Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-06-15
YOUNG MEN
IN COUNCIL
Monthly Dinner Of The Phoe-
nix Club
CITY PLANNING DISCUSSED
Able Address of George U.
Young on "The City
Beautiful" - Shorter
Speeches by ]. H. Nc
Clintock and Others.

For hot night after a June day
with many other things going ola to dl-
vert attention. and a change IN the
meeting place at the last moment. the
monthly gathering of the Young Mems
Phoenix club last night vas one of the
most notable in the clubs career thus
far The meeting was called for the
board Of trade and at the last moment
adjournment was taken to the Imperial
cafe on West Washington street, where
a fine dinner was served and enjoyed
by about thirty-five members.
The session was under the direction
Of President l. II. Civille as toast
master and after several business mat
tiers had been attended to in connection
with committee work, Mr.. Civille in
Produced the subject of the evening.
The City Beautiful" and the chief
speaker on that subject. George L.
Young. territorial secretary. Mr.. Young
gave one Of the finest of his many ad
dresses during the last year and though
he announced its hasty preparation It
was regarded as all the better for its
forcefulness and clear expression, re
CARELESS Of any effort at rhetorical eff
feet.
Mr.. Young spoke not only on the city
beautiful but the city practical. He
confined himself to general IDEAS of
city planning. neither time nor inclina-
ton permitting him to be specific as
TO minor details or methods IF sccur-
ing the ideals TO which he alluded. He
outlined the practicability as well as
the desirability Of a civic center. as
for instance in the city of Phoenix il
would include a centralized section
wherein should be located the capitol
building. the city and county buildings.
federal, and water users and Y. NJ
c. 4. structures and other big buildings
in which the public generally has much
business to transact. The very fact Of
having them clustered instead OF miles
apart would through the saving Of time
be worth a vast sum of money in a Civ
en- number Of years. for the saving of
time is the saving Of money.
He devoted some attention also to-
the architectural needs Of Phoenix. the
desirability and value of having vacant
lots improved with trees and lawns i'll
not by buildings and the value Of hav-
ing the buildings that were erected OIL
a pleasing design and in harmony with
each other Then to be more specific
he spoke of the particular need Of hav-
ing greater building restrictions along
the principal streets. Recognizing the
fact that the town as IL is today has
been one Of development by circum-
stance and must for the time be ac-
cepted as ii is, he dWelt on the de- |
bility Of having regulations that
would prevent the erection of shacks |
for instance on Washington street be- |
tween Seventh street and the capitol /
building
That part OF the city is seen by a |
hundred, perhaps thousand visitors
20 Phoenix. where one takes the trou-
bic to inspect the residence sections of
the city. The speaker said that the
comments of visitors to Phoenix. on the
defects in the architectural appearance
Of Washington street from the business
center to the capitol. in very short
time would make large and an inter
esting if not an entertaining book. He
s-''N@-h hAAf AeiNA mat WHAT mas Deen
done cannot be undone. at least not in
a moment, but pleaded for a more care
ful planning toward the right ideals. in
what is yet to be done.
Following his address Colonel ]. H.
McClintOck. president of the board of
trade, was called upon. reference hav-
ing been made to the fact that the
board Of trade has been for a long
time giving attention TO the subject OF
city planning and the city beautiful.
with view to fostering some move
ment to that end later. Colonel Nc
CNntock agreed with Mr. Young as to
the desirabilify o. all the things he had
referred to, but he devoted more at
tentlon TO the more gratifying fact that
a great deal had already been accom-
pushed. lie said that considering what
the people Of Phoenix had had to work
with and their financial and other Iimi-
tauons the city was already rapidly
progressing toward the city beautiful.
lie spoke at length Of the achievements
OF the board Of trade as entirely cred
liable. The work it did to secure the
Roosevelt dam. alone was sufficient
justification for its existence and that
was only one Of many things He
also told Of the great need OF develop
ing the country round about. saying
'h.t When there is a home On every
ten or twenty-acres the material for a
great city win have been gradually ac-
CURED He could look ahead just a few
years when Phoenix would have from =
oo'VoO 10 100000 inhabitants. now that /,
Ihe river is oridged and the suburban
and interurban lines are spreading ont
ne SAID mat Phoenix would in the /;
near future reach from the mountains /,
20 the north TO the mountains 10 the
'outh and as far both east and west
Fhereupon Harry WEIGH, who was in
ne assemblage. coined a new catch
phrase for Phoenix, From mountain