A system of highways for the territory within sixty miles of Chicago 39 Suburban transit facilities 39 The advantages of good roads 39 Four sets of encircling highways proposed 40 Highways parallel to railroads 41 Suburban travel needs more comfortable conditions 41 The influence of the electric-railway and the automobile on suburban life 42 CHAPTER IV THE CHICAGO PARK SYSTEM The motto of Chicago 43 Beginnings of the Chicago Park system 43 The Chicago boulevards 44 Park legislation 44 The small parks of Chicago 44 A metropolitan park system proposed 44 The Special Park Commission 44 London’s larger parks 48 The pleasures of Henley 48 The great parks of Paris and Vienna 49 Boston park reservations 49 The park system of the District of Columbia 49 The possibility of a comprehensive park system for Chicago 49 Treatment of the Chicago Lake front 50 A system of lagoons and lake parkways proposed 50 The acquisition and improvements of forest spaces 53 Physical characteristics of the country surrounding Chicago 55 An encircling system of forest parks 57 CHAPTER V TRANSPORTATION Chicago the creation of its railroads 61 Present problems in transportation 61 Congestion of railway traffic in 1906-07 62 The necessity for improved terminals 63 A freight center proposed for Chicago 63 Advantages of such an arrangement 63 Railroad and water traffic compared 64 A loop system for handling freight traffic 66 Harbor freight and passenger connections 68 The location of passenger stations on Twelfth and Canal streets 70