The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-09

,a ,na,ee if a delightful, nat sNt ssot arlrwav The land is at prss s..t af no great value, and shoula ps urocured at small cost, zniie ! veneT- ~ a1l,s sn rn,w of the natural beauty v shS riare as it leaves the river. t4 sa's .sNfv idea of the drive IS th% tthh%~o,,vS should follow the rraylne up upt4h hers Lne La tIaara nnen spaces which coulu De anu anu as sIaygrounds for the employgs of these factories, following st sHs hn,,sa. he as lar son.asSass sansSsf aS depres @ Jon would rl.est.,,,n rLOI. tbe drive to Electric Park sstrrrx,s this place Q high ridge, MOo5uuss ea with pines, and omerlnE ns ina sit,s tsnavvn as Highland Park aug ersy ero, thsra the road should sxtehq around Cloverdale to Oakley II cnr- should say, the roadway ..ssrS smouaS1 and tinue around to the westwaIIdd yaW- northward, passing near the oia poWS, pnSn der house and striking the rlwsL s1'AA af the outer edge of west Emo Enn. x,,,th
 'Such system woniu taIns T nf drive way systems put into prectlcg py ,,eno Ieadfng cities of the country; The ne s'eng s'l1,, erai nian followed Is to utiiize the tths tN places and the tops p,Sarn oi nii,s' ns land which 2, 2 -. ,.af of great value, for rohdways z T1ba lsnd in the ravine. and the TOPS os the ridges. which l have sntsrt, mlsnsoHd and r1s nnf now KHludOkt "
 offer exceptional opportunities:
 Aunther H0tsae Proposed.
 Another plan, on slightly smalIer scale, but along much the sssiils l xyas also suggested to the Conlnl.is,, sion This included driveway when lH, shonld leave the river boulevard, folS lowIne the ravlne to the CentraI ~ |. Georgia Railway, and e.a eone. rny,sseI.s, aud m the valley lying south Of tne huriai ground, to Oak Park. thence aell con. z finliins westward until t should StrlAe the line laid out of n .1,s sne Ishs idea which .haHid have some effect" said MT: Man hing, outlining the proJects Is Iha. at z great portion of the land IS seml p.lst, Iic now. and in the low portion soutn as fhe cemetery the owners or iand shouId be willing to give the property necessary for the constructon an. Va e roadway for iittB or a1 norn1ns' n wouii mean money in their pockets to nave the roadway coming through tnere' . This is being done by property oWm- s,a- CTS in Harrisburg; ta' onnrss wnsse of com struction, and in a number 9t other cities throughout the country.
 Roth ideas of the noted landscape pear ar chiteet include tn" plahtiiS pa .sSrr9c,s,g 9t , Sf ground and the laying of turI:
 "Of the two Hlans, prefer the moTe !rs said MT. Mannlps ,,
 
 eifides thought for the future, You will notice the line lies approximately outside the limits of the city. lt opens up the surrounding territory ln q WY that nothing else would do, ana m lnas way serves q much more practical puff- pose for the city than a mere esSnetlc adiunct. 1t is true. it furnishes pleas ant series of drives and pleasant open spaces and breathing places. But, rom the strictly practical stanapoint, ,A parkway system such as have men tioned, by opening up territory m the suburbs would have most Denencial effect upon the development of the city" ,.,- ~x,..,.
 Mr Manning is recognized as one Of the leading experts in landscape gar dening in the country. Some time ago. members of the City Park Commission entered into correspondence with nlm on the subject Of a parkWisy syssetl1 ,.ss tn Montgomery from Thomasville, Ga, where he is engaged on a piece of prt- vate work He left last night Tor Nor folk. va. where he is superintending fine landscape work in preparation TOT me Jamestown Exposition in 1907.
 in addition to the work at Norfoik, MT. Manning is now supervising the construction of parkway systems m Harrisburg Pas. Flint, Mich, warren, a Ithaca, N. Y.,lPathchogue, Long Islapd' Biiierica Mass, and Minissing, Mich:
 Before leaving, he announced his in- tention of sending to the Commission plans in greater detail m the near tas. lt- to 20 over the data he had gathered on lis trip of inspection moxe fully. In this correspondence VIII also pc con fained an estimate of the cost of the yesterday he did not feel able to make.