Twelfth Street, widening of, 110, 116, 117. U Union Park, 43. United States, consuls furnish reports on civic improvements, 7; offices in Chicago, 117; constitutional limitations on city planning, 127. V Valparaiso, 40. Venice, a commercial city, 13; canals of, 15; St. Mark’s Square, 117. Vernon Park, 43. Versailles, 39; fountains, 49. Vicksburg, 9. Vienna as a center of activity, 19; follows example of Paris in planning, 20; parks, 49, 80, 90; boulevards, 94; treatment of the Danube, 116. Virginia troops conquer the Northwest, 31. W Walled towns, 9. Washington, D. C., planned as National Capital, 22; L’Enfant’s plan, 23; city regarded as a unit, 23; comprehensive character of the original plan, 23; plan ridiculed, 23; effect of Civil War on the city, 23; extension of L’Enfant’s plan, 23; plan of the Senate Park Commission, 23; Union Station, 71, 87; apartment houses, 88; ownership of front yards, 92; Potomac Quay, 116; influence of Library of Congress, 112. Washington, George, directs L’Enfant in planning the Federal City, 23-25. Washington Park, 44. Washington Square, 43. Waterhouse, Paul, observations on London improvements, 21 (note). Waukegan, 38, 40. Wealth, rapid increase of in modern times, 1, 19. Wellsboro, 40. West Park Commissioners, project for improvement of Lake Front presented to, 6, 134. Wheaton, connected with Chicago by good road, 39. White House, the, 29. Williamsburg, Va., suggests features of plan of Washington, 29. Wilmette, 38, 53, 130. Wilmington, 40. Wilmot, 40. Windsor Great Park, 48. Winnetka, 40, 122, 130. Winter Sports, 52. Wisconsin, coöperation of, 130. Women’s Club, Lake Front Improvement presented to, 6. Woodstock, 40. World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, origin of plan of Chicago traced to, 4; the beginning of orderly arrangements of public buildings and grounds, 4; results of, 6; suggests improvements of Lake Front, 6; spirit in which conceived, 6; architects present plans for, 6 (note); reasons for success of, 6; effect of on Washington plans, 25; impressiveness of Peristyle, 109; cost of, 120; indicated appreciation of good order and municipal beauty, 120. Working classes, English schemes for housing, 21. Wren, Sir Christopher, his plan of London anticipates certain features of Paris designs, 21; plan of Annapolis, similar to his plan of London, 29. Y Yacht harbor, on lake front, 52, 109, 115. Yachting on Lake Michigan, 52. Z Zoological Park, Washington, 49. ENGRAVED AND PRINTED FOR THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO, IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, BY R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS, CHICAGO