The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-09

ed. There is Il nucleus of factories,
stores, office buildings and public
structures, surrounded by two well de-
fined concentric areas. The poorer
classes occupy the inner one and con
verge toward the center. Surrounding
them are the various grades of the
well to do, stretching away to the open
country In most cities the prosperous
have their eyes, ears and nOstrils Of
Tended whenever they are compelled
to pass through the squalid zone which
separates residential property from
productive wealth. Thus we have a
center with three circles drawn from
it. The first includes the business
quarter and large part of the manu-
featuring and employing district, the
second limits the distance within
which the workers can go back and
forth from work, and the third is the
residential section of the property class
and their higher salaried employees
and retainerS. There are various
notifications of this plan, and the
edges are serrated, but all large cities
are modelled on it. Do 1 make myself
plain?'
Il understand you perfectly" said
Judge Sawyer, "and confess that 1
never observed how closely that plan
has been evolved"
Colonel Monroe traced the three cir
cles on a pad Of paper and then drew
fourth one of much greater radius.
TT is In this outer circle, beyond the
present limits of our cities-in the open
country-that our great middle class
belongs" he said. 1.-The day is at
hand when for few pennies the wage
Garner, or the man drawing a moderate
salary, can travel from his place of
employment to some beautiful suburb
in half an hour or less The electrical
train of tomorrow will run at speeds
of from sixty to ninety miles an hour
with ease and safety. Cheap and rapid
electrical transportation is now clearly
in prospect in every large city OF the
country and will make available for
residence purposes the vast tracts with
In fifty miles OF the respective centers
Of these cities There will be an ex-
plosion - an electrical explosion - of
these pent up forces which will hurl
them far beyond the existing bound
aries of the cities. 1t is the most
splendid promise that material progress
holds out to our crowded millions"
81 fear you are too sanguine," said
Judge Sawyer after a pause. There
are great changes impending, beyond
doubt, but | am afraid there will al
ways remain sections like the east
side of New York and the poverty in
tested quarters Of Chicago Your the
DRY is pleasing, but it may not work
out as you hope"
Like most of my theories, 1t has al
ready been demonstrated" retorted
Colonel Monroe THE explosion has
occurred in London. In that vast
| city 100000 people work In the CEN
ter of the city during the day and
scatter over 1000 square miles of
territory at night, and London has
only begun to perfect rapid transit 1t
may be true that criminal and pauper
| classes will cling to the center, but
when once the movement is under way
they will not be tolerated as settle
ments. The city proper will be de-
voted mainly to business, manufactur-
ing and amusements, and will be a
place Of residence only to those citi-
Zens Of leisure and luxury who can
keep pace with fashion. 1t will be
wilderness Of hotels and bachelor
apartments the show section of the
metropolis - magnificent enough, no
doubt, but childless, save for some oc-
casional prattler and out beyond this
section of commerce and pleasure will
live the men and women who do the
worlds work"
"Such happy result would solve not
only the marriage problem, but all
others arising from the congestion of
population" said Judge Sawyer You
have drawn beautiful picture and
hope the near future will realize it, 1t
would be a revival of the village form
Of life on large scale We should
have all the advantages of metropolis
+ and all the quiet delights of a secluded
| iiotl III Noullk Dc uO
to frown against children, and the little
ones would be miles from the roar of
the streets and the foul air of the pres
ent tenement districts. I hope you are
a true prophet, colonel"
Il firmly believe that the pending i'm
provements In methods of rapid transit
will do more to solve our municipal
problems than all the laws which have
been forced from legislators" said
| Colonel Monroe "The black spots on
our maps will be erased. When we
give young men and young women a
chance to meet and live in Gods pure
air there will be no need to sound a
warning against race suicide The
tenement houses and the apartment
buildings are the twin destroyers of
motherhood and childhood. They find
/ their origin in the high price Of city
real estate, as result of inadequate
means Of transit. When you annihilate
distance you destroy monopoly in land
and kill the germs of congestion. Rapid
| transit will bring lis nearer the day