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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer from Seattle, Washington • 3

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OSTKEET0 STKEET NAMES. System. Whitli Is Now a ets. avenues and ways Way vow. lr 0t Avenue Llet r-rtt many tB a nr twi they live on.

ths'Bew system names, and "Zm-sat the whys L. The ally simple, t'e prints illustrates the 1r which tin ttnmtm mge laid tabulated pri.nte.i, giving the old nitnes Jf-he lh thie lidmrti lfau.jp. ot tiw Plan, sketch the double- HM-'-tf those with sinKh-- Uces are illustt atiotis or the out of tiie plan, from wft the intervening streets and an be ertailied. can readily pertained The tlf 0 Uie pUn the eldest and bestrf a portion of the city, namely, avenue on the south. Nepot north, the harbor on the west jmilf tfie east.

In thia por. -f the ity there but clwtiges, afincijMtl xh- ben uwt the streets parallel the iiarbof are T. is in conformity general f.atur# of tiie entire gen. say n'jtlii ar.d south, i-armllel with and lake shores .1 -ng the be called AiP.le those runt'-e eeetsnd across the ralges and baruor to lake, are termed irfNftS. 3 north of way (Depot af Ktven twin.

similar to tlie avenues in the centrti district of lie City adding tie term "north." Thus. avenue, which t.ikea the place of rH, prwnt Second at Bwiiywar sith Popl.tr street, which, unter this becomes Bccond avenue porth. The l.tm "north" added to the o- avenue indicates that It is Rjrthof O-'tmy In the wtfte manner; tvetiuea south of Yeejer ft iy take the mws the tir.K avenues in the antral district. the term "south." Tw, S.mth Third s.tr«- conmVtlng as it with the new Second avenue, Second avenue south. The to of any avenue tes that It is south if Tester way.

fa order to avoid confusion, and at the HK4I tiait' conform Po the system, esler Is changt to Xesh way'-. Depot waich forms north houndary of central district, is named D-nny way. i. aoplie- to all tho Depot street xisilng under various hm from Kiiiott bay to Lake Alftert et. I.akf ivi and Grc-n r-r.

forrniiif a dhtimiOus thoroughfare the east shore of ike Union from way tfl th? m. Utona mi Brooklyn tire given the uwof li isiiiK- avenue. Por the nam. Kofiin street and the Union from Denny way to Fremont, at Westlake avenue. twnifw.

make the Merles of numbere.l J'ront str-vt changed to First with strt' as First an ky Klnrt nor h. Went sT' i't becdmt stivenue, and Water street Is KllSott nfEuc. East of First avenae the wiles of avenues continues without a tu Nirit': takes the of Ninth t. An examination of nnp Ir that Ninth avenue Broadway Intersect, Yesier way at the same point, tonne with JEhUh avenue south, the new name fur Eleventh street In order to prettrtK system ot In til fibular portion of the city Sooth of way an! ea-r of Broadway. It is that Williamson meet become Hill South street avenue souths This It ha thi tin trial of Ninth avehjie ami west of ahould names out of Irvisbcr to till in V-tween Ninth ii-t ayrftuea in workUTK out this section eilstinte nimc have rf.alnt'l far If this ion werf not treated In thin lUiil necessary to from nth ua Twentieth id blook.

far as appitea to the few; jth an I every at tdway 1 ten than in Plbptij. I'-AM mill WVxt TSreare vtt the names mat an tin. In this rr- has simply in 1 cf ditpenslng wi'h duplicate and Venter way the Itwwn ealsrr names mrfe coiifrom the; av to t. Washington ui.j Iv. uny way the U.r, that east 4 laay iv 1 tig Hr- tlx.

"Eajft." Remington to I iNhlnjrton leffers. t. ir IW Wreefa Fast Union X' il of nit i no la an-1 1 i rifefr, 7J'" ,1 Uk' 1 I i on. i. 4 Wnn 1 DMe 1 -rl IS 4 ,1 th.

ir fi rst rt fth W. il thr 1 .1 I). I 1 II un.ft-. I 1 Vaa ta .1 VC the n-i 1 I Mr. 1 4 -i- the fetr Bm! 't; r.

tkt 4 -trt ot to .1 iiatt V' fToni Nort tftkvr, BSV. 1 weft" eSK Chiiuic. Pitcher's Castors. try eontfnwrras of the city. of of coufV-' ting at ttHV an 4 Denny way leave a lupfmiunprarj' to be provide') for.

For Instance, Commercial i i with Firs; aventtr south. and Sot. Third timrwl. is pry r3y -all. -J aVi-nu- WMitn.

