The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-21
TM1R HOUSE NUMBER.
suorID SEE THAT IT COW
-~sus TO THE NEW SYSTEM.
essv Enrfn-~r's Once wnI Give
The Necessary Information
- he Council Insists That rsu
n. the Re.f--ordinanee in Fsree.

-. aate~t dgetEm from tas city hafl
=. -ssv esuacii awake 70 tire Reeds CO
:. <,sw does rst propose that any olf
-. or rev eorasr shall get lost WIKI
: ,.e trsstY-ssght square niles % ins
--x.s,. surtacs legally csslxnated "a TIE
~ AZ Seattle. Two years ago the stree
-. ~ ths city we're svstersz,1ed ard
x,rnx the pAst year several thousand
-. were placed II s1-grdancs wtsh tA4
.~.s.r. ard noS the city council says:
.x~uber yczr houses correctly"
.~rar1srx 70 TIE ordinances passed Las.
.x.~x.v .txhf. and Row "a full force. every
.-sxsax n ne city south .. Salmon bag.
- s1yernnsn. canal route. ard TAka
r-.os must be Numbered forthwith n
=. s,esens Number t. Incorrect Il must be
<...xet to conform with the new sys-
40 eaperinteussn. OF the Water De
..~nsnt L. p. Toungs Il nov sx-oerss
s..s~rtsr o. street numbering. and tie
.vy engineers ofiee Is headquarters for
SIS, Information OF correct numbers
The Hieek system
n rsx system Is logical sequences %
=. revised pszn OF street naming and Il
= ,sa-ogxh conformity with =. Ire
,..~x syvsers. with ls numbers silove3
= n~s blocg, Is ths ruIe with specified
.-scssgns A number In allowed for
- twenty feet srontsgs. Even mum
=, Ar. On the nsrfhsFTv and sasteriy
a. AZ the streets and avenues. odd
e~ab~rs OF the soathsrly asd westerly
The Center District
rehzs TIE asatsg etstriet cf ne csfS.
-, = between Tssler way and Dsnny
ear fror the bay east to brssdsay ard
us,-sx, svsase t6sFs - huk single
<ssnxs from sha ca system. via. On the
.rssrsssns OF Txstsr way, Columbia ard
.~s.~ xsrssss neTth 20 Denny way. running
~sxsxsrt from First avenue 70 the bay.
r<..s ssrs<ts have had 4 series o. vest
.-ms~rs commencing with No. 100 =.
RI, svsnns ant increasing going west
-. thus exactly Duplicating the series
8 sunbsrs eastward from First avenue
r.S.r tie aew systsm frontzgss on these
~--ss. VII - numbered from numbers
I ga q down. goGns westward from
Fxvr- sx~rae Tnus on CcIumbts street,
=. rarthwest corner OF First ayenns Is
X a the northeast corner OF western
1890 No Is. the northeast corner %
n.s..oss aveaus Ne e. the northwest
sr~z,~ 81 Railroad avenue. No. %. ard
ar srseasIon westward would continue to
Gxhxr down.
~.v Ara from Broadway and MelFose
.~sruss toeI<ake washinEton-known as
i. ,.s, central dsstrtct-the changes
tsr ID. old system are considerable.
a Ar. strictly In conformity with the
runh~rsa series Of avenues. and TIE
sssssrsy extensions OF downtown
rrssss. Thus, all numbers on east ane
vast streets commences with NO. - al
E-easway. No. loo AT Tenth avenue. No.
"a q. Eleventh avenue and 50 on WITH
fSs numbered avenues 70 the lake Be
tusrr East Union street and East Denny
vsy thsre are sir tiers Of parallel blocks
v<ss az Broadway 20 Msirose avenue. On
- east sna west streets crossing these.
ssnbers consnsncs with s8 al Met
,osr avenue. continuing by the block
sxrsr~ 70 No so az Broadway. On the
sarsh sni south avenues IN this district
r4rhers correspond exactly WITH the
.ssxr-;own'' district Comrsncing
via No 100 at Yesler way. the numbers
srr.sss ror,hwmrd By the block syx-
ssss" slightly varied. 50 that the i9e
sErmsreinw from any given east
street. u always the same as from TIE
are street downtown" Thus. for In
sxnre. the block north from East Pike
street II the 100 block on every avenue
nss 81 Broadway. Just ss the block north
n Pie street IL the ISS block on every
sssrzs wsss % broadway. This rula
s1ss TIE numbers on avenues sn this dis
rlss. re~arsiess of the actual number
q siocks. north from Yssler way. upon
witch the old system was based In al
tssss In this district where houses were
ttrrsciiy numbered under the old system.
~ erly change necessary VIII he that
u ezs fgnre--ihe hundred
The south District
n TIE south elstriet-thst Is south -
yssls- vsy-the numbers on the north
a. south avenues are based exactly on
Ne ela system viz: Commencing with
We lH a. Yesler way and Increasing
fsikwsrt n the eastern portion OF
nas 9sstrict the plating = irregular as
esEearsa % TIE western portion. and unf-
Nrsasiy wia compel certain corrections of
szaesrs n that locality. Thus for sH-
rasce. THE h.ock south q Dearborn
srsst IL the So block On Twenty-fourth
Eeirt.sth avenue south. Just as L = az
So avenue sagth. This rule applies
va reference 90 al east ard west
rrtsts regardless of the number %
r0sks they may hs south ~ yssler way
rsasars9 along any particular avenue
srla avenue scath Is TIE controlling
eaea ard re "hlcck system" applies
'sxassrty along 80 ssss margin Nurs-
- eE f-ontaEez on tss east and west
sEesss soufh e yexlsr way are revised
y eesforu WITH ths numbered avenues
ssrd from FIRST avenue. Occasional
~. avenues IKE Occidental fbetween
.lft' a1e Second snd Maynard &C.
sssn sixth ard SEVENTH srs provided
- y ssf hundred blocks Thus. Jack
street. commences from 70. TO al
8 svsaue south $50 AZ Occidental ave
~ from Second avenue soutn. 80
LesFt avenue south. ard 80 OF -
$50 Washington. West q FIRST avenue
- re snre system governs IS vas
1ss@@std N TIE case ef Columbia street.
The North District.
,sas neTth e.ssrict--that = rerts II
10y nay sns East Denny way - sal
e&T TIE canal ars Lake Urior-hRs
- fas-iistr3cts fer uurs hzTfnE pur-
ss va 90 West Of Queen Anne ave.
81 Between Queen Anne avenue
eassAsks svr~u- gzruth CT Lake
- 81 Between rastlSks avenue
49, e lake Uasou( ana Lake VASE
- In ~ tAese saA-ssstrlcts tha
Faa 81 surnbsfa en- ths rorth ara s.l,ts
- $ base on TIE present system
eeHafrrncsnE wgth No 10 At rsnnv
a2st Deny wsy ana inerszsinS
,Nsfc according 70 tire *-ttock svs-
e. @ee@n Anne from ne1ny wxv -
- street ans Ffrss avenue rerth
s. 1eisr strest rarfh are fhs control
- a. 80 ~nunsrsds sprIy