Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-07-12
NAMnS NEED REVISION.
TITLES OF BOROUGH STREETS ARE
sOMEWHAT CONFUSING.

Conn etc List of the Thoroughfares of
Town hows That There Are Many Du-
pIieat lus ard Misnomers-One Name
Used for Four Different Streets.
The b naming of many of the streets
Of FREQ and is something which must
soon bc considered by the council. At
present here is a duplication which has
already ed to some confusion, and this
is bounu TO increase according as the
town grows in the newly-anncXed sec
tions. With the addition of Alvin town,
South Tebcrton and the Schwabc, Birk-
beck aEl Rudewick tracts there came
a numbr Of streets with names similar
to thor ghfares previously opened in
the old borough, and since there must
be a rrnaming of those at least, the
qucstior should be taken up for the
whole town and a system of some sort
laid doS for the future.
Chest ut is now the name of four
streets inside the borough limits The
origina Chestnut street is so well known
that its ocation need not be described.
There IS however, one in Alvintown,
another on the Hill and the fourth
is On he Schwabe tract. As prop
erty is frequently changing owners
on thes streets, and the street names
appear the boundary descriptions, the
danger Of becoming confused in the
location Of the land is quite evident.
Int h,., L.,
Ilebertr J map, Front one in Alvintown,
while G * and Maple are the titles of
prospet i've resident streets in both
the 40 Jhwestcrn and northeastern
parts 0 the borough. One Pine runs
north and south through town, while
two Of he same name parallel each
other est aud west. Elm is pretty
name, | t one Of them is enough. Ridge
street AID Ridge alley are not the same,
buJ peo lie are liable to think so. Wash
ingtou treet becomes Washington av-
enuo af ar il crosses Foster street, while
Foster $ designated as Market street,
west frm Ridge.
The editions to the old borough limits
have made some of the names of its
streets uite out Of place. South street
is not the southern boundary of the
town, 1t once was, neither is North
street he northern limit. One of the
Front trccts is in the centre and the
other, in Alvintown, is equally out of
place Nth that name. Division street
does nat divide anything in particular,
none the Main streets is the main
street 4 Freeland, while those called
after ecs shoot ont in every conceiv-
able di ecti0n.
Thes few illustrations taken from the
many -uumGrS which exist 90 to show
that 'rraming Of majority of the
thorou hfares is in order at any time.
Below Yjll be found Il list of all the
streets Of the borough, which will help
to prov that there is no system about
the nal,cs. only those which appear on
the ma Of the different plots which
form q H town are given:
Adam 4, Birkbeck, Burton, Carbon,
Centre, Chestnut (D, Clay, Cunnius,
Di1iSio Elm C9), Fern, First Foster,
Fourth Front (9), Highland, Hillside,
Johnso Laurel, Luzerne, Main (2),
Maple ( }, Market, North. Oak (2), Pine
(3), Polar Ridge (9), Second, South,
Spruce Third Walnut, Washington (2)
and Wi ow
The rinctpal street of town, Centre,
has M me which is appropriate, if not
high-so' nding, and it has retained it
along il entire length, from the Coke
addition to the northern limits, dis
tanee nearly two miles.