This the Sooth i to provided for which done by aming Rental avenue, from the -oilding j'shlng Simiiarfc Kipluh is nams-d Maynard avenue, intervening as it Iftmreen Sixth south and south. This cond tton applies also to Warren HtrH-. and Dexter street. the district r.orth of Denny way. which are nam-d speetHely Warren avenue.

Nob 11111 aveh-if, Tavior aivj avenue. In providing for tlie triangular section f.efor<; to. between Ninth avenue and Broadway, the Terry avenue. fuid Minor avenue are irivcdi Tenth. Eleventh and we th the athor avenues in that takint the rmm-j Sirr.mit.

ton and Howard, corresponding with similarly natw-'l avenues now existing. Pioneer Name- It will observed that the originated several years ago. when Mill street was to Y.sler avenue, has extended in this plan so as to Include, as far as possible, the of pioneer citizens of the etry, especially the owners of tfie original donat-on Thus, there is lesli-r way, Denny way, Boren avenue, Maynard avenue. Terry avenue, Holgate street. Hanford Pontius avenue.

street. Kinnear place, tialer street and Minor avenue. 11111 The ordinan-e does not provide for street numbering, but that phase of the question will douhilegs be provided for in another ordinance at an early -late. The numbers will not vary to any great extent from the existing plan, the Mock svst- being the and the numbers following the numbered series of avenues. Wherever an extra avenue intervenes between two regularly red avenues, the 100 allot- 1 Show i ntr of" ot Nt fed for one block are sutti tv.

to n-1 two blocks, so i- the series uniform. While the made a urvloubteily cause confusion or months until the become at -listomed to them, li ill that the slmpllf- Ity anil of the plan. I adv wal -at. a- temporary Jnconvenlenlf at once by the lonsr but necessary action of pfuvldh proper net the confusion Inch Sent to the will be greatly lessened. Old New Names.

Yesler av Yesler way 1 Hawthorne, Deeatur Denny way in. e. Vtllarl 4V Anne av 1 Formal. fcorth Broadway Kolltn. like I'nton Boulevard.

I All" t. ton I I (Irani tit roi I rift Water F.lllott av u-; 1 av av i Fourth av Sixth S. nth iv Vh IV i Terry 7 1 It-ITftl itv Vttu av TWelff fmmuit, S'lmntil av I- v-. ii't Howard Th' tin 1' .1 1 1 Mi inioPt av Ko ftovfctan av Mi r. Harvard av WmMrnum.

Tenth av Wri-'tt ft tee Houston, vnth av I. I nney. Fou th av llandolph. av Fifteenth av Fo th av th "teentn av, vjh sv 1 imish av 11 nut. Nr trett av av av av av Tvn Wi!" aV il Ta av i-vi ta -1 bin! (I'V- I M.I!" A ti Twati -jsith 1: ven i i iv-, kltsa Tw nty-nloth TOE SEATTLE POST-IN'TELLIOFNCKR.

MONDAY. CEMBER 23. tWi. Old Names. New XamrS.

Rainier, Thirtieth av View. Spmrw Thirty-first av I Baker. Wv. Thirty-second av Clarence Thirty-third av ar '-oU Thirty-fourth av Drexei av Thirty-fifth av Aldine av Thirty-sixth av Lincoln Thirty-seventh av I Randolph Thirty-eighth av Lake Thirty-ninth av of Washington Fortieth av I-ike Hast Fir Prince William. lt- East Spruce i Eaton, i Park av East Aider Crawford.

Sophia Ease Terrace av, i Barclay. i Elin East Jefferson I Jessie, Jesse. California. East James Willow. Milwaokie East Cherry for Edes).

May East Colura'ia Knight. I fit latyl av. I frtanton East Marion Filbert, Latona, Doug i.i*s Fast Spring Mad.aon East Madison Spring Spring Plate "ooper, IMvision East Union hoat. Choate. Blakely.

Johnson av, Johnston av East Pike GOUid, Mast irk. Warren East Pine Hazel, Hayes, Adams, Menlo, Chicago av East Olive Bancroft, Bancroft Way, Talbot East Howell Avenues, North District. Kentucky, Vanderbift av First Av North Jaeobs av Jacobs Place JteMN av Warren av av I'laee I'oplar, Orange av Second Av Nurtii Oak, Montgomery, I'oplar (formerly Gt-orse av) Thlr.l Av North Ash Hill av I.ak. View av, Midland av urth Av North Willow. mdii Av North Birch.

av Taylor av Sixth Av North Farm Seventh Av North i street Dexter av Vine, Park Av North ttrt Ninth Av Nonh Biamarck Term Av N.irth Borrn Av a K. Fairvit wav Krotik, Minor Av l.lneoln Pontius av How ard. Klaine. Itnttfa II Ai North PontltW Mt-lroae Av I rat n. N.

