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First Annual Message of Archibald Johnston, 1918 [continued]
laid out and definitely established in which all overhead wires will ultimately be placed underground in conduits planned and built by the city. These things should be considered before the permanent surfacing of all the streets is undertaken.
Highways are dedicated to the public use, and no matter how efficient a police department may be in the enforcement of traffic regulations, the public travel and convenience will be needlessly interfered with and the public funds wasted in repairs unless such a comprehensive construction program is made precedent to the necessary financial program for the laying down of permanent street pavements extending over a series of years.
City Planning and Housing Conditions. City Planning is an extremely practical thing. Its object is the regulating of the laying out of streets and lots within the limits of the city and (as provided by the law) for three miles beyond the city limits; and then regulating the making and use of certain public improvements, such as streets, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds or other public grounds, public buildings, subways, railways, sewer, water and gas or other pipe lines in order that these public utilities and facilities shall be comprehensively laid out and built from time to time to meet the demands of future as well as present needs, with economy in construction and efficiency in operation, and at the same time for the best interests of all concerned, particularly of the tax-paying public. Under this procedure, lands may be acquired and dedicated and set apart, though not actually used during the early years of the municipal development. It enables the establishment of comprehensive financial and construction programs extending over a long period of time, so that the consummation of the projects may be finally attained without undue burdens of taxation being imposed in any one year.
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