The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-08

the typical mar: Of th@ future Let u ne
a place where the millions come together
for the 2ccon1p!ishua. ut Of al the MAYOR
mos erIlerts OF civilization residence chiy
excepted. Commerce shall go on there
with improved and ever improving 1sfiii-
ties All Of the East river front ana the
Harlem shore a. E@li as the bank OF
North river. shall benorne continuous
line Of grznl,e-bo md docks and a harves.
There the shipping from every sea snf
shors q this poor world shall b. hi'ch-t
attn cable. while the merchants. import
erS. sNporters. wholesalers. tobt'ers 7nd
commercial officers gather IN their resp'-c-
tive spheres 10 handle the worlds mer-
chandis@ and discharge Il BY s-a and land
10 the four quarters OF our giob..
The commercial feature however. Is only
ons iinesm~nt % the future eity Where
the commercial mart leaves or ths social
mart begins. Society Is to expand tn
umphani Ia the free civic arena prepared
for the display OF t's powers All ART and
Intercourse Will Re there All amusement
and entertainment will be there AL en-
hghteament ard rational competition Of
thought and purpose VIII be there. Every
thing 70 b promoted by the Concourse Of
the people VIII be there There all arti-
Giles Of comfort will he distributed 10 nul-
tipiisd millions Of buyers There every
street ziu b. thronged with thousands Of
people gathered from outside homes. com
ing fresh IN the early morning to a clean
metropolis which has purified itself from
the draft and offal Of resident population
now piled up 10 the point Of rottiug In the
obstrucied ways Of rational progress.
Al ire apparatus 81 the Intellectual ce
ve4opGaeni Is 70 BE- there perfected. The
future city will be the mart Of literature
and song Is well az a bourse and a field Of
dat - n
Of axes csn provide Tor the comfort and
illumination of society shall be created on
a magnificent scale iH the city OF the fu-
ture. SsIcn shall h. the scene that the re-
dictionary effect OF II on the mind must
awaken the profoaDdest spiritual energies.
filling every sense and furnishing wings TO
thought
Ia the city OF the future the day shall be
the mart 81 busine - and affairs. the even
ing the mart of society The hotel and the
cafe viii expand into a new life. but the
boarding house will become reminiscsnce.
The lodging OF man and woman and child
in such a place viii become rs much mis-
placement and anac hronism as the holding
Of a cattle fair ia Carnegie hail VI an art
fete IN the Tombs
Under sucn conditions the future city Is
both thinkable and expeeiient The one
thing to be done away - municipal resi-
netfss- 1 ne one tniES 20 De exalted - SUI
burban and country residence--the farther
out the better. The one conditioner
rather the two conditions--on which such
residence depends is the viii OF the masses
to go and a perfected transit for the go
Ing. The city Of the future. becoming d
mart OF commerce and society. must
breathe out its population In the evening
and in-breathe them in the morning The
present movement Of sucking in at night
making the city a mephitic pool. is To- be
completely reversed. The enormous d a
stole Of the evening and systole OF the day
must be perfectly established Ia the
evening, after society has fulfilled rs
cycle OF ever-varying functions. the city,
relieving itself OF It's human burden. must
become SIN and sublime through the ight.
Under ths blaze Of electrical torches and
the silent guardianship of a few patrols
whose footballs echo on the sounding
streets. se shall hear at the corners the
welcome cry OF An Is we'll" while the
dappled dawn Is breaking and the morn
ing star Of the twentieth century is rising
out Of the ruffied sea.
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.