. Book of the Royal blue . last decade Cleveland made a deter-mined and successful effort to gain suprem-acy as Ohios greatest city. Now it desiresto be Ohios most beautiful city. An interesting account, together with thereport of the committee, with detailed plans,is given in the Architects and Builders Jour-nal of Baltimore, for November, as follows: century it was a struggle for existence withthe early settlers and the pioneers who beganto people the plains and the forests of ourbroad land. There was no time nor incli-nation for architectural development. Therough log cabin or the rude shac
. Book of the Royal blue . last decade Cleveland made a deter-mined and successful effort to gain suprem-acy as Ohios greatest city. Now it desiresto be Ohios most beautiful city. An interesting account, together with thereport of the committee, with detailed plans,is given in the Architects and Builders Jour-nal of Baltimore, for November, as follows: century it was a struggle for existence withthe early settlers and the pioneers who beganto people the plains and the forests of ourbroad land. There was no time nor incli-nation for architectural development. Therough log cabin or the rude shack took theplace of stately mansion or palatial in conditions were slow and,in fact, it is only within the last fifty yearsthat any serious thought was given archi-tectural development. Since then it hasmade rapid strides. The amassing of fab-ulous fortunes engendered the desire andmade it possible to erect costly structuresfor both residential and business purposes. THE BEAUTIFICATION OF AMERICAN TIksc innovations were sporadic yet theywere not without effect. They were im-pressive, they stimulated emulation andencouraged more expansive and more artis-tic conceptions. When it is considered thatnumerous cities, which dot the continentbetween the Atlantic and the Pacific, areless than a century old, the progress madeis remarkable. Within the past few yearsseveral of the more important cities haveestablished municipal art commissions whosefunction is, to a limited degree, that of cen-sor in such matters as appertain to publicimprovements. In time, it is probable,every city of any size will have a commissionwhich will be directive as well as critical,and which will be composed of memberswhose knowledge and ability will be so com-prehensive as to enable them to plan im-provements on a systematic scale. On sucha )jlan the ]iroposed improvements at theNational capital will be carried out and thenewer Washington will present a consonanceof ideas in its archit
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