Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-18

1
 Governments Center and Other At.
 fractions on t',e Lines of Economic
 aa Well as Aesthetic ooveOpn Ens.
 Thomas H. MaWscn. the ll1cljsh
 landscape architect and city banner.
 who has recently returned to London
 from Athens. has given tAe Glowing
 informs ton as to his great ovn plan. nin:s scheme:
 Il had the honor of Racing certain | tentative proposals yi)cf, ,re their ma ies-
 ties. the premier and the mayor. and
 the suggested developments were ap- proved. These weN the result of lErec
 months study ;gS work. and the ideas
 are now to beEmhoded in prcimi- nary set of tans. which l hope to sub-
 init in thrs(monllls.
 "i hav0 nade q thorough study and
 investigator of the archaeological! those2ith whom modern town pIan- 1 her as chiefly to contend. l have SLUG ed Inc matter with pr. Karo, the fai klls ;lrcllaaologi&t responsible for | tiR ReXcavatiois of tle German School Archaeology III Athens and q lead
 Eng authority on ancient remains. l Rspent considerable time With Dr Karo going over every yard of the ground \ likely to bc affected by the new city
 plain and have mapped out With him tlIe area over which excavations will be conducted
 "The scope of the work of recon strtctiny the city will be even more extensive than was originally expect d. as the largely increasing population that is docking into Athens demands very extensive street planning for the future.
 Tt is now agreed that there must be very considerable clearing of undesir- able property in the neighborhood of the Acropois, around which q great boulevard is to be constructed. Be fore, however, much demolition takes place it is proposed by the mayor. M. Dcneckes, who has lived a great deal in England and has been much inter- ested in the question of the housing Of the people. especially in Bournvllle. Port Sunlight and other garden cities, that an extensive housing scheme shall he deyeloped-a scheme planned on the latest English models. but adapted. of course, to the climatic conditions or Greece
 Mir. Alawson said that he has sub- mitted to the authorities rough sug- gestions for dealing with the new gov erulnent center, saying that the start ing point of the plan will be the new union railroad station, into which it IS proposed to bring the several lines Of railway now running into Athens. The suggestion respecting the site of the station has met with general approval and probably will be adopted.
 Tt will afford a panoramic view or great beauty of the most interesting noytion of ancient and modern Athens and will give visitor fine-anu probably lasting-impression of the city," he continued. "Cne view Will include the Temple of the Winds. an- other the Acropolis. another the Temple of Theseus and another the new gov crnncnt center. The Lycabettus will form another view. while still another vista will lead up to the beautiful park.
 The new houses of parliament. the vo,ious ministries and other important buildings in the government center are now receiving much careful attention I have had several interviews recently with NJ. Gennadius. the Greek minister in London who has taken great inter est in this part of the work"
 Provision is made in the scheme fol well placed first class hotels. and it IS anticipated that the extended sugges' tions will lead to the removal from an cient Athens of numerous small facto r.es and the grouping of them in new area. where they will be in direct com municaton with the railways. Thus heavy traffic will largely be taken frou the roads in the ancient city.
 Mir. Mawson believes that the popu lation of Athens will in ten years reach half million and that the rail way traffic will have increased Eve fold. He also contends that the re planning scheme will be on the lines of economic as well as aesthetic devel opment.