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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

Arrangements have been completed
whereby the entire east side Of Main
street on Block 30 will build awnings
similar to and connecting with the
Silver Bros and Citizens State Bank
awnings. This will be very pleas
ing and agreeable improvement and
make it the most attractive block Of
the town. L. Writ Markham, the
largest property owner in the block,
is the chief promoter of the enter
prise and will pay the heaviest share
of the expense. The G. H. Brown
Lumber Co. will do the work.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
WOOdmen Memorial Day

Next Sunday being the regular an
nual Woodmen Memorial Day the
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and
several other of the Lamar lodges
will take part in the services. They
will meet at the Fraternal Temple at
80 that afternoon and march from
there to the cemetery where the
graves of departed members and
their families will be decorated. All
members of the various orders are
requested to be present and bring
flowers.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Mustang Oil Field

The drilling outfit sent south last
week by Manager E. NJ. Mears Of the
Mustang Oil Co. has got the machin-
cry set and word received from there
shows that the work has commenced
and is progressing rapidly. A num-
Der Of auto parties from Lamar and
Las Animas have already visited the
scene of the new company's operation
and many outsiders are also showing
much interest.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Game Sunday

The Lamar team, leaders Of the
A. v. league, will meet the Rocky
Ford team, which is in second place,
on the grounds at Association Park in
Lamar next Sunday afternoon. The
game will be called at 3 o'clock and
be for full nine innings unless stop
ped by rain. Everybody should turn
out and show their appreciation Of
the valley leaders. The regular line
up will be in the game with the pos
sible exception Of Wallace at first.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

The regular convocation of Orient
Chapter No. 80 R. A. NJ. this week
was the occasion of the impressive
ceremony of comforting the NJ. E. NJ.
degree on a class of four consisting
of Gerald Creaghe, Nova Butler, Ed
win H. Knowles and Albert Hoyt. This
order is making a most rapid in
crease of membership now.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Tean Battiag
Mass Meeting

A meeting Of the citizens Of Lamar
is to be held in the club rooms on
Friday night at 8 o'clock, June 9Th,
for the purpose of discussing whether
or not we will celebrate on the Fourth
of July. Also what should be done
with the Santa Fe sign board, and
any other matters that may come up.
Everyone interested should attend.
Lamar Commercial Club.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

In order to clean up shoe stock will
on Saturday, June 9Th, sell at one
half price all ladies tan shoes, tan
Oxfords and tan pumps. Come early
and get a bargain while the assert
ment is good. Remember they go at
only half price. Saturday only.
The w. ]. Johnston Nero. Co.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Lamar Represented

r. E. Adams, cashier Of the La
mar National Bank, was one of the
nine bankers selected by the Colorado
banks to represent the state at the
Kansas City meeting this week called
to select a board Of directors for the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

Buy your Sunday dinner Of the SO
cial circle at Kelsey's Saturday.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
Monty TO LOAN
Plenty Of 0heao Money fer
Qood Farm and City Loans,
Jaai and see ms.s
l.. WRIT MARKHAM

