The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-07
new SYSTEM
FOR.NUNBERING.
CITY STREETS
SEVERAL THoRouGHFAREs WILL
BE RENAMED WHERE NAMES
ARE DUPLICATED.
MERCHANTS FIND 1T VERY Diff
CULT AT TIMES TO MAKE
DELIVERIES.
BOARD OF AFFAIRS HEARS 8Usl.
NESS MEN AND WILL COR
RECT MATTERS.

A movement was lauuched thls
morning by the city board of affairs
working in harmony with the Cham.
ber OF Commerce and Business Mems
Association to renumber all the streets
OF the city and in some instances
where 1t is deemed advisable, change
the names of certain streets, accord.
ing to some plan and system to be
adopted in the near future.
The matter was presented to the
board at the meeting this morning by
@. large delegation Of business men,
representing the Business Mems AS.
sociation. The delegation which ap.
peared on the behalf Of the new sys-
tenn Of numbering consisted of the
following men: Wilbur II. Brand, as.
sistant postmaster; A. Howard Elem.
ing, postmaster; james NJ. Lang,
agent Of the Express Company; W. T.
McWhorter, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Co.; H. J. Ross, j.
II. Rownd, Trevey Nutter, E. C. Jones,
w: H. Spedden and John o. Morgan.
Mr.. Fleming, the postmaster, stated
to the board the Importance to the
postoffice employees to have a system
Of numberingIand told how complicat.
ed matter it was at the present time
to deliver mail in Fairmont.
The business men stated that they
Lad great difficulty in making deliy-
cries Of merchandise, while Mr.. Nc.
Whorter and Mr.. Lang have experienc.
ed some OF the same difficulties in de.
livering messages and express. Mr..
Trevey Nutter the secretary Of the
Business Mems association had pre-
pared list Of street names which was
read at the meeting which showed so
many ways in which errors could be
made in finding residents of the city.
T or instance, there are at the present
time Chestnut streets, View streets
:; Barnes streets, Wheeling streets, 2
jackson streets and one Jackson ave-
rue, Parks avenue and Park avenue.
After the matter had been discussed
at length and the views of citizens
present had been expressed, the
Board OF Affairs adopted a resolution
by which the system will be arranged
and then passed as an ordnance by
that body.
A committee OF three from the Busi-
ness Mems Association, from the
Chamber of Commerce, Wilbur H,
Brand, representing the postoffice,
Fire Chief o. J, Watkins and City
Street Commissioner A. L. Lehman
will in the near future hold a meeting
and devise plans to carry out the work.
II cannot be stated at the present
time just what system will be adopted
by this committee, but before any ac.
tion is taken or before any recommen.
dation is made to the Board OF AT.
fairs, It is likely that thorough In.
vestigation Of all the modern systems
of street naming and numbering will
be studied and citizens representing.
the various sections Of the city will
be heard.
When the plan is worked out in a
manner, the Board Of At
fairs will probably pass an ordinance
placing It into effect and require every
owner of the city to conform
with the new provisions by placing
the correct number on every dwelling
and business house. .s
The Board of Affairs and business
men believe that the changing of the
names and numbers will be a great
convenience for everybody and while
it may take a long time to perfect the
system that 1t viii be better in the fu-
ture for every resident of the city. 1t
1t pointed out that now is the time to
make the change before the city grows
any larger for the longer 1t is put of
the greater task it will be to remedy
the condition.
The board feels that the citizens of
the city will cooperate with the COM
mittee in every way possible in order
to obtain satisfactory results,