New Britain herald., 1917-01-30

pike to the misleading name OF South
lngton Road. No one would have ever
followed it ten rods in going to South
lngton, unless it was tor the purpose
of getting Off from it in order to go
there. We did well to change aus
name to Corbin Avenue for whatever
sentiment goes with the name Corbin
does not in the least lessen the useful
ness Of that change. 1t would have
been better of to have called it Turn
pike, thereby perpetrating the memory
OF the only street over which stage
lines have been run through our
town.
1t was colnmendable thing for our
city to change the name of kensington
street, at its lower end to Arch street,
whereby, with the new extension, we
have one of the longest streets in the
city. The longer our streets with a
single name. are the better. Stanley
street is q noble example: being the
only street we have that extends from
border to border through the city. 1t
is well that Lincoln street carries its
name from West Main southerly to
the Berlin town line. 1t is laughable
to have tho southern portion thereof
referred to as the extension, when In
fact it Is more than q hundred years
older than the West Main street end.
The general rule is and always has
been that a street once established
and named, carries that name to all
extensions thereof. This was the case
with Grove, High, and Washington
streets. In this way we get the ad-
vantage of an old name for a new
street section. The longer name
stands the better 1t is known. 1t Is
desirable to have all street names
reach as far as they can from our
main arteries and especially our troll
ley lines. We presume that the lower
portion of Forest street was named
before the street was opened up to
its present length. Had 1t been opened
all at one time. no one would have
ever thought of giving it its present
name. In so far as we know this Is
the only instance in our city in which
named street has been extended
without also carrying its name with
the extension. We cannot say that
Jerome Avenue and Hunter Road are
either of them an extension Of the
other. The Liberty Forest street
tangle can be Strengthened out by
applying either of these names alone
to the entire street. We should not
think Of such a thing as a compromise
name for that would necessitate
changing two street names instead OF
only one. No street name can be
changed without some Inconvenience
to the public It would be a sin against
the public to change two street names
when g. change in only one is neces-
sary. We, personally have no choice
between these two names but we firmly
believe that the general public would
be better served by extending the
name Liberty to the whole street. The
CITY has already changed the name or
one street that was christened slmul-
taneously with Forest street. Cne
name Liberty street has never caused
any inconvenience 1t has stood long
enough to become we'll known and IS
also we'll known by it's nearness to the
trolley.
Liberty and Lincoln. What grano
SYNONYMS twin veterans OF the owl
war Let them stand side by side
forever Sentiment may find 1aVor
when she walks hand IN hand VIII
Utility; but when she brings trouoie
cast her aside. 1t Is easy enough "
find Liberty street, the only ol11ic
now Is that Forest street CANNOT y.
so easily found. 1t would De ua'
nrecedent to change the name of LID
ertv street to Forest because 1t "ouio
encourage others to seek new names
for other street extensions. The houses
on Forest street could be now readily
found bv the general public II the
name Liberty ran through that street
In this way we could get ria
Of all the trouble and we should strike
directly at the bottom Of the whole
matter and not doctor the head lot
trouble with the appendix.
COMMITTED
OF SIX OLDEST
INHABITANTS