The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-11
BUSINESS MEMS BANQUET.
Hotel Carnegie Filled With Distinguished
Citizens Friday Evening, Dec. Is.

ing. This is as true of city as an in
divual, and it should be pleasure fol-
all citizens to do all they can to beauti'
fy their premises and encourage their
neighbors to do likewise. That you
may intelligently take up this matter
it is we'll that system be inaugurated.
We have gentleman with us tonight
who thoroughly understands our needs
in this direction and l shall ask Rev.
G. W. Arnold to tell us how to make
1.-THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL.
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen:
In discussing this subject, in the
brief time allotted me, we are to pre-
sumo that the prerequisites of a pros
porous and beautiful city are implied,
viz: % A rich, productive, or re-
sourceful, country around about it.
(2) Good and ample means and ways of
transportation and railways,
etc. (9) A large class of intelligent,
moral, financial, ambitious, and enter
prising citizens.
In order to have beautiful city sew
eral matters must needs to be carefully
considered and persistently urged.
l. It's setting or situation. Some
towns can not be made beautiful, be-
cause their location, or setting, is such
that it would be almost impossible to
ever make them 80. Unless nature
contributes largely toward its setting,
town or city will find it extremely
difficult to be shaped and decorated
into city beautiful.
2. Its plating. The laying out, or
plating, of town will have very much
to do with the city beautiful. Often
towns are plated with no other design
than for convenience and profit. No
thought of order and beauty is consid-
ed, hence future generations are COM
PEELED to reap the harvest of regret, the
seed OF which was sown in thoughtless-
ness or selfishness, or both. The plat.
ting of the city beautiful must be uni.
form and proportionate as possible as
to its streets, avenues, sidewalks and
alleys. Plenty Of space should he Civ
en- to each OF these, as nothing, per,
haps, go mars the beauty of a city as
narrow, pentup streets, sidewalks and
alleys.
3. Its buildings. The buildings in
the business section OF the city beauti
ful must be uniform in their relation
to the streets upon which they are
built, and also in their ground floors
The size, height and frontage Of The
buildings should be diversified.
In the residence distrits the houses
should have SO nearly uniform rela
tion to the streets as possible, but as t.
size, material, style, architecture, col
or, etc, these should be governed by
the tastes and financial ability of tn,
builders.
The lots. The lots of the city
beautiful should be uniform as may b.
in the original plating. This need no
determine the size Of the lot upol
which house may be built. II add
to the beauty of the home district of
city to have lots Of various sizes on thl
same street or in the same square
There should be very few fractional o.
odd lots in the residence part of the city
5. The streets and avenues. Th
streets OF the city beautiful must b.
wide and straight. In this consist
one of the most important considera
tions in building a beautiful city. Their
may be few avenues in city beauti
ful, but the fewer the better, and thos
built only where nature has contribut
ed especially to that end.
6. The sidewalks. The remark is OF
ten made, "As are the sidewalks of
town or city so is the city," The side
walks more than any other part Of tn
city, perhaps, itnpresses the stranger
who may come within its gates.
The sidewalks of 9 city beautiful
must y be wide-no less than feet
feet is better; (2) they must be uni
form in their relation TO the street an
lot adjoining, and if uniform in grade
material and construction all the better
Z. The alleys. The alleys are BIT
streets of less width and in city beat
tiful they demand corresponding car
and attention. The alleys are essent
ally useful to any city and can be mad
to contribute much toward the beaut
flying of a city, but they must be in
proved and kept clean, and not
dumping place for tin cans, or reful
substances of any kind, nor for garbas
: repositories. So long as the alleys
Il a city are not looked after careful
and kept clean and in goo conditioI
just 80 long it will be an impossibill
to have a beautiful city. There ms
be good streets and fine residences al
beautiful front yards, but filthy, ne
lected alley will mar their beauty ar
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