to Bernal avenue.
California avenue, from North avenur east,
parallel TO Ripley place, 10 Esmeralda avenue.
California avenue, running southwest parallel
TO Army street, then turning south parallei TO
Columbia place, to Peralta avenue.
California avenue, from Army street south,
parallel TO San Bruno road, TO Utah street,
Capitol street (Rairoad Homestead Associa.
tlon) TO Capitol avenue
Caroline street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, to Harriet street.
Caroline street. between Ninth and Tenth
streets, from Howard street TO termination
south OF Folsom street. to DOre street.
Cherubusco street to Elsie street.
Ci:y Hall avenue to Cily Hall square.
Clarke street, between 1hirtetn ana Inlrty-
first streets, TO Clarkson street.
Clinton street TO Harriet street.
Columbia place TO Alabama street,
Corbe road TO Corbett avenue.
CorteZ street To Rutledge avenue.
Creek lane. between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets, to Erie street.
Croker street TO Clipper street.
Croker avenue to Clipper street.
Dame street 10 Church street.
De halb street 10 Peralba avenue.
Dunklrk street to Schuyler street
East avenue 10 Highland avenue.
Edgar place (Lakeview) 10 Edgar avenue.
Ell Dorado street, from Eighth street west, to
Fifteenth street.
Elm avenue between Haight and Waller
streets from Buchanan street to Webster
street. to LauSsat street.
Epstein street to Masonic avenue.
Eugenia street 10 Eugrnia avenue.
Eugene street. oil Point LobOs avenue, to
Masonic avenue.
Everett street TO Natoma street.
Fair Oaks street, between Guerrero and Do
lores streets, from Eighteenth street south to
near Nineteenth street. TO lakewood street.
Falcon road to Falcon avenue.
Figaro street to ErancOnia avenue.
Ford street TO Dorland street.
Garden street 10 Harriet street.
Grand avenue, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, to Grand street.
Gunnison avenue TO Harrison street.
Hearst street 10 Lake View avenue.
Heath street 10 Utah street.
Henrietta street to Eugenia avenue.
Hope street to Rutledge avenue.
Hubbard sill eet 10 Hawthorne street.
Hunt street 10 Natoma street.
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