CHAPTER III 



THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GARDEN CITY 



THE value of the public service described in the 

 preceding chapter will become instantly obvious 

 to the reader who visualizes a group of country- 

 minded people dwelling in a large city, but yearning for 

 the home-in-a-garden experience. 



Who is to select the site for their garden homes? 

 Who is to pass upon all the vital elements in the situa- 

 tion soil, water supply, drainage, transportation fa- 

 cilities, price of land, and terms of payment? Who is 

 to plan, construct and administer at least in their 

 earlier stages the various public utilities required in a 

 garden city that is intended to supply the highest con- 

 ditions of modern life ? Who is to organize the various 

 activities of the community, social and commercial, 

 during the formative period that always intervenes 

 before the people have found themselves? 



In a word, where shall leadership be found the kind 

 of leadership that will command the confidence of both 

 capital and homeseekers? 



Such leadership can not come from the real-estate 

 fraternity, because they approach the problem from 

 the wrong angle. The real-estate fraternity has, in- 

 deed, done a mighty work of national upbuilding in 

 many parts of the country, and in recent years, it has 

 tended to put more social spirit into its work. It has 



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