Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada . ith thesame sort of care and respect for appearance and the require-ments of the situation as is exercised in the civic centres of townsand cities. To improve this situation, two things are involved. Thefirst concerns the general plan. The deadly rectangle of sec-tion lines must be replaced by diagonal or other roads adjustedto the particular conditions, as indicated in the report of theCommission of Conservation, by which distances to traveland the mileage of roads to construct and maintain are greatlyreduced
Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada . ith thesame sort of care and respect for appearance and the require-ments of the situation as is exercised in the civic centres of townsand cities. To improve this situation, two things are involved. Thefirst concerns the general plan. The deadly rectangle of sec-tion lines must be replaced by diagonal or other roads adjustedto the particular conditions, as indicated in the report of theCommission of Conservation, by which distances to traveland the mileage of roads to construct and maintain are greatlyreduced, and account must be taken of the topography,streams, woods, or other natural features, in order to makethe most convenient and effective plan. A suitable area should be devoted to community purposes;sites for the school and the community hall; locations for thehotel, the store, the creamery, and all this properly relatedto the railway station, freight shed, elevator, and other build-ings. Around and near the school might be school gardens, * Manitoba Free Press, February,
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