THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTIiASnD, AUGUST 13, 1905.
WHY PAVE PORTLAND STREETS FULL WIDTH
In Residence Districts Only Two-Thirds of the Road
way Is Used for Traffic.
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a pavement of 30 feet, -which hereto
fore has been considered as the mini
mum width.
Third There can be no question
that greensward -without Us accom
paniment of dust Is more healthful for
a community than a pavement.
Fourth The wider boulevard affords
more soli, more air. and more wafr
to tne roots of the treets'ln the boule
vard, thus Increasing their growth ar.i
beauty.
Fifth The water mains, gas ma'.rs
and wire conduits are In the boule
vard, rather than under the .paving,
consequently the paving once down,
need never again be disturbed.
Sixth The narrow paving presents
less surface for the accumulation cf
dirt and dust, which, blown about. In
jures furniture, clothing and carpets,
to say nothing of the tfeleterlous ef
fect upon the exterior of residences.
Many Portland people have been
agitating the question of- narrower
streets, and It Is hoped to bring tho
matter more prominently before tho
entire city In a short time. There la
gome talk of asking tho City Coun-ll
to allow property-holders to Improve
their property In this manner, where
a reach of at least a block can be so
changed, with the Idea of demonstrat
ing the benefit and advantage of tho
scheme. If the plan Is carried out ar.d
universally adopted. Portland will bo
come not only a city of roses, but oC
parks and beautiful drives throughout.
WHAT is tho use of paving BO feet
of street when only IS or 20 feet
are used for traffic? What is
the uso. of paying twice as much to im
prove a streot as Is necessary, when it
could be done so much better in another
way? "Why not make a pork of every
street in the residence district, a grove
of trees, the roots of which do not upend
the sidewalks? "Why not double tho lawn
area and make the city truly a thing
of beauty such as could not be found
In any other part of tho world?
Those are tho questions many Portland
people are trying to solve.
Twonty-slx feet of pavement from curb
to curb In the residence districts, IS feet
of boulevard, green with grass and
gemmed with flowers and trees, six feet
of sidewalk to divide tho lawns from' the
thoroughfare, no dust, no dirt, and thou
sands of dollars less expense; one mag
nificent reach of homes and handsome
avenues, whoro now crawl and struggle
myriad stretches of dusty depositories of
cobblestones and dust in Summer, and
cobblestones and mud in ."Winter; the
change from the old to the - new. How
would tho citizens of Portland like it,
and what would the visitors and home
seekers think of It if "the dream came
to pass?
Portland may be a city of roses,, .and. .it
is pre-eminently so, but no less trufe Is
It & city of streets, and unpaved ones -at
that, whose Improvement In the future
will call forth a million of dollars from
the pockots of tho owners of homes.
If much can be added to. the beauty, the
healthfulncss and the cleanliness of theso
streets, and much can be subtracted from
the expense of their renovation, will not
the Portland people and tho city govern
ment follow the experience and the ad
vice of other cities and learn the lesson
of narrow pavements In residence dis
tricts and make a garden of tho town?
Many aro hoping and working that such
will be the case.
Oimj of the first things remarked by
the traveler who has seen tho world and
has at last come to the best In a visit
here, Is the smallness of the blocks and
the number of the streets, and Incident
ally, perhaps, the absence of pavement
except in tho downtown districts. And
after they have noticed they will sit Jn
the evening and tell of other cities where
streets are bowers and things of beauty,
and the homes are set In groves and surrounded-
by vistas of lawn and flowers.
And'as they talk they will tell of what
has been done In Rochester, New York,
Cleveland, O., "Winnipeg, Detroit, Buf
falo, Toronto, Toledo. Columbus, Minne
apolis and innumerable places across the
6eas where the new plan has been tried
and the old has been forgotten.
Our forefathers, when they planned the
cities, forgot or did not know the expense
of paving, the difficulty of keeping In re
pair a roadway 50 or 60 feet from curb to
curb; they did not take Into account the
electric wires, the mains for gas and
water, the conduits for electricity and all
the other Incidentals of advancing civili
zation. They thought only of how much
space It took to turn a hayrack or of
outside land to picket their family cow.
That time, however, pleasant as It was,
has passed, and the utilitarian demands of
an increasing and congested population
force tho property-holder to look askance
at tho acres and acres of unuped public
highways before ho gazes fearfully Into
tho vacuum of the street Improvement
fund.