The county commissioners are here
this week holding the regular month
ly session.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ]. Garvin went to
Colorado Springs this week for
few days visit.
Mrs. Albert Morich left this week
for Lawrence, Kansas for visit
with relatives.
Mr., and Mrs. Leslie j. Boring left
today for Iowa where they will spend
a short vacation.
Robt. d. Boatwright left last Sat
urday for Ouray, where he expects to
spend the summer.
Clyde Church returned this week
from Liberty. Missouri, where he has
been attending college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Householder
left this week for Elk City, Kansas,
to spend a short vacation.
Miss Ethel Creaghe, who has been
visiting friends at Las Vegas, re-
turned home the first Of the week.
G. w. Karn, field deputy to As
SCISSOR A. j. Davy, was in Lamar on
official business the first of the week.
Aiss Lola Creaghe, who graduated
last week from the State Normal Col
leRe at Greeley, is at home again now.
Fred Noble, manager Of the Amer
lean Beet Sugar Co., came down from
Rocky Ford on business matters this
week.
]. A. Stinson came up from Baca
county this week and was looking af-
ter business in Lamar for several
days.
Prof. and Mrs. C. w. Mottinger
left the first of the week for Canon
City, where they will spend the sum-
mer vacation.
Mrs. /. C. Downing and son, Lois,
who went to Boulder last week to see
Lyle Downing graduate accompanied
him home today.
Miss Pearl Horn, who has been
teaching the past year in the La Jun
Ia high school, returned to her home
in Lamar this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Pinch were in
Lamar several days this week closing
up the deal for the sale Of the fixtures
Of the Lyric theatre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren L. Van Ginkel,
who have been taking vacation Oh
several weeks visiting relatives In
Iowa, returned home today.
At the regular session Of Lamar
Lodge No. 125 X. P. last Monday
evening the second degree of the or
der was conferred on c. Floyd Cook.
DIR. A. E. Chase of Denver Will
occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian
church morning and evening Sunday
June 7th. Members Of the congrega-
ton are urged to attend.
Misses Vera Wood and Nellie Whit
aker left on Sunday for Ordway In
Crowley county, where they Will at
tend the Eighth District Normal IN
stitute for the next two weeks.
Sheriff John A. Simpson took one
]. E. Drumming of Holly, who had
plead guilty to forgery before Judge
McHendrie's court, to Canon City to
serve a term in the state penitentiary.
Lyle Downing graduated this week
with high honors from the College OF
Engineers of the University OF Colo
RADIO, and returned today to Lamar. "A
special communication Of Lamar
Lodge No. 80 A. F. & A. M. is call
ed for this evening to confer the
third degree on him.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

On Saturday, May Both, all Hats
at Half Price. Fanny N. Dodds.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

The building occupied by the Horn
Hardware & Furniture Co. for rent
or sale. Inquire of J. C.. Horn.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

For Painting. Papering and Dec
Grating SEQ Dickinson Lumber Co.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

City property for sale or ex
change. r. J. A'Carty.
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IS ONE OF GREATEST PROBLEM
IN CONNECTION WITH SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS

then be warranted. Terminals have
also been found to be undesirable for
many reasons. Their cost of con-
struction is great They must be
constructed in the business centres
of the city where land values are
necessarily high and the sites are
naturally very expensive. The cost
of maintenance and operation is
great, and the continuous flow of
travel is often seriously disrupted.
Cars cannot be stored in these ter
ninals for want of room and must
necessarily be operated compare
lively empty against the flow of
travel. The ideal solution of trolley
car operation is to have cross-town
lines on which the passenger vehicles
can be operated more i'm accordance
with the flow of travel than would be
the case where terminals are used.
The City Plan Commission made
an extensive study Of transportation
conditions i'm Newark because of the
fact that we have a problem WHICH
has pressing need Of solution. The
direct results of this study were that
several new streets should be opened
and used for trolley ear operation
within the central section of the city,
If the best results are to be obtained.
These improvements are the con-
struction Of Diagonal street, the
widening of William street and its
proper connection with Lafayette
street, the continuation of Freling-
nuysen avenue 10 Clinton avenue,
and numerous others of lesser i'm
portance.
Newark is indeed especially fortu-
nate In the number, character and
location of its radial thoroughfares.
These should be properly extended,
Strengthened and widened within the
limits Of the many suburbs through
which they pass.
In the development of these radial
thoroughfares lies The future of New
ark as a metropolis They should bc
widened where necessary, in proper
ton TO the amount of travel which is
to be expected upon them From
each OF them should diverge the trib-
utary streets which serve the whole
area to be supplied by the main arr
terial thoroughfare. The principle
involved is like a watershed. The
people are the drops of water which,
when collected in any number form
the small rivulets flowing to the
river, the arterial thoroughfare, and
the rivers flow to the ocean, the city.
The street system of Newark is
primarily that of the rectangular
block type, upon which is superim-
posed number Of radial thorough
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07

