The state herald., 1901-09-13
Naming Washington streets.

The district commissioners have tax
en- formal action In carrying out their
expressed intention of adopting u
scheme of different street nomen-
clature for all thoroughfares outside
OF the city limits. The commissioners
are without authority at present 10 eN-
tend their system into the city proper.
but believe that Congress will take
some action looking TO that ,ud in the
near future, provided, OF course. the
national legislators look upon the step
as advisable.
North and south streets will be desig-
mated by numbers. the present city
system being extended into the coun-
| try.
East and west streets will he named
for distinguished Americans. Taking
East Capitol street as n dividing line.
and running north, names of one syl-
liable will be used. arranged on alpha.
| bttical order. Upon the completion OF
the one syllable series a two-syllable
series VIII begin. and upon completion
OF this three-syllable series. until the
northern limit OF the District of Co
lumbia Is reached.
More cxpllcitedly. 1t may be stated
that what Is now A street north VIII
become Ames street. once the limits OF
the city are crossed. In time the com
missioncrs hope to have their system
OF on-syllnble names extend into the
city for all streets north of East Capl-
| tol street, and the corresponding line In
the western section of the city. In this
way the designations OF northwest and
northeast would he done away with
II would simply he necessary TO state
/ q h.a a.
as prefix east" or ''west" In the
case of Ames street there would be no
West Ames street. A better example
might be cltod In II street, which under
the new system would become Hayes
street. There will he both nm East
Hayes street ana West Hayes street
II the plan ls ever adopted by Con
gress for application to the city.
south az East Capitol street aud In the
southwest also the letiered system will
he maintained. Under this scheme the
prcfixce north and south would no
longer be necessary. But this fei-
ture OF the ease has not YET been
reached. and the commissioners, while
laying proper foundation for the fu.
turc use Of the names In the city Itself.
are coniinlng their attentions TO the
streets that reach beyond the city lin.
iis and which are some DAY 10 be
opened when the highway act IL cnr-
ried Into effect. The commissioners,
ne stated IN their orders. viii mike an
Dounccmcni OF the names OF the new
streets oficinlly as soon ns formally
adopted. The list which Engineer
richards hiss submitted Is ~ follows:
One syllable stfcets-Amcs. blaine,
Clay, Dix. Ends. Foote. Grant. Hayes,
Jay. King. Lee. Meade. Nash. Ord.
Polk. Qunrl.s, Itusk. Scott. Taft, uhl.
Nnn.. Wift. Yates aud Zane.
One syllable places Ashc. Bell
nsrown, Chase. Dodge. Ernst, Field,
Gates. Holmes dlioe. iiowr,. James.
Kent. Low. M.igs, Neal. orth. Pierce.
Quail. Reed. Swain. Todd. IRE. Vail.
| ,Nroom,. Wayne. Yost nnd Inhm.
Two syllable streets Adams, Rry.
ant. Calhoun. Douglass. Eynrt-. Fui.
son. kenrncy. Lawrence. Monroe, OTIS,
Perry. Quincy. RnndDlpn. Shepherd.
Taylor. tphnm. Ncrpinnck. Webster.
ynnry. Iieglcr.
Two syllable plnccs-Alco,t lAStor,
.Nllohl, Benton. Claiming, Dana, E.l.
wards lEdmtindHl. Fremont, ,,Irnr,i.
Hooker Ingalls,. johnson. Kendall, Ia,
mnr lLognnl. Manning. Nowcumh Us.
good, Putnam. Qulninrd. Rogers. shcr.
mnn. Tyler. tpshur, Nlckcrs. Warren
lenmnn. Iniick.
Three syllable -,rcc's-Aillson. Nu
chnnnn, crittcndrn. Decatur. En.r
son. fnrrnnui, Gnllntin. Hamilton. In
graham, jefferson. Kennedy, i,onrfel
low, Madison. Nicholson. oglriiorp.
Peabody, QunckrnboH. iilitenhouse
sheridan. ruckermnn. Underwood
vnn Bur"n. Whittier.
Three syllable places audubon. nu,
ierwotib. Cameron. Davenport. Ever
cii Edlsonl. fcssehien. Gnrrlson, IInr
rison. ivorAon. trnlfer l<lng-bury
llnd-r1nnn. Montgomery. SicoIny
Ovcron, Patterson. pullman, Robin
son, Stevenson, TnfklnRloB.. tndrrbIIj
vennils. WonhlDgton.