Evening star., 1905-10-14
STREET NAME CHANGES
Announced by District Conn
missioners
JUST COMPLETED
NEW EoMENcLATURE ALLOWED
By CONGRESS.
Plan Now Carried to Completion in
Subdivisions North Of the
City.

tDe sysiem OF changes In names OF streets
lying outside the old city limits at Florida
nomenclature has been carried out by au-
thority of an act OF Congress. approved
February 10. 1904. snd. as previously stated
In The Star. the i,sa5s Of the Commissioners,
now carried to ceyepletion, has been to se-
cure uniformity in the various subdivisions
lying north of the city, in all that region
between Rock creek aild North Capitol
street Further than this the adopted sys-
tenn provides for extending, even to the
District line. the scheme Of names Of east
and west streets In the city proper, the
alphabetical effect being secured by assign
ing to the thoroughfares titles which be-
gin with successive initial letters. AL
though made effective at once by the unan-
tmous act OF the Commissioners the new
system will not be adopted by the gen.
eral public until the new street signs are
ready about six weeks hence. AS announced
by Engineer Commissioner Bfddle the new
system of names, which Is effective in
thirty-one different subdivisions in the
northwest, Is as follows:
Belair Heights-Belmont street, changed
to Belmont road; California avenue.
changed to T street: Irving street. changed
to Tracy place; Prescott street. changed to
Kalorama road; Park road changed to
Water Side drive.
Belevue-Sheridan street, changed to
Morton street.
changed to Gallatin street; Brandywine
street, changed to Hamilton street; Ches-
apeake street. changed to 1ngraham street;
Des Moines street, changed to Jenerson
street; Erie street, changed to Kennedy
street: Flint street, changed to Longfei-
low street; Genessee street, changed to
Madison street.
ClfYbourne-1eth street, changed to Cliff
bourne place; Baltimore street. changed to
Biltmore street: Cincinnati street. changed
to Calvert street.
Columbian College Grounds (north part)-
Bacon street. changed to Harvard street.
Binney street, changed to Girard street,
Columbian College Grounds tsouth part)-
Chaplin street. unchanged; "aushtoh
street changed to Belmont street.
columbia Heights = Roanoke street,
changed to Euclid street: ale street,
changed to Paramount street; Princeton
street. changed to Girard street; Harvard
street. not changed; Columbia street,
changed to Columbia road; kenesaw street
changed to Irving street; Kenyon stIeet;
not changed; Dartmouth street. ,ansed chansed
to Lamont street; w Mtney avenue
to Park road. ,.s,,,
Kenesaw avenue, changed TO IrVins s.iSe''
Craut street changed to Lamont street.
Gass Subdivision - Whitney avenue
| changed to Park road; Scott avenue
changed to Newton place. ,,.oa
| to 9th street. "a.
Howard University Subdivision.
street changed to street, Pomeroy street
changed to w street. TrumDuA suee' .a-,
| NJ 4th changed to Bryant street, Irumpuii
street west of 9th not changed, Howard
avenue changed to Howard place, Lincoln
street changed to Paramount street, sum
ner street changed TO Giraro street, SnaH .nnn;s
street changed to Gresham place, MofiiS
street changed to Hobart place
Hoinead Manor-Rock Creek Church road
| not changed. Lydecker avenue changed 10
n
HoImead place, Eslin avenue changed to
nth street. Morgan avenue changed to 10th
street, Lamar place changed to Otis place.
Ingleside-Kenesaw street changed TO lrv-
ing street. Kenyon street unchanged.
Joliet street hanged to Kilbourne
place, Grant street changed to Lamont
street. Lowell street changed to Park
road, Milwaukee street changed to Monroe
street. Howard avenue changed to Newton
street, Columbus avenue changed to 10th
street 1914 place changed % Goth street.
Kalorama-Irving place changed to Tracy
place, Prescott place changed to Kalorama
road.
Lanier Heights-Lanier avenue changed to
Lanier place, Ontario avenue changed to
Ontario road, Kansas avenue changed to
Ontario, place. Summit avenue changed to
Summit place, Poplar avenue changed to
18th street, Park road changed to Adams
Mill road 81
LIE Droit Park-Le Droit avenue changed
to I'd street. Maple or T street changed to
L street, Harewood avenue changed to Sd
street Linden street changed to 4th street,
Larch street changed to 9Th street, Juniper
street changed to 9th street
Meridian Hill.
Meridian Hill-Erie street changed to
Euclid street. Columbia avenue changed to
10Th street, Huron street changed to Fuller
street, Ontario avenue changed to Ontario
| road. Central avenue changed to 18th street,
Champlain avenue changed to Champlain
street, Crescent street changed TO Crescent
place. Prospect street changed to Belmont
street. Superior street changed to Kalorama
road, Messmore street changed TO Messmore
place. Morris street changed to Chaplin
street. College street changed to Chaplin
street.
Mount Pleasant-Grant street changed to
Lamont street, Park street changed to
Park road, Sheridan street changed to Mon
roe street. Howard avenue changed to New
ton street. Meridian avenue changed to
Meridian place, Laurel avenue changed to
Oak street, Breeds terrace changed to Oak
street, Piney Branch road changed to 17th
street.
North Brightwood and Bealle's Subdi-
decentralization street changed to Quaken-
| bos street, Nicholson street changed to Rit-
tephouse street, Oglethorpe street changed
to Sheridan street. Peabody street changed
| TO Tuckerman street.
Quincy street, Omaha street changed to
Randolph street. Philadelphia street
changed to Shepherd street, Quincy street
changed to Taylor street, Richmond street
changed to Upshur street, Savannah street
chsnged to Varnum street. Trenton street
changed to Webster street, Utica street
changed to Allison street. Vallejo street
changed to Buchanan street, Wilmington
street changed to Crittendon street, Xenia
street changed to Decatur street, Yuma
street changed to Emerson street. Zanes-
Vile street changed to Farragut street, Al
bemarle street changed to Galiatin street.
Sherman Subdivision-Kenesaw avenue
changed to Irving street.
Scheutzen Park-Steuben street changed
to Columbia road, Mcclellan street changed
to Irving street, Hancock street changed
to Kenyon street.
Takoma Park.
Takoma Park and neutrality-suspicious.
street changed to Whittier street, Tahoe
| street changed to Aspen street, Umatilia
street changed to Butternut street, ver-
| million street changed to Cedar street, Oak
| avenue changed to Cedar street. Maple ave.
nue. changed to Maple street. Willow ave-
nue. changed to Willow street. Laurel ave-
nue. changed to Laurel street, Walnut ave-
nue., changed to Walnut street, Chestnut
avenue changed to Chestnut street, Carroll
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