The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-17
OpDER OUT OF CHAOS.
SYSTEMATIC Plan ofStreet Names
at Last Adopted.
LOVING on CEDAR RIVER WATER
~s..sr.,uary steps 10 Securing the sup
ply-wsrTn Debate on street
Railway Franchises

- sa~ssr % the cltv council last
.-..sed an ordnance which provides
- veraualng ~ the streets As few
AZ nosrisHe rave been made. com
- vrsfn Tire nsw system which h7s
ssor,ef 5uf b. the new system
-. 20 street names are done away
an thorough fares which ru7 north
xorth are called avenues. and those
-s-9 east and west called streets. TIE
80 section 81 the city. bounded ~
- avenue. Broadway Depot street
"a - @a~bor furnishes the key 70 IRE
tvssera. and from iris section the cd
- u4ues are continued north. east
.assfA The streets bounding fhe cen
- rsrtsop ara deuomiuate6 ways
49, avenue Is Tesier way. Broadway
..sss a. e IS, ard Depot street -
.s,-vef 10 Denny way. Front street is
.sspg4a 70 arst avenue. and the parallel
.,,ssts. Second Tsird, etc. are Second
r~s r ~ avenue etc West street IS
sswes western avenue
- Yppn-t % the street committee.
-ss,s accompanied The ordinance. covers.
general way, TIE raw plan, and eE-
rsains As fnlolws'
- 49, f~w raanEes. IN the central por-
-. ne numbered streets are changed -
..r,,ss Frouf street IS named First ave
West NfEnff- " ftNF+Tn avenue am
u.,s, ,s~ees. Elliott avenue To avoid
,z,re,tss. Grant stree. in North Seattle
!. .sargpa 20 Eav street. Lake avenue 70
r.-sf street snd Cedar street fnear the
.en-+honxel % Spruce street
sAs an illustration of the manner IN
rssrs he oil names 81 the central portion
- szsea8ed north. east and south. take
80 rsss Of Second street: under the gen
srsi ruls Z Is changed 70 Second avenue
sssxesa TN.alsr avenue and Depot street
..s-ra Of Demo. street Poplar street and
.srarsaus northeriy extensions It becomes
s~.ens avenue north. In like manner
esufh Third street % the southern city
fr,ss becomes Second avenue south. This
.ssfeyr piar continues IS far east as
ssrfh street Cor avenuel. In order 20 pre-
ssrva TIE uniformity or numbered ave-
rnss sogth o. Yesier avenue & Is neceS-
.rv that Williamson street becomes
-erfh avenue and South Twelfth street
-snsh avenue south Hence. the triangu-
i.r section east % Ninth street and west
81 Broadway Is worked out with cbarac-
,srs-fse names. preserving the existing
raHaes where possible From Williamson
street esst 70 Lake Washington. the num-
tered series or avenues continues unbrok-
Or The avenues having the suffx south
snf north respectively, south OF Yesler
avenue and north Of Depot street.
IN TIE case 81 the east dftO west streets
take Columbia street. for instance. which
retains is present name as far east as
Broadway. Edes street and SIS various
easteriv extensions 10 Lake Washington
becomes East Columbia street. This sys-
TEN OF predxlug the word East applies on
si streets ncTth Of Yesier avenue. the
change occurring where the direction OF
the street breaks from the northeast 70
east North Of Depot street. 3 SINH
a.. T..
al streets as they cross Albert street.
Albert street. Lake avenue and Green
street. as far as the Brooklyn bridge. are
changed - Eastlake avenue: Eollin street
ard Lake Union boulevard. as far as Ere
mont. are IN like manner changed 20 West
lake avenue.
west OF Temperance street is a separate
district. having TO connection with the
central section. and may be termed a west
district. A uniform system for this dis
ffict r. proposed. calling Temperance
street. Queen Anne avenue, and the various
streets to the westward. viz: Banner,
Light Victory. etc, are termed First av-
snae west. Second avenue west, Third av-
saue west etc
'~Tht changes above outlined Indicate in
a general way the plan proposed All de-
tails are worked out upon the map here
With submitted. II VIII be noted that there
h&F Hut rev CllatlEEH hkl1ER4iR the east anu
Sest streets north OF Depot street and
south OF Yesler avenue. except such as
SeTe necessary q avoid Implications
Eve have taken into consideration only
that portion OF the city lying south OF Lake
Union and the canal route 70 Salmon hay.
aad as far west as TO include all OF Gil
mans Smith cove addition. The ordinance
submitted herewith embodies each proposed
change IN @ separate section. so that the
natter can be considered seriatm by the
eoancl"
The report OF the committee was adopt
81 BY the council ia Joint session. and the
ordnance was passed by each house sep
sFately.
In Joint session the assessment rcll for
re Improvement Of Anna street was APP
proved after 2 lengthy discussion. and an
agreement made whereby the city shall re-
taie 20 The property owners on the street
ne cost Of four catch basins which were
fai IN but claimed 20 b. unnecessary. +.
= blaine objected 90 the assessment on
ne part az the property owners. on the
ksa3nd that the proceedings were irregu-
iAF And unnecessary. and Thought that the
natter should he referred % a committee
tT a compromise Tho council thought
ne only thing 10 De done Was 20 allow
taa rebate