. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . ain-ing and extending this trade. They didwell for the future by providing Chicagowith wealth, which it has in abundance, andwhich is needed in great works of improve-ment in all cities. In leaving this trade andwealth to us, the early builders of the citythrust a great responsibility upon theyoung people of Chicago of the present,b e c a u sethey p r 0-vided a ninevitab 1 ygreat f u -ture d e s-t iny f o rthe city. As hasbeen said,C h i c a gohas* grownduring thelast fortyyears at arate ex-ce edin g65,000 peo-ple a one inC
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . ain-ing and extending this trade. They didwell for the future by providing Chicagowith wealth, which it has in abundance, andwhich is needed in great works of improve-ment in all cities. In leaving this trade andwealth to us, the early builders of the citythrust a great responsibility upon theyoung people of Chicago of the present,b e c a u sethey p r 0-vided a ninevitab 1 ygreat f u -ture d e s-t iny f o rthe city. As hasbeen said,C h i c a gohas* grownduring thelast fortyyears at arate ex-ce edin g65,000 peo-ple a one inC h i c a gohas askedthese people to come here, but the naturaladvantages of Chicago have bidden themcome. Those advantages will continue toexist, and the people will continue to comehere by tens of thousands each we want them or not, they willcome, and it is important for us to recog-nize that fact and see to it that Chicagoshall no longer grow by chance, but be de-veloped in an orderly manner that all itspeople can live healthfully and THE TRANSPORMATION OF PARIS UNDER HAUSSMANNPlan showing the portion executed from 1854 to 18SD. The new boulevardsand streets are shown in heavy black lines. [Copyrighted by the Commercial Club.] and that Chicago shall gain increased famenot only as one of the greatest cities ofhistory, but as the best planned and mostconvenient community that ever existed. To accomplish this and so carry out thedestiny that its great men of early daysset for Chicago, we must first determinethat Chicago must no longer be a creatureof chance. There must no longer be plan-less building, haphazard running of streets,insufficient light and air in our public ways, cram pedand r e-s t r i c t edpark areas,badly a r -rangedt r anspor-tation sys-tems, dirtyand mustwork to aplan thatstopswaste oftime, ef-fort, mon-ey and la-bor in car- rymg o nthe work of our city and its industries. Wemust work to a plan that provides streetsdi
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