Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
EXPERTS TO TALK
ON CITY PLANNING
Conference to Open Here Tomor-
row Will Consider UpbuiIding
of municipalities
MANY WOMEN INTERESTED
Housing of Poor to Be One of the
important Questions to
Receive Attention
MANY WOMEN INTERESTED

City planning from every possible
viewpoint will be discussed this week
when delegates will be here to consider
general plans for the upbuilding of
cities of the southwest. This scheme,
of which Dana Bartlett spoke last
spring before the Civic association, is
proving remarkably interesting to out
siders, and delegates from many cities
of the southwest will participate In the
conference. While only delegates may
vote, it Is understood that any inter
ested persons may have the floor with
the privilege of speaking.
The conference will be held In the
new hall. 61S New High street, and will
open tomorrow morning at 10 O'CLOCK.
The complete program has been pup
lished by The Herald. tomorrow pro-
gram follows:
10 o'clock-Organizati and election
of officers. Address, city Planning,
Its History and Its Future Dana w.
Bartlett; address, Mayor George Alex
ander; address, Housing Commission.
DR.. Titan Coffey; paper, "Munlclpal
Possibility, Illustrated" Miss Florence
II. Mills; discussion, led by Mrs. Run
dell, Friday Morning club paper, In
expensive Sanitary Houses" with ex-
hibit of a model concrete house,, Thos.
EVENING SESSION
7:30 o'clock-Address, "Shall We Plan
for a pc VI <AlAAliNCSAu1S
in the Southwest" A. B. Benton; dis
cussion; address, LOS Angeles in the
Making" John w. Mitchell; discus
sion.
Delegates to the conference have been
appointed as follows
Civic association, Los Angeles-Mrs.
oliver C. Bryant. Mrs. Josiah Evans
Cow1es. Mrs. Andrew S. Lobinger Mrs
Willoughby Rodman, Miss Florence h.
Mills
HOLLYWOOD board of trade-W. f.
Herndon, f. J. Mundy, c. E. Boag.
Long Beach chamber of commerce
p E. Hatch, w. L. Camp, DR.. L. A.
Pearce, George B. Farley Charles MAI
com, Neal Mcclellan.
Long Beach General civic association
Henry P. Barbour, James A. Miller,
r. C, Roberts, A. M. Goodhue, H. 5.
callahan, J. A. Rominger, W. H. Rel
der, S. G. Long, c. ]. Carter.
Long Beach Woman's Civic league
Mrs. Samuel Denholm. Mrs. Adelaide
Tichenor. Mrs. w. II. Schilling, Mrs.
Barney Brown, Mrs. j. j. Penny, MRS
George Barndollar, Mrs. ]. A. Romin-
ger, Mrs. Victor Humphreys.
OTHER DELEGATES
Long Beach Second Ward Improve
ment club-T. w. Williams. MIR. and
Mrs. Ed Thornwaite. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Johns, Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Rogers.
Los Angeles chamber or commerce
F. w. Blanchard, A. B. Benton, John
C. stick, VIM. st. John Ranney, Fred
+. Wheeler, Wilbur D. Cook, Joseph
Mesmer.
Los Angeles Federated Improvement
observation-disclosures Curran, DR.. Z. s.
Long, e. C. Gird
Mothers congress, Los Angeles-Mrs.
e. B. Maple.
North, Northeast and Northwest I'M
proyement association-Wil D. Gould,
Mrs. M. r. Baker, Dr. S. c. James.
Phoenix board of trade-Mrs. Bessie
v Cushman, L. J. Rice.
Redlands board of trade-Mrs. Jen-
ME E. Davis, Mrs. Is. H. Meigs, Thom-
as r. Smith, Sidney Hockridge, 5. X.
Hotchliss
santa Monica Bay chamber Of COM
merce-Real estate men connected with
the chamber.
Mayor Alexander has appointed
Judge r. M. Lusk, DR.. Dana W. Bart
lett, Thomas z. Gibbon, A. P. Fleming
and Charles F. Edison to represent the
city in this conference.
1.-THE purpose of the conference is to
get ideas" said Dr. Bartlett. These
ideas may assist the commission on
city planning which the mayor is soon
to appoint One of the features of city
planning to which we must give much
consideration is the housing of the
poor. Thomas Fellows has worked out
a plan of concrete construction, and
model of one Of his houses will be on
exhibition at the conference"
New High street, where the confer
ence is to be held. is in the rear Of the
Plaza church, and any street car pass
ing the Plaza will reach it.