"That on the application of Mr Blackiston Houston three new streets be named Langley Street, Danube Street, McCandless Street as shown on his sketch but that the other names being duplicates cannot be accepted". (27th June 1877).
The Belfast And Province Of Ulster Directory 1880. The minutes of the Town Improvement Committee 22 June 1881 indicate permission for a street off Coates Street was refused to Thomas McCandless.