The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
CONFUSING STREET SIGNS.
NAMES or sTREETS RErERSED on
ORR CORNER LTGH7S.


Commissioner Kenrny,s Now scbeme ot
placing street Names Mt Right ANGLES ia
h"'"H ~ S"e 'N"S'o' w
the stree"-it Enables Car Passengers
toseo Names of Streets They Are Crossing
Nlthln the past month inc Stranger withlh
our gates and the unfortunate resident who
: wandered into districts not familiar to him
' -, ',tl w -, ,I,'I
nave heeh hIlNe puH%'eu 10 discover tnolt
u%p s,smS ~, " u, W.. IT,, .a, mappen 1
10 30 ampp"s's 81 one n'na or "no,mer a. a.
;ng .the chonces were two TO one that they
.a,,Ia al, ,h. ,n,,,trar oono,otino t,tas ~ ~
those in the Bowery NJ Grand. Hester. Canal
md pov,rd.,trs.te wber. on one ser of po,ts
that stree. and the names of the cross streets
on me rlsh,-anelea 1T. 'nce, whi,e on inc o'ner
ser OF posts inc wo:n I"wery h'sno"n 'ne
"Grandr Hester Canal or "Bovard"
AZ n, ,he .,,,ha ~ ,,o
All over the horouEhs OF Manhattan and me
,,.,t II m ptreat sigr. bavo suddenlv nm
nIeu' ~ W P%3' etn9 nov u'' s "p
crossings where there arc no signs at all. Tn.
iss. thera is soms one r. question or n,s,inv
street cars whose painted designations indi-
cate:the thoroughfare they travel on. the wan.
dsrsr is lost and the more no tries 70 find out
his whereabouts by the corner signs the more
confused no Ia likely to become part OF this
coptuoto, ia duo 20 n, axpor;rort rrbioh in h.
20 uu' w ~ on i',r,o"' "i,'',, 10 'e
ing trieo by Commissioners Hehry = hearny
ing and Snppli.s and the rcst +. du. 10 whit
n anu ""pp.e9 "nu Wv II.' - u"' ~ ~,.''
bic condition OF the whole street lighting equip
ment OF tho city and TO his determination to do
away with the expense OF keeping Illuminated
the handsome, system Of street sign lamps Sc
Iected and put up by Gen. Coils during Mayor
btrongs administration.
Mr.. Kearny's personal experiment. with the
e,fee' cornel sIkns prsan id9' ia'l, ne no
tced. he says that whiIe riding np columbus
Though bo could sac columbus ,vanue" stnr.
IT,. 81, T. 49, ,o ,I,I,,I,. t,a,, ..an go
lamp. he could not catch tho sign indi.
eating tbe eros. street e,c.nt with great dim
eulty' II knew that I was nn CoIuImus AVE.
nue. said ar. hearny recently. and So dii
%Hs to- sgs Was wen we W wes
approaching or had arrived At t the cross street
whsre we %er" ,h to ESt out Then , It occurred
tor way around 50 as to bring INC names Of mo
cross streets . oposle 10 " ds we ro1e hiHhs
second street north to ;he end Of Columbus
avenue without making any public announce
nnn m an" ta "i haye % rnS Sr ,e hnt ms
verse rrltlciIin. ana mar came from man III
brooklyn. frlehus ana aclhalhtanccs nave
come 70 me WIN "ohEIatuiatl9hs. saving.
rms ~ thc most ronF"nlent chanKc ever
made why dldht somebody thlnk 10 90 II be-
IoreE me principal compliant that the
BrookSn writer lial TO MAKE was that me ar
Inngement was new ana had never been done
before Ia any city. | do not know that 1t is
any reason why q ming should not be done.
Irchuse IT. never has 'ern zone before, ana as
l hhu ever reason a. believe that my scheme
would prove acrertaMe to the public | gave
orders on JillN thht 't"ry, street lantern sign
In Manhattan should be changed IN accord
ancc win NV new Idei'.
:. Now am wtitlu: 10 InI out now the pub
ne In genera iiEeN j.. " ths public does not
ike y II VII COST n"thlnt .! hnre INC slEnS III
tne cln orler again. juSl as II mas Iost h9thinH
7, rhahGe lhchi. Ihe signs are an Attached 10
thH lantern, or ar cnsf are Tree from ne posts