The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-26
SOUTH BROAD LIKELY TO GO.
oGLETHORPE AVENUE WILL PROB
ABLY TAKE ITS PLACE.

Alderman CharItOn's Proposition 10
Change the Name of the street In
dorsed by the Mayor and by the
Park and Tree Commission - The
Council VIII Not Make the Change
Until the Residents of the Street
Have Been Heard From.
Alderman Charlton's proposition to
hange the name of South Broad street
to Oglethorpe avenue meets with favor
and again it doesn't Many citizens are
DESTROYS of seeing this important thor
oughfare given a more appropriate name
while on the other hand many others are
inclined to cling 10 the old name for the
sake Of sentiment and tradition, and many
simply because it is old. The councilmen
appear to favor it and unless strong oppo-
sition is brought to bear it is very likely
that the change Will be made.
Mayor AIeldrim, when spoken to yester-
day, said that he viewed the proposition
with favor. 1t would be an entirely APP
propriate manner of honoring the founder
of Savannah and of the colony, he said.
Il do not favor needless changes, said
TIE mayor W ME uttiu II CtttAltls
proper to change the name of South Broad
street to Oglethorpe avenue I would oppose
a change in the name of Bull street which
change has also been suggested from time
TO time. Bull street commentaries a
worthy man who was an historic charac-
ter and one Of the early benefactors OF
the struggling colony. That is why 1
would oppose any change in name for that
street. South Broad street, on the other
hand commentaries nobody and signifies
nothing. 1t once signihed the southern
boundary of the city and now it is in the
northern portion"
The park aud tree commissioners, who
are doing so much for the improvement
of South Broad street, also favor the
change as beng more in keeping with the
dignity of the street. DR.. Stone, chair
man of the commission, also said that he
favored change, but that he thought
Live Oak avenue would be more suit
able name, this being what the commits
sion intends to make the street. Commits
sioner Ellis also said that he favored the
change.
Several citizens, who were spoken to-
some of whom are residents of South
Broad street, said that since the division
OF the city east and west on Bull street
they thought a change advisable, as an
East and West South Broad street togeth-
er with an East Broad and a West Broad
street were likely to be confusing. Only
one man was found who said that South
Broad street was good enough for him"
4 member of the Oglethorpe Real Es-
tate Company said that council had best
go little slow in bestowing the name OF
Oglethorpe avenue on South Broad street
as the company had already pre-empted
the name for street running through the
company's property in the southeastern
section, little to the north of the line of
Eighth street, and the name now appears
on some of the city maps. The name of
this avenue could not be continued to
Eighth street he said. because it varied
too much from the line of that street
The council is not likely to make any
change until the people interested are Civ
en- full opportunity to express themselves
The council is of a progressive spirit, how
ever and if the members consider Ogle-
thorpe avenue more BETTING, the improv-
ca condition of the street they are likely to
make the change.