The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-10-01
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IT. most important esid~nce Of ths
ofw spirit Of progress xhSsAd in ths
0n0 Is manifest In what u called rity
planning lbe impetus to civG Lrxuty
toauxurartd 10y Daniel Rurnhxm in tias
whate wonder of the Columbian exi"'si-
ttoo awak krn.d the world aS ueveI le-
eoee TO The possibilities iu the uew art
q appllihe expert. comprehensive
D1oos Tor handling congestion OF pop
olAtSOn. manifold business require
ornfs. tremendous traffic. hygieni- and
sanitary problems. with the hip hest
poasibilities Of architectural and !a,Ai
cape beauty.
A. result one city after another
Aas trsl Investigated. then studied and
later applied sUuie systematic piuDniug
In comprehensive way 10 recast or
retreats The ugiinrsS of the average
American 'iiy into something al once
more beautiful and healthtui AS home
center and of easier access CONNER
cMU! ana liiuustraHy.
While II decade ago only four Amer
kan cities chained to have been built
after ANY definite plan. today more
than seventy American cities are fol-
towing elaborate plans usually worked
out by national experts and over Loo
cities are following plans more or less
cOmpre hrnsive for the betterment Of
surrounding conditions. AS nation
the tendency is for population to
crowd INTO urban centers rather than
TO build up Increased plumber OF small
villages ana towns. Population by i'm
migration alone Is nearly l.UUO.OOO an
nuaiiy. whi, h with increase from na-
tiOnal sources will give US lUUO,UoO
more people in the United States in the
next fifty years.
TbPs. people will largely live in
cities. Many of them will drift to the
middle west. the great food producing
belt OF the nation; hence the cities of
the present cannot serve the require
ments of such a future. The narrow
streets aud solidly built up areas can
not meet the demands of the increased
traffic nor healthfully care for human
interests confined 10 such congestcd
districts. Recognizing all this. wise
leaders are taking time by The tore
lock" and providing for what is surely
to come.
Cleveland. o.. has turned out many
blocks of soidly built up business
structures to make an open civic cen
ter. magnificent mall. about which
are grouped the public buildings and
the great railway terminals. at an ex
pense of $2OOOO.OOO to S3O.OOO.OOO.
Conservative old Boston is cutting
streets and boulevards through heI
business centers as ruthlessly and al
wisely as ever Hausmann did when
squalid byways of the slums OF Paris
Boston Ia not only building splendid
public structures. but building islands
in old Charles river on which to place
them.
The Harrisburg successes have made
Pennsylvania capital famous. Den
yer and st. Paul are each following
expert plans calling for the opening Of
a civic center many blocks in extent.
leading up to their respective capitols.
Kansas City has developed boule-
ward system second to none. while Los
Angeles has begun wonderful reor-
ganization Of her resources from plans
prepared bv Charles Mulford Robinson.
that mastery civic art expert. whose
published works on civic improvement
are the text books of the profession.
New York city and Chicago have be-
gun gigantic schemes whose magnitude
both financially and for results to he
accomplished stagger the conservative
minds Of students just beginning to
see the trend Of all this movement.