The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-04
IN A HUNDRED YEARS.
what New York City Will Be Like
When Another Century Has
Rolled Ey.

Controller CIRCUITS scheme for city
on the Jamaica Ray islands ana fats Is
apparently prompted by commercial
considerations. says the New York
Mail. Mr. Grout never has shown any
of the marks of dreamer. But to ger
.he scheme SO completely in his heaG
as it seems to be he must have seen
both Venice and the White city OF
1882.
We can imagine the salt water city
in Jamaica bag. With real palaces
standing on the shores Of grand canals,
electric 1ondolas plying gaiIy MP and
down, and beautiful arched bridee1-
not 9f -iehs. Int OF euiles, spanning
The wa.arg thorou4hfares But our con
tructiye imagination should not get
struck in the mud between Eockaway
ana Canarsie Why not cast the eye
full century into the future and con
aeive what Greater New York viii be
when Il has settled down to It's really
distinctive state, as the cities OF
Europe have done?
New York as new ana uniformed
to-day as almost any city Of the great
west. Anyone WAC is able to recall
how Broadway looked, or how The city
Els whole looked ten years ago, re
membsts a hcW York OF a totally
different aspect from the one that we
see to-day.
: Changes rs great are in store. The
completion of The new rapid transit
system Will bring about many read
ustments. 1t win create new concon-
frations of traffic and call for great
/ structures in new places. 1t viii begin
TO reaee; itself in The skyline very soon
sner rs completion
In a hundred years the line of tall
buildings in Manhattan dominated by
sAy-pjorcing, gracefully crowned city
hall. viii be Hike the range OF the Apen-
mines IN Italy. The water fronts Of the
Hudson and the East rivers viii be q
steady line Of warehouses and term
mails, commanded at REGULAR intervals
( Ey lofty recreation Buildings on the
piers, each one % witch viii have a
/ beauty quite independent ot and yet
/ harmon l0us with Inc beauty Of all the
rest. Farho. up own gges apartment
/ house, WIN overlook the water Here
and there a.gag The shore VIII nestle
Iusle parks and upon hg,h rivers
stately steamers. the development of
our ferryboa VII glide carrying up
and down su OF the teemins millions
/ who live iu newly created residence
quarters as cler that means OF trans
portati1n TO he vhTliHg cars beneath
the ground
IN the city Itself the elevated struc-
lures will Ions sirce have disappeared
and SO wiz dtsce trucks of iron
/ Powerful d 'ole-decked automobile
! coaches. which VIII have taken the
place of trSl.ey ears, wiz glide over
/ smooth ytro1., aayements
b natural process Of evolution all
soualid, mean and dlsdsurins buildings
/ win have di t2pelrcd from our streets
/ an points OF vantage. ike the intersec'
lions of stress and avenue, Will have
/ been occupied by structures of char
acter and dignity The alth of the
r.tv wi. aa.e lound an appropriate out
let i'm fountal - and statues at all such
points.
Massive AMI ir'posinc model tene
[ meuts. or g.-.t rhaians,erie occupied
oy peaple ling according to CO.
operative pl1. "iI nave taten the
Mace 81 the suu.ures of the slums
Meantime it, fair TO suppose that th'
palsces Of t.- dcn will have multiplied
in number a.6 greatly improved il
architectural, aaIacter.
THO parks viii nave become beauti
mi in WY that we can hardly
IMAGINE IN .'oss.ble and unadapte.
rrawths wlu ong since have disap
uesrrd. while 'rets now small. Of suit
able sue-.es viii have attained thei
s.rfeutan. AtI the parks will haY
ha.n as1rnes with STATUES. rcrsol7
and fountains AZ intervals siadia, coll
sa.rHs. ,Eeltais and other places %
~a--e.tsen an anH~en ent Wli haV
Been reared.
, cniy d beginning is tbs az th7 thin-
chat On. 10 Dr. % his fowl in q hun
ired ye1rs, st pc-a1is IL Is enods'
to set Gown d. one sine.