The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-06
WANT SPEEDY
ACT|0N.ON THE
STREET NAMES
long Delay Would Cause
Much inconvenience to
the Business Men.
MANY CHANGES URGED
Some Disapproval of Re
port of Committee of 10
But Many Praise 1t.

Many Fairmont business men have
expressed the hope that action on the
report OF the committee of 10 on re-
naming and REMEMBERING the streets
OF Fairmont will be taken by the
Board of Affairs at the regular meet.
ing Monday forenoon at 10 o'clock.
A few business men have expressed
1isapproval Of some OF the, changes
suggested by the committee as too
radical while scores OF others praise
the committee In the strongest terms
for the careful, scientific and modern
system OF street names and numbers
which the committee has worked out.
I'reyey Nutter, secretary OF the
Business Mems Association, and chair.
man of the committee Of 10 on street
names, has received number of in.
quirles from Fairmont business men
asking II there Is any immediate pros.
pect OF having the remaining project
disposed OF by the Board OF Affairs
quickly. These business men say that
they do not wish to have their letter
heads end other business printing
done until the remaining project is set
tied SO that they will know the name
of the street on which their store or
factory is located and the street num-
3ber assigned them.,
Now that Walter Haggerty, city at
torney, has recovered from his illness
and Il. .at'his desk again, business men
say that there Is no reason why the
Board of Affairs should not decide
what they want In tho street remaining
Ordinance at tho regular meeting
Monday and direct Mr.. Haggerty to
prepare the ordinance. y
The committee on street names in
addition to Mr.. Nutter includes ]. H.
Rownd, Arnold $aiasou, Fred Helmick,
w a. Lawler, John NJ. Kisner, Thomas
]. Brett, Wilbur II. Brand. o. ~. Wat
ktnsl and "a. Z. Lehman. Tho report of
this committee is OF. course subject to
revision by the Board of Affairs at the
regular meeting Monday forenoon at
f19foclock or at a later meeting II the
board sees fit to postpone action Al
sterations and changes in street names
were Unanimously recommended by
the committee at meeting 10 days
ago as follows:
asMain and Adams street and Fair
mont avenue are to be incorporated
into one thoroughfare to be called
Fairmont avenue, extending from
Quincy street to the southern limit Of
Fairmont avenue: Jackson street and
Locust avenue are to be combined in
to zone Locust avenue.
Parks avenue. Barney street and
! Cherry avenue, which are, practically
one street, are to be named together.
Wheeling avenue Pike street, from
the intersection at Quincy and Madi-
son streets to the city limits will be
known as Pennsylvania avenue. To
agree with the other avenues parallel,
4 namely, Locust, Fairmont and Wheel.
ing. Washington street will be called
Washington avenue.
{ 4 Water street, beginning at the Mad
jison street bridge. will be combined
with lMorgantown avenue. to be known
as lsMorgantown avenue.
Spring street will be known as
STERLING avenue, named after a promi-
nent Sterling family which formerly
dwelled upon Hamilton hill In the
STERLING avenue district.
Raymond, Sterling and Arlington
streets, on the East Side, will be In.
corporated Into Raymond avenue.
Many Implications were adjusted as
follows:
Wheeling street In Fourth ward to
be known as Arnett street: Wheeling
avenue, East Park, changed to Ohio
avenue.
View street, Eighth ward. changed
stoSYiews avenue: View street, Levi B.
Harriaddition. changed to Vine street;
View avenue, running from E street
to Delaware avenue. made Florida
avenue; South View avenue, South
view addition, changed to Hall ave.
nue..
Park; avenue. between Minor and
Virginia avenues, South Side, made
Ghamberlin avenue; Park avenue,
Levi b. Earr addition, made Holly
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