Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-17

school were present in the morning
and took notes on the papers. Many
OF the topics discussed there will be
studied later in school work, and so
the value of city planning VIZ grow
through these eager young listeners.
Purd v. Wright, city librarian,
presented an excellent paper on work
which the public library can do in
civic campaigns. He compared the
library to the storage battery, from
which students of any given theme
may draw practical help. He promised
a perfect library just as soon as the
perfect people were ready for it and
gave perfect cities to house it.
sOo-FoT BOULEVARD
The Vermont Avenue Improvement
association was represented by John
Jones, who told of the plan for this
great thoroughfare leading from Grif-
fifth park to San Pedro, 200 feet wide
and twenty-six miles long. He sug-
gested the ornaments which might dig
nifty it's route and the procession of
the peoples of all nations by whom its
surface would be trod. From Grif-
nth park the Los Angeles County Good
Roads association has already extend
ed the road for some miles, and it is
expected that all the way to Riverside
and San Bernardino this work will
continue until a broad boulevard 100
miles or more in length will be built.
AT the adjournment of the afternoon
session the members of the audience
accompanied Mr.. Bartlett on jaunt
over the ground where many OF the
proposed improvements may be made.
Miss Florence Mills, whose discus
sions of the beautifying of San Pedro
and the water front caused so much
comment Tuesday evening, was con-
spicuous figure in all the sessions of
the conference. Her experience in
civic work is extensive and she has
worked with the city housing COM
mission here as we'll as along other
lines OF civic betterment. Miss Mills
has acted. as secretary of the confer
ences, and her minutes of the meet
ing with the papers which have been
read before the association will prob
ably be preserved for circulation in
some printed form at the discretion
of the executive board.
ADVOCATES FIRE LINE STREETS
The final meeting of the conference
was held last night. A number OF
plans were brought UP and discussed
by persons interested in the city's fu-
ture and by a number of city officials.
An interesting discussion on the
safety of the city and fire projections
was made by Fire Commissioner G.
o. Hawley. Mr.. Hawley advocated
the method of laying the city in dis
tricts by widening certain streets as
fire breaks; also the opening of alleys
in the residence as well as in the bus
mess districts, for the same purpose,
so that sidewalk elevators may be re-
moved.
]. w. Johnson, assistant city engi-
neer, talked briefly on the planning
and laying out of city, it's streets
and the proper way to replan city.
Mr.. Johnson gave Illustrations from
a number of cities both in America
and in Europe that have begun the
city beautiful movement
The matter of excess condemnation
was handled by Miss Florence III.
Mills. Her subject dealt with the
city in the future. The necessity of
obtaining property now for the use
Of the city later was made plain. Miss
Mills favors the idea of condemning.
sections that the city will be likely
to need at future time and holding
it until the time is ripe for improve
ment BY this only, she asserts, can
the "city beautiful be applied to Los
Angeles when it is city from the
mountains to the sea.