. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. pleton &Company, 1915. which Mr. Otis is secretary. The Board of Public within their jurisdiction the park and boulevard sys-tem. Funds for its development are furnished by the cityadministration. No public markets have yet been erected,but the Housewives League, in cooperation with theBureau ot Markets of the State .Agricultural Depart-ment, is planning to inaugurate such a market in the nearfuture. The adjustment ot railroad facilities, the improve-ment of the waterfront, and the execution of street im-provement are in the hands
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. pleton &Company, 1915. which Mr. Otis is secretary. The Board of Public within their jurisdiction the park and boulevard sys-tem. Funds for its development are furnished by the cityadministration. No public markets have yet been erected,but the Housewives League, in cooperation with theBureau ot Markets of the State .Agricultural Depart-ment, is planning to inaugurate such a market in the nearfuture. The adjustment ot railroad facilities, the improve-ment of the waterfront, and the execution of street im-provement are in the hands ot the Board of Public Chamber of Commerce and the city administrationare actively engaged in securing better and more conven-ient trolley transportation service. .\ civic center plan isbeing jointly studied by the Chamber of Commerce andthe city administration. Elgin Illinois Early in 1916 the Elgin Commercial Club of Elgin(28,203) secured the services of E. H. Bennett, of Chicago,to make a comprehensive survey and plan for the ron RIVER Elgin.—The Two Dominant Features of the New City Planare the Treatment of the River Banks and the Reorganizationand Simplification of the Railroad Lines. eilV ; PROCiRKSS 59 This action was miulc piissihlc tliroiigli the gcncrositv otCharles I-. Hiillnird, presiiicnt ot the Klgin NationalWatch Conipanv. Mr. Bennett presented his phin in thelatter part of 1916, and immediately an unofficial CitvPlan Commission, composed ot eleven working groups,was organized. group consisted ot a committeecharged with the solution ot one ot the several problemsgiven consideration in the report ot Mr. Bennett. The CitvPlanning Commission, composed ot more than 100 repre-sentative men and women, is hacked up in all ot its work hvthe Elgin Commercial Club, through whom the Commis-sion came into existence. Large public gatherings havebeen addressed, and slides ot the tirawings are beingscreened in the moving-picture theatres. .A ve
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