Theso changes then have brought about
desire for narrower streets throughout the
country, and It is safe to eay, the world,
until In many places the problem is being
solved not only for economy but for beau
ty and lack of dirt as well.
Minneapolis not long since began to try
the experiment, and Is pleased with the
result. In that city the average width of
the streets is CO feet, and in many of the
residence districts tho plan has been
adopted of filling that space with from
38 to 86 feet of pavement, about 18 feet
of boulevard bordering the curbs and side
walks of approximately four feet In width.
ThiB change has made a noticeable dif
ference in the beauty of the districts im
proved and has met with the approbation
of all.
,..The question of cost was calculated well
.before tho change was made, and it was
discovered that the amount saved by pav
ing 24 feet Instead of 30 feet wide, assum
ing paving, curb and gutter' to cost $2
per square yard, is $7040 per mile. Every
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foot that the paving is narrowed saves
$1173 per mile, and to each owner of a
50-foot lot $5.07.
If the paving Is 24 feet Instead of 30
feet, the 50-foot lot owner saves $30.42. In
the Eighth "Ward there are 67 miles of
streets. By paving streets of that ward
24 feet between curbs Instead of 30, $471,S0
Is saved. The Thirteenth "Ward has 123
miles of streets, and the saving here
would be $S55,920, or a total in these
two wards of Ji. 237.000.
The difference between tne paved sur
face of the Eighth and Thirteenth "Wards
by making a paved roadway 24 feet wide
instead of SO feet wide amounts to about
140 acres. Think for a moment of the
unwisdom of paving 140 acres more than
aro needed in these two wards.
The advantages argued in behalf of
the narrow Improved roadway are
many, a fow of them being:
First The original cost Is lessened.
Second A sprinkling cart can cover
a 24-foot pavement with one passage
over it, whereas if tho pavement Is 30
feet or wider. It is necessary to go over
the same block twice, thus doubling
the cost of street-sprinkling. If tho
street Is kept clean by sweeping, 21 feet
will present one-flfth less surface than
Success Is Simply a Matter of Mental Attitude, Says Elbert Hubbard
Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE world Is full of good things.
Herbert Spencer says most of the
sunshine goes to waste the whole
out-of-doors is charged with oxygen It Is
yours.
.Human hearts are full of love and ten
derness and sympathy hold the right
mental attitude and you have the key
that unlocks them all. "We are afloat
on the ocean of Good Will let down your
buckets.
Of material good things there are
enough to go around; like the loaves and
the fishes, even the fragments will feed a
multitude. Distribution is not Just the
best always, but get free, and all these
things will be added unto you.
The man who writes these lines Is 50
years of age. and has never been sick a
day never missed a meal through Indis
position, never consulted a physician. Ho
has made fortunes for himself and for
tunes for a dozen others. Three men are
millionaires by following one of his Ideas
clOBely and religiously.
It Is Just a matter of mental attitude!
A6 for the money, though, all you want
It for, bcj'ond arf small amount, is to know
its worthlessness, Just as jou should have
a college education In order that you may
know there Is nothing In 1L Yet the ex
perience Is good that Is It, the experience!
We want to live, to live fully and freely,
to have life, and life in abundance.
If the writer of these lines should die
tonight, his last words would bo those
of thankfulness to his Maker for the priv
ilege of having lived worsted, tolled,
sinned, suffered, endured, enjoyed lived!
There is no damnation for anyone there
never was, and never will be and there is
no aereat excepting for those who think
defeat.
Success Is for you.
Life is good!
Success is in the blood.
There are men whom Fate can never
keep down they march Jauntily forward,
and take by divine, right the best of ev
erything that earth affords. But their
success Is not attained by the Dr. Samuel
Smiles-Connecticut policy. They do not
Ho In wait, nor scheme, nor fawn, nor
seek to adapt their sails to catch the
breeze of popular favor. Still, they are
ever alert and alive to any good that may
come their way, and when It comes they
simply appropriate It, and, tarrying not,
movo steadily forward.
