Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-03
The City Beautiful.

But this II lpoe,Hg ten f,s ~,
MI, h.re IS a great field FOR my" ~; the ~
Mork IN The beautifying nf M r immediate
give sn ',,.,n -, 'ne nnsshtly obircis ~ ~,
Sml, ~ n'alr parts OF il n ch "hici
ugly look The suburbs of , Gi,naptic an'
"nHs gone To extremes of is nave al
allie rcs;,,,.n -, one extreme Is NE 'a a.,t, :"
49,. ,',,'""h'e suburb, et lid i,sSniun
uia""'"i Nn-ttan'S land uh,, othti ma
u,' atn-cans run riot and In. a,ncS .'ii'
ucS ',iS ,ircst work. As the c,iv T h
life, s.amc-faeedI ,"n Lbs, anIs sanald side Of
ii,sn,' mas grown IN offensivcn",,a out oi
- nc.d OF 4 better system ~ There
sltnorv;. U,' ''ir waste land. of a ,.r,s.
~ '0io' "' the ,iisDns,,i,n ~ s"I"f u
me work III ,ahc lon ,.,,,.,i,.n"l refuse
~ ~. great purifying agent H. ~, Fite
undation Of n,r ne tragic case of an in
uihil',heap at the south end o, from the
th ~ is still fresh IN MIL whole
/ dom, ~, .nS.r work of a cits nurhi -, ~"
4 ordered hn,,s,hnat's, ihc work of a wa "u
dl;;.""'u De reduced to ,ai,c.. ~ h'' burnt
pr;,,o ot as thurouuhlv a. ~, al" rest
bottles n I,",'o''ions OF tomaro-cins , De;
/ .,i,ts Hinti2 NJ roa,I;ide ~, Nahs ana
aoiH ShlitleSs: the ,is,,;,"tt u;srcak-
sihta snould be In the hands r ". such
in tnis ,a, NJ mcrc nature is lori r"1H
with a n.,,,',. ha.lcy she provides tn, 81, !,
Ssh, Green and bcautifi,i ,,S extent.
.ooiu run INTO country ,..,,a'. 81" '". city
ramn,rt nf WIN nn hi6cpus ,irc,nlvnii ill.,,
umhr",i. ~ cans and bolt cs am, ''. ,.,.eht
man is vile '''. W snow that OH y
80, ~" less important. Int r,,r "a,
bnriut'a natter OF advertising sic, '''cd't is
casual nhs,r' cSr"ted the notice OF thu. mos
/ there 49, ~ VT tiitt within tho n.,s, ~
49,: mas Dccn nacrant ni,tt', p"9' year
- iiiS signs. many of thc,, -, N VI Hi"-
No eli, '' 70 the least sensitive 49,,
10 hc,,,, t"'i make The faintest nrrtcnS,n.e,
49, ne"utN wnlch Is coynrnd pic,e"SioiS
can, "a ant advertising boards In th, nue.
sn,.,r .;,s thong every highway ,ncr So, a
tcrv. a non -, az angles in brazcu cflrnn'
cni,,,,,; INSTANT utfcnsc TO tho 49,, ~,
nT riic seems to be due To- a ,,.s,,, .i'
sort az .,b, oi me possibilities of thiS
/ hea,iu,Iar,,,res' ;lH'iS by Syndicatcs with
an, uiualtcrs IN the large cities ana 800,
n SENS To he che covering of ~ 90. !
