Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Problem of the Great City

New York has a serious prob!em-that Of deem
Trailing population and industry. Over 100000
people reside within a radius Of fifty miles from the
New York city hall. Manhattan Island is the central
ired point for this vast population. Within the metro
politan area industries Of every character have crowded
upon each other. Gigantic tkyscrspers tower hundreds
OF feet above the city pavements.
The traffic commission Of the city has announced
that something must be done to eliminate the conTes-
tion Of traffic, ~congested housing conditions, the crowd
ing Of industrial plants. As far as new avenues for
transportation are opened, they are Immediately
swsmped b. the additional traffic created during the
months they were under construction. The Jersey
tube. estimated 70 care for traffic for a quarter Of a
century, in two years has become so congested that its
efficiency is greatly impaired. Traffic has been speed
ed up: new subways, elevated railways. elevated mo-
tor tracks, have been constructed. but the problem ID
no nearer solution today than IL was twenty years ago.
The New York newspapers, taking eognizance of the
report Of the commission, have assumed the anomalous
position that the population Of the city should be re-
dueed. That does not mean that New Iorks impor-
lance as a commercial and industrial center viii he
reduced in accordance. The Times suggests that New
York be made the metropolis for a number OF smaller
cities, each a unit which will comprise industries and
all the rest of the things that 60 to make up . modern
city. Transfer Of industries 10 points SO to TO- miles
from New York is recommended. each industry to build
up IL tHlNiaAtA VI NNAhNAo "WN f"NA MO-"
10 have transportation connections which will make
it an individual unit in the great metropolis.
That some system Of this character must be worked
out In both New York and Chicago is very apparent.
Real estate in the cities and adjacent suburbs have at
tanned a figure undreamed Of a quarter Of a century
ago. AS a result the home-nHker. the industrialist' the
commercial firm. or any other individual or corpora
ton acquiring the high priced sites is carrying an cc"-
monte burden Of great weight. II is IN economic IN
possibility for any city 70 continue to thrive under
such condition.. and the evil effects are nationwide
In recent years fa~r-sighted industrialHts have
avoided the larger ccntcrs q population N selecting
sites for plants. They have ssccrtaIned tnas loeA'loh'
nearer the sources ~ production q raw materials
where sites can Be secured al moderate costs ana the'f
smvlovces can live under better conditions arc essen
tial 70 reduce costs az production. The nest quarter
Of . century will witness the gradual decline o. th+
prcsent congestion il a few centers = ror1'a'oh' am
the great cities Of TIC future viii DC merely eean-
Z. tier Of smaller cities. each a separate unit anu ta'"
providirr for its population far more facilities ara ~
portunities to enjoy the better thing q liz 'haH tH'
large cities now provide.