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Montreal Witness Describes Model City (From _lontreal Witness.) M* FREDERICK G. TODD, landscape architect, has completed the final revision of the plans for the Model City for the Canadian Northern Railway. Three weeks avo they were sub- mitted to Mr. T. 8. Darling, gen- eral sales agen' of the railway, for approval. Some of the lots seem- ed too small, so the plans were al- tered to remedy the defect for the Canadian Northern Railway is de- termined that no lack of fore- sight shall mar the whole future of the city behind the mountain. The photo engraving printed to the right gives an accurate im- pression of the new town. Its area will be abeut 1,700 acres, while through it there will be con- structed sixty miles of streets. It lies north of the Cote des Néiges Cemetery, and (he limits of the Town of Outremont. It is west of the C. P. R. line, south of the Jacques Cartier Union Railway, and north of the Atlantic and North-West Railway. The whole slopes back from the Mountain to the Back River, at the fail of about 45 feet per mile--sufficient to ensure the best of drainage, and at the same time the fall is not gre .apough '0 make wa! ins in the town disagrecable. As will be seen from the picture above, two oulevards, each 86 feet in width cross the town diagonally, One begins at Rockland Avenue, and runs westward towards St. Laurent; the other runs In an easterly direction from Cot. des Neiges. Where the two wide enues intersect, the main station of the C. N. R. will be erected. By this plan the terminal will be in the very centre of the town, and, so, equally accessible to every resident. A squ.re will be laid out at the point of crossing upon which will be erected the public buildings of the city. Another sub-station will be situated where the line crosses the Cote de Leisse Roa", about half a mile from the southern border of the town. The diagonal roads, which wilt be the pPingcipal arteries of trade, and be about 3's miles long, will be in- tersected by numerGus screets, wnica will be sixty-six feet in width, 14 Parks An unusual feature of the plan is the « 'roular driveway which Mr. Todd4 has designed. 1t is over five miles in gire umference, and on it at very fre- quent intervals are fourteen parks, varying in size from one to five acres. This will probably prove one of ths most popular features of the Model City. The lots designed for business pur. poses have a frontage of 36 feet, while the residential ones are 50 feet in width, An effort will be made to confine the commercial interests of the town to the two wide, diagonal streets. The lots vary in depth from ona hun- dred to one hundred. and twenty feet The C, N. R. will insist upon strict building by-laws Although the plan of Washington, whe ¢ vertical and horizontal streets are crossed by diagonal streets, was followed In very many respects, a change was made so that the small triangular building lot of the diagonal street has Leen eliminated from the plan. At the intersections in the Model City the diagonals are diverted #0 that they intersect at right angles. In this way there ars no triangular pieces of land on the main streets, whirh not only gives the stoeet g bet. ter appearance, but makes the land more valuable, The diagonal avenues which run from corner to corner of th town make the distances between anf two points in the town not on the same vertical or horizontal streets shorter than under the old system of street arangement. In olanning the fiew suburb, Mr. Todd hax kept in mind what he considers is the great. est weakness of Montreal---the lack of diagonal streets, a fallure that often compels people to go round two sides of a triangle 10 reach their destina- tion. Wide Streets "With its wide streets, numerous and lirge parks, and its large resi. dential lots the new town will be one of the nwost desirable places in Mon- treal in which to live," sald Mr. Dar- ling to a Witness reporter, "and it does not require a very great gift of prophecy to foresee the day when the city behind Mount Royal! will have a © population of 40.000. Its 7,600 lots, each to be the home of one fly, will easily accommedate that num. ber. The promoters of the town are very 3 optimistic about the future of the » place, and believe that with the rapid electric servidh that has been as- sured, thousands of the citizens of older Montreal! will embrace the opportunity to own a home in the suburb and so escape th¥ confu- sion and congestion of the cit, J OR Cut out this Coupon. Fill it in. Send it by First Mail. Oliver, Reid & Co, Limited, 45 Adelaide 8. E., Toronto. , . Fease send me maps, booklet and full information about your 'Model City' properties. ' or R A Name i: Fosvoffics Address 3 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1912 Er Gans Ee fr HL = ie eS ES Ey fa iin TTT wtddidid. NTO CTI ITTHITR EITTTTS ilile OTITIS ELT g (TTR RHEE EHH EHH C.N.R. OFFICIAL MAP OF MODEL CITY (Mount Royal) AT MONTREAL - " Choose First Selectionsin the Model City---The Beautiful New Residential District of Montreal I" no other Canadian city is there to be found a real estate opportunity equal to the one provided by the new Model City in Montreal. For years the fearfully explained in the World's interview with 3ir Donald Mann, printed on the right of this advertisement. congested City of Montreal has been walled in between the St. Lawrence River and Mount Royal, while behind Mount Royal has existed one of the most beautiful residential sites in America. This beautiful district Just what this means to you dependson whether you grasp the full sig- nificance of the remarkable real estate opportunity that now lies before you, or whether you let it slip by never to ocur again. bination of circumstances, that made tlis Model can never oceur again. real estate in America Montreal A Solid City of 587,756 REE MBER, Montreal is a solid, old city of 587,756 people--not a boom town that has blossomed forth in a night. Yet, Montreal is adding to its population yearl¥ more people than comprise _-- present entire popula- tion of Calgary, or Edmonton, or Regina, or St. John, N.B., or Halifax, or Certainly, the same com- only needed direct transportation facilities with the heart of the business section to make it undoubtedly the most desirable residential locality of Montreal. Just how this is being accomplished is fully City opportunity pessible, It is an opportinity that is unique in the history