Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-19
CONFERENCE ON
CITY PLANNING.
Mayor Seligman Asked to
Name Delegates to 1t at
Philadelphia
PRACTICAL WORK IS KEYNOTE
Mayors of All Cities in Country
Are vitality Inte-
rested.


Mayor Arthur Seligman has receiv-
ed an invitation from Hon. John e.
Reyburn, mayor of Philadelphia, to
attend the third conference on City
Planning to be held in Philadelphia
May IS, 1G and II. Mayor Seligman
was educated in Philadelphia and is
very anxious to attend this meeting
which is of great importance to the
mayors of all cities in the land, deal
ing as it does with the practical side
of city building rather than making
la city beautiful Mayor Seligman
will probably appoint representatives
to the meeting this week.
The letter of Mayor Reyburn is as
follows:
Hon. Arthur Seligman, Santa Fe, n. NJ.
Dear Sir-As mayor of Philadelphia
and on behalf OF our city officials and
the citizens Of Philadelphia, as well
as on behalf of the officers and mem
hers OF the National City Planning
Conference. it gives me great pleas.
ure to extend to you and your munich
pal officers a cordial invitation to at
tend the third conference on city plan.
ing to be held in our city on May 10
16 and II.
City planning has assumed such
vast importance to all our growing
cities that I feel this is an unprece-
dented opportunity which public Off.
cials and interested citizens of our
progressive cities cannot afford to
neglect.
City Planning is not the city beau.
tiful but the city practical, and the
movement has now progressed sufEi.
ciently far in America to make the
deliberations of this coming congress
of great practical value to the mayors
of all our cities, to the city engineers
to the street commissioners and all
other public officials who have to deal
with streets, parks, waterways, build
ing regulations, public buildings, tran
sit, etc.
The unique feature of the coming
congress is that it is to be a practical
discussion by recognized experts o.
| live questions and not simply lon&
speeches which will have no interes
for the men who are dealing witt
these problems day by day. ! enclose
! herewith a preliminary program civ
ing you an idea of the range and in
terest and variety of the topics which
! are to be discussed. Free discussion
is to be a special feature of the con
ference.
The city of Philadelphia has taker
| up this matter very actively. l have
appointed numerous citizens commit
tees covering every phase of the prob
lem and there will be most interest
ing entertainment of delegates ant
trips to view some of the mos inter
esting developments that we have in
Philadelphia. Philadelphia has come
nearer than perhaps any other city ir
the United States to the solution Of
the urban housing problem, and this
alone, we believe, would make worth
while a visit to this conference as we
shall make inspection of the typica
Philadelphia worllingman's home.
The local entertainment committee
has arranged to take the visitors tt
Philadelphia on an automobile toul
of the city, which will occupy the en-
tire morning of the 18th. After thu
trip I shall have the honor of enter
tanning the visitors at luncheon. Tht
City Club has invited the member
of the conference to attend the ban
quet on the 18th as it's guests, and OIL
the afternoon of the 10th. the trus
tees of the University of Pennsylvani;
museum will have reception for th
members, delegates and invited
guests.
For all of these reasons and 70
many more which I will not burdel
you with, we hope that you may Sc
your way clear to attending the con
ference. If you cannot yourself leav
your official duties, will you not az
point one or more official delegates
both publis officials and prominen
private citizens, to represent you
municipality in Philadelphia on Ma
Is, 16 and II.
Kindly make reply to the secretary
Flavel Shurtleff, 19 Congress St, Bos
ton. Respectfully yours.
/ JOHN Z. REYBURN.