Arizona republican., 1908-08-20
.tLtVAlED BOULEVARD FOR tLtVATtD PEOPLE
A Scheme Which the Common People
 Sat Down Upon.

Chicago. H., Aug. 9.-(Special Cor
 lpOndence of The Republican )-The
 first stop proposed by the Commercial
 club of Chicago in a general City Beautifying" scheme, an elevated
 boulevard over the Chicago river to
 connect the north and south side bou-
 levards and park systems, has receiv-
 ed a black eye. For some mysterious
 reason the boulpvards committee of
 the club advocated long causeway or
 viaduct which would cost from $6,000,
 900 to s10O0O,O0O, but the taxpayers.
 who would have to foot the bills rose
 up ,wrathfully and declared that the | viaduct not only would be but "a rich
 mans causeway," a speedway for automobiles" "wart" and defacement instead of an improvement, but that such a grotesque structure would make Chicago's efforts to dress up grOtesque instead of admirable. Mrs. Potter Palmer, among others, denounc- ed the plan and during recent years
 she has seen much of European boule-
 wards where beauty has been attained,
 has seen more of them than of Chica-
 go's busy streets, in fact. A majority
 of the members of the committee
 which proposed the objectionable
 speedway were found to live in sub
 urbs O: the city and an unfortunate self interest was disclosed by the hos tile property owners. The connecting boulevard seems likely to be construct ed, but on the surface where all classes of people would benefit, and the re- suit of this will be the completion of a beautiful thoroughfare through the heart of the city, where property own CTS will be encouraged to erect hand | some buildings in the place of the din- BY ones of the present. This bOule- | yard will be flanked with trees and | parking and a plaza, where now is the | center of the wholesale district, will | be made on a scale to rival the attrac- tions of Paris. Chicago seems deter mined to dress up in spite of blunrers.
 The settlement of the S25,O00,OO | deed fortune left by Otto Young, of II this city, one of the largest which has Il yet in the United States been tied up | In trust, has been complicated by the arrival of $3,0OO. 900 grandchild, Sam lel K. Martin, Jr, who immediately II became one of the richest babies Tn his own right in the world His arrival. however, not only cost the six other heirs of the Young fortune his portion. a seventh of the estate, but postponed III the final settlement of the trusteeship Tor twenty-One years. He makes the seventh heir. By the peculiar prOVi- sions of the Young will the present 'ortune with it's accumulations is to go n equal parts to the grandchildren. which puts, therefore, a big premium lpon baby cousins of Samuel, Jr. Until the baby came the Martins had 10 claim upon the estate The pros ,ective share of Mrs. Celia Ytrng was decreased by Samuers appearance from 25 to % per cent of
 he whole, that of Mrs. Catharine O. Young Hobart by the sum of $355,O00. Under the terms of the trusteeship the livision cannot be made until the grandchild has attained 21 Ia ears, and Samuel is the youngest foung The results in this case will ,e interesting commentaries upon the IS rowing disposition of wealthy men Ic rustee their estates, in much the same la manner as Marshall Field did and lu many men in the east have done. lt What effect the certainty of great e wealth will have upon the morals and a lealth of the heirs and also what ef- lii ect upon financial affairs the trustee q ng of such big sums will have, prob r bly will be well known by the time $ his s30OO.O 900 baby receives his share Ii O receive it. IL