. Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada. LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY The town area is shown within the boundaries of the broken line. Streetsalready made are in solid black, the proposed streets being in dotted lines. Theagricultural belt is reserved permanently for agricultural purposes. Alljhe factoriesare concentrated in one part of the town. See Page 169. Fig. 36. Plan of a new town on a country estate with agricultural surroundings. The small lots near the railway were laid out and sold before the plan was prepared and this greatly hampered the subs
. Rural planning and development; a study of rural conditions and problems in Canada. LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY The town area is shown within the boundaries of the broken line. Streetsalready made are in solid black, the proposed streets being in dotted lines. Theagricultural belt is reserved permanently for agricultural purposes. Alljhe factoriesare concentrated in one part of the town. See Page 169. Fig. 36. Plan of a new town on a country estate with agricultural surroundings. The small lots near the railway were laid out and sold before the plan was prepared and this greatly hampered the subsequent development. See Page 170 RURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 171 Canada as an experiment, but such a scheme could only succeed ifthere was adequate capital available and if the main objects of theGarden City Association were adhered to. The lack of capital hasprevented the English Garden City from becoming as quickly suc-cessful as it would otherwise have been, and if the company had hadtwo or three million dollars to start with, instead of about $500,000,there can be no question that much better results would have beenachieved. On the other hand, any temporizing with the objectsin order to serve some speculative purpose, would inevitably end infailure. The town of Walkerville, Ontario, or at least the portion of itwhich has been developed under the guidance of Messrs. Hiram Walker& Sons, has
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