Show c HOME 10 TOWN HE I 1 an PAINTS CITY OF THE FUTURE expert with prophetic eye sec sees per actton attained as matter matter Is I 1 better understood froan an address a eai by daniel it inurn ha ham of chicago at the town planning con ton fernc ference in london angland 11 our city of th the future III be with out dust or gases from manu fac factoring turing plants and the air will ther therefore be pure the streets will be as clean as our drawing rooms today smoke will be thoroughly consumed and the gases liberated in manu manufacture fat will be tanked and burned fiall rall ways will be operated electrically all building operations will be effectually eff khut in to prevent the escape of duet dust and horses will disappear from th the is streets out of all these th things ings will conio come not only commercial economy but bodily health and spiritual joy we ina expect in any event dou ble tunnels under all the business streets and the utmost use of the pros ent street levels by extensive double doubts decking and ani many more overhead transportation lines some time the rush la in the cities may cease but I 1 see no signs now of its ceasing and mean i while crowding must be dealt with avo we need systems of by passes around the congested districts we need still bore and mainly to diminish the number of people and vehicles using given areas speaking the city of the future will not bring to its center any goods not intended for use or consumption therein at chicago so 66 per cent of the tonnage in and out is not for home use but for distribution to other places in 10 view of this fact we designed a general freight scheme for the entire city s use with car yards freight depots and warehouses combined eight rollee miles from the city where all trains shall unload and reload PAY ATTENTION TO ROADSIDE good Impre eslon impossible if that most important tAnt point Is neglected no matter bow how smooth and well constructed the traveled road may be it if the roadsides are not cared for the highway as a whole will not give mye a good impression all rubbish should be removed G excavations should bo be filled and embankments smoothed and planted with grass wherever it will grow unsightly brush should be cut and grubbed out sometimes how ever over the brush and small trees if suitably trimmed fidd to the attract ti veness of the roadside all trees that are ornamental or which have value aa as shide trees should be preserved and protected un less they grow so close together as to make a dense shade in hot dry climates particularly and indeed in most places trees are a considerable factor in reducing the cost of maintenance since they lessen lesson the evalora tion of the moisture from the ma cadam in exposed places where the sweep of the wind would be otherwise unbroken they serve to prevent in III a measure the blowing away of the binder from the road su surface unfortunately tuna turia tely in such places it Is to often difficult to make trees grow care in the selection of the kinds of trees beet best suited to the locality Is important road building As a cities grow the making ot ok high way ways to adjust and facilitate inter course between center and cir cumfer ence becomes an increasingly did dim cult end and costly problem suburban growth always first acco it elf belt to the smaller suburban n need d without due reference to larger needs and exigencies when the suburb becomes a component part of the metropolis tro polis the present complicated situation in philadelphia arising from the necessity for new arrangement of the means of transit the older settled city and ita its newer outlying edges Is in in nowise uncommon or phenomenal As roads are re always built tor for today instead of tomorrow tre tio processes rAes of readjust bint are costly the city of london finds its vital activities seriously crippled by past neglect to keep open proper ML a of access to exterior london tho the board of trade has big ben been wrestling with the problem and as a result recommends the making of new trunk roads leading out of london and join ing up thi the suburb to the length of miles with improvement of al ready existing roads for as miles owing to the vast increase In creaso of suburban land values the enormous coit cost of such an undertaking ill probably prevent its adoption philadelphia record the playground wave when josiah strong said the universo un ivers I 1 impulse CT pulse to play Is a divine ty thing it god gives the in man ought to provide the play ground he be struck the keynote ot at dav wave 0 ot of feeling that Is over the country in favor ot of the play grounds great smallest tree tres the BInAl leat tree that grows in great britain may be teen seen on the very T err top ot of den lomond it la is the dwarf which at maturity reaches ot of only two inches |