Gilpin observer., 1901-09-12
Naming Washington Streets.

The district commissioners have TAX
en- formal action in carrying out their
expressed intention of adopting
scheme of different street nomen-
clature for all thoroughfares outside
of the city limits. The commissioners
are without authority at present to ex-
tend their system into the city proper,
but believe that Congress will take
some action looking to that end 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 be 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
betical order. Upon the completion of
the one syllable series two-syllable
series will begin, and upon completion
of this n threesyllable series, until the
northern limit of the District of Co.
lumbia is reached.
More eXplicitediy, 1t may be stated
that what is now a street north will
become Ames street, once the limits Of
the city are crossed: In time the COM
missiOners hope to have their system
of one-syllable names extend into the
city for all streets north of East Capt.
tol street, and the corresponding line in
the western section of the city. In this
way the designations of northwest and
northeast would be done away with
1t would simply be necessary to state
the number of Ames street. and add
as n prefix ''east" or "west." In the
case of Ames street there would be no
West Ames street. A better example
might be cited in III street, which under
the new system would become Hayes
street. There win be botl IN East
Hayes street and n West Hayes street
If the plan is ever adopted by Con-
gress for application to the city.
south of East Capitol street and in the
southwest also the lettered system will
be maintained. Under this scheme the
prefixes north and south would no
longer be necessary. But this fea-
ture of the case has not yet been
reached, and the commissioners, while
laying n proper foundation for the fu-
ture use of the names in the city itself,
are combining their attentions to the
streets that reach beyond the city lin
It's and which are some day to be
opened when the highway act is car
ricd into effect. The commissioners,
as stated In their orders. viii make an
nouncement of the names of the new
streets officially as soon as formally
adopted. The list which Engineer
Richards has submitted Is as follows:
One syllable streets-Ames, Blaine,
Clay, Dix, Ends. Foote. Grant. Hayes,
jay, King. Lee. Meade, Nash. ord,
Polk, Quarles, Rusk, Scott, Taft, Uhl,
Vane. Writ, Yates and Zane,
One syllable places Ashe, Bell
Brown). Chase, Dodge, Ernst, Field.
Gates, Holmes dIoc. Howe). James,
Kent. Low, Melgs, Neal. Orth, Pierce,
Quail. Reed, Swain, Todd, Ure, Vail,
Vroom). Wayne, Yost and Iahm.
Two syllable strects-Adams, Bry-
ant, Calhoun, Douglass, Evarts, Full
son, Kcarncy, Lawrence. Monroe, Otis.
Perry, Quincy, Randolph. Shepherd,
Taylor, uphnm, Verplanck, Webster.
Iancy, Zleglcr.
Two syllable placcs-Alcotr (Astor,
Allen), Benton. Claiming. Dana, Ed.
wards Gtdmundsl, Fremont, Girard.
Hooker, ingalls,, Johnson. Kendall, La.
mar Uoganl. Manning. Ncwcomb Os-
good, Putnam. Quintard. Rogers, Sher
man. Tyler, upshur, Nickers, Warren,
Yeaman. Iulck.
Three syllable streets-AllIson. Blu.
chanan. Crlttcnden. Decatur. Emcr-
son. Farragut, Gallatln. Hamilton, In.
graham. jefferson, Kennedy. Longfel-
low. Madison, Nicholson, Oglcthorpc,
Peabody, Quackcnbos. Rlttcnhousc,
sheridan, Tuckcrman, Underwood
Van Buren,. Whittier.
Three syllable plnccs-Audubon But
tcrworth. Cameron. Davenport. Ever.
stt (Edison). Fcssenden. Garrison, Har-
rison. Ivcrson. Jenifcr. Kingsbury,
Lindermnn Montgomery, Nlcolay,
Ovcrton. Patterson. Qultmnn. Robin |
son. Stevenson. Tarkington, undcrhlll.
Neunhle Wnrfhlnrinn