Evening journal., 1912-08-27
URGE
new NAMEFOR
TODD'S LANE
Delegations for and Against
Calling it B OOkhaVen
Avenue
Mr.. ROSS AND Mr.. TODD
CT SH OVER PROPOSAL

Considerable discussion was given |
TO the proposition to change the
name OF Todd's Lane 10 Brookhaven
avenue at the meeting Of the Street
and Sewer Directors this morning. Az
ter Fred c. Mccall, Of tne Colonial
improvement Company; George w.
Todd, of the Guarantee Real Estate
Company, and Mrs. Mccall. a sister
OF Mr.. Todd, had urged that the name
be changed to Todd avenue, How
ard d. Ross. OF the Brookhaven Realty
Company. read a letter from the com.
pany stating the company's reasons
for suggesting a change OF name. The
lane as now laid out calls for a street
20 feet wide. and the property Of the
three companies and that represented
by william b. Hawkins border on
the street. II was announced by the
! Street and Sewer Directors that
decision would be handed down on
Saturday afternoon between 1870 and
? o'clock.
The question came up following a
request of Mr.. Mccall that twenty
four lights be placed along the lane
Mr.. Mccall said that he had a petit
ton from the residents of that Sec
ton protesting against the changing
OF the name Of tho lane except Il be
TO Todd's avenune
Howard d. Ross, addressing the
directors, said that Daniel o. Hast
ines, attorney for the company. as
we'll as an Official OF Il, was TO have
been at the meeting, but could not
be present. Mr.. Ross asked permits
miss on to read a letter from The
Brookhaven Company together with a
petition OF the residents urging the
change Of street name In his letter
Mr.. Ross gave three reasons for the
change. One was that the use OF
the designation Lane" was obsolete T;
! another reason, he alleged, was that
the name Todd had prevented the de-
velopment Of that section, owing 10
the pronounced stand taken by
George W. Todd on the license ques-
ton and also Mr.. Todd's attitude to-
ward organized labor. Mr.. Ross also
p cited in the letter that the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad Company was contem-
plating erecting a railroad station al
the end of the lane. and as 1t was tc
be called Brookhaven, it was thought
better 70 have the lane changed e
Brookhaven avenue The petition wal
then read and bore the signatures o.
Mrs. Ella +. Stringfellow, Mrs. Carh
I crime Conway, Mrs. Joel d. Finiey
Mrs. o. E. Purnel. William Kelly, Jr
. c. S. Miller, George Grifith and tn
= Brookhaven Cafe, per Edward Radel
Z A letter also was read from Jane
I Watson protesting against the pres
: snt name,
Z Charles f. Fox. selling agent 70
y the Delaware Trust Company whic
is selling agent for the Brookhave
= Realty Company spoke Of trouble il
: making sales at the tract Mr.. Radel
i safr he had been there for severa
4 years and the working people woul,
! not have anything TO do with tina
section. An investigation was mad
= and. it was found that It was due {,
e Mr.. rodd's attitude against organized
labor, Radek said.
Mr. Mccall said that Mr.. Radel
had this morning told him that tn
change Of name for the stleet was no
I so material.
Mr. Todd addressing the director
told how the property had been tn
home Of his forbears for nearly 10
{ years how the lane had been name
not by him nor the family but by tn
= city. yet We are willing TO compro
: mise" he continued, land call Il Tod
" avenue. AS for the insinuations mad
onceIning my attitude on the temper
ance question / believe ! am right A
for the other statement, / believe 1
s. the open shop"
n Mr.. Todd declared that he would
IS an unworthy son not 10 stand up 70
n an honorable name and would be ur
orthy Of a worthy father and saint
l. mother did he not do so.
S, Mr. Todd read a letter received frol
r z. +. Brooks, general superintendent
r of the p, B. & W. railroad whic
was as follows:
Ny Dear Mr.. Todd: / understar
there is an effort being made on II
p part of persons owning property {
n living in the vicinity OF what we hay
a known for many years as Todd's Gu
. to change the name of Todd's Lar
al TO one wholly unlike II.
or "Of course the Railroad Compar
mn Is in no way interested in the nan
MT of street, but as an old friend
write you in the hope that this vi
not be done, as il seems unfair th
tie street that has been so loI
gnown by that name should be chan