stitutions, recreational facilities and
financial corporations. Next a series
of maps, Illustrating specific street
openings, widenings and extensions
is. given, accompanying each Of which
is description which tells why the
Improvement is suggested, wherein
II would be q benefit to the commu-
nifty, its cost and its eventual adj
vantage. The benefit or financing the
Improvement Of Newarks street sys-
TEN is thoroughly discussed, and the
financial aspect of a systematic street
development plan is considered. The
principle Of excess condemnation is
thoroughly reviewed and examples Of
its practise in other cities are cited
That Newark is exceptionally fortu-
nate in having the Essex County
Park Commission and the Shade Tree
Commission is wen evidenced by the
work which they are doing. II is
pointed out, however, that the inn
Erovement of the various civic APP
purtenanccs must be treated by the
city at large, and herein lies great
field for improvement in the form of
public plazas, approaches 10 the city
and the proper treatment Of promi-
nent street intersections. Plazas at
the following points are urgently
recommended: Broad and Bridge
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
CITY PLAN COMMISSION REPORT GIVES IN DETAIL
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES ADVOCATED

City Planning for Newark is the
came given 10 the latest report of the
City Plan Commission, which con-
stitutes a comprehensive survey of
the various problems now confront
ing the municipality. The book is
sub-titled into ten chapters, each of
which is devoted to one of the vari-
Gus problems now confronting the
ity-transportation street arrange
ment, harbor development. municipal
recreation, municipal decoration,
canal abandonment. markets. etc. In
the volume there are 200 pages Of
reading matter and forty-live Illus
trations.
All the recommendation made are
given as suggestions only. No conf
prehensiye plan Of development has
been as yet evolved, for the general
opinion of city planning work is too
vague to permit Of further progress,
until the public has been familiar
lied with all the various details, and
a general sentiment for or against a
city plan has been expressed. With
this in mind, it is the purpose of the
commission to devote much of their
energy during this year to a pub
llcitY campaign, hoping thereby to
stimulate a general interest in the
WI ~ 4 tttH tAU4lCiAN 1diAADrlEA VIII
be carried ON partly by means of a
series of lectures. which viii be given
wherever desired, throughout the
city. Applications are already being
received. Posters and pamphlets will
also be distributed. Several thousand
copies of the present report have
been printed and will be distributed
broadcast,
This book, "City Planning for New
ark is one of the most comprehen-
siVe descriptions of Newark ever pub
lished and should interest every eiti-
zen of Newark.
The introduction, by John Cotton
Dana, tells of the advantages of
Newark as Il residential community
and as a business centre. The loca-
lion of Newark is described with re-
gard TO adjacent communities Facts
and figures are given which tell why
Newark is a good place in which to
live and do business. Maps show the
business and residential districts of
the city. Water supply and sewerage
problems are discussed and Illus
trated. Prices of land for business
and residential purposes are given,
also wages for skilled and unslSilled
labor, rents of homes for all classes,
prices for water, gas, electricity. aetc.
Attention is called to Newark's good
government, schools. churches. public
and private hospitals, benevolent in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07

