The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
|0N ''EASY STREET.
Anybody So Desiring Can Live on
That Thoroughfare.
Government Directory Shows ODD
Names Of Public Highways to
Fit Almost Any Taste; Three
Rubber" Streets.

Washington man can live on
Easy street" II he wants to. Two
cities in this country. Boston and
Johnstown, Pa, have Easy streets"
A directory of all the streets, ave-
nues, courts, alleys and lanes. upon
which mail is delivered in 1.2IS prin-
cipal cities in the United States has
just been issued by the dead letter
Office of the post Office department
and 1t discloses some interesting in
formation.
There seems to be a street for
nearly every necessity of life. every
profession, every mood and condition
Of man. There's Rich place in West
Seneca, Buffalo. And there are two
Poor streets, one Poorman road, one
Poor Farm road, and one Poor House
lane.
Three towns boast Rubber streets
and one Rubber alley. There is
Champagne street, seven Wine streets,
two Whisky hills, several Brewery
streets, one of which is located In Gin
cinnati, and to Offset these, seven COZ
fee streets and one Coffee alley.
There's a Limberger street, a
Sweitzer street, Pickle street. a
! Ham street, Ham alley, a Bee Hive
street, Honey street an Onion
street, Bread street, an oyster
| street, Butter street, Fork street,
several Olive streets and Bean streets.
Pea alley, Salad place, Turkey
street and finally several Cranberry
streets as well as Cranberry ave.
nue. and a Cranberry alley, Pumpkin
hill and a great number of streets
named after various fruits.
Spring summer. fall and winter are
all represented. There are several
Ice streets, some Snow streets, Flood
streets, as well as 20 Sunnyside
streets, number of Sunnyside ave-
nues, drives and places. with several
Sunset streets and places. There
are also a Sunday street, Monday
street and Friday street.
Four Coffin streets, two Coffin ave-
nues, and one Coffin alley may be
found in the list; also Doctor street,
Lawyers row, Merchant street, Tailor
street, and Baker street, and even
some Parson streets and Deacon
street, as well as a Butcher alley and
Butcher lane.
Paradise alley is represented in
eight towns and there is one Paradise
street. one Paradise. place, and four
Paradise avenues. And there's also
Ehon al1nV
Hogan's alley is represented in one
city and there are two Hell's Half
Acres.
There's a Love road and nine Low.
ers' lanes, besides a Sweet street and
| Bitter street. There's one Brevity
street, eight Long streets, and 200
| Short streets, as well as Rapid
street, Swift street, Quick street
and a Sly street There is no Sorrow
street, but a great number of Joy
streets, and one Joy alley. Faith
Hope and Charity are all represented
OF all the streets in the country
Main street appears most frequently
1t is found in over 1000 cities. Wash
ington street follows a close second
| Or the numbered streets NINTH and
| Tenth streets are more numerous
than any others. New York has the
only One Hundred and Sixty-second
street in the world.
There are 1853 Wall streets and $40
Broadways and Is Bowries. Dewey is
| honored in nearly 200 cities. Many
cities name streets after presidents
| There are 81 Roosevelt streets, "a
Roosevelt avenues, one Roosevelt
court, one Roosevelt lane, four Roose.
welt places, one Roosevelt terrace, and
one Roosevelt way. Oswego, N Y.
has followed simpliiied spelling and
has Roosevelt street" There are
also 20 Bryan streets, Besides, Taft
street, Cincinnati which is named
after the Taft family, there are seven
| Taft straetS and two Taft avenuas