8 A Plan for the Development of the 



The town is more of a public utility than a social group. There- 

 fore every part of the village plan must first submit to the test of 

 being consistent with the interests of the visiting public and must 

 be limited by that requirement. 



The Physical Plan 



It is now possible to present the various items of the physical 

 plan in the light of the conditions set forth and of the principles 

 just stated. 



The present town is almost without form. The miscellaneous 

 buildings are scattered at random over the land. There are no 

 streets. Two country roads have wandered aim- 

 The Plaza lessly into the territory, where they seem to have 

 lost their way. They meander helplessly here 

 and there without reaching any particular points and without 

 serving as boundaries to any blocks of land. In order to secure 

 a physical center of organization I have planned the plaza. 

 This is to be an open public square, as near the natural physical 

 center of the territory as it is possible to come. Around thi 

 quadrangle there should eventually be grouped the princip 

 public buildings. It should thus serve literally as a civic cent< 

 since here the civic or community interests would center. 



If there should ever be a Federal building in the town (for whi 

 a bill has already been introduced in Congress), it should stanc 

 on the south side of the plaza. A post office there will certain 

 be; and if this is accommodated in a separate building, it shou 

 occupy a similar position. More probably it will be placed : 

 one of the stores presently to be mentioned. 



A church will be needed by the town and can probably be pro 

 vided within the next few years. It is much to be hoped tha 

 this will be an interdenominational and genuine communil 



