Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-14
EUBELLISHING THE CITY.
The Lecture by Rev. DR.. Dana at Mus
Hall Last Evening.

Hall Last Evening.
The Rev. DR.. Dana, of Plymouth church, de-
livercd lecture in Music hall last evening be-
fore the Establishment society. The attend
ance was rather small, owing, probably, to the
great attractions elsewhere. The doctor
opened his discourse by expressing the liveliest
interest in the objects of the association. There
was nothing more conclusive to higher civil
zation than beautiful homes, surrounded by
trees and shrubs; than beautiful streets, lined
by umbrageous trees. Everything that pleased
the eye elevated the soul. He then
proceeded to speak OF the natural beauty of
the location of St. Paul and the great advan-
tages it possessed Nature required but little
artificial aid to make of the city very para
disc of beauty. From material as well as an
esthetical standpoint, the establishment Of
the city would pay. It would attract visitors
| from abroad; attract permanent residents; at
tract capital and trade. The architecture of
the city was sadly in need of reform. The
ly some fronting close upon the streets, others
set back; some without a spear of grass
in front, others hidden from view. The
streets looked as if they had never been
planned. There was no regularity, but every
! body built as they saw fit and trusted to luck
or the authorities to run street in front of
their doors. The planting of trees should be
encouraged, and the building of houses close
to the sidewalk should be discouraged. A man
who deliberately placed his house where it
| would obstruct view of his neighbors COM
mitted a wrong, and should be restrained by
legislation il necessary: The build
ed ds' should @oT 0 be planned p 50 as to
give each little grass plot in front
from which small bed should be set apart for
flowers. The shanties, now so abundant. should
lie replaced by more slightly buildings, as
speedily as may be. Then there seemed to be
about st. Paul peculiar superstition that per-
mi,ted cattle to run at large at their own sweet
will, with perfect liberty to bark the shade
trees, nibble the shrubbery, and destroy the
| Towering plants. This abuse was crying one
and the city had become an immense COW yard
The authorities had taken steps to sup
press this nuisance, for which they were de.
serving of thanks
The cooperation of the authorities, Of the
school children, and of the ladies was solicited
for the encouragement Of arborculture. The
two last could do much towards identifying
the city and by forming taste for tree anl
plant culture; their influence would be seer
and felt as long as the city remained.
Then there is Unworthy avenue, reaching
from St. Paul to Minneapolis. BY little eff
fort and at trifing cost this could be lined
with trees and shrubbery, and within a few
years H'ould form the grandest boulevard il
the world, and would be resorted to for res
and recreation by thousands. It would far ex
eel in beauty any boulevard on the American
continent and would rival the far-famed stree
, of Berlin, Inter den Linden. This enterprise
should receive the encouragement of all cit
liens.
The cleanliness of the city was point no
to be forgotten. In Holland, where cleanliness
, was regarded az even ahead of goodness, on,
often saw the stables connected with the par
} lors, but there was no offensive odor arising
from the habitatiOus of the beasts and tn
, floor of one apartment as scrupulousl,
clean as the floor of the other. They needed
} no health officer there to smell around for tina
: which was offensive or injurious to health
, Here at every corner the alfaotories give motto
? of the presence of putrid, health destroyin,
: matter, and call loudly for the at
tentions Of the health officer, but without re
celving it. The greatest car
should be taken in the disposal of the refuse O
: the kitchen. He had often had his eyesigh
| panied by the sight of lot of empty battered
tin cans and bottles looking out from an empt,
, lot, uttering a mute appeal for Christian
. burial. There are a thousand little things tina
: might be done that would not only add to tn
3 beauty of the landscape, but add to the valu
Of the property, and there were thousan'
e little things that might be left undone tina
: would mar the appearance of a section OF tn
city and depreciate it's worth.
With an appeal to pay more attention to tn
decoration of the streets and the houses of St
Paul, the speaker concluded, and the societ
received number of accessions to its member
ship.