Show ims ka ben fit actori ct ori cove of toot I 1 ift the co I 1 deal sa 4 t I 1 I 1 OW lio poi liquors cuir too long flono 5 cout twits 1 lt large I 1 S i 9 y latt time essela at 1 1 ov x PA 1 alchu bl chu on a L fore ore farm nl lk ri 1 young CHI 0 nv oss IR Is 1 imm lions elt X i in 1 homes hom all r erlb 00 W A L ar old 11 d 0 ach 4 oil ar itta ll 11 1 team L a b e I 1 ll 11 lv bat 9 W it 4 1 ILI sf lye met A ger I 1 ss I 1 I 1 MY oll G 11 ali certainly was as I 1 tat was die tile decision of thou of people from all our the lie country who attend atten did d lie the recent four da tin p runt of progress ditl which a cne cearold city of more than population at the conf lii ence of the columbia Colum bla and cowlitz risers halfway be tween portland and the ocean celebrated its first birthday the story of ie Is told by robert alexander long for whom the city was uns named in 1022 the officers of tie if e a lo 10 n bell lumber company decided to build a huge lum ber mill in fin IN ashington to man manufacture lumber froni from lure lare timber holdings which the comiano o 0 had hall in sout southwest hest ern ro 11 ashington after much study of lumler ln method employed emp loed in the pacific crt hwesi after a careful put ab vey of the territory between ortland I 1 and the sea it nas decided tn in locate the new hr luro lurn ber her n I 1 I 1 lints ints at the point where the L C aitz alltz riser empties into th columbia the new mills were acre to become the langst lumber mills la in the world and to operate such uch a tremendous enterprise thou finds of cien men would be required hut but the site of longlaw Lon glew was only farm landphere land there was no toun town there was no place to house the thousands of men needed to operate this preat great man fracturing u fac turing plant a town toun was needed so 0 a to was A as ordered after much study of the location J the raw materials in close proximity to Longi lew lie the transportation fa ba b unter and rail and high way it as realized that I 1 offered grenter than merely the building bull dICK ff of a lumber manufacturing town I 1 should be more thain that longview had poten bial which in years to some ome should dould ninke it one of the largest 1 towns t in the pacific North northwest liem to phin the present and future course of tile new industrial city many men tuen famous in miss line of work ork were ere called into ton city efty planners cra and builders land architects en ginders aud rl it if estate men these men in consultation with a number of ot tit m i tanned fanned the city cit of Lor borgle gle and laid it out in ac corrance cordi cor dance ince with a definite nIte of city stiling under this plan a eer tain section of the aty try along the wa ma ter front of the tile columbia aher was set get aalde as a manufacturing district other sections of the city were reserved tor for the erection of r residence one for the erection of apartment boutes another section wa 3 set ct apart as the retail metritt Ms tritt of long pill another section was as design del ii tied for the bull dint of sales rooms nl and uc ceory stores this ays item of city 1 will stabilize rop erty values in for apart cicet buildings or business bu ainess houses will not be permitted to encroach on resi rest dentral districts nor aill i all manufacturing plant plants be to operate in the retail district under this plan there til ill be a place for everything in lonley end and everything will ill be kept in its place thus assuring a 8 city CRY of stability beauty and efficiency the main streets of longview are wide broad thoroughfare and yards tards ar r provided along all 0 ot the principal natural lines of raffle some the IL bid A V regal be I 1 telli too ut if these streets radiate ruil late la in various directions ions from tile business center yet they ire so arranged in their relation to other streets that alternative routes are provided near the center so that of traffic Is not forced to the center the arrangement of the principal thoroughfares tends to fix the permanent center of the city with the result that longview will A ill expand around a fixed pivot and the city should not grow and values shift first in one dl ill lection then in arother as has been so characteristic lic of many american tle in the business district the blocks are short abort and the streets ae of ample width to care for present and ill all future needs under this system the greatest street area has been concer concentrated itrato in that section where traffic will be heavy in the residential districts here lighter aig ahter traffic con dillons do not warrant such a large street area the blocks are much longer in the hilly sections of the town the streets are carefully adjusted to the topography of the land thus serina