The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-10
DR.. Charles Zueblin Told OF
Needs Of Topeka.
Boulevard Plan Launched ut
Commercial Club.
over PROPOSED ROUTE TODAY
Business Men in Autos Out on
Inspection Trip.
DR.. Zueblin Made Many Valu-
able Suggestions.

A boulevard system, a union station
for both railway trains and tnterurban
cars, a new auditorium. interurban
service, municipal conduits under the
streets, a municipal theater, musical
entertainments and moving pictures in
the schools, and mere parks and play
grounds, were s. me OF tne thihss
which DIR. Charles Zueblin OF Boston,
publicist and lecturer of note. aoVo-
Gated in an address before more than
one hundred man and women at the
close Of a $3.50 O'Clock dinner MONDAY
evening at the Commercial CLUB quar-
tiers.
And it looks as though the first mem
toned improvements boulevard sys-
tem-will soon be realized, or at least
a section of it. For several years the
Commercial eluo through Its commit
tee on parks has been taking pouie-
ward, but the project has never gone
beyond the paper" stage. Charles
Mulford Robinson, the expert" who
made the city plan for Topeka In con-
nection with the social survey, ap-
proved of the idea and added some
suggestions.
Getting Back Of Plan.
Three club comInittees-parks and
Fairgrounds, street lighting, and civic
mprovement-under j. NJ. Meade, w.
w. Webb and W. Rickenbacher, re-
spectively, are getting behind the plan.
AL LH6 meeting MOuudy hight tuC
proposition was presentd by w. w.
Webb and W. J. Richenbacher, and
many persons present agreed to go on
a tour OF inspection this afternoon
over q part of the proposed route,
starting from the Commercial club
quarters at 80 O'Clock. Others who
were not present at the meeting re-
ported to go on the trip this afternoon.
1t was originally proposed to go as
far as Martins hill only today. but as
one man suggested that the whole
route be covered it was not certain
before the start was made just how
much ground would be covered. The
entire boulevard system as proposed
is something like thirty miles in ex-
tent. The boulevard will extend along
the south river front to Martins hill.
1t is proposed to take in" Gage park
and Nount Hope cemetery. The
spin east will be made on Seven
teenth or Twenty-first street. The
Country club will be on the line of
travel and the Shunganunga valley
and Lakewood park. The boulevard
is expected to go through Oakland,
and from Oakland along the Sardou
road to North Topeka and Garfield
Or TO the brickyard bridge over the
Golden Belt
W. W. Webb on Boulevard.
In speaking of the river front Sec
ton w. W. Webb said at the meeting:
considering nearly all of the
ground long this route is now owned
by the city, or would be donated by
present owners without cost, for boul-
evard purposes, the expense involved
would be small. as we would only have
to provide for the cost of grading and
l am informed that the county now
owns road across the asylum
grounds covering stretch a mile of
the route.
IF we could secure the interest of
a sufficient number of business men
to make up good strong committee.
this project can be accomplished. but
we cannot secure that. interest unless
there are twenty-five or fifty men
present who will agree to take a few
hours off tomorrow and start at 1890
from this club room in automobiles
to go over the route SO that they will
become more familiar with it and
know what an asset the city would
have in a beautiful River Drive.
Kansas City has become far-famed