fares. The PassaiC River and New
ark Bay form natural barrier to
growth eastward while to the north
south ana west there are no natural
barriers to development short of the
Orange Mountains, eight miles away
Adjacent to Newark are many cities
and towns which, though independ-
ent in their forms. of government
are nevertheless integral parts of one
great metropolitan area.
Within the city limits are many
crosstown thoroughfares. not in
themselves complete, which must be
developed into an efficient structural
system if Newark is to properly as
sert itself as the centre of this great
metropolitan area. For good through
east and west cross-toWn streets
Park avenue, Orange street, Central
avenue, Market street. William and
Lafayette streets, Eighteenth ave
nue., Peddie street and Chancellor
avenue should be developed RAT
is. they should all be widened 10 100
feet where possible and made as
straight and direct as possible and
free from Objectionable grades The
makeup of Newark is such as to
prohibit good east and west thor
oughfares, partly because Of irregu-
lar topography of undeveloped sec
tons and artificial barriers in the
form of railroad entertainments
The most important north and
south cross town thoroughfares are
Tyler street, Mulberry street, Broad
street, Washington street and Ere
linghuysen avenue, Belmont avenue
Bergen street and South Tenth street.
There should also be developed as far
as possible by the elimination of
grades, extensions to make possible
directness and widenings up To 100
feet. where possible.
These cross-town thoroughfares
constitute the structural framework
Of our street system. Our future city
is to be built upon them and then Of
ficiency will so far to determine its
character Let US bear this in mind
continually and SO shape our ends as
to make them commensurate with
our needs To do this we must not
say, rs this not fine street? See
its large buildings, the great traffic
it now accommodates, its fine pave
menti" Rather, we should ask, rs
this street going to serve its purpose
fifty years hence? Is it sufficiently
wide? Are its connections with other
large streets sufficiently good? In
other words, Will this street, beauti-
full as 1t is now, meet all the needs of
a street of its character at the end
Of fifty o. one hundred years -
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ton of the city may be. However,
rapid transit to the suburbs is al
ways the desirable feature.
Transportation lines have almost
invariably followed the direction of
large radial thofoughfares. When
these have not been sufficiently
straight or direct corresponding
loss of efficiency in transportation re-
suits, and it is this which has neces-
STATED the construction of many new
streets in various cities. The crowded
large cities are the direct result of
inadequate transportation. A de-
cided movement is on foot to abolish
tenement sections by the establish
ment Of stringent building laws, but
in Europe the real evil has been found
TO lie IN the poor means which have
been afforded the laboring class to
reach outlying sections where he can
live with his family as he should,
having a small piece of ground about
his home with plenty of light, air
and sunshine. The faster the transit
and the cheaper the greater will be
the relief of undesirable housing con-
ditions within the central sections of
the city
Subways arc undesirable. except in
the very largest of cities. In the
first place they are very expensive
TO construct; in the second place,
their construction is not warranted.
except where the most intolerable
traffic conditions are found Large
buildings in which many people are
employed causes congestion of the
worst kind when they are numerous
and spread over q large area IL the
streets are not sufficiently wide, that
is, wide in proportion to the height
Of the buildings, there is naturally
not enough room in the Street for the
transportation which is necessary for
this great volume Of business. It is
then that demand arises for either
elevated or subway facilities This
is not the case in Newark, however
because of the fact that use is not
made of the streets which parallel
the main traffic highways. When
these traffic highways and their adj
jacent subsidiary thoroughfares are
all filled with traffic the. construction
of elevated or subway facilities will
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should never be considered as such
Only by the appointment of such a
commission. armed with State su
thority, will this great maritime COM
mercial area De developed in the man
ner which becomes its Importance,
If il must be developed from short
sighted local standpoint. a method of
procedure is recommended.
The attitude of the City Plan Com
mission is again restated with regard
TO the market situation. From the
first the City Plan Commission ia
vored the abolition of the present.
Centre Market, and in its place IA
Nored the creation Of q wholesale
market east of the Pennsylvania
Railroad freight yards at South.
Broad street, where the entire food
supply of the city of Newark could.
be handled in a more efficient, eco
nomical and systematic manner.
Provision was also made for o farm
ers' market in the vicinity. The fur
Their opinion is advanced that if pub
lie opinion demands the erection of AL
retail market or markets, such
market or markets should not bel
constructed in the centre of the city,
where only a small proportion of the
population can be accommodated,
but rather in the several community
centres about the city.
\ review OF the Morris Canal situ-
alton is given which notes construct
ton, uses, property titles and legis-
latiVe enactments incidental 10 this
very complicated question. The ina,
ter is shown to be one of Statewide
importance, and the hope is expressed
that the present legislative comma
tee win arrive at a conclusion wilHh
shall be satisfactory to all of the u
terests concerned.
Under Municipal Recreation arr
given tables which show the attends
ance at all Fairgrounds within the
city limits. A department of mualci-
pal recreation is suggested aud new
sites for Fairgrounds are recon-
mended.
A review of the work of the Ciis
Plan Commission to date is given. as
well as statement of the MANY
branches of work. as yet untouchaa
or unfinished, some of which the com
mission intends to undertake during
the ensuing year.
The index includes, In consideraDie
detail. the contents of the volume
well as all of the reports published
to date, whether they have beer
printed or not. The volume Is thus
a KEY to the greater part Of all fhaf
which has been done IN the Line u
city planning for Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07