ing the unusually fine scenery and home sites in these areas alleys have been provided at the rear of most of the lots in both the business and residential areas electric power and telephone lines will be arranged in these alleys wherever uhe reTer pos able sible and in easements along rear lines where there are no alleys thus clearing most of the streets of an un sightly poles and allow ing the un disturbed growth of street trees A six acre park has been at the center of the radiating thor ough fares which Is 13 the focal point of vistas from various directions direct tons around this park will be grouped the various va rious public and municipal buildings of a monumental character another park of one hundred acres has been provided in the form of a crescent shaped parkway from SOO boo to boo feet and a mile and a half long 1009 surround ing the inner city known ns as the plat of longview Long view on the westerly and gad southwesterly sides tills this park Is bordered by two boulevards on july 12 1 2 1923 this wonderfully located and carefully planned city vi AIR formally dedicated ten thousand people came and saw a city in the making taking they witnessed the beginning of construction of the worlds world a largest lumler mills they saw the beginning of the longlaw Lon glew dock on jie oe columbia Cold riser they saw a new railroad being bollt along the west bank of the cow litz to Ily Ryde derwood mood wash so 30 miles to the north they saw taw the he beginning of street grading and the erection of buil nesi houses and homes A icar ear later many of those who attended the dedi dedication catlon of the city returned M with thousands of others to the new city celebrate lie its first birthday and to witness the opening of the great lumber manufacturing plants and those who ho had seen the spot a year previous mare marveled leL what W hat had transpired since their last visit was a monument to construction speed with nothing sa to speed in 07 97 day the be river bad had been spanned with a teel steel railroad bridge etory story fireproof hotel of M hotel of which a city ot of a lr L r thousand would be proui proud two t smaller hotels bad been built bull ell me been dei developed eloped a modem modern tern tem with 24 tea teacher chers and 6 der enro enrolled U long na lew bad had a 1 ballf re paper vt with ith 0 over er 4 OW pall fe and associated press trini i to year old city boasted a 1 church of member members vm wh M mori ed a bible class of tam she banks with 2500 2 depositor deposit we of over a million dollar dollars wo ive business ten miles of streets tree W paved pared and 17 miles of cfaft coi I 1 u walks alks had bad been put la IL M MIS miles of streets were grade pi dr I 1 tit miles were graveled thirty M e ill of water ma mains I 1 n s it had ad been ii 1 e ke of storm ana sanitary sewers e d enough to sene a city of a irry 41 thousand population hafl had been t X in the business section of tho t ayr telephone and electric light 11 lot been b ee a placed underground are at car building plant a str an paper mill a concrete brid bri ph feet concrete tile and pipe A located in Long longview vIew ne th were in prospect and bus luell it I 1 inge ingo and home by the M TD der construction met here was a town just a 0 te that had transportation ft JOY would be envied by many 1414 itan manufacturing city altu do tide water on the columb young city already had ba her of call tor for many ocean ha three great ath systems the northern Illic pi lk teli northern and union rad am longview in taking it its llroy ers aery city 10 lo the united of two famous highway eth abe N of I 1 river highway higl ivay and the I 1 15 1 way to care for the mota motor 01 A tm transportation asportation lea four days they cele celebrity brit ed fill birthday of the city and mot 4 of the large fir or lumber inlaw nu plants which would give aa empl it to many residents dents of loa till or more victors to 1 I 1 0 city were royally regatta on abc L ging sports a bla rali aher er ball games 04 I 1 matches thatches fireworks and fl ern evenings a N lid beet adelt r iti athletic stadium and land a H P 9 of pa parade rade the speeches by noted men fro ii 17 walk walks of life am among ong whom ITO A ng acors governors goter nors of the he united states I 1 sm sabbath 01 two tso semons on the rey billy sunday the 0 foo 2 e Is ao gelest and all of the speakers saca pro hill of 14 jok great faith in the future ab the W to and paid tribute fiort ir abo bo ad to the men city it aad apato all of je he deall details V the 1 plan fly y which lo 10 longre what b As they reflected d olef tylel what bat ha bad C juet just seen setu fand nd in of one on 14 ariett period in the fi u marveled atthe develop fab of the unanimous opinion CRT view was started right ul |