A System of Thoroughfare Terming and House Numbering (Classic Reprint)

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At the time the committee submitted its report it was considered very essential that the prefixes north, south, east and west should be abolished. The only way to do this, if at all, is by the method proposed by the committee; namely, by adopting different names for each end of the thoroughfares. Again the system of numbering submitted is not a whit more cumbersome or unwieldy than the Phila delphia one now in use, south of One Hundredth street, and is far more definitive inasmuch as it indi cates distance exactly. All five figured systems, however, are too cumbersome and confusing, either for speech or legibleness. Neither is it possible to abolish the prefixes, as will be apparent, no doubt, after a perusal of the following pages. The com mittee was a very able one and did a great deal better than could naturally be expected under the circumstances, and in the light of subsequent research. Its report will prove very useful to any subsequent committee that may be appointed, especially if it has to take up the matter of chang ing duplicate names of thoroughfares - which duplications should never be permitted in any city since it contains a thesaurus of appropriate names, historical and otherwise. Thus much of the labor and expense of selecting such titles can in the future be avoided. The following is the wording of the committee on this pomt: In selecting the new names necessary, your committee took them from the names of cities and towns in Illinois, and the United States; names of Generals in the late war; ex-mayors of Chicago, and other notables in and out of the city.

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