Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 255, Hammond, Lake County, 17 April 1912 — Page 26

THE TIMES.

Whiting Public Library 10 RESIDENCE SUBDIVISION - 3 V BY l v 4 y V Ernest G. Froderstrom, of Cole 5 Melnersman, Landscape Architects.

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Considerable interest has been . command the admiration of all who aroused by the recent agitation re-! have seen them.

(carding; housing conditions in and a 1'Jcent to our cities. Two of the most important questions have to do with 'the treatment of streets. "Shall they be straight and at right angles?" or

"shall they be curved Bhall the width be?"

and "what

In this age of artistic advancement there is but one answer to the first question, wherever it is possible to rtjvelope drives on curved lires. All must aftree that although a strais-ht drive may be made attractive mil 'even pleasing:, yet the greatest beauty is to be found in .the curved or windirifr aver.ues. There are numerous reasons why this should be so, but two important ones will suffice. First, the curved 'avenue affords constantly changi'v? scenes to -the eye and is therefore restful and satisfying. Second, the curved avenue provides "street , pictures" which are so sought" after i by city planning experts, and which in soma 'of the older European cities are.thi; chief claims to civic beauty and which

We next come to the question of width of streets. These should by sll means be wide, but the road bed on the contrary, should be narrow, in

fact 20 to 24 feet between curbs is

ample for an avenue used for resi

dence purposes, except in the case wf

connecting boulevards. There are strong economic reason why thishould be so because of the reduced cost of paving and reduced cost of maintenance. Then again, a road is a necessity but never essentially a thing of beauty, and shou'.d therefore be made as inconspicuous as possible. In this we are helped out by a very wide park space which th narrow road bed makes possible. As in the cas of an SO-foot street a S0foot road . bed allows a six foot sidewalk and a, twenty-four foot parkway or planting space on each side. Even a sixty-six foot street (Standard in Chicago), would allow for a seventeen foot parkway. The wide parkway makes possible beautiful well shaped shade trees

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which have ample space to develope.

Another Important item to be considered in this Connecticut is the possible encroachment of - business which demands a wider road bed. This is a very simple problem to solve where w have a wide parkway or planting space as the curbs may be pushed back a few feet on either side, without serlously injuring the general effect. The curved avenue, more correctly termed the Tark Plan of subdividing real estate, affords many advantages which may even be termed luxuries to people of taste and refinement who

cannot afford to own an extended estate. For instance, no two lots ar exactly alike, yet all have the benefit of the whole. ""The-illustration in" the advertisement of Cole & Mcinersfan is a photograph of the orlgin-t" plan of "The Elms," a subdivision m Decatur which they designed Klong the lines laid down above. y"one glance at this plan

by beautiful shapely trees and lawns

We go to the parka for rest and qulst Why not build our homes in a park and rest and quiet at all times with out having to go away to find it. These treatments of small homes Is not a theory at yet untried, but has been put into practice in various parts of the country and abroad. Perhaps the two most notable and successful instances are the villages of Bourncsvjjle and Hampstead, England, were laid out along these lines by large manufacturing interests to provida

high class homos for their employes.

Most of the master painters in Boston have granted the increase In pay demanded by theic employes, and only a small number of men are out on a strike. The- new rate provides for 65 cents an hour to painters and 80 cents to house decorators. The number of persons employed in

the coal mines of the United Kingdom

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with 264,417,588 tons in 1810. The number of underground workers in Great Britain is 863,512, including 112,200 in Scotland.

Theee iPJts are all practically sixy feet-Vide and range from 125 to 2W fet in depth.

The large lot in the upper corner Is one the owner reserved for his own use and shows how beautiful and attractive acre and larger lots may b made when laid out and developed along park lines. Here nature has a chance to show herself, and here mankind may enjoy his share of what nature is constantly providing for him. What is it about our parks that makes them so fascinating and attractive? . What indeed, but the gracefully curved or windiYig avenues bordered

According to the last quarterly statement for the year 1911 the aggregate membership of the organizations that

were affiliated with the American Fed

eration of Labor during the last month

of the quarter was 1,831,687, an - in

crease of 115,638 over the corresponding

month of 1911.

THE TIMES ALWAYS HAS FOUGHT FOR ' HE INTERESTS OF THE COM. HON PEOPLE FOR THH MAN WHO WORKS for uvma

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Chicago and Melville Avenues

Phone 380-J.

E. Chicago, And,

A $25,000.00 Home in an Inharmonious Setting . in which Little or No Attention has been Paid to Landscape' Gardening is like

Mounting Raphael's Masterpiece in Frame of Tin.

You employ an Architect to Plan your Home. Why Neglect to Secure the Counsel of a Landscape Artist, when the Inevestmnt in the Land is always Considerable and the Appearance of Your Yard Picture has everything to do with the Impression that the View of Your Home Makes.

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THE ELMS, A New Idea' in Subdividing COLE MEINERSMAN

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

1733 Marquette Building

Telephone Randolph 7 A A

Chicago, Illinois