The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-11-09
TIE NEW UTOPIA.
An English Scirutist'S Plan for
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Ho.'cI ';sy.
DR.. Richardson is an English scien-
tific person who has invented a new
st, lie Of scientific city, which is short
ly to be built upon land already Sc
cured for the purpose. All that re-
mains to he done is for DR. Richard
son to build his city and to invent a
population willing 10 live in it. 1t is
to be hoped that he will succeed in
both these endeavors, for the plan of
his new city, as set forth by him in
an elaborate pamphlet, is extremely
ingenious and attractive.
Hygeia, as the model city will be
called, is to be built on the'sloPe of a
hill, so as to afford ample faciiltics
for draining, and for sliding in icy
weather 1t is to be laid out in rec
tangular form, and the streets are to
be paved with wood set in asphalt.
There will be no street railways, but
underneath each of the principal av-
enues will be under ground railroads.
The houses, of which there are to he
exactly twenty thousand, will lie built
Of brick, and placed on vaulted loun-
dations, without cellars. Each house
is to be nicely surrounded with trees,
and in addition to hot and cold water
and gas, will be supplied with ozone
from n central ozone manufact0ry.
The sewage is to be used for farming
purposes, and the corpscs Of dead in
hahitants will be buried in wicker
baskets, wherever they will do the
most good, instead Of being wasted in
cemeteries. None Of the residents
will be allowed to drink wine or use
tobacco, and even the chimneys will
be forbidden to smoke. 1t is Dir
Richardson's opinion that With the aid
Of an able municipal medical staff,
the death-rate in Hygeia will be re-
duced to eight in every one thoLsand
As the death-rate in New York is
twenty>eight per 1000, there is no
doubt that the Hygeans will be, in
comparison, an exceptionally healthy
people. But how the doctors muuic-
ipal medical men are to amuse them
selves in such an exasperatingly
healthy city he might find some diff
Guilty i'll explaining.
In spite of the manifest advantages
which the new city will possess, it is
possible that DR. Richardson will be
disappointed in the working of certain
details of his plan. For example, he
has decided that the population will
be " 1000, living in 10000 houses,
built Oh 1000 ares Of land, and he
dwells with much emphasis on the
fact that the health Of his city will de-
pend to a great eXtentupon his equal
distribution Of Observation-Disclosures" Now,
at first he may find no difficulty in Oh
tanning his 100, 900 inhabitants and
distributing them in families Of five
each. The trouble is, that after he
has thus nicely sorted and arranged
his citizens, they viii Immediately
proceed to uproot bis equal diStribu-
ton" What viii the doctor DO when
a scientific ianily Of five persons is
Suddenly increased 10y thg addition Of
scientific baby? Inc.o will he six
persons in THAI dis0rIcrcd household,
and the equal distribution" of the IL
hahitauts of this city will be compro-
missed. lie cannot build a new house
to meet the contingency, for he has
strictly limited the city to 10000
houses-aad even then if new house
could be built and inhabited exclu-
Siyely by the intruaing infant, his
scheme of equal distribution would be
spoiled. Unless every inhabitant of
the new city is compelled to sign a
lease containing Il covenant against
the introduction of infants, there will
be no such thing rs the permanent
equal distribution of 100000 people
in 10000 houses. Doubtless DR.
Richardson has entirely overlooked
this weak spot in his calculations, but
he will have it fixed upon his atten>
ton to Il maddening extent before the
end of the first year Of his city's exis-
tenCe.