In'i so Franklin av View av av Belie it Av North lit; 1 le av jf PI F.vfrest Av North a lutini! Av rtn 4i i'ia-e Hoy Fuelid av. 'i. 1 Harvar I. av, ar Harvard Av Ma t. -n: 1 Av rth Ft 'al T.i VfU ral "iiain.

I Av Jlmuwns. ns Pia K- rrev, He 11' r.v 'tAv lta r'. Av r'h Mi-. -'S Av rth A-. 1 ni ft, nai S-H th Av Fhrt.tn.it, i -Stff Av rth Hide.

Av 1 Htjtrre av, Nineteenth Av rib I Nwh BAKING Use OJd New -Claire. er.ut Av North iom Av North Lew Twenty-tMrd Av Nori Ei Av Nonh Laune. View Twenty-fifth Av North Oh Jo, liana Twe ET Y. Av jjorrh Arthur. White.

Chester Twenty-seventh Av North Arthur Place Buckius, ma Twenty-eighth Av North Wilson, a-- ie, A i Twenty-ninth Av North Th'rtleth Av N.irth Sprfccue rt.v-rtrsr Av W)(k iT irty-second Av ah. Oiyat: a rty-thfrd Av North EI S'ate Av North irty-rtfth Av ivar-- -ro Thirty-sixth Av rt I Av liandoiph Av i Lake Av rth Washington North nnie Forty-first Av North Laurel Forty-second Av rtT of Lake I'nlori. Drive Th -lias st or av. Roy Morse, Filbert Valley High Aloha Kli.iT st or Olympic av Olympic Place F.pler Ep'er Place ion Bark Elliott, Allee Kinnear Villard Ward Illinois av, I'owell. Prospect av Prospect chigan av, Bradley, View, Farragut Highland Drive Swim Comstock nnsylvania av, Benjamin, Payne Keokuk.

i'meda Galer Quimper, Itlaine Garfield Hayes V. Riaine tjiiU' n. J- Howe Crookett Alva MeOraw Eisht.i Smith xth. av Eaurel l'lace I IMlrt av Pleasant l'lace Seattle Jarfield, Ninth Ray Mi r.t&na av Montana Manitoba av, Ruden Newell 'leveland, Scott Armoiir ilton av. Fiilton av Rose Fla A rthur, iH-nny Barrett Kaxt of l.akn I'nloii.

hn or ond, May, ts Cast John Tt or Third, ''n ut. Williams, Carrie, South Thomas Harrison (or Fourth), I it ir East Ihrrtwn tn (or Fift Rppuhlh in r- lor Sixtht. PaTie East Mercer ik Eas: Roy iv' jualmic av East Valley 1 1 East Aloha I iv East lark lilium. V. alnut, I (i N.

Wt Highland I'ilf tfe av. av. Twenty-efjfhth Av Weft DN'ric' i.il Av South u-'i -ond av Tnir J. av Av i i K. Third Av South 8 uth Fourth.

av Ki'iri Fourth Av Svnith Sixth, 1 ir, Fifth Av venth, S.xth Av South Ktuhth. w. nv av Ninth, 1 Av Sout'i tf Eighth Av South icv. rh. s- i- Ninth Av South V.

Twrlfth. K.v, Tenth Av South New Names WL Tt rteenth. I Eleventh Av South Twelfth Av South SlFl -enth. i Av South IT av. Sixteenth.

Fourteenth Av South 91 Fifteenll Av South jfl 2 teenth Soulier Place BV Joy). jS i shie-nth, Sixteenth Av South Sfe "eteent'i S- jfl Twentieth. Av South 'Jfl enty-first. Twentieth, Av South (or Clara), 'cmy-neoond, ji Twenty-third Valentine I -n v-seconJ, Twentieth Av South Twefl 'thg Twetuy-thlrd, Twenty-first Av South XV fB Twenty-fourth. Twenty-second Av South rl nty-thi-1 Av South Harris Place s' Twenty-fourth Av South nt y-elghth.

