Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-20
Ey WARREN n. MANNING.
City Plan CcnSultant oi Boston.


continent? That dominance came orig.
inally because New York b. the portal
10 the Hudson Mohawk and Lake
Champlain thuroughlares. along which
rr. the easiest ways through the ~
leghnnics for traffic to pas- westward
and northWard from the ocean thor.
oughiares that converge .n New Nnfk
VIII if continue
The answer s that New York. II 10
takes command 20 thc solution ~ the
hig transportation problems OF today.
especially as they concern tis own fl.
iuie. VIII hold its own. so greet are
these problems that fe'y men other
tlan the f'N, 81 us Wh ohayo tu dO with
planning systems. cities and landscapes
fully rerOrnizes their Significance.
they cannot boz met hlphaztul bat
must b. l0rcs,en and dralt with a,
C0rding L. plan based on careful
study of natural conditions. resulting
30 SAT. conclusions such as can Ie
drawn In any proper regional or city
planning
We might here insert the parallel
query. "Will Amarillo retain the dom
nance il has attained in its own par
iicular sphere Of influence" Although
the factors 90 that dominance Hrc NOT
identl,al hy any means with those
which have brought about the domi
nance Of New York thoy ase similar
and henc. the remedy i- tHr sam, rs
would apply IN the ease ~ The former
uuey. Just as New YORK. Isl 90. .Un
NergIng point for ls' and west land
thoroughfarcs that pass over thD Au,
ghauies via the Hudson Mohawk Trail
and the vuriuus uruu thDrUughfIr.s.
90 IS GalycstnU 90, Dmtrrrlug point
ilr north ana south traffic lruu thr
great COLORADO Plateau Hnd th, Missis
tlppi Valley states Co., the Gull ol
Mexico.
Again taking up The question OF
whether Amarillo shall. boz %, future
b. abb" o. retain iis duuiuIu,, col chat
area which 10 nn justly claim as %
contributing territory Goo Western okla
homa and Sew Mexico 90 must Boz r"r.
0gn.ged that such question u..i bring
Into discussion tho ability o tu, Pom
lmndl" to retain Boz tho luWr. tho dom.
nance % has attained through geo.
graphical luoatinu. resources. extent ul
area. etc. The answer tl thus question
b. that each anu t,,g mui. idu.d ,ltt
DO the state is COINS Goo depend 600 th,
ability al The state to hold its own fu
.ls own iuturc Boa that respect
Must Coordinate Road.
The great transportation arteries Of
the luturc haN, been determined hy
thinking minds OF the country as fol.
owing the lines OF least rcsislauc, iu
keeping with tho great natural hw. We
must determine upon Tine yusy cont.
mental ways along which o. is prac.
teal 10 coordinate existing and future
railways. ruddwaNs. waterways. air.
ways with adequate terminals for
freight and passenger transfers lio.
tween them al.
Il is the old stony or sacrifice that
progress forces on diminIshiur and GOD.
nor groups o. benefit "a, maiUi groups
This benefit 60 thu majority wld,ns as
the waves spread uut from th, pebble
thrown into The pool The indian dust
and smoke signals. with their narrow
range, have given Way Co telegraph
telephone aud wirrlvss signals. with
radius that has mo- limit boz uur world
~ IT, accessible atmmrhor.
This new condition ls heading 10 ,N
pcrimeuts in urW road making and
maintenance that cost jh, p,oul, mu
ily times as much p,r mu, 70. lur no,
Inadequate road. of trW years ago.
anl uOw both tho minor ami major
groups are gruInur under This and
other tax burdens
Ih,se main trunk lines. Co ho ofG
uent and moi herpmp euursstrd. must
~ around and not through cities They
should hr NOT Jess than 200 feet in
width, providing ior Two lines each Ill
irytion ct heavy TRUCKS and ual,r..
lNn lines 90 eNprl-, trucks. Two tine,
oi passenger raii wing yrhipl,- aud two
lines. Goa the outside. irI plAat, ye.
hicirs used fur pleasure puuusr.-all
onr-Way roads just as railroad arc.
with uud"lp'ss,s li required Intervals
and so brought oIg,inrr 100 convenient
points thni directors W traffic WA,
classify aud direct vehicles into their
proper COURSES 1s they pln by Such
great thoruughfres would De-. ul, iousl,
very expensive tu ,uu.t.u., and 10
maintain hut would -0lt, ur trans
poriatIun problem.
Ihoroughiaws Discussed.
The two great future t4ra.lrftrcu.
lhl thoroughlarcs taking inu lines oi
i,lsr resistance east @, west referred
o. heretofore. lrr. 900, Hudson IiohnWk
Trail from New York over lh, Ale.
ghanies at an elevation of 500 feet
ne Continental Diyid, boz wyoming al
'oonN 600 fe.t. and th, Coast Ranges
~ e similar elevation. connecting with
iuEet sound the great part ~ the
northwest and ali the world. "a, south.
'fn highway from southern California
ihinugh Arizona and Sew N.Ni,o a.
~ fusu. Through Iou Worth Dallas.
Nhr'trl ana o. "a. south Atlantic
ports ou the Georgia coast. at no point
, ''' mug tn elevation of over o 900 feet.
~ cuursc in Texas you have your own
great port a. Galveston. which has
'F'h mentioned before as being DIES
Tined az the conycrgiug point tor trat.
iicwaHs north and south from tho Colo.
RADIO Plateau and o., states of the Mis-
f1ssspm valley Co the ocean thorough.
iarcs enieriug the Cult ct Mexico of
,ourse. this position will be shared hy
New Orleans which VIII become "a CON.
AtrginF point fur tuffcWavs border.
ing along the Mississippi River ana 10
'he east 81 a. The effect Of The com.
i1iatiNe nearuess of New Orleans 10
ths ports on the Georgia coast ha.
b'en previously mentioned
N'rih aud south rhoruughlarrs.
ihe most important nurth aud south
ih"f"ufhiar-s should be- along the Mis-
sissirm Co the continental gatcwav~ az
me cur Il Mexicu. Galveston. New
ufieanf and other less i'nt.rtnnt nort.