. The sanitation of cities. ,convenient, efficient and beautiful. The sites ofmany cities owe their selection to the avenues oftrade and commerce, and their street design prin-cipally to the land speculator. A veritable wil-derness may in a few years become the center ofa vast population, a metropolis, with its peoplegathered from every quarter of the earth. Sanitation is seldom considered at the begin- 12 (Bencral Con0i^eration9 ning of such a city and, as its need becomes im-perative, makeshift design is resorted to, usuallyoffered by unskillful or unqualified persons. Ofthe American cities
. The sanitation of cities. ,convenient, efficient and beautiful. The sites ofmany cities owe their selection to the avenues oftrade and commerce, and their street design prin-cipally to the land speculator. A veritable wil-derness may in a few years become the center ofa vast population, a metropolis, with its peoplegathered from every quarter of the earth. Sanitation is seldom considered at the begin- 12 (Bencral Con0i^eration9 ning of such a city and, as its need becomes im-perative, makeshift design is resorted to, usuallyoffered by unskillful or unqualified persons. Ofthe American cities it may too often be said thatthey just grew, were not founded by any onein particular, and had no city plan, f^ence it isthat existing streets do not properly provide forexisting—not to mention future—traffic, and thatin the layout of these streets insufficient con-sideration was given to the requirements of sewer-age and drainage. In some cities, where much money has beenexpended on streets and architectural embellish-. A TIDAL STREAM ON LONG ISLAND Undeveloped and insanitary but not unhappy lool<ing. Oyster beds nearby caused typhoid fever on several occasions ments, the sanitary condition of the river orharbor, upon which the wealth of the communityprimarily depends, has been neglected and the 13 tlbc Sanitation of Cities water has already become, or is rapidly becom-ing, grossly polluted. Plants for high gradesewage treatment have been introduced at greatexpense by some cities which do not even purifytheir drinking water—a far greater necessity—since no possible grade of sewage treatment canrender river water, mixed with sewage planteffluent, desirable or really safe for human con-sumption. There frequently is a general absenceof scale, or perspective, in these improvements,and with the best intentions in the world the re-sult is much Vvasteful expenditure. The principles that should control in the re-form of a city plan, particularly those relatingto sanitary re
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