Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-24
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~..,s in 10 mach good sense in The
..,,.-;no from tho SsS lyevfhseest lot
~ York) J, that We reproduce u With
euumsndation;
- do not, AZ rule, ve regret " aay,
i;~,iay muca taste OF much regard Tor
- ecmfort and snjoyment OF the IN
s.hitauts in the future. A shortsiRhted.
s.,,ov. psIl,,arisn spirit too often gov
- The town site company or the tndi-
Sanai speculstor Who marks out The
x.seea and lots in these embryonic
~ and the chief purp0ss - 70 70 -
Ssr, lots ~ possible cut Of . given
.S.ssoe of ground. The streets are
Ssssd too near together, thus making
S. Iots 80 shallow that II 10 not psso-
ss.his Ia have lawns in front Of chs
x-.iIinos and gardens in the rear. - 10
~" .lm. a, iuvariable Custom In the vii
49, Of cor Eastern, Middle and older
GsAsru ststes Then towns which by
=, stre,ch Of hopeful probability will
=, hsy, more TIA .n five or six thousand
:.hahit ,nts. ara plated on the CITY sys-
- "a u feet front lots for reside0oss.
e. ti,so. il npthinR To hinder pur-
x.ss, from buying two lots or four
b, his b ,use, but, ON the other hand,
- ali building lot which has
s.,dIv half tue frontage required for
-oJsst cottage. seems aim ~ an lmpO-
.;sion. nan WHO should buy q busi-
- lot a. iyuIld store upon IN one of
shseA new ,.,wus. and should afterwards
Ana IL TO have only ten feet frontage,
.on,d have re .son for serious CON-
10 n
tho buys u dwelling lot only vide
enough tor cIty house standing Ia d
block, may naturally feel that be has
been nupe,er0usly dealt with, when he
aeea ali the vide prairie open around
him, and iinds land Adjoining the sown
njota il worth only ten or fifteen dollars
An acre. For business lots frontage OF
26 fest ia amp but no residence lots
ahould be plotted of less width tn ~
test. A good plan would be 70 have
three widths of lots, Is, 80, and 100 fest,
she latter for those somewhat distant
from tie business center.
Soms of the new towns. whose plots
% have seen. make no provision Tor q
uublic sau .Ie--a very serious omission.
Pew provide street of extra width for
park treatment, with lots Of extra
3epth adapted for fine residences: few
make any Gse of natural advantages,
euoh AZ \ bluff commanding . fine pros
net, or rIyer front where n strip OF
lapd nil ht we'll be reserved for . pob-
u psomena6t: few display any more
Ali or taste than IN needed to draw
tsaight lines on sheet Of paper with n
y1lsr for the streets and lots. There
sse some exceptions, We are glad 70 say,
. b this rule III planning towns With n
uev solely 20 getting ~ much for the
Dols ~ SsDssibie tho first year or two.
Ono Young city We have In mind has re-
s0rvcd park commanding view
Of a magnificent waterfall; another has
psovi cd I q broad boulevard with .
pafk-w~y III Tia. center; another has lsft
epen river frontage which may some
time become u more besutiful PROM
snade than the Lung Arno in Florence,
though now an unsightiy dumping
ground for garbage and old tin cana
We wish that Nil town site projectors
would brsr in mind that they are plan
ming tor generations to come, and exaT-
eisinQ u creative power which ahould in
opire In them something better thar
mere sordid motives. There ought ~
bo satlsfac Ia laying out hand.
some town with the best feasible ar
rangements for health, comfort and
hoauty, which would more than oom-
pensat. for some sacrifice of immediate
money profit.