Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-26
NEW STREET NAMES
District Commissioners An
nounce Approval.
OUTSIDE THE CITY
MOSTLY IN SECTION WEST OF
ROCK CREEK.
Adoption in Accordance With Act Of
Congress-Some Of the
Changes.

The Commissioners have finally approved
the new names for the streets in the Sec
ton Of the District west Of Rock Creek
and outside the city limits proper. The
adoption Of the new names is in accord
ance with the act Of Congress approved
February 16. 1904, and the Commissioners
system of remaining, approved by that
act. This is the second section Of the Dis
trict to be affected by the change. the
northeast having been acted upon some
time ago.
In the adoption of the new names the
Commissioners have endeavored to be as
conservative as possible in their changes.
The fact that some of the thoroughfares
that will be affected by the changes have
for years borne names that have become
associated with some of the dearest ira
dit1onS of the capital has made this task
one of great difficulty. In the matter of
the Tenleytown road, for instance. when
the subject of changing the nomenclature
of the street was first preached a number
OF protests We're made against the elm
ination of the old name. though a number
of citizens favored the adoption of the new
one But opposition did develop among
those conservative citizens who objected to
the disturbance of the old order Of things.
In the nature of things it was absolutely
impossible that the name of this thor
oughfare should be retained and the pO-
sition of the Commissioners in the premises
might be lkened to situations that
found In every section of the District where
much building has been going on.
Many old residents of the city have been
enabled to reach their homes by short cuts
through vacant lots in times past not only
on foot but in carriages. To them the
road across the lot extension of the
street from which they entered the lot 1t
would not be just nor reasonable for such
persons to insist on the retention of that
cross-lots road when 1t became possible to
build on the lots over which the road ran,
and consequently the route would be elini-
mated and the luckleSS citizen whose peace
full path disturbed would find it neces-
sary to walk or drive on legitimate high
ways to reach his home. This is almost
exactly the situation with respect to the
IenIey toWn road and many other such thor
oughfares In the beginning of things the
Tenleytown road, for example, was short
cut or an easier path to some particular
point When plans for the extension of
streets that were legally ordained as the
highways of commerce for the District were
adopted this road was found to be a mon
grel street of the most pronounced type.
Some of Its distance 1t traversed the route
OF one street and some of it's distance ii
occupied the right of way of another. At
one point 1t was an avenue running south
east and northwest, and at another a street
running north and south. In the interests
of uniformity and municipal regularity 1t
became absolutely necessary to permit the
straight streets and avenues recognized and
authorized by law to predominant over the
lOdu that owen us eAlSttnCt TO ITdQltlon,
and the pasSivity of the property holders
along its borders and TenleytoWn road had
to go. The changes that have been made
relate directly to the plans for the extern
sion of the streets, many of which have
not yet reached anything like material ma
turity. Wisconsin avenue, for instance, ex-
lists only on the plat southeast of Newark
street, although it has material existence
along the old route of Tenleytown road
northwest of Newark street The same can
be said of Nebraska avenue. now shown
nowhere but on the plat, which will furnish
a direct route to the point formerly reached
in a most circuitous manner by the old
Chain Bridge road.
The Commissioners feel that they are en-
titled to this measure of explanation in
putting forth the new names of the streets
before the public.
The names adopted and the changes nee
essary are shown by the following:
American University Park-Armes place
changed to Butterworth place; DeS MoineS
street to Davenport street.
First addition to American University
Park-Des Moines street changed to Daven
port place; Erie street to Ellicott street;
Flint street to Fessenden street
American University Heights - Quincy
street changed to Quebec street; Richmond
street to Rodman street; Savannah street
to Sedgwick street; Trenton street to TIL
den street; Utica street to Upton street;
Vallejo street to Van Ness street: Tenley
place to Verplank place; Warren place to
Murdoch place.
Heights-Vallejo street changed to Van
Ness street; Tenley place to Verplank
place; Xenia street to Warren street; Aus
tin street to Window street; Lyles place
to Alton place.
Armesleigh Park-Lyles place changed TO
Alton place; Austin place to Warren place;
Xenia street to Webster street.
Asbury Park-Lyles place changed to Al
ton place.
Burleith-T street changed to New Cut
road: U street to r street, street to S
street; w street to I street; Madison street
to u street; street to w street.
Clark and Hurst subdivision-Hurst place
changed to Clark place.
Cleveland Park-Omaha street changed
to Ordway street; Highland avenue to
Highland road: Ridge street to Reno road;
Milwaukee street to Michlen street; Folsom
place to Bath place; ;'3d street to 33d place.
Cleveland Heights - Milwaukee street
changed to Michler street; Pierrepont place
to Lowell street; Hubbard place to 33d
place.
Observation-Disclosures street changed to
Chesapeake street; Allison street to Bran
dywine street.
Connecticut Avenue acknowledgements
street changed to Otis street; Monroe street
to Perry street; Otis street to Rodman
street:
changed to Michler street: Woodley street
to Woodley road; Richmond street to 18th
street; Wisconsin avenue to 37th street
Fernwood Heights Shepherd street
street to Upton street; Quincy street to
Tilden street.
Georgetown-Q street changed to College
place; r street to . street: street to
Cambridge place; 7 street to New Cut road:
U street to r street; Lovers Lane to 31st
street.
Grasslands-Quincy street changed to
Quebec street; Loughboro road to Nebraska
avenue.
Lnthicum estate. Dents subdivision-I.in-
thicum place changed to s street; Obsery-
atory place to sd street.
Mount Airy-Erie street changed to ELL
colt street; Des Moines street to Davenport
street.
Oak View-Milwaukee street changed to
Micher street; Pierrepont place to Lowell
street.
Palisades of the Potomac No. 1-Albany
street changed to Ashby street; Cottreil
place to Potomac avenue; Clark place to
King place.
Palisades of the Potomac No 3-Frankfort
street changed to Edmunds place; Emporia
street to Dana place; Detroit street to Cush-
ing place.
Reno-Grant street changed to Fessenden
street; Sherman street to Fessenden street:
Emery street to Fessenden street; Hancock
street to Ellicott street; Brney street to
Ellicott place; Prospect street to Daven-
ctr Il