Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-09
AOvAM TAGE OF CITY PLANNING
Interesting Talk to Merchants
by New York Architect.
Rutland Business Mems Associations
Extends Invitation for Luncheon
Next Week Thursday during
"Better Acquaintance Tour.Y

The weekly luncheon of the Burlington
Merchants association at the Hotel Ver-
mont Tuesday was addressed by J. D.
Hinchman Of New York, architect Of tho
Clark Memorial Church, which was dedi-
Gated last Sunday He gavefa most In
tercsting talk on "City Planning" 1t was
announced at the luncheon by President
Max l.. Powell that an invitation had
been received from Secretary Mason 90
the Rutland Business Mems assrciatiou
TO the Burlington association for tho lats
ter tovisit Rutland and haveiuncheonw with
the local organization next week Thurs.
| day, when the Better Acquaintance touI
from this city passes through Rutland.
The invitation has been accepted and IL
is also probable that Proctorsville will bs
visited, also at the invitation of Covers
| nor Fletcher. The latter will probably hd
the speaker at the next luncheon here.
which will be held Wednesday unlesS
other plans are made.
| The Better Acquaintance tourists viii
leave Burlington by automobile at nins
O'Clock next week Thursday morning and
Will reach Rutland in time for luncheon.
| The members of the party will look over
! the industries Of Rutland and will then
proceed to Springfield. whore the nighc
will be spent. The industries OF Spring.
field will be examined that day and Winds
sor will be visited also. The party VIII
leave Windsor for the return trip on thao
afternoon and will come back to Burlng-'
ton by way Of Wiliamstown and Barre.
n the course Of Mr.. Hinchmans talk on
CITY Planning" he said that in this coun-
try Wa have treated the subject with too
much comnlaccncy and Indifference. The
object Of such A movement in a city is a
practical one. It's purpose Is to make the
city a moro 7eslra hle place TO live in. 1t
Is not as many imagine an expensive UNI
dertaking Its object IS two-fold, viz: to
make existing conditions better and to
make proper provision for future exnau-
sion. II is not given TO many cities the
privilege of providins for its own growth
in advance. The city ~ Washington. long
considered the most beautiful in the coun-
} try, is a notable reception. II was
planned and the streets laid out by 4.
, French architect in 1872 and in the period
of it's growth the Original lines have been
, adhered to In New York exactly tn,
onnosite condition prevails. That city,
like many others has developed along tn.
lines of least resistance and the COWS laid
> out the streets. In the city Of Burlington
, growth has been moderate but nobody
can prophecv what sudden DEVELOPMENT
; may come. New factories may appear OF
, there may be a new railroad line enter
the city II may be that we shall hava
J an Increased foreign nonulation. Real
estate values in such case will increas,
and certain districts will become congest-
cd with nonulation. Promoters with sell
: fish interests will buv ND available land 4
| n
for the proper development of the city.
, Cities are now beginning 10 adopt a com>
| nrehensiye nlan for their future growth.
The administration of the city governs
a nent Is also to he reckoned with. Ahroai I
!. the municipal administra ton is moro Ike
= the scheme of a private business concern.
= In this country there Is too much politics
a mixed up in IT, In the city Of Berlin. for
. instance which is about half the size %
G New York. the street cleaning departs
n nent is the best in the world 1t costs
$500 600 n year In New York it costs 81
e 900 OoO a wear. Two public abattoirs in
IS Berlin furnish all the meats to public in-
d stitutions and turn in a net revenue to the
e citv of 12Oo0 coo annually. The city has a
t 3o-acre sewage farm where cereals fruits.
= etc. are raised II returns a good income
a on the investment and in a few years IL
II will be a BILE 10 return the amount of the
it original investment which was $50 600 90.
/ CITY manning means to take a map of
s. the city and lay out It's parks, it's rail-
d road tracks. It's wire, systems, its play-
grounds. etc. and then let comprehensive
lie engineers devise a plan for future growth,
II is the only way a city NAV properly
IF develop \ high European authority saws
10 the ideal plan is that OF a wheel with all
10 TIM straets tendinr toward tho center ~
le the city where the public buildings are
a located.
L. This would not he possible in Burllnr.
n ton with its lake front. Another phase If
CITY planning which has heen known
ID be adopted by some of the cities of this