Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-26
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Model City Planned
For St. Louis Exhibit

st. Louis. April 27.--Plans to mako
an actual model city of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in st. Louis have
been evolved by the Municipal Art So
ciety of New York and sent to ID. r. (
Francis, president of the Exposition
Co., who has charge of the great fair
about to be constructed. To follow out
the plans Of the Municipal Art Society
will cost. so experts of the society esti-
mate, not more than 100000.
Should the plans be adopted and fol-
lowed by the Exposition Commission
St. Louis will have for its great show
living, breathing, hustling municipal
ity more perfect and instructive than
anything Of the kind ever shown on
earth. II will be almost a practical
realization of the city described in Ed
ward Bellamy's Looking Backward"
II is intended to group the Exposition
buildings in way for the illustration
OF the plan for a model city.
THE plan now submitted" declares
the committee. 'is the first and only
one for which this committee is re-
bldttHtul htNtoohi1
by the extent to which plans presented
from other quarters have been referred
to as ours"
Plan Outlined.
The plan may be briefly stated by .
enumerating the divisions along which .
the innovations are to be followed !
These include the following: Systems
OF government, finances, pablo safety, |
public utilities and streets. Under |
Safety are placed the departments o.
fire. police and health. Under "utili. |
ties" are those of water light. trans. !
T. portation, telephone ana telegraph and
heating and refrigeration. Sections
under the heading o. streets" orc
pavements, fixtures and aesthetics, such
3 as street cleaning, the disposal Of gar
bage and refuse, and The publication
of sewage.
Every one of these subjects will have
to be disposed OF in the city on the fair
grounds, and the Municipal Society
hopes the solution will &c along scien-
tihc and artistic lines, 50 1t speaks,
while there yet is time to undertake
and carry out the project, as outlined,
for a moGCl city.
Government.
or systems of government the so
ciety's report says
This Is one OF the most difficult parts
of the subject to treat, and yet II is ore
of the most vital In its reafion III tho
well-governed modern city The model
charter has nor as yet beet created
but model features nave been discover.
ed, and there are some charters in
existence that are better than others.
In order that municipal students and
visitors may see at d glance the differ
> ence between a good and bad char.
ter, the subject should be graphically
portrayed by means of charts and dia-
grams which would show the manner
of dividing the responsibilities IN n
city's government. For instance, I'M
der the general divisions OF the eXecu-
tive legislative and administrative, the
various duties OF city officials as pro.
yided for in various charters now In
existence, could be given, and then
one on a much larger scale could show
the model chaTter-such one as has
been building under the supervision OF
the National Municipal League during
the last five or six years.
Light and Transportation.
That adequate provision for depart.
ments of fire, police and health will be
instituted there is no doubt. Advanc-
ed II not well nigh perfect systems were
reached in the Chicago and Buffalo
shows. 1t is suggested that while in all
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Exposition authorities to use electri.
city exclusively in lighting the grounds,
there is no reason why gas, acetylene.
Kitson carbon, gasoline and other
means for street and interior illumi-
nation should not be employe ed, at least
sufficiently to demonstrate their use.
tulness Then the report goes on as
> follows:
We believe that in many respects
American cities lead the world in pro-
yiding the best means for rapid tran
sit. There are some difficulties con-
nected with transportation as 1t pre-
walls in American cities which should
be overcome, and 1t seems to us that a
splendid opportunity will be given in
connection with this exposition to set
" in motion certain projects which VIII
- lead to the elimination OF some OF the
Inconvenience now experienced by the
public in travelling on street cars. The
most frequent abuse in this direction
III Is found in the granting OF charters or
franchises to corporations. There
would be fine opportunity in this con.
nection to teach valuable lesson,
which would not be without its good
results.
+ Telephone and Telegraph.
The practice OF granting franchises
- to companies operating telegraph or
telephone lines within city limits in
the American cities is open to the same
criticism as that which relates to trans
portation. The present cost for tele'
graph and telephone communication In
many American cities is eXorbitant
The exhibition could perform no better
public service than to have model tel
ephone and telegraph stations on the
grounds, which should be thoroughly
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