I So, win pictorial .tuyrrtisin,r i' :
3 ,oTr 9e"t springfield Simply shares n.
go ~ iot: ana at the raj, y, ,,.l,i't
Nv boards have gone IN vithin ~ "i'i' u
.Nc months, the city seems IL 70 70
:" "c completely buried IN bjIlhnards
,h wv tnc question has two Sides to If
bornc in oi me advertisers must h.
hrn,',i..ti tlIilu. ana in this camu1inn ~,
pN"utiiylnS the city we w:nt IL - ,,i =,
nro'i' ~ ol citizens. including the very
irp, 10 are putting up thes, a,Ivcrti.,.
ii,St''n. llt II stands To- reason that -, Nj
Iit must he drawn Somcwnrrr. th,,
LiiiSV Dc some limit to the yizr or ri
49, ana some censorship on thrtr ,nn
,'htS. competition lett to iI.cIf l.nn,",
y" units. The larger an ,L,.cr, ;,, N,,,' y :,
- ni""c' the larger must become Tho al
Yer easements at rivals. Eut a cuun1tut + o.
~ = llsht OF Scif-.ctcnce agains, III
uou"NlOuS nuisance ANA ..,,,.. III
.'ttNt VIII make regulation necessary m,
wv" thinSS essential just now are 49,, !.
summary elimination Of objcctiou;,bI, .,dl
r't iN'hrhts, a measure qIitc within the
I"NtrS al CITY government. and <,rnnd :,
restriction on the size of hllibu,r,Is sri,n
IN II enforced IN many EIrun.an citias
ii't' Is no hardship to the advertiser If
: an ms competitors are brought dow, p,
~ same itNci AMI the gain to tho city il
immense. But advertisers can "a ftrthrr
nan iI.S ana cooperate in Improving tn.
appearance III the CITY by takIu" pdius ia
l'Ht NJ only neat aud even artistic .dvcr
tlS,mcntS. u is good business as wen ~
lul'ilC spirit. one coutd mention many
Wtii-knoWu advertisements; that hay, nj
fd' yea much admirinG comment hy their
ingenuity and their artistic merit Mnv
cannot the business mon of til" city takt
ne lhitIatNr this roform and try to
make th'lr MIituardS Is tasteful as tlolr
St"rC-W windows? he city is altogether Ioi
lulI ~ huge. tImblc-dowu Signs SwlNin.
In IN" Wind. and rejecting credit neither
on the city nor On the advertiser. Tine
hopeful line of work in tuiS direction lies
IN procuring small artistic or at least IN
F offensive posters free from the ub jcrt len
dhl" things that ar" HOW too common Ia
London a system of taxing billhoartS by
space rates. with an increasing scale ac-
corning tn Siz" j. being tried and It's re-
suits may To worth studying.
Among the cav nuiSanccs with which
tn" coming Years will have to deal cucr-
GcticallN is tn" numbering "a the streets
with overhead wires. ANA while questions
OF utility are paramount here. ana will
surely sooner or later. and the sooner the
better. force all this dangerous lanrlc oi
metal underground where il belongs 1T
is to BE- noted that III" change Is catlcd
for Ou the score of appearances as well.
self bat ii destroys the beauty ~ 4
street NJ one VINO has seen Il huSE
thnfujIghfarC CirarCi of Al! TINS
ware rigging overhead can Tan
Ia have noted the great re-
lief to the eye. the effect Of trlmn"SS ard
larGencsS given by the removal of all
this cumbersome apparatus, which = as
ont az place in q public thorouShiar" As
/. ciuthcsline in q parior. The transfer
already going on SLOWLY: u y r. ne seen
to with vigilance that there is no needless
DELAY in cffeCtinG Il change which Is I'M
lucrative on both utiliiarlan anu aeStnetlc
grounds Here the representatives. ot Inc
nonplc will from time to time have an OPP
rorit.uitv to do good work. not in an I'M
reasonable spirit, but with STEADY Hril-
moss The ideal not to be reached AZ once.
I'M sometime is the common great CON
city and giving room for all wires. ne
mechanical difficulties are colSlherapl".
I'M not inSurmotntahlc. Cambridge
Intends to try the experiment ana VIII u
there are sIincitut data SprinEhelu VIII
,orIbtIcs, be prompt 10 adopt z SN>u..'i
hrinrinr 50 substantial relief - Inc
Springfield Republican.