. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . * ^i««^. VIEW m- FIRST STREKT, enormous and at times crushing indebtedness of ourmunicipalities has largely been brought about by self-styled economists, men who live day by day withoutany guiding policy, and who can only grasp thenecessities of the day. It is always clearing awaythe debris of these false economists mistakes whichhelp to pile up our indebtedness. In all progressive and well regulated communities,however, there comes a time when national and civicinterests take precedenc
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . * ^i««^. VIEW m- FIRST STREKT, enormous and at times crushing indebtedness of ourmunicipalities has largely been brought about by self-styled economists, men who live day by day withoutany guiding policy, and who can only grasp thenecessities of the day. It is always clearing awaythe debris of these false economists mistakes whichhelp to pile up our indebtedness. In all progressive and well regulated communities,however, there comes a time when national and civicinterests take precedence of narrow or private inter-ests. Nay, there comes a time when men withoutcompulsion thmk spaciously and when even million-aires are inspired and civic consciousness becomesthe prevailing atmosphere. This is a phase of de-velopment upon which we in Europe are now enter-ing. There are three broad principles on which all citybuilders must proceed, and each is of such vast im-portance as to deserve a separate lecture. The CityBeautiful can only be realized by the due observanceof each principl
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