X5ood health! Whenever you go out ot
doors, draw the chin In, carry the crown
of your head high, and fill the lungs to
the utmost: drink in the sunshine; greet
your friends with a smile, and put soul
into every handclasp. Do not fear being
misunderstood, and never waste a minute
thinking about your enemies. Try to fix
nrmly in 3'our own mind what you would
like to do, and then, without violence of
direction, you will movo straight to the
goal.
Fear Is the rock on which we split, and
hate is the shoal on which many a bark
Is stranded. When we are fearful, the
Judgment Is as unreliable as the compass
of a ship whose hold Is full of Iron ore;
Shen we hate we have unshipped the rud
er; and if we stop to meditate on what
the gossips say we have allowed a hawser
to befoul the screw.
Xeep your mind on the great and splen
did thing you would like to do, and then,
as the days go gliding by, you will And
yourself unconsciously seizing upon the
opportunities that are required Xof the ful
fillment of your desire. Just as tho coral
Insect takes from the running tide the ele
ments that it needs. Picture In jour mind
tho able, earnest, useful person you de
sire to be, and the thought you hold is
hourly transforming you into that particu
lar Individual. Thought is supreme, and
to think Is often better than to do.
Preserve a right mental attitude the at
titude of x courage, frankness and good
cheer.
To think rightly is to create.
Darwin and Spencer have told us that
this Is the method of creation. Each
animal has evolved the parts it needed
and desired. The horse is fleet because
it wishes to be; the bird flies because it
desires to; the duck has web feet because
It wants to swim. All things come
through desire, and every sincere prayer
Is answered. We become like that on
which our hearts are fixed. Many people
know this, but they do not believe it
thoroughly enough so that it shapes their
lives.
"Wo want friends, so we scheme and
chase 'cross lots after strong people, and
He in wait for good folks or alleged
good folks hoping to attach ourselves to
them. The only way to secure friends Is
to be one.
And before you are fit for friendship you
must be able to do without It. That Is
to say, you must havo sufficient self-reliance
to take care of yourself, and then
bu't of the surplus of your energy you can
do for others. The man who craves
friendship, and yet desires a self-centered
spirit more, will never lack for friends.
If you would have friends, cultivate
solitude Instead of society. Drink in the
ozone; bathe in the sunshine, and out in
the silent night, under the stars, say
to j-ourself again and yet again, "I am
a part of all my eyes behold!" And tho
feeling will surely come to you that you
are no Interloper between earth and sky,
but that you are a necessary particle of
the whole. Xo harm can come to you
that does not come to all, and If you
shall go down it can only be amid a
wreck of worlds.
Thus, by laying hold of tho forces of
the -universe, you aro strong with them.
And when you realize this, all else Is
easy, for In your arteries course red cor
puscles, and In your heart there is the
will to do and be. Carry your chin In
and tho crown of your head high. "We
are gods In the chrysalis.
Success Is a result of a mental attitude,
and the right mental attitude will bring
success la everything you undertake.
In fact,, tbero Is no such thing as fail
ure, excepting to those who accept and
bellevo In failure. Failure! There Is no
such word in all the bright lexicon of
speech unless you yourself have written
It there.
A. great success, as I have said many
times and as I like to repeat Is made
up of an aggregation of little ones. These
finally form a whole. Tho man who fills
a position of great honor and great trust
has first filled many smaller positions
of trust.
The man who has the superintendence
of 10,000 men say Mr. James J. Hill
has had the charge' of many small squads.
And before he had charge of a small
squad he had charge of himself.
When he was a baggageman he had
charge of the baggage, and he did his
work so faithfully, so efficiently, so well
Qp, jig
that It was very soon discovered that ho
needed no superintendent.
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The man who does his work so well
that he needs no supervision has already
succeeded. And the acknowledgment of
his success Is sure to follow In the form
of a promotion. And even If promotion
should not follow speedily, the man has
gained power grown In personality. He
Is more to himself more to God. The
world wants Its work done, and civllza
tlon Is simply a constant search for men
who can do things.
Success Is the most natural thing In
the world. The man who does not suc
ceed has placed himself In opposition to
the laws of the universe. The world
needs you It wants what you produce
you can serve it, and If you will. It
will reward you richly.
By doing your work you are moving
in tho -ne of least resistance It Is a
form of self-protection. You need what
others have to give they need you. To
reciprocate is wisdom. To rebel Is folly.
To consume and not produce Is a grave
mistake, and upon such a one Nature will
visit her displeasure.
