The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-25
4PENNSY" TALKSOF
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Railroad Tells of CO-Opera-
tiOn in Movement
NAME MORE CHAIRMEN
The City Beautiful Department AM
nounces Women Chairmen on
Southside West of Twentieth
Street and on Northside
MORE CHAIRMEN


Street and on Northside
An extensive personal letter from s
lc Long, generalNmanager Of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad company, has
been received by the board of COM
missioners in answer to a request for
Information on the city beautiful move
ment
The PennsylVania for sometime has
made hobby of beautifying its right
of way throughout the country and
the commissioners feel that the letter
will be of great value to local rail-
ways factory operators and industrial
men. 1t follows:
THE Identification of our property
adjoining the tracks has been a mat
ter of gradual development in SYM
pathy with the Increase of both pop
ulatson and civic pride along our lines
The outspoken appreciation of our pas
sengers has been a factor of encour-
agement to our efforts in this direc-
ton. Aside from the consideration of
artistic development the utilitarian as
IttA IL iltNutiitiN DitStbt SoihtlliIltS Ol
greatest Importance Instances of this
are found in plantations to hold the
soil on steep banks live snowbreaks,
plants placed to direct traffic and 9th
er special uses.
Unsightly Objects
I'm any single instance which we
undertake to beautify. consideration is
first given to the surroundings as
viewed from both the trains and the
streets. We endeaNor to eliminate un-
slightly objects and TO emphasize beau
| tiful buildings and views by applying
| to these ends the strong individuality
which exists in many plants
The Identification of the plots
themselves is a matter of design and
color harmony based upon a knowledge
of the growth, colors and time OF flow
ering of the plants which are unques-
tionably hardy and easily grown. An
nuals or other herbaceous plants are
completely under ban except as Incl
dents among hardy shrubs. We EN-
deavor TO obtain masses rather than
spots of color and this principle in
cludes the lawn, which we never in
terrupt with unsightly coleus or Gamma
beds, so commonly used in hippily ob.
solete period of gardening
These are some of the most fire.
quently met Illustrations of our priu-
oiples. Each case receives individual
study and the principles of the land
scape architects profession are applied
to that case. Each site, whether il be an
important station or mere watch
beds, so commonly used in a happily OBJ
Is consistent with good taste
Need of CO-Operation
The cooperation of such bodies as
yours means much toward the success of
our efforts. You can help abate many
OF the nuisances along railroads for which
the railroads are not responsible Where
verdue is not possible on account of soil
quality lack of light. excessive smoke or
other conditions OF practical operation. a
tidy appearance can be maintained II the
nelghboring residents can be taught not
to regard the railroad right of way as a
dump for garbage and other waste.
THE walls of factories can in most
cases be vine-covered without detriment
to the building or its purpose The
fences of backyards can be painted IN
harmonious colors and he vine covered
The enactment OF ordinances which
viii tax or otherwise regulate sign
boards as to their size scenic value and
location would do much TO remove
great mar on most landscapes.
we do not believe you will find any
railroad backward in beautifying it's prop-
erty as far as 1t is practicable IL you can
educate the adjoining property owners to
sense OF their equal responsibility in the
matter. Yours very truly,
"s. c. LONG.
general Manager"
The following additional women chair
men of the street societies for the city
beautiful movement have been named in
addition IN tlnca nj dtr
The Age-Herald
Fountain Heights District
Mrs. II. L. Culver, 1927 North Eleventh
street; Mrs. j. e. Morris. 1906 North
Twelfth street; Mrs n II. Cutliff Oh
North Thirteenth street; Mrs. ]. III. Nc
Coy. 11lS North Thirteenth street; Mrs
II. j. McCafferty, 1926 North Fifteenth
street; Mrs. j.. w. Lee 1877 North Four
teenth street; Mrs J. o. Atkins, 1l24
North Sixteenth street; Mrs John Nc
Leod, 1902 North Seventeenth street. Mrs
Joseph Grissom. 119 North Seventeenth
street; Mrs. NJ N. Brock, 1917 North
Nineteenth street; Mrs. j. II. Lewis, I'LL
North Nineteenth street. Mrs. Fl. White
head. 1924 Rush avenue: Mrs. j. s. Rus
sell, 1416 Allen street. north; Mrs G. H.
Grain, 1873 North Fourteenth avenue: Mrs.
J.. P. McCaskey, 1926 Marshall avenue;
Mrs. w. T.. Martin, 1915 North Thirteenth
s''Shbct 4hib. Joln Ipctiet, 1871 north
Twelfth avenue; Mrs. c. A. Moffett. 11a6
North Eleventh avenue; Mrs. H. C. Mil.
Ter, 11O1 Fountain avenue: Mrs John
stein, 400 Nolan avenue. north.
West of Twentieth Street, South
Montgomery street, Mrs. w. II. Fruit
ticher; Louise street, Mrs. r. II. Wood
row; Virginia street, Mrs. E. d. Smith:
st. Charles street, Mrs. II. II. Smell: Cul-
lom street Qower), Mrs. j. T. Dunlap;
Cullom street (upper). Mrs. c. w. James;
Central street. Mrs. w. X. Brown; Syl-
van avenue, Mrs j. r. Keith; Alabama
street. Mrs. j. ID. Mooney; Georgia ave-
nue., Mrs. W. l.. Metcalfe: Avenue J
Cwestern enD Mrs. c. p. Burris; Avenue
X western end), Mrs. II. A. Stockmar;
Twelfth avenue (western end. Mrs
Maury Nicholson: Highland park, Mrs
w. i. Grubb; Glen Iris park. Mrs L. c.
Morris; Glen Iris avenue, Mrs. T. II. Al
drich; Twelfth avenue (east OF Fifteenth
street,, Mrs. j. l.. Chisolm; sixteenth
avenue (south of Fourteenth-Seventeent
streets), Mrs. Monahan; Sixteenth ave-
nue., south of Seventeenth-T Twentieth
streets, Mrs. Dr. bowman; South avenue,
Mrs. sherwood; Thirteenth street (soutn
end), Mrs. G. b. McVay; Phelyan street,
Mrs. J. D. Monroe; Fourteenth street.
south Qorth end), Mrs. l.. G. Tobin;
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