The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-03

CROWDS HEAR PROPOSAL
pictures Illustrative Of Work Are
Shawn And Explained by
the City Planning
Expert.

1ohn Nolen's plan for keokuk was
adopted as the guiding plan by which
q build for the future last night by
citizens who filled the Grand opera
house to hear Mr.. Nolen outline his
nan and to see the pictures of this
n,sn as thrown on the canvas screen.
The resolution to adopt the plan was
presented by A. E. ,Matless at the
close Of the meeting. 1t was unani-
mously adopted.
Mr.. Nolen was greeted with q cara-
CITY house last night. William Bal
finger chairman of the parks, play
ground and general improvements
committee in a rather lengthy speech
in which he outlined the difficulties
which beset the Industrial Associa-
tion in the matter Of options on land,
railroad rates and, the like, introduced
slr. Nolen.. He Went into some detail
resarding Mr.. Nolen's rank among
city planners as he had seen it dem
onstrateG in a conference held last
spring.
Mr.. NOlen, who comes from New
England said that he felt perfectly at
home as he felt that he might be
addressing an old fashioned New Eng
land town meeting. He paid a trib
ute to Mr.. Ballinger as a | ooster and
declared that the people of Keokuk
were alive. After a very brief pre-
liminary Mr. Nolen launched immedi
ately into his main subject.
Keokuk is splendidly situated Mr.
Nolen told his hearers. The situation
on the river, and the situation be
tween Chicago and st. LoIis, rail
roads and the splendid back country
makes the situation ideal.
Criticises Present Plan.
The present plan of Keokuk wa:
criticised by Mr.. Nclen as havins
expensive block systems, no adsquat
provisions for parks and Fairgrounds
no housing facilities for workmen'
homes and the river front is not TAX
en- care Of for either commercial o
recreation purposes as it should be
The causes for these short coming
according to the, city. planner ar
piecemeal procedure, and failure t
recognize the relations between TIL
various steps, and short sighte
public business policy which work
only for the present with no though
Of the future. ~
The plan as suggested by Mr.. No
en- will plan for the future he decla
ed. 1t provides for comprehensive
plans in relation to one another an
the outlying districts. Common a
ton in common cause is necessar,
Mr.. Nolen informed the audience.
In outlining the new plan Mr.. Mole
pointed out four lines along which
work.
We must have more efficient met
DDS in order to save waste; we mui
plan the city on natural lines. 70,
streets should wind easily and graf
fully, instead OF trying to make the
straisht as you have many of your
We must build for sanitation and IL
better public health. and we mu
preserve the integrity of the home
Mr.. Nolen then started the pictur
OF keokuk and of other cities.
River Front Improvement.
IT was suggested by Mr.. Nolen tn
wall could be built along the wat
ifont with park back of this. n
grounds of the union station, he sa
would also be included in the i
provements.
One of the most important thin
TO city is its Streets he declare
You have every handicap here Yo
blocks are only half the length tn
should be. And the width of yo
streets must be corrected Stree
should not be or uniform width, sol
should be wider and some narrowe