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THE CITY OF THE FUTURE. 
(InuustRatED BY LanTern.) 
By Mr. J. H. NORTHCROFT. 22nd November, 1904. 
For over an hour the Lecturer, in a racy, interesting manner, 
spoke of the work of the Garden Cities Association in striving to 
bring about the City of the Future. 
The four principles which guided the Garden City Company 
in laying out the new Garden City in Hertfordshire were :— 
(1), All the land belonged to the company and would not be 
sold but leased; (2), the shareholders would receive an accumu- 
lated dividend of five per cent; (8), the profits of the company 
over and above the dividend would be devoted to the development 
of the estate. There would be no overcrowding, and not more 
than ten houses to the acre—in some cases not more than two or 
three; and (4), only 1,500 acres would be developed, as the 
remainder would be developed for agricultural purposes, and so 
combine town and country, manufacture and agriculture. The 
gas and water supply would be arranged by the company. What 
had been done at Port Sunlight was one of their great objects, 
and showed what might be accomplishsd on a larger scale. But 
there should be many different industries. That was the only 
danger he knew that threatened Port Sunlight and Bournville. 
A long and interesting discussion followed, and was taken part 
in by Mr. Crossland, who asked a series of questions. He was 
afraid the Hertfordshire site of the new Garden City Company 
was too near London. 
Mr. James Lancaster pointed out how much easier it was to 
make garden cities in America, where they had immense areas of 
land, than in England. The Lecturer had not, he said, dealt 
with dense populations. They had 100,000 of a population in 
Burnley, with an area of about three square miles, and 250 persons 
per acre. They would, at garden city rate, require ten times as 
much area—they would have to extend from Colne to Accrington. 
At that rate Lancashire would be covered by houses, and there 
would be no room for factories and workshops. Were they at 
present making the best use of their conditions? In some of the 