Twenty-sixth Av South 5 av. T- Temple Place JreeneV st South Twenty-eighth South Soutffl rtieth Bradn.r Place Ifl rty-first Twenty-nint hAv South Yakima av t. Thirtieth Av South 'ike i II a Thirty-first Av South Thirty-second Av South Park Thirty-third Av South av Ori Thirty-fourth Av South Av South Thirty-sixth Av South Av South fl Iv JBW Thirty-ninth Av fliv Washington Ala nearhorn Nye .1 Nye Pl4ce Lot CanalH Kliz.i*; 1 1 Ingersoli I'lace Ora Norm an "ixteiH Baxter Place Amy. Arhor, of Thirtieth). A W' orf lV isworth Irvinsr RuraljH 9V Twn Atlantic Oat ifl i-hoH mx Walker Wr l.cH* McClellan Kaii! yn fl 'H fl.

iV r.al< Pro aV C.arfleH East Plalne ifl" Mm 8 (l nnM ni-trlrt. 1 Av Wm I I Third Av West PifTh Av fi fl 1 T- nth Av Weft I-1 J. fl fl mgk VH fl Av fl fl fl I fl fl't fl fl fl Mu. RIGHT ROVAL FANCY For Gift Buyers TAIUF I covers I FOE MEN ChfDilK li yfc 9 7k .) 111 II Jipaucie Hf NjlliTf 111 1114 I jP- DrrflV i' 1 1 yrn ti 2 111 ETC "zhinSK- k. ferMiou I Cloaks.

I Every trariiient in our Cloak Depart- Va ment at reduced prices. You must come eUr lUdV uue H.ASUKKR- TW 1 WHO Jhree 1 aa 0 Lineu Haudker- II A 31 it I Coiorei hiubtoid- 1 BaifdlflS. I UI.ORT.S~ ReUabto French KM Glow, 75c a JJQ Jfl Allof Fostar'e rojaotd. Fx- i quality Street Uiove, i pair. $12.50 Oats NOW $9.00.

Hand Font, .91,25 each. fiUU Ky "til £3 Uaujo handles, Mcb. SIU.VV UKUi JUW I W. P. BOY CO.

Front Street unit Pioneer Place. 5 VP FFFA 22? Hon UT a ftuaoin Fre'iru Htn, will quickly cure of alt flv Kr "cas or tin gmtwtin dream, iu it 'w I Ii omnia, I Ei VMr Jlraptee, to Marry, Kitiaasitiur DrnltiH, CocstljpJiti it i rem u- -v wMob If not diet-Iced ltnula to arcrtor errro the horrornol tUc livtr, Uie OLtUHt tttDMMLn Itiijti. v. 't nit rVPIDEKE oiKane. The safit are r.ot b.r tnown rmolF tocnrewttliiuit auoiH WM.

-tliic ui. aK written moofy wurned Ir all a tfan tn jk rsn iitcura. fLOOabctT.al* 00, hy mall, for circular and t.Kitmotilal.l, -r, pirn! V. o. FTAKC M-O, i WOT etere Front trfl If You Are in a Quandary Concerning imrrmgi Christmas Presents Consider tor a Moment What We Offer.

LEATHER GOO IKS. Seal Russia and Alligator leather Uoods are passed for presents They carry with. them an air of elegant stability and are the We a large of u-il goods of this kind, and will mark with fcame in without extra charge. TRAVELING CASKS. We have In many styh-s and all prices.

for gentlemen. with ind without razors. and for ladies, with and wlzhout sets. rEHFUMKKY. Almost without exception aJI persona like perfumery, and as a medium for espressiin; friendship and a Section it approbate, proper and always appreciated.

We have a full line of and domestic, offer Lubln'a. I'inaud'i. Atkinson s. Eautftr'a, Rogers Oallet, borg'a, Ri kseekefs, from cent to cut glass CKLLULOKD. Celluloid Is maintaining its popularity, and the goods arc more attractive and desirgble than ever befora commend themselves to coi.slderate buyers.

ALUMINUM. most attractive novelties this year are tha Aluminum Toilet A r.f ni- fal will keep luster untarnished. and of a most and artistic nnish. and ths are put on the mar get as auccaaaful compeMori in elegance and duraMl ty of all popular styles. WK WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE, AND BELIEVE WE CAM FLEAS 12 YOU.

Stewart Holmes Drug Co. i lI'HMSTSUS I QSiY. all kin us. Bi I nur imiture oitra Or, value. Wp have a regular 50c mittare, ttne ereaui- and fhocoUtw; otir price, 3'fc per pound.

2 COOPER i LEW, csft Si rxj jm ",06 'Swmfr ta! Ist Mwtli of Av. ('onic and Be Convinced TJwt in bujrlrwf P'nno from us you uit Insure i. Fischer. Ellington and othpr in stock. We 11 Pianos 4 ft 10 ia.

high, i.stural wood ease's, oak or wafcnet, for Others equai)y tow In price. I WINTER HARPER, Burke i in the WASHBURN Gmiif-, Mers, I Lowmuu Haniord ami frintiutf font Ht. FT.

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