New-York tribune., 1910-05-08

etea,n transnortaricn have about reached
their respectiye limits of speed. Person
ally. I believe that the moncrail car Will
solve New York's congestion problem
There are several types Of monoraf car
now before the public. and it only remains
TO see which is the best OF these me
monorail car will! release the outlying farm
lands by bringing them into the hve-cent
car fare zone, and people will flock out
to them
LEGISLATION cannot solve the congestion
problem" SAID ex-Conholler Metz, put
as operating expenses go higher manu-.
factories must leave New York, and tue
workers will go with them New York can
no longer be considered a heavy manufact~
uring centre. Manufacturers of bulky goods
or those who require bulky machinery have
already for the most part been driven from
Manhattan, because it costs too much TO
onerate here and fixed charges are too
heavy. High rents have been strong
factor in this
Build Roedtown," says Edgar S. Cham
bless. patent investigator, and people now
living in big cities will flock out TO 1t until
there will be TO consested sections to give
any one anxiety
Roadtown has been the dream of Mr
Chambless for fifteen years. 1t is q plan
for bringing into the heart of country dis
tricts every convenience and allurement OF
the city, not merely the household con-
veniences, but social and intellectual! feat
ures and unsurpassed transit facilities. all
within reach of the most modest pocket
book.
In brief Roadtown, as ii exists in Mr.
Chambless's mind. consists Of an endless
row or block of connecting houses. bulit
on a line over a railroad straight out into
the country. The houses are two stories
in height with four rooms on each Moor
and abundant light and arr with the best
of sanitation, are thus secured. Each house
looks out OH a garden patch and a half
acre of ground is available for each family
Or the roof of this long structure is a
promenade, glass inclosed i'll winter. and
accessible to every dweller in Roadtown-
The roof also has a bicycle subway ana
various rooted sections, which offer agree
bic resting places. Tie promenade is heat
ed IN winter
It is proposed 10 sta t Roadtown at the
limits o1zsone New York transit system,
and to build it out over brooks and roads
and rivers away TO Boston. perhaps. us
speedy monorail transit line through the
Easements is so arranged that there is al
WAYS abundant ventilation. Mr. ChamblesS
believes that it offers the ideal home con-
veniences for mankind II rental not 10
exceed SO or 81 a room. Z.
Mr. Chambless says that Thomas A Edl-
son has become so impressed with the
Roadtown plan that he has offered the free
use of his patents for the concrete struct-
ure of the houses. There will be a tele-
phone in each room, shower baths in the
sleeping rooms, a general laundry service
which will be included in the rent, and a
central cuisine service from which food will
be sent to each tenant as desired
In addition there viii be telephone con-
rection between each house and the public
libraries of RoadtoWn. There will be thea
tres and social centres at intervals. and an
invention by which when a tenant of Road
town prefers his entertainment in his own
home he may switch on the right current
and hear just what is going on in the con-
cert or lecture room a half mile further up
the road.
Provision has also been made for fac
tories and industries along Roadtown way,
and even for a "Millionaires' Row" if that
shall prove desirable.
When all these conXeniences and lux
1ries can be had in the midst of beautiful
country surroundings. SAYS Mr.. Cham
bless. what call will there be for people to
herd in cilies?'