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 THE AMERICAN

JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

VOLUME IX JANUARY, IQ04 NUMBER 4

THE FIRST GERMAN MUNICIPAL EXPOSITION.

(DRESDEN, 1903.)

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IN 1897 the Oberburgermeister of Dresden proposed to a meeting of German municipal officials at Karlsruhe an exposition of the great development of German municipalities in the last decades. The plan was heartily seconded, and at a meeting called soon thereafter it was concluded to hold a German muni- cipal exposition at Dresden this year. This exposition was to present (i) the condition of the German municipalities at the beginning of the twentieth century especially their progress in the last decades; and (2) the productions of industrial firms for municipal use. Four hundred manufacturers accepted the invi- tation presented to them; and of the cities invited those hav- ing over 25,000 inhabitants 128 accepted.

The various departments of the exposition will be dealt with as follows :

A. Traffic: (i) streets paving, lighting ; (2) street railways ; (3) bridges; (4) harbors and docks.

B. Expansion : (i)the board of public works ; (2) the suburban move- ment ; (3) housing of the working classes.

C. Public charities : (i) outdoor relief; (2) tramps; (3) orphans; (4) aged poor ; (5) defectives ; (6) bequests and endowments.

D. Municipal employment bureaus.

E. Public health and safety : (i) hospitals ; (2) parks, boulevards, play grounds; (3) public baths; (4) public conveniences ; (5) water-supply; (6) sewerage ; (7) street-cleaning, garbage, etc. ; (8) smoke prevention ; (9) dis-

