The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-11
GOOD CITY BUILDING.

Most cities grow at random. They
are usually laid out by their founders,
where they are regularly laid out at all.
on lines that arc departed from at will,
and on a basis which the actual growth
may modify or absolutely change later
on. Very few cities in the world have
been built to any regular plan. Those
in this western region, which were
taken up on the townsite principle,
and that are built, at least so far as
streets and certain leading features are
concerned, on prcconceived plans, are
the exception TO the worlds cities,
which usually "iust grow"
In this country the city Of Gary,
! founded and constructed as an indus
trial metropolis, with special view to
steel making, has been built upon a
definite and well-defned plan, The re-
cent troubles there indicate, however,
that all is not going well in that
municipality. The industrial part of
the programme. however, is fully car
ried out. and Gary is tremendous and
active industrial center.
European cities are especial examples
of the proposition that cities grow and
are not made. From origin to over
| flow they spread as the business con-
venience, or as residence desirability,
is made available. There is. however,
city building in Saxony, two miles
from Dresden, which is laid out on
| scientific and sanitary plans, and is
in control of two building societies,
each working together, but on different
| lines save only that the public utilities
are alike IN each, The sewerage, the
street making, the parks, the lighting
all this is conducted on a common
basis by the two companies. The name
of the city is Hcllerau. 1t is about
three hundred feet higher in elevation
| than Dresden, which gives it good
drainage. 1t is built in an open wooded
tract of S45 acres, with the original
tree growth preserved as well as pos
sibIc.
The cottage section is built by the
| Hellcrau Building Society and houses
| are rented to members only. Member"
ship is secured at cost of S47.60,
with no further liability The com
| pany pays four per cent interest on
these shares, and any further profits
are divided among the community.
| The tenant must give years notice
of his intention TO move away. The
cottages arc built TO rent at from $62
TO $3.50 annually. Each cottage has a
garden, large cellar, separate scullery
with built in boiler, pantry, water
closet on the ground floor, easily ac-
ccssible attic, gas for cooking, electric
| light and bells. water connection, and
some accommodation, if desired, for do.
mcstc animals. The smallest cottage
has four rooms; kitchen and living
room on the ground floor, and two bed
rooms on the upper floor. During last
year 80 of these cottages were built
and are now occupied. An additional
l50 arc to be put III this year. All
arc built with a view to uniformity
and neatness of appearance, and all
construction is subject to the approval
of the building commission. the sane
tion of which is required for all plans,
and an artistic uniformity insisted
upon. Electric light is supplied from
the power station Of the German In
stitute of Technical Arts at cost of
% cents per kilowntt hour. Gas costs
45.4 cents per thousand cubic feet, and
water 30S cents per thousand cubic
feet. Preparatory schools are provided
for the younger children. There is an
institute of technical arts and small
nursery, which undertakes work in the
gardens of new houses. An electric
car service from the city gives ready
access TO Dresden.
| The same general conditions and