The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-24
NAMEsAkgs OF. BIG CITIES.
New York Is Without Any; Others Are
Well Supplied.

well Supplied.
one might naturally suppose that
New York, for so many years the
dominant city OF the United States.
would have some namesakes among
the numerous towns which have come
into being all over the country during
the past half century. but the fact is
that there Is not one town in all the
United States named for New York.
the daddy OF them all SO To say
Maybe somebody can say why this
Is but | cannot. though | am sure not
a few New Workers have had hand
in starting new towns in various
states. Our next door neighbor,
PENNSYLVANIA. as slow AS she is alleged
To be, beats us out. for there are six
Phiiadelphias scattered about and
Boston. grand old Boston, has eleven
namesakes Even Brooklyn puts IL all
over New York, for there are fifteen
Brooklyns on the map. which show
that whatever New Workers may think
of Brooklyn Brooklynites think more
of Brooklyn than New Workers think
OF New York when they go away from
| their home cities to start new ones.
san Francisco and New Orleans are
no better represented than New York,
While Chicago and Baltimore have
only one namesake apiece though to
hear Chicago one would imagine that
every other new town in the country
had been named after her. Chicago
has nothing whatever on st. Louis in
the matter of accumulating namesakcs
one, only one, each, and the only
equality that Chicago is bound to
admit.
Pittsburgh has as many namesakes
as Boston, eleven, but all OF them
combined haven't as much money as
Pittsburgh, and the same might Toe
said of Boston's namesakes i'm regard
TO brains, though far be it from me To
say II. Washington heads the list in |
the number OF namesakes, twenty
eight, but ii is not the capital SO much |
as II is the immortal George. which |
carries i'm this case
Cleveland is only one short of |
WASHINGTON, and why there should be |
twenty-six Clevelands in this country |
In addition to the one in Ohio | don't |
know. l fancy some of them were
named in honor of President Cleveland,
as every president gets at least one or
two postofiices named after him as a
reminder of what he is to postmasters.
Cincinnati is a smoothly sibilant
name, and Cincinnati used to be quite
place, but it has only two namesakes.
Why cities with distinctively state
names, as Minneapolis and Indanapo-
lis, should have namesakes in other
states is past finding out but Mime
apolis has one in North Carolina and
one in Kansas. and Indiapanolis mas
one in Oklahoma. Still, those three
towns had better be named as they
are than to be called North Carolina
polls. Kansasapolis and Oklahomaopo-
lis
Looking over the list ] find that
there are twenty -one Columbuses, all
OF them no doubt named in honor of
the discoverer, as Ohio's capital was.
there are SEVENTY two Ruffalos, sixteen
Atlantas, twenty four Richmonds. hf-
teen Charlestons. eleven Detroits, elev-
en- st. Pauls, seven Omahas, six Prov
licences and seven Memphises, though
all the Buffalos, Richmonds and st.
Pauls are not namesakes. All the
Dmahas but the first must be, for what
other reason would there be for nam
ing town Omaha? OF course. the
Rhode Island Providence gave it's
name TO the others because in an in
dependent country as ours is no other
providence is recognized when il |
comes To starting "a town.
Ii is rather remarkable that Denevr,
me OF the youngest of our cities
should with fifteen namesakes be so
ar ahead of the much older cities of
he east from which went the builders
II the west, but the fact remains
Another matter of interest, not any
more complimentary to New York
han those mentioned, is that among
he towns Of New" as part of their
lames, there is still one New York.
While there are three New Philadel-
'hias. eight New Bostons. five New AL
'anys. four New Raltimores and three
Sew Washingtons There is even one
Sew Hackensack. Of the foreigners
here are twelve New Londons three
>ew Parises, and still further away.
ne New Rome and two New Athenses.
w. j. Hampton in New York Sun.