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 homescekers? 



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 counti-y, and in recent years, it has 

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



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