Evening journal., 1904-07-26
WANT TO CHANGE
NAMES OF STREETS
Several Thoroughfares Have
Conflicting Titles Which
May be Strengthened Out
WANT NINTH WARD STREETS PAVED

D. & A. Telephone Company Granted
Permission to Place Manholes in
shipley street-5ut Little Business
Before Street and Sewer Board.
As there are several streets in the
city whose names are confusing the
following letter was submitted to the
Street and Sewer Commissioners this
morning with a view to Strengthening
out the difficulty:
Wilmington. Del. July 20, 1904.
Board Of Directors of the Street and
Sewer Department, a..
Wilmington. Delaware:
Gentlemen: ] desire to call your at
tention to the fact that there are sew
eral streets In our city that have
names the same or similar, and that It
Is source Of confusion and annoyance
at times in locating those living on
said streets. viz: There is a Ford ave-
nue. between Greenhill avenue and
Gray avenue and extending from Lam
caster avenue to Seventh street: also
Ford street between Fourteenth and
sixteenth streets. extending from Scott
TO Lincoln streets. / would recommend
that the name Of Ford street be
changed.
There is a New street" between Or
ange and Tatnan streets, extending
north from Eight street, and a New
street" in the Ninth ward. south Of
Vandever avenue between Mable street
and Palmer's Row. would recon-
mend that the last named New street.
be changed to some other name.
There are three short streets between
Maryland avenue and the railroad
manned Liberty. East Liberty and West
Liberty. These streets form three
sides Of square and are very con-
fusing to strangers and / would recon-
mend that the names Of East and West
Liberty streets be changed / would
also call your attention TO six streets
over Third street bridge called A, b, c.
ID. T., r streets; as this locality has re-
lcently been improved by the erection OF
many dwellings and manufacturing es'
ltablishments. ! would recommend thai
these streets be given names othei
than letters OF. the alphabet.
AS it Is only possible to change tn
names Of streets between the first da.
Of July and the last day Of August
have prepared suitable resolutions GOV
--teriug same also "a fist of names 10
possible selection by your honorabl
board.
Very truly yours.
Frank w. Pierson,
Street Commissioner.
Names Suggested For Streets.
"A" street-Ashland, Arbor. Ashley
! Arch. Wallace.
"B" street-Bethel Berkeley, Made
ley.
&C" street-Cannon. Clifton.
ID" street-Diamond Dover.
! &c" street-Eden. Euclid Ellendale
IF" street-Felton. Federal, Fremont
Fulton. Filbert
Names For Other Streets.
Norwood, woodside. Waverly. Wei
lington, Westminster.
No action was taken upon 1t.
Other Business.
E A communication was read from resi-
dents along French street asking tina
D the sprinkling of that thoroughfar
b with oil between 4 and be disconun
, ued on account Of the disagreeabl
, odor arising from ii. The protest wa
3 filed.
1 The Delaware and Atlantic Ielephon
{ Company i'm a letter asked for permis
sion to place man-holes i'm each squar
I of Shipley street from Front to Ninth
T. They have underground conduits ther
[ and want to have better access to then
a Permission was granted.
s John y. Carswell was before tn
board in the interest of the Landlit
Improvement Company He submitte
!, a map and asked that several street
H i'm the Ninth ward be paved. The I'm
lprovement Company furnishing tn
material and delivering it at tn
h streets The matter was referred Z
the street commissioner to ascertai
the price Of constructing the streets.
a The treasurer reported city treasuI
% er's balance, current, S426.55; specia
s. S5s7322 labor. S95O.O3; cart hire. 1915
l76: monthly pay roll, S615; receipts 10
5 the month, S5594i.