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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



February, 191 5 



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Town Planning as means of Civic Improvement 



TOWN planning and civic improvement 

 were one of the principal subjects 

 discussed at the meetings of the Do- 

 minion Conservation Commission, held in 

 Ottaw.i during: the latter part of Januan.'. 

 One of the most important addresses was 

 delivered by Mr. Thomas Adams, town 

 planning adviser to the commission. Mr. 

 Adams, who is one of the best authorities 

 in the world on town planning, said in 

 part : 



"My short experience of Canadian condi- 

 tions leads me to think that our chief diffi- 

 culty in improving housing conditions and 

 securing rational town planning will be 

 caused by the system of selling, developing 

 and assessing land which prevails in some 

 parts of the Dominion, and which in the 

 matter of feverish speculation has no par- 

 allel in the older countries. Apart from 

 that, our problem will be a comparatively 

 simple one to deal with. 



LAND EVILS IN C.4N.*DA 



"The difference between the value of 

 building lamd and agricultural land is 

 greater in comparatively small towns on 

 this continent than in more crowded and 

 rapidly growing towns in Great Britain. 

 Such high values encourage unhealthy con- 

 ditions and tend to create and maintain 

 slums. They help to lower production by 

 keeping large areas of good farming land 

 in idleness aroumd the fringes of our 

 towns, and bv attracting men oflF the land 

 during periods of boom. 



"The original owners of the land do not 

 benefit as a whole from these hicrh values, 

 ns it means that the money which is avail- 

 able for investment in land is invested in 

 restricted areas, and a large proportion goes 

 into the pockets of speculators having no 

 permanent interest in the use of the laind. 

 The question of the valuation of land for 

 ratintr purposes is rendered complex and 

 difficult and the provision of improved and 

 extended means of transit roumd cities and 

 towns is discourasred. On all grounds the 

 matter is one which' should be the subject 

 of careful enquiry." 



MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT 



Mr. Adams ureed the creation of a de- 

 partment of municipal affairs correspond- 

 ing with the local government board of 

 Great Britain whereby the best expert ad- 

 vice would be placed at the disposal _ of 

 municipalities and expenditures on munici- 

 pal projects and improvements would be 

 subject to the approval of a central provin- 

 cial department. In .Alberta such a depart- 

 ment . already exists. 



Such a department is needed in the pro- 

 vinces of Canada to secure uniformity of 

 administration and procedure, the emplot- 

 ment of skilled advisers, the linking up of 

 public health, housing, highway, boundary 

 extension and town planninfir administra- 

 tion, the proper control of public utilities, 

 the framing and application of sanitary and 

 other bylaws on sound principles, wider 

 powers to municipalities, amd the efficient 



and impartial presentation of municipal ac- 

 counts. 



The need of city and town councils to 

 proceed with the preparation of topographi- 

 cal and detailed maps of their areas, was 

 urged. In spite of the war, Mr. Adams be- 

 lieves that town planning a.nd housing re- 

 form should go on- — go on with even great- 

 'T vigor than heretofore. He said : 



"The incoming stream of emigration has 

 practically ceased to flow, thereby tempor- 

 arily suspending urban expansion ; we are 

 face to face with a slump in real estate, 

 and are free from the injurious effects of 

 gambling in fictitious land values which 

 characterize periods of boom ; and we have 

 presented to us in an unusual degree the 

 evils of bad housing conditions which show 

 at their worst during periods of slackened 

 employment. If only, sufficient attention 

 can be diverted to the subject on the part 

 of pubic men in the provinces and the 

 cities, no time could be more appropriate 

 for getting to work. 



"The work of town planning would be 

 greatly facilitated and assisted if the com- 

 mission were to have a collection of maps, 

 plans, diagrams, etc., exhibited in different 

 cities throughout the Dominion." 



Nova Scotia Resolutions 



At the convention of the Nova Scotia 

 Fruit Growers' .Association, held the latter 

 part of January, the following resolutions 

 were passed : 



Whereas, recognizing the great work that 

 is being done by G. E. Saunders at Bridge- 

 town, in the Dominion Entomological De- 

 partment in behalf of the Fruit Growers of 

 Nova Scotia, and, 



Whereas, recognizing the inefficiency of 

 the temporary building now in use. 



We recommend the Dominion Govern- 

 ment to erect a permanent building for the 

 carrying on of this work. 



.\ committee consisting of Messrs. F. H. 

 Johnson, A. E. McMahon and Arthur Har- 

 ris, was appointed to interview the Govern- 

 ment regarding the procuring of a perman- 

 ent entomological building for the Valley, 

 as set forth in the foregoing resolution. 



Whereas, it is recognized that an oppor- 

 tunity exists in Great Britain, to great 

 increase the demand for Nova Scotia .t: 

 pies. 



And, whereas, immediate action would 

 take advantage of the great wave of Em- 

 pire loyalty now in evidence. 



Therefore, Resolved, that the Nova Scotia 

 Fruit Growers' Association appoint a com- 

 mittee of five with authority to collect a 

 fund, and to cooperate with the Govern- 

 ment {if thought advisable), and prosecute 

 a vigorous publicity and sales promotion 

 campaign in Great Britain. 



A resolution was also passed recommend- 

 ing that the apple be selected as the nation- 

 al dish of Canada. 



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