"Upon landing on these islands, we would first need shelter for both ourselves and the domestic animals. We intend also to bring with us prefabricated metal houses which may be easily and quickly erected. These homes will be used by our first contingent and their domestic animals. After that we propose to build them ourselves of stone and concrete. "It will be our irrevocable aim and principle to have absolutely fire-proof living quarters for man and beast. "It is our intention to leave our families here until we have developed suitable shelters and conveniences for them. We propose to land in groups, to start reclamation, to clear the land, to dry up marshes, to survey and divide the islands into farming homestead tracts. We shall plan homes for a population of sixty thousand on each island within a few years. "For those who prefer to live in communities or small towns, we have preliminary plans for a Model City to accommodate a population of about thirty thousand, to be located if possible across a river not wider than 150 feet. Each family will get free, one of our constructed furnished, air-conditioned and fireproofed homes. The houses will be built so that additional bedrooms may easily be attached and furnished with the latest mechanical and electrical fixtures and appliances. "The house will be on a seventy-five foot (front) by one hundred fifty-foot-plot, the front facing a twenty-foot deep lawn alongside a six-foot concrete walk. Beyond the walk will be a forty-foot landscaped parkway between rows of nicely pruned trees, with flower beds and a children's playground. Opposite will be another concrete walk, lawn and house, so that the houses will be ninety-two feet apart, with lawns and flower beds also on the side of buildings. Block lengths will be fifteen hundred feet, with a width of four hundred and forty-two feet. There will be twenty houses on each side of a parkway in a block. "In the rear of these houses there will be enough space for a small garden patch, a small helicopter, airplane landing area, a small fireproofed chicken coop, and a garage for a jeep station wagon. These spaces will face a fifty-foot back street fenced on both sides and sunken ten feet below the surface. The sunken back streets will be used only for mobile traffic, with underpasses and tunnels every two blocks or three thousand feet apart for turning and reaching parallel streets. "All sewer lines, gas lines, hot and cold water lines, telephone, electric, and steam conduits will be located in these back or alley streets, supplying utilities from the rear into the homes. All automobile, bicycle, bus, truck, and horse traffic will not be allowed on the surface. All pedestrians will be able to walk and cross everywhere on the surface streets or parkways within the city limits, with their eyes closed, in perfect safety.