Deseret Evening News | 1908-10-22 | Page 10 | Breathing Places for Chicago's Children

BREATHING PLACES FOR CHILDREN Chicago 22 2 AH a 11 clire for In William g Dover last night urged that tho th municipal government l l set aside a each year Ial a sum of o money moncy to 10 bo used in III coil con condemning houses unfit to 10 II In razing the thu t and am breathing spots children to play in inThis This Ihl idea was proposed In the course of an all address ss on Tho ho Human st stIn In Municipal Government at a u dinner of tho Chicago Credit In n the course of his speech he pro proposed posed that every houst ln city elt that thatIs Is unlit to live In should be torn tom down don He asked thc tho building of 10 play playgrounds grounds In every oel ward and the ap appointment of a municipal commission to uproot and amI tear out the tho evil condition along the west side of o the tho river due duc to poor pOOl housing Our OUI failure In municipal government up to this time lime In Chicago Is IH duo to Hie tl c fact that thai We 0 have neglected 11 the human huma 1 side of things he hc Bald It costs CO tho city of Chicago about I every oly year to 10 handle criminals This amount Is III not spent In any curing ot oJ crime We Vo must take tako this latter Idea up UI If we 10 want to be bc a Jl happy happ city