The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-03
FEW OBJECT TO
NAME CHANGING
Silence Appears to Give
Consent to Plan for
Remaining Streets.
FEW FILE OBJECTIONS
Most of Discussion FavOrs Plan
in General with Changes of
Names for Certain Streets.

It appeared to be case of silence
giving consent Monday evening at the
hearing called by the city council on
the ordinance which would establish
new street names throughout the city
of Kenosha. about 35 people attended
the hearing and the big majority of
them were there to approve the plan
in general but to object to the names
given to particular street.
There were one or two in attend
ance who objected to the plan of
adopting a theoretical starting point
for the numbered streets, maintain
ing that the smaller numbers should
be in the business district and that
some plan should be evolved which
would care for this. They suggested
the plan of adopting meridian street
and numbering north and south from
this, drawing forth the objections to
that plan which have been filed by
postal employees, who maintain that
it will only lead to confusion.
Much Praise for Plan.
Many of those in attendance are
representatives on the Kenosha Civic
council and many of them spoke to
express approval of the plan in gen
eral and hope that some way would
be found to solve the present cross
word puzzle" system of naming the
streets in Kenosha.
81 hope nothing happens to prevent
the adoption of plan to change the
names of the streets of the city and
get some logical order for them," de-
clared C. H. Pfennig, who was asked
| to express his opinion. Il want to
praise this council for attempting this
thing which has long been needed but
which councils for years have not
| dared to try"
One Petition Filed.
One petition was filed. This was
from residents on the street now
known as Fifth avenue and which I'M
der the new system would be known
as Quebec avenue. They ask that
some other name be selected, suggest
ing Quarles avenue. This petition was
received and fled.
A representative Of residents in the
vicinity of Lake avenue appeared to
suggest that it be called Beach ave-
nue. instead of Browning as named in
the present project. Under IT, new
plan Lake Avenue and Exchange
street would go under the same name
l and the name suggested is Browning
avenue. Residents of Exchange
street were present to oppose the Sc
lection of Beach avenue declaring that
while it might be appropriate for the
north end of that street, it certainly
was not for the street now known as
Exchange street. They suggested
Badger avenue or Buena Vista or the
division of the streets, naming one
one thing and the other another.
Wants a Columbus Street.
Sam Chiapetta in an interesting talk
suggested that it would be entirely
appropriate to have the name Column
bus avenue included somewhere in the
list, thereby doing honor to the man
who discovered this country. This
suggestion was also received and
filed.
A suggestion that the present Chi
cage street, which under the proposed
plan would become Detroit avenue,
be named Dana avenue Instead was
made by Harvey Durkee, who in SUBJ
hitting it stated that it would pay
tribute to an early resident of Ke-
nosha who had built the first house
on that street. 1t would also fit in
with the alphabetical plan which is be-
ing used.
Attorney Frank Symmonds and A. G.
Children submitted reasons against
the plan of accepting "a theoretical
starting point for the numbered
street far outside the present city
limits. Attorney A. E. Buckmaster
also suggested that the numbered
streets might be the streets running
north and south. Both of these sug-
gestions were answered by city Off
Gals who explained that these plans
had gone into in detail and more OBJ
jections found to them than the pres
ent plans.
One resident appeared to protest
against the clause which seemed to
indicate that the numbers would be
put on the houses by the city and
that no decorative number plates
could be used. 1t was explained that
decorative plates could be used pro-
viding they were endorsed by the
city engineer.
The results of the hearing will be
taken into consideration by the coun-