Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-31
hings That Are Today Required i'm Art OF City Building

ton of It's officials, II may abrogate
its functions; but If 1t far does It's
crime against society it viii be visited
with the slum, from which viii come
the vandals and the huns Of the fu-
ture.
The city is the composite entity of
all those who have lived within II
and all those who may hereafter
come. We have the fruits Of the la
bors of those who have gone before
in the increased land values, in the
buildings, the Improvements, the
commerce which supports it, and its
officials are more than servants of
the temporary dwellers in the city,
they are the trustees Of the common
good.
How We Should Build.
We, then, in Tulsa, should look 10
the far receding horizon of the fu-
ture. We should build for an time.
As Major l.. Enfant skctched out the
lowland by the Potomac the vision of
a city more beautiful than man had
ever dreamed, as Baron lIousman
| from the old city in the mud by the
Seine, built up modern Paris; as
Kansas City has converted her un-
| ful as those of Babylon; as the en-
gineers of Germany are creating in
| dustrial centcrs where the slum Is
not and the working men shall have
a decent living place, so we now
should plan a city that shall be the
marvel of the west. We can do it,
and If the past be any indication OF
the future, we will do II.
First we must lay out our plan
| We must consider what the city will
| be twenty years from now, and pro-
| vide accordingly. We must locate
our railroad terminals properly SO
that the prevailing winds shall carry
the smoke away from the city and
not towards it, for from 90 TO IS PEI
cent of the smoke nuisance Of cities
comes from the railroads. We must
locate our Union station so that II
| shall not eat into the heart Of the
| city nor be too inaccessible, and oui
freight yards so that they shall be
properly placed for factory districts
River Front as Park.
We should preserve for all time
our river front as a park for the peo.
pie. And every high point should be
, acquired for the public use. I'VE
| should acquire the old cemetery OF
West Second street. and the higf
school block, for city plazas. We
should lay out great cncircline
boulevard to connect our parks, and
radical parkways to connect it with
the center of the city.
We should put all our parked
streets under the supervision Of the
| park board, with power to beautify
and to plant with trees.
| Ia of oh
write our charter on advanced lines
and provide adequate fiscal machin
cry so that the people shall know
how their money is spent and wha
they get for ii.
\ Greater Work To DO.
We are the pioneers. We are lay
ing the foundations or the city. Grea
work has already been done, bu
greater work is ahead. We have ha(
| statehood these five years, and al
the rapid growth attending the foun
ding of state government We hav,
the finest measure of local self gov
ernment. Our city is rising lik'
magic from the plains, and the high
ways Of commerce are opened wide
Every year will bring added wealth
and every year will come create
numbers of people until our city ha
grown to proportions unthought o
today.
The passion to build well should b,
the beacon light to lead us on 4
progress. The desire to found grea
city. a noble city, n beautiful city
and to leave II greater, nubler an,
more beautiful. should fill our ofn
cials and our citizens.
The oath which every youth o
Athens is said to have taken Nigh
well be hung up in our schools for on
children, and in our public places 70
our citizens. TO read. Its very read
ing should bring a thrill to every ciu
zen in a democratic government.
I'VE will never bring disgrace L