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Show a residential .thoroughfare." 'Slate street," said John W. Scot "is known throughout, the country, an any change In its name, cr-trainl1 would be detrimental to, u'.isfiiessy It It woe not for this I would not .b- . jfft to the name Roosevelt, except :'or the other reason. perhaps, that the title is a trifle tcs. -leiisiby lor a business thoroughfare:". .a i ' STATE STREET IS NOT TO BECHANCED Chicago, . March 3 A proposal by Alderman Ottu J. Novak, lo Introduce into the city council an ordinance changing the name of State street, the principal retail street In Chi-rag", Chi-rag", to Roosevelt street in honor of former President Roosevelt, was riot enthusiastically received by merchants mer-chants on that thoroughfare yesterday. yester-day. 'i most assuredly would oppose any plan to change the name of Slate street," said John C. Shedd.- "There, arc many other ways In which Colonel Col-onel Roosevelt might bo honored, and If there is a desire to name a stree. for blm, It w ould be . well to. choose |