Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-14
M0RAVTAN STREET MAY SOON PASS,
FROM CITY PLAN; UP TO COUNCILS
rnion League Place" Name Proposed in Ordinance for
Minor Thoroughfare Which Has Several Designations
Along It's Tapeke Course

Av1AN STREET, as such seems to
M !. ,vitbout friend in the world, The
s,rset Business Association doesn't
Nsntsit hanging It's marble-walied back
80 hetween Broad and 1Oth streets, the
s..r,bers of the Christian uei.oihiiiatioil @
sll, hitch II takes Its name deny respon-
irol,i i,,,' We a.. the name 1t bears and declare
elpin';y ;.uan, mo reason, historical or senti-
they s ~, its appellation. SO Morris e.
msn."1c men. Councilman from the Sth Ward, In
Ssaab the unwelcome part OF moravian
.na.t stretches It's narrow lehgth' mas come
suss ~ rasoue At the next session of Com
70 .ii9 5,a,,rcii Mr. Conn proposes to wish"
mon mo.,.n street from Broad street to 18th
snnn the Union League
M. Union League is patriotic and pater-
Riazoned on the west front OF Its
hna..nsIve clubhouse is the motto, Amor
eAp ls,ao vincIt" Literally translated this
ans pa.,~ that in the heart of the loyal Union
Seaauer patrlotlsm is conqueror. So the
ifrIon League is going to adopt the dis
.ad section of Moravlan street, which
oWns .i,,ost literally at its doorstep. Further
nsv ..o n is going to bestow its dignifled
na@sar,en rpon the outcast, which, Councils
os,,,,us will be known hereafter as Union
League place.
eo,ne exuberant League members may
,,ate the baptism an occasion Tor drinking
AZ health of the newest acquisition to
sr.,or League expansion. This point has
nc.. been taken up yet
M, in the midst of the general rejoicing
Anal the problem of Moravian street seems
/. - he solved bobs up disturbing possi-
blllty.
Not only does the narrow thoroughfare
already serve as parking place Tor the
s,,os of many League members and in
sanae belong to that institution, but It
i. souaIly contiguous to the Manufac-
.,,rors, club, at the northwest corner of
proad and Walnut streets. In fact, 1t
.sryes as the boundary line between those
two palatial clubhouses'
snnpose (and the supposition sends zig
agginp shivers along the spinal columns
~ natrIotic Leaguers) that the Manufac-
snrerz, Club should ask as matter of
so,,al proprietorship that the block be desig-
,stsd Manufacturers place? This sug-
sestlon has been heard but has not been
formally acted upon. There is also talk
Of compromise by making the nortn side
of Moravian street Union League place, and
sailing the south side Manufacturers alley
M lane. 40.
The stock Exchange also abuts upon the
tape-like thoroughfare. But the bulls and
hears are not inclined to butt into the
controversy or to squeeze" another Stock
Exchange place out of the city. They al
street running west of Sd street, named
FOR them and they are not hoggish. despite
their animal-like nicknames. They are
willing, having "got theirs" to let who will
share the remainder of the street.
Among the Moravians of the city the
sentiment aroused by the proposition to
place Union League place upon the street
map Is one of indifference. They inquire
yonderingly, why Moravian street at all?"
No Moravian church or community so far
as their records show, ever located south
Of Race street. No member of the COM
lmunon was a property holder along the
line Of the street which bears the name
Of the followers of John Huss. They ap-
preciate the recognition of their creed in
the naming Of the street, but suggest that
a more important highway might have been
selected, or one in some way identified with
their church or its institutions might better
have been chosen to bear the title mo
ravlan."
at might just as well have been called