The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-14
FAVOR WHITNEY AVENUE
IMPORTANT RECOlLMEN DAYTON OF
 COMAEIT1,EE ON STREETS.

gross Avenue to be Known Hereafter as Whitney AVenue-Action Taken on Other Street Matters.
 Despite the steady down pour of rain last evening the general committee
 rooms in the city hall were not half
 large enough to accommodate the many
 citizens who desired to be present at
 streets. Among those present besides
 the members of the committee were
 Mayor Hendrick, ex-Mayor Sargent, Se-
 lectment Brown, Theron A. Todd, Prof. Irving Fisher, Prof George D. Watrouss
 Prof. Jenkins and number of others.
 There were eighteen petitions to ba considered, but the one which provoked
 the most discussion was that of Jacob
 B. Ullman for changing the name of Church street and Whitney avenue to Congress avenue. In support of his pe-
 tition MT. Ullman stated that the three streets, Church street, Whitney avenue and Congress avenue formed the onlY direct thoroughfare from one end of the city to the other, and that in order to avoid confusion the three should be- combined under one name The peti- ton was also favored by Isaac Ullmans a brother of the petitioner.
 There were, however, number of remonstrants against the petitions Among them was Prof. watrous, who said that he could see no reason for putting the three thoroughfares under one name. Whitney avenue" said hey lis named after the man that has cer- tainly done great deal for New Haven and I am not in favor of obliterating his name from the avenue. certainly favor keeping the present names of the three thoroughfares, but if the commits tee should decide that one name was preferable let that of Whitney avenue be preserved. Can anyone tell me why we should name the whole stretch after congress, especially at the present time?"
 At this state of the proceedings Coun- cilman Ullman, a member of the com- mittee and a brother of the petitioners called Prof. Watrous' attention to the fact that the name of Reynolds streep had recently been changed to Maple, to which the professor replied, 'Yes but the change was made at the request of all the residents on that street"
 Ex-Mayor Sargent also opposed the changing of the name of either Church street or Whitney avenue.
 Richard M. Avery protested against the change of name and presented re- monstrance signed by numerous prop- erty. owners on Whitney avenue protest ie against any cytange of name. Select man R. A. Brown also opposed the pro- posed change. A. H. Kimberly op- posed the changing of the name of the streets to Congress avenue, especially because of the reputation that avenue bears. We all know" said he, "what that avenue is, but on Whitney avenue there is not a single saloon from the bridge to the lake. If this petition has been submitted in the hope of giving somebody job of renumbertng the why let us pay him to re- all three streets without any change of name"
 "So you object to the name Congress- avenue because 1t has some saloonsY' inquired Councilman Ullman.
 q certainly do, and for other reasons also," replied MT. Kimberly.
 G. B. Judson also opposed the pros posed change on the ground that if the name was changed it would depreciate the value of property on Whitney ave- nue and Church street. Tn executive session the committee decided to recom- mend that the three thoroughfares be known by one name and that the name should be Whitney avenue instead of Congress avenue.
 Attorney James T. Moran, represents ing Eli Whitney, the petitioner for al new street. between Whitney avenue and Prospect street, over the land of the petitioner and the Con- necticut agricultural station, pre- sented two layouts of the pros posed street. Professor Jenkins. repre- senting the agricultural station, op- posed one of the layouts on the ground that it would cut off a portion of the In reference to the second layout he was unable to state whether the station authorities would oppose 1t pr not. In executive session the corn- mittee decided to recommend the layout which did not cut off any portion of he agricultural station buildings.
 The committee also decided to recom- mend the following petitions: For the ayout and grading of streets west of Crescent street, and the use of the ma ,erial thus obtained for filling in Beaver ponds; for the extension of Stanley street, between Norton street and Win- .hrop avenue for grading and curbing of Edgewood avenue, between Hobart street and the bridge; for a sidewalk across Edgewood avenue park; for the of Union street, between Chapel and Wooster streets; for the and curbing of Sheffield ave- tue; for the extension of Wallace street ,outherly to the harbor line; for side walk on Gamer street; for cobble gutter md resetting of curb on Warren street, Wooster and Water streets, tnd for new street from Mansfield to street, between Sachem street Ind Hillhouse avenue.
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