The Washington times., 1905-08-01

The Commissioners of the District of
Columbia have tentatively adopted the
following street names in that portion
Of the District of Columbia lying north
of the city OF Washington. bounded
generally by Rock Creek park and Zoo
.Csicn park on the west, and North
Capitol street on the east, including
such subdivisions as Columbia Heights,
Washington Heights, etc.
This system is in accord with the 9TH
er changes made by the Commissioners
in the northwest and the northeast sec
tions of the District of Columbia. The
numbered streets are extended north
wardly to the District line and the let
tered streets as far as the end of the
alphabet are extended into the District
outside of the old city limits of Florida
avenue. When the alphabet is exhaust
ed names of two syllabes, alpha beticaI-
~ arranged. are given until the alphabet
Is exhausted, and then names of three
syllables.
The names given in the list below have
been carefully selected by the Commits
sioners and conform TO this system
The Commissioners, however. will con-
slider suggestions for minor changes in
the names provided that the names sug-
The system is published at this time
merely in a tentative way ana will
probably not be adopted by the Com
missioners for some little time.
Belair Heights-Belmont street to Bel
mont road: California avenue to I
Prescott street TO Kalorama road. U
street TO Winthrop street, Park road tc
WaterStde drive
Bellevue-sheridan street 20 Morton
street.
Brightwood Park-Albemarle str1ec tc
Gallatln street, BrandyWine street tc
Hamilton street, Chesa peake street tc
Ingraham street, Des Moines street tc
! Jefferson street, Erie street 10 Kennedy
| street, Flint street to Longfeliow street
| Genesee street to Madison street
| Cilubourne-Ninetee street to Cliff
| bourne place. Baltimore street to Bit
more street, Cincinnati street to Calvert
| street
Connecticut Avenue Heights-Names
| to remain unchanged
| Columbian College grounds, north part
| Bacon street to Harvard street. Binney
street to GiraTd street
J Columbian College grounds, south part
| Chaplin street unchanged, Staughton
| street to BufOrd street.
Columbia Heights-Clifton street &c
! douglas street, Roanoke street to Eu-
| cid street. Yale street to Franklin
| street. Princeton street to Girard street
Harvard street not changed, Columbia
street TO Columbia road, Kenesaw street
| to Irving street, Kenyon street not
changed, Dartmouth street to Lawrence
street, Whitney avenue to Marshall
road.
/ Denison and Leighton's subdivision
! Kenesaw avenue to Irving street, Grant
street TO Lawrence street,
| Gass Observation-Disclosures avenue &c
! Marshall road, Scott avenue to Newton
/ place.
Haws. subdivision-Gran avenue tc
| Barry place
Howard University subdivision-wil-
/ son street TO street PomeFoy street
| to " street, Trumbull street. east OF
Fourth. to Bryant street. Howard ave-
/ nue. TO Howard place, LOncoln street to
! Franklin street, Sumner street to Girard
street, ColfaX street to Gresham place
| Morris street to Hobart place
| Holmead Manos-Rock Creek Church
road to Marshall road. Lydecker avenue
/ to Monro< street. Holmead avenue tC
| Hoimead pNce, Eslin avenue to Eleventh
| street, Morgan avenue to Tenth street
Lamar place to Otis place.
| 1nSleSide--kenesaw street to Irving
street, Kenyon street unchanged. Joliet
street to kilburne place, Grant street tC
! Lawrence street. Lowell street TO Mar
shall road, Milwaukee street to Monroe
| street. Howard avenue to Newton street
| Columbus avenue To Twentieth street
! teenth-and-one-half place 10 Tween
| tieth street.
Kalorama-I Irving place 70 Tracy place
| u street to Winthrop street, Prescott
place to Kaiorama road
Lanier Heights-Lanier avenue to Ian
| Ter place, Ontario avenue TO Ontario
road, Kansas avenue to Ontario place
Summit avenue TO Summit place, Poplar
avenue to Eighteenth street
! lie Droit PaTk-Le Droit avenue Il
Second street, Maple or T street to I
street. Hardwood avenue 70 Third street
| Linden street to Fourth street, Larcf