The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-07
MODEL STREET TO BE
AN EXPO FEATURE
Cities of America viii Show
What They Have Done
for Civic Beauty.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Feb 6-Tn these
days Of rapid advancement in all lines
Of human progress the subject of "mu-
nicipal Improvement is receiving wide
spread attention from one end Of the
country to the other, and along with
the old unitarian phase of city build
ing there now appears for development
the higher ideals of the city beautiful.
This spirit of civic betterment has been
duly recognized by the management of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition, and
for the first time in the history Of the
universal expositiOns the Worlds Fair
of 1904 will have as special feature
an ensemble Of outdoor municipal ex-
hibits.
This attractive feature will be i'm
the form of a model street, 1900 feet
long, situated directly in front OF the
main entrance to the exposition. This
street is about four city blocks long,
and the design is for a public square
as a center and model buildings on
both sides of the street A central
roadway, forty three feet wide, will DO
separated from the sidewalks by beau
tiful lawns. B
The best paving materials will be
used in the street, and there will be
one section paved with refined asphalt,
another with yitrified brick, another
with creosoted wooden blocks, and all
will be fianked with curbing laid ac-
cording to the most advanced methods.
twenty-five OF the largest American
cities, according to the last census.
have been invited to install exhibits,
and these will be arranged in one har-
monious whole. exemplifying the mod
ern ideas of municipal improvement.
Each city will build a replica Of what
it considers it's model building, and
thus the model street will present
beautiful civic picture as an object
lesson to the multitude OF visitors.
Almost directly opposite the main
entrance Of the exposition, where rail-
ways discharge their passengers, will
be the spacious square, in the center
of which will stand the Civic Pride mon
ument surrounded with pool of water
in which thrive many varieties or
aquatic plants. A large number OF
buildings have already been located,
and applications for space from other
cities are coming In rapidly. Two high
class restaurants, each covering a space
Of 120 by 10 feet, are located at either
end of this street. Cities that do not
erect buildings can find space in ths
Arcade building. The central and most
pretentious building viii be the town
hall. built by the exposition. 1t will
contain all the foreign indoor munich
pal exhibits.
The model railway station will be
built by Atlanta, Ga, and will be II
small reproduction, with few changes.
of the new $1,00O,00O passenger station
now in course Of construction in that
city.
One interesting feature will be a day
nursery, costing $4,000, to be run I'M
der the direction of the board OF lady
managers.
Dayton. Ohio. will be represented by
a model factory, in the rear OF which
will be model homes for workingmen.
and improved dooryards and beautiful
lawns.
The exposition management will
maintain a model hospital. under the
charge or competent physicians. sur
geOns and trained nurses. This build
ing is now completed, and stands near
the east end Of the street. Nearby will
be a model police station, an actual
metropolitan police department, with
officers from all the leading cities OF
the world, under the direction OF
Chief Desmond, of st. Louis. There
will be shown the most modern equip
ment for police force, including the
BertiIlOn measuring system, the rO-
CUES gallery" the photographing and
Identification of criminals, and a col
lection Of burglars tools. All the large
cities will send squads Of police and de-
tectives for this Worlds fair force. "A
complete ambulance service for the
hospital and police station will be In
operation.
One important feature win be the
best methods of street cleaning to be
shown. The street fixture exhibits Will
be valuable lessons for municipalities.
This viii include lamp posts, electric
light towers, and all the various de-
vices for gas and electric lighting.
drinking fountains. fire plugs, condults
and sewers, tree planting, with a view
Of securing sufficient water and air In
a narrow space. win be shown and the
solution of a difficult problem for ev-
cry city demonstrated.