of Londen, Ontario. One year's increase in Montreal's population is enough to oceupy the whole of the Model City and still leave 10,000 people to find homes in other sections of the eity. You see, Montreal has urgent need for the C. N. R.'s new residential district. ¢ Greatest Real Estate Oppor- tunity in Canada WE hardly need to urge you to act promptly. Business men will nnder. stand that they will need to move quickly if they are to make the most of this great opportunity in Canada's leading metropolis. » Fill in, elip out and send by first mail the coupon attached to this ad. ux Let us send you maps, booklet and further particulars. You can depend upon getting straighforward, accurate and reliable information from us. We have been right in touch with the C. N. R. sinee the inception of their project. We know the situation thoroughly. Lots go on sale on the morning of April 8th. Bo you've just got time to get fully posted on the Model City real estate opportunity. Montreal Increasing at Rate of 50,000 Yearly HE Model City is planned to hold about 40,000 people, whereas Montreal is adding to its population at the rate of 50,000 yearly. Model City real estate is therefore a sure, safe, high- grade proposition--and one that will, prove highly profitable, as property in the Model City is sure to double ud' treble in value with the rushing of the tunnel to completion and the in of home-hungry dwellers from the congested districts. These who secure Model City lots at to-day's prices will make the most money. Their margin of possible profit will be the greatest. And those who choose first selections of Model City lots will be in the. most favorable position, You vahi secure first selections through Oliver, Reid & Co., Ltd. Only one other syndicate had an equally wide seléetion of Model City properties. The lots we offer are certainly choice locations, as you will see for yourself from the map we will send you. > LIMITED Exclusive Sales Agents for Toronto and Montredl Properties, Limited 45 Adelaide St. East, Toronto WHIG Street Address County o - . Province Oliver, Reid & Co. Sir Donald's Story of , Their Big Project (From The Toronto World) IR DONALD. MANN was asked by rhe Torento Sun- day World to give some idea of the methods adopted by the Can. adian Northern in securing rail. way terminals at tidewate. in Montreal. Everybody had pre. dicted that it would be impossible for the Canadian Northerti: to get into Montreal on anything like equality with the Canadian Paci. fie or the Grand Truk. According to Sir Donald the real key to the situation presented itself when he and his associates saw not only how difficult it was to get into Montreal, but how diffi- cult it was to enlarge Montreal as a city. It had as difficult a nous. ing and 'dwelling problem as the railway had to get into the city, and to the waterfront. The har- bor was big enough and the docks were magnificent, but there was a lack of freight yard sites and there was lack of space to run a railway line; and apparently lack of place for a big station. And there was a congested city. But engineers can do almost anything if they have the money and a place whereon they ean work, and it was by taking advantage of daring engineering work and hy taking advantage of the scarcity of building room in Montreal, and putting the two scheiues together that a solution of beth problems was found in the one project. Daring Scheme Accordingly, they ealeulated that if they tunneled Mount Royal Mountain from itd north, or back, side three miles into the heart of the city, they could add the bean- tiful district that lay just at the back sidé of the mountain, and MAKE IT WITHIN TEN MIN. VTES OF THE CONGESNYED CENTRE OF MONTREAL. This would give the eity ad litioval gpace for homes, and it would at the same time give the railway an unequaled approach to the heart of the city They set a short time they confirmed 8ir Don ald's suggestion that it would be pos sible to tunnc! the mountain from the direction of the Jack River right engineers to work and In into 'he centre of the cit to tidewater tme 8 large ment, Thereu 5.0(0 acres portal of large block or the heart of the 1 and to get and to. have at the sa Congested City But this iz only ofie ad anlage of y big poli adopt ! the Canadian Northern in this respect If there is one city in America that has to solve the street car problem in. Winter, it is Montreal because of its narrow strests and the quantity of snow that often blocks the street car tracks. But here w be a tunnel, to start with three miles long, that will carr thousands of people to the ented of h ity every day and .¢ ' ite er proof and awa from the onEestion of the streets. Many persons |. Mon treal are liged now to spend 49 to 60 mihutes wach trip be vv home and business ecause of th cCOnges tion apd crowded street cars, here afte¥ t will be aie to Ret All #he unt behind the me Ihto the city in less than 15 in well- lighted CHTS posure to the eather, and a wel ventiisied shal: The pu for the first time, will becomas quainted with the comfort and econ venience of rapid traveling in 3 instead of fighting their way through congestad streets, wet weather and now biockades, coupled with lows time and often failure to reach des. tination, And the passenger trains of! tha company in and out of the cir be handled with the same raj the same absénce of weather imp ment, as the city and subyrban tra Winter and Surimer, snow or stor No sireefs to Cross, express spee and out from the city termina will there be any smoke in the nel, 'every ear and every traf w handled by electric trac n! C.P. Rand 5. T R, Yor years now the Canadian Pacific anid the Grand Trunk "ave been plan. ning to get away from the level cross. ings getting in and oat of Montreal, and have only dor #5 in part The Canadian Pacific at the present mo- ment is carrying on a great big sta- tion buildmg and improving is ele. vated track approach to ie Windsor terminal. The Grand Trunk have In hand the idea of raizag the level of their Bonaventure Station and an le vated track that will cost milons and even this, wher bulit, . will bas more or less of an obstrustion ta street traffic The Canadian North ra have » tunnel approarh, mode ern station and at the same time in giving Montreal more Aterrito-v for purposes of sxpansion within 15 min- utes comfortable rid from the bus iness ¢intre This ® the Kremiest thing that has come to Maostreal in the past 58 rears of its birtary. 4