Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-30
Mr.. DANA WRITES
MAYOR ABOUT
CITY PLANNING
Librarian Liked Philadelphia
Show, but Not Gus.
pidors.

With the names of the city planning
commissioners Sion to be given out by
Mayor Haussling the subject of city
planning Is much talked of by munich
pal officials and those in and about
City Hall. Just who the new men to
be appointed are is not known as yet,
but 1T is certain that in a few days
the official list of the mayors ap-
pointees will be given out. OF great
interest to the mayor and those Of
fcials interested in city planning Is
the letter received by Mayor Haussling
from Librarian John Cotton ana
e the city planning exhibition and
conference in Philadelphia. Mr.. Dana
was one of the delegates sent to Phila-
delphia by the mayor. The other was
Chief Engineer Sherrerd.
Mr.. Dana calls attention to the fact
that this was the first exhibition of its
kind in the country, and that it was a
success. He says hat there were about
a thousand charts, plans, models and
photographs and other things having a
direct bearing on city development and
city plans. The corridor in the Phila-
delphia City Hall. he said, was lined
with these maps and plans. A seventy
fve-page catalog explained their mean
ing.
A Typical American Eyesore.
Philadelphia, Chicago and Washing
ton had interesting exhibitions, writes
Mr.. Dana, who also criticises the use
of cuspidors In the corridors. He said.
About a dozen of these re~ceptacles
artistically placed among the corridors
formed each its own centre of filth. |
never could understand why men who
are elected to positions of responsibility
in city management find that they must
provide cuspidors for their visitors, any
more than ! can understand why the
Judges and lawyers in our court houses
think that cuspidors must be provided
for their clients. This must be looked
intoi 1t is curious, Is 1t not, that a
beautiful exhibition of Americas plans
for making cities more beautiful should
be made into spots obnoxious by the
great American spittoon?" He also
says:
II did not succeed in discovering any
display from or about from one of the
most important cities in the United
States-Newark. We are somewhat
conspicuous by our absence" Mr.
LANA uecldTeS tndL JeTbey lily was
represented by having a display of six
teen maps, each illustrating some par
ticular point in Jersey City's construc-
ton. Mr.. Dana believes that plans of
this nature should be made of Newark
and the adjacent country before the
problem of Newark's development can
be taken up in a scientific way
Newark Not Ripe for Exhibit.
Mr.. Dana reports that many maps
showed how beautiful many spots in
the city could be made and that a large
part of the exhibit was devoted to the
utility side of the city's development,
Tase well as the art or beauty side. Mr..
Dana concludes by saying: "City plan
ming exhibits will undoubtedly be held
from year to year 1t would hardly
seem wise for Newark to attempt one,
not. at least, until she made some no.
table progress In the examination of
her own problem. It would not be diff
ficult, however, to show next winter a
few city plans from cities that are In
population and complexity of problem
similarly situated to Newark. Such
an exhibit would at least interest a
great many of our citizens In city plan
ming problems, and the interest Of the
intelligent public in planning is one of
the things we need before Newark's
future can be worked out either In
theory OF practise"