The common idea Is that success means
great sacrifice, and that you must buy
It with a price. In one sense this is true.
To succeed you must choose. If you
want this you- cannot have that. Suc
cess demands concentration oneness of
aim and desire.
Choose this day whom you will server
Paradoxically It la true that you must
"sacrifice" some things to gain others.
If you are a young man and wish to
succeed In business you wlll havo to
sacrifice the cigarettes, tho late hours,
the dice, the cards and all that round
of genteel folly which saps your strength
and tends to unfit you for your work
tomorrow.
That awkward and uncouth country boy
who went to work yesterday Is concen
trating on his tasks he Is doing tho
thing, high or law, mental or what-not-yes!
He is not so very clever, his trou
sers bag at the knee, and his sleeves are
too short, but bis heart has but one de
sire to do his work.
And let me say right here that the
habit of continually looking out for Num
ber One Is absolutely fatal to success.
Nature Is on her guard against such,
and If by accident they get Into a posi
tion of power their leaso on the place is
short.
A great success demands a certain ab
negation a certain disinterestedness.
The man who can lose himself In his
work Is the man who will succeed best.
Courtesy, kindness and concentration
this trinity forms the sesame that will
unlock all doors.
Good cheer Is the direct concomitant
of good health. Isn't it a part of wis
dom not to put an enemy In your mouth
to steal away your brains? Isn't It bet
ter not to know you havo a stomach, and
to bo fill your working hours that tho
night comes as a blessing and a' bene
diction a time for sweet rest and. dreams?
These things means a preparation for
good work. And good work means a
preparation for higher work.
Succesg Is easy. You do not ascend the
mountain by standing In the valley and
Jumping over it.
Success Is only difficult to the man
who Is trying to lift himself by tugging
at his boot straps.
How Best to Become
an Actress
THE latest advice to bo offered to
the aspiring and confident young
woman who believes herself among
the chosen, comes from George Alex
ander, the English actor, by -way of
the Theater, and Is very much to tho
point. Says he:
"Don't unless you can rough it!
"Don't unless you can wait!
"Don't unless you can cat your
heart.
. "Don't unless you can weep and
win!
"Save you can accept as your por
tion of df3appolntment. delay, weari
ness, travel and travail, opposition,
malice, neglect and heartache, and tho
thousand natural shocks this stago
flesh Is heir to why, I would din It
Into you. Don't! If you can and will
then, here's luck to you!
"If you would be an actor, study Na
ture! .Learn to hold up the" mirror
that Is tho whole duty of acting. Study
her In the street, In the drawlng-rocm.
In the assembly; get at her secrets and
her manifestations of them; learn to
demonstrate them, to reproduce, re
peat them; go Into the solitude and
meditate them, practice her expression,
remember her accent, make her live
in you again! Perfect the machinery
learn her myriad ways of "walking,
of talking, of being, and of doing! Let
nothing seem too trivial, nor too hard!
"The greatest artist and the closest
to Nature, was Shakespeare. Steep
yourself In Shakespeare, gain acquain
tance with his men and his women.
Conceive them afresh glvo them a
new being! Walk apart and voice them,
and gesture them, and act them to
yourself! He touched the noblest and
the meanest; and In him you will find
ail secrets.
"Then get all the practice you can!
Act whenever and wherever you sea
the slightest unpromising opportunity!
Never mind your friends; don't let
them deter you! Treat home critics
with contempt and grumblers with dis
dain. Heat grows by friction so will
your enthusiasm; and there'll be
plenty of friction, don't you fear for
that! And as the parts get bigger and
the performances more frequent, so
will the friction become more Intense
and the enthusiasm more glowing.
Nothing divides a household so much
as private theatricals. That Is one of
the sacrifices demanded by art, and
when the Muses beckon, "papa" must
take a back seat. Yes, be diligent In
your Hi doing! Weary them with Shy
lock and Portia, estrange them with
Hamlet and Ophelln sadden them with
your humor, lighten them with your
tragedy only go on! Drama means
"doing." Do your friends. So much
the sooner will you bo able to do the
public successfully. When you have
practiced In private all the greatest
parts of all the ages; when you havo
forfeited your friends' Indulgence and
your relations love; when you feel
that only opportunity stands between
you and greatness, go to some actor
manager other than myself and set
a banner to wave!"