The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-26
the ECONOMICS
9. OF CITY PLANNING,
fhenas Adams, English Expert, EN-
phasizss It's Practical Phases.

am very glad to hear that among
the objects of the American Civic as
ISOLATION is that of getting rid of the
impression that city planning has
mainly to do with the large cities Of
hundreds Of thousands Of inhabitants.
and, indeed, that it is not solely CON
cerned with these cities, but that one
Of the main functions Of city planning
Ia to deal with the small town and
even with the small village commune
IT," 50 said Thomas Adams. the we'll
known English town planning expert,
now civic adviser to the commission
Of conservation Of Canada in opening
an address at the recent convention
Of the American Civic association on
the subject. 1.-THE Economic Basis of
City Planning"
Continuing, Mr.. Adams said: Town
planning does not deal with the beau
uflcation Of the town, but town plan.
ming, | should rather like to put it, In
cludes the establishment of the ex-
ternai features of the town, both in re-
gard to its public buildings and in re-
gard to its transportation. But these
matters are only part of what should
be properly regarded as city planning.
And when we come to analyze the
fundamental things IN city life we find
that really we ought not to begin with
the establishment or with the beauti
full In the city, but that after the route
Of civil life the two things that matter
are the Industrial and the residential.
as the factories and home life. You
want not only to look forward for the
next thirty. forty or fifty years in re-
gard to your park systems. but you
want to make sure that in the next
forty, t1fty or sixty years every person
who builds new home will be sc
cured against disease which may be
created by anything that can be pre-
vented. You want to make sure that
the conditions shall be healthy in re-
gard to housing rs we'll as in regard
to the general civic aspect Of the city
Mr.. Adams emphasized the necessity
of proper legislative steps to give mu
inequalities power to carry out town
planning schemes. He pointed ont th.'t
to have successful application OF re-
strictive regulations there must be CO.
operation between the owner and the
municipality. "If you leave the control
OF your building development until the
buildings are up the owner is not going
to submit to restrictions which will
take away his property. Ii you go to
him twelve years before he will join
sou in the proper health regulation
which will help him properly to con
troll and restrict the property so long as
you restrict everybody else in the dis
trict accordingly"
In closing Mr. Adams said: Some
body said that you III America have
no war Have you not? YOn have got
war with potential degradation ana
slum life just as we have in Europe
and you have to fight it, fon have
war with all these difficulties that
breed Dreventable disease. with those
difficulties that always confront u.s.
want to appeal to the American Civic
association to be up and doing. Not
only let it be said that this hemisphere
is a. place where there are liberty and
freedom politically speaking. but it Is
Also hemisphere of homes"
POLICY OF FRANCE
IS WAR WITHOUT
MERNY0 VTVIAN1