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Show 1 San Francisco Citizens ; Recognize Their Duty Sometimes we are almost led to believe be-lieve that' the orderly development of American cities may be furthered through the unselfish aid of citizens themselves. An urge in that direction' direc-tion' Is the reminder from the National Municipal Review that San Francisco recently has been saved the trouble of costly condemnation procedure In the Interest of better planning by the voluntary offers of the property owners own-ers to replat their holdings on their own account. They apparently made a willing response to a suggestion to that effect from the city's planning authorities. Now the way has been opened at only nominal expense, which the city assumed, for proper planning plan-ning of considerable areas. It Is In-' In-' timated that the same thing might be done in cities generally. We hope so. There's the mral value of the example, ex-ample, anyway. Ultimately, city residents, resi-dents, especially property owners, may be able to see that by advancing their community they are advancing their own Interests. Kansas City Star. |