Topographic features, that Is the
hills, depressions and water courses
within or about a city, are the great
determining factors of the direction
and character of it's growth. Next
to this in importance is the problem
of transportation In great many
ways transportation supersedes to-
Biography in determining the even
tual character of the city, as will
readily be seen by the following il
distractions
The area of a city is directly pro-
portional to the efficiency of it's
transportation facilities; in other
words, the growth would be impos-
sible were it not for some means of
access between the business and resi-
Dental sections of a city. At present
there are two great factors which de-
termine the extent of a city's area
The first is the fare. a very large
proportion of the population of city
will be found to live in an area which
can be reached from the business
section of city by a five-cent fare.
The second great determining factor
IS that OF Tune. II Will De IOunu llldI
the majority of the population in any
city lives in zone which can be
reached from the business centre Of
the city in period of from half to
tnree-quarters of an hour. While
these two factors are necessarily the
greatest OF those which determine
the extent of a city's inhabitable area,
tne-r are numerous other secondary
considerations; for example, con-
venience in the form of the least pos
sIpie number of changes, least crowd
mig, comfortable carriages, etc.
In many of the large cities the
single fare and the three-quarter-
hour time zone are rapidly being out
grown. although these will always be
coas!. cred the most important fea-
tures/Evhich determine a city's en-
tent.
Each city has individual character
istics which create many problems
not found in other cities; for ex-
ample, many cities are built almost
entirely upon the rectangular block
system, with direct radial thorough
fares; others are built in circular
form, with large circumferential
boulev6rds and with intersecting
cross-town thoroughfares, irrespec-
tive Of what the physical cofstitu-
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streets, Market street at the Penn
sylyania Railroad depot and the
junction of Clinton and Elizabeth
avenues.
The various problems. due to the
increasing demands OF traffic, are
enumerated and the theory of the
evolution of streets is discussed. 1t
is shown that the cost of new streets
i'm some cases has exceeded the value
OF abuttinS property for many rea-
sons. principal among which is that
Of excessive width. The zone system
is described and examples of how
other cities are meeting street prob
lens are cited. The widening of
Washington street, Norfolk street,
Bergen street. South Tenth street,
William street, Lafayette street and
Central avenue to ninety or 100 feet
is recommended.
The appointment of the Newark
Bay Port District Commission is
urgently recommended because the
future Of the four cities-Newark,
Elizabeth. Jersey City and Bayonne,
which border upon it, is dependent
almost entirely upon the manner in
which the Newark Bay and meadows
are developed. The matter OF river
and harbor development in Newark
is by no means a local problem and
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Improvement of City Thoroughfares


able demands plan must be adopt
ed before long, for the press of popu-
lation viii soon be felt here, as is
shown by the many active real estate
operations. Improvements can be
made much more cheaply now than
later
Cooperation with both lrvington
and East Orange in developing such
a plan is very advisable. 1t will be as
much to the advantage of these
towns as to Newark to have a street
system permitting easy access from
one to the other Study should be
made in this section for the proper
location OF a park, a playground and
such public buildings as will later be
needed
Southern Section OF the City.
South of Clinton avenue and west
of Elizabeth avenue is one of the
most rapidly growing sections of the
city, some day to become one of
Newark's finest residential centres.
The greater part of the street sys-