The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
ABERCROMBIE ON
 THE CITY'S FUTURE
Suggestions From An Intelli- gent Observer Worth
 Thinking About.

Editor of the Farmer. Sir:
 The citizens of Bridgeport and its inhabitants, generally, should be in terested in the efforts being now made by experts and those of our townsmen who are imbued with the like good purpose of making our city. not only larger as to territory, and greater as to it's population, but larger, greater and more bea@iful by the exercise of good judgment, in making wise use or the existing conditions so lavishly pro- Eided by nature in this fine New Eng land city.
 It's progressiveness and up to date- mess meets with the approval or all right minded citizens, and the where Witha1 with which to meet the 1n- 1 debtedness consequent upon the grat- idcation Of the needfuI as well as the ornamental assets of our city, will surely be forthcoming, and sense Of pride will be engendered by the ac- complishment of such enterprises as are in course of consideration, for tho beautffying Of our home city by the Sound.
 Few cities have within their reach such means afforded for the realization of ideaitstic environments as has the l city of Bridgeport, and to neglect to take advantage Of them for the bet terment of the community, and the Hp-. lifting Of the tone and character of the ever increasing population. lxvhose sense or appreciation W1al become a part of their citizenship. as the oD- l 5ecf lessons iznparted F- conditions, and surroundings become a factor in their Hves3 is to allow the dmportance Of good government to become thing
 unworthy of the nntiee of those who look to us for good example in moral, social and municipal training.
 1 The beautifying of our city Is a sak- l ject of most interesting importance, and. to the lover of nature, i< is most fascinating. because Of the influence I it has, and will have upon the minds ! Of the rising generation as it uz1nais- talxably instiIls in the young mind. a sense of pride and ownership in the city of his home, so, for the future betterment, the attention of the city councillors should be called to the available and suitable places, where Opportunities for design and landscape effect, lie ready to hand for such enn-
 beIIishnent, which taste and ability in city building. may cause to appear in our city.
 Bridgeport has been called of late to a district, which while possessing super for advantages over any other part of the city. has lain, (not only neglecteD, but ignored to such an extent that few stop to look at the scenery which this central spot affords. but were the at tention Of City Builders called to this particular and already beautiful sec- | tion, they would eff possessing the amount of artistic conception incident
 to their callfng1, view this central Lake aside from the unpleasant no- l toriety which has attended it for some time past, and imagine it in such condition, as their art can place 1t, with all the added finish which culture and experience in their vocation can afford. We would
 have in the future center Of our City. i such a lake adjacent to our Natural Park, ssThe Beardsley,'' which if pro- vided with an Automobile drive. en- eire1ing it's then, purified waters, by the elimination Of every polluting
 matter, one of the most attractive and | really beautiful spots, within a ra- I dius of many miles.
 | Park ways are now an essential to the advanced: condition of Cities, and ! the adjunct to a better condition of existence, and as the lead is in the as- I tendency. such training of the future citizen, be they native or foreign, is
 conductive to a better class, a better
 and more loyal community for such
 associations as are uplifting must ulti-
 mately prevail.
 1 To the observing mind, and artistic I eye the Berkshire district viewed I Hayes. affords food for contemplation, and wonder at the failure of many I to see in our midst the making of a Beautiful Lake surrounded by Rou- Ieyard whose connection with the Beards1ey Park Drives would make rone of the most picturesque and val
 uable holdings of the City of Bridge
 c. M. ABERcRoMBIE