Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-19
MORE PROTESTS FILED
CITIZENS OBJECT TO CHANGE IN
NAMES OF STREETS.
Rule in Force Regarded as Establish
ed-ReasOns Why Present Names
Should BE Retained.

Four additional protests against changing
the names of the streets of the suburbs
were received by the District Commission
ers this morning. One of these is from
Mary E. Cowell of No. 102 LIST street.
Ithaca, N. Y, who writes: 81 wish to
enter solemn protest against changing
the name Of Yale street to Claiming. 1t
will cause no end CT confusion
Mason N. Richardson of 1876 Wyoming
avenue writes as follows to the Commits
sioners:
In response to the published request for
suggestions or objections in connection
with the list of new names of streets, !
desire to urge most earnestly that the
| name Of Wyoming avenue be not changed.
I base my objection to the proposed change
upon the following grounds:
IF 1t Is desired, as appears to be the
case, to secure sequence and uniformity
OF initial letter, it is noted that Wyoming
avenue Is a direct continuation Of what
would be w street, SO that nothing would
he lost to the harmony of the plan by re-
tanning name fixed in the public mind
In the nomenclature of Washington
streets there is no rule. not even the one
now proposed. better established than the
one that all the states of the Union should
be represented. In the change no provision
Is anywhere made for Wyoming and this
state Is stricken from the list, possibly
never again to appear. There Is no reason
why IT, should disappear. 1t is euphonious
and sweet sounding-not to be given lightly
away for the proposed name Writ.
Change Regarded as Unvvise.
'If it Is suggested that the name 'Wyo-
ming is not to be abandoned, but at some
f,,<,, he IA
bestowed on some street yet to arise from
some future subdivision, l would urge that
1t is unwise to dsutrb existing conditions
upon such a contingency. The street is
now logically and locally named Wyoming.
II mean no disrespect to Mr.. Writ, and
his memory will suffer no shock, nor Will
he be displaced in the plan If Wyoming is
retained. say this for l see by the pro-
posed nomenclature that in Blair Heights
and in Kalorama Heights U street Is
changed to Writ street. AS have said,
Wyoming avenue Is not a continuation OF
U street, but Of w street-let Mr.. Writ have
U street, Wyoming should stand.
'"Then again, Wyoming avenue has be-
come thoroughfare. as 1t joins the only
natural outlet west Of 10th street to Wash
ington Heights and the country beyond. 1t
is worthy of the dignity Of the name. 1t
has. In this way, become better known as
such by this name than any other street
in this section.
II trust that these reasons may have
conclusive force and that your better judg-
| ment will be to retain Wyoming upon our
list Of streets.
Name of Quincy Street.
L. P. Ficklen has written to the Com
missoners protesting against the chang
ing Of the name Of Quincy street to Quinn
place. He states that he was one Of the
first residents and that he sees many OBJ
jections to the proposed change Continu-
~ Spk Ion
Il was one Of the first residents Of that
street. which, at the time was almost un-
known to the people at large, and 1t took
five or six years for the majority Of the
people in the city to become familiar with
its whereabouts. It was necessary when
ever purchase was made at any store or
market. with the direction to send 1t to
Quincy street, to invariably inform the
persons where Quincy street was. Like
wise strangers coming to the city found 1t
almost impossible to locate the street.
Now that this annoyance is to a large
extent eliminated for the reason that the
public has become acquainted with its
location, 1t is proposed to change it to
Quinn place, and, therefore, it will prob
ably take another five years for the public,
the hack drivers and the car conductors to
become familiar enough with the location
Of Quinn place to be able to intelligently
direct any one to 1t. If, for instance,
stranger should arrive in town and make
inquiries as to where Quinn place was, he
might spend a whole day in a fruitless
search.
1.-The initial letter Of the two names is
the same. Quincy is better known than
Quinn, and what possible advantage could
be derived from the proposed change 1 am
at loss to see, and, as before stated, it
is an annoyance to have to give verbal
agram every time purchase Is made or
a person desires to know where a certain
street is. Quincy street being between Q
and r streets, is really a continuation Of
what Corcoran street is in the northwest
o~V of hn nd nc hot 10 md
has been for long time, q well-knoWn
street, I should think that If any change
is to be made 1t might be to the latter
name In which case any one familiar with
the city would know at once where the
street was. / trust that before the pro-
posed change to Quinn place Is decided
upon that you will take the matter into
consideration.
Other ThOrOughfares.
James B. Winner writes in a similar
strain relative to the changing of the name
of street and of Wyoming and Kalorama
avenues
"It is hoped that serious and mature
consideration will be given,' he says, ito
the matter of changing the names of the
streets in the Connecticut Avenue Heights
subdivision. There appears to be no ne
cessity for the changes suggested.
IS street Is so emphatically street
and so clearly defined a direct and true
parallel alignment with all of the inlet
tered streets from Brentwood road
Through the entire length of the city to
FLORIDA avenue and thence to Massa-
chusetts avenue extended, that 1t would
seem If there Is any occasion for any
change whatever, the only justificable one
would be street extended This is the
only change which would avoid confusion
and follow up the line of what has always
been Gust omary in similar extensions-the
only change, If there is to be any, that
! will receive the unprotected sanction Of
any of those owning property on this
street west of Wisconsin avenue.
Bancroft place, LIE Roy place and
Phelps place are all pleasant euphonious
names and acceptable to all. They are
short and dignified thoroughfares and are
| for limited distances only, and it is not
felt that these changes are called for.
| They would be a detriment rather than
| an advantage. There seems to be no OBJ
lection to those interested to Phelps place
being designated as 22d street
referring to the proposed change of
Wyoming and Kalaroma avenues to Writ
street and Yates street, respectively in
| the Presbry and Goddard subdivisions
Washington Heights,I as owner Of prop
critics on these streets and representing
| a number of other owners, do make this
most earnest, emphatic and vigorous pro-
| test against the changes reputed to be con-
/ til IN