. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . rr~^m2m of existing spnngsand watercoursesand planned accord-ingly for fountains,cascades and set aside a placefor the Capitol andfor the WhiteHouse, and con-nected them with aspacious park. Heprovided locationsfor every buildingnecessary for na-tional uses. He per-fected a street plan,with proper diag-onal avenues ap-proaching the civiccenter, where he planned to put the govern-ment buildings. Not many people at the time could grasp the necessity or understand the wisdom ofthat planning. There were scarcely enoughpeople i
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . rr~^m2m of existing spnngsand watercoursesand planned accord-ingly for fountains,cascades and set aside a placefor the Capitol andfor the WhiteHouse, and con-nected them with aspacious park. Heprovided locationsfor every buildingnecessary for na-tional uses. He per-fected a street plan,with proper diag-onal avenues ap-proaching the civiccenter, where he planned to put the govern-ment buildings. Not many people at the time could grasp the necessity or understand the wisdom ofthat planning. There were scarcely enoughpeople in the entire country at that time topopulate the city LEnfant had laid people, when they heardthe plan explained, greeted itwith derision. It was a subjectof laughter the country overand of amusement in everycourt in Europe. The worldcould not believe that a suffi-cient number of people wouldever live at Washington tocarry out a tenth of the LEn-fant plan. It was fortunate that thefaith of the people in PresidentWashington was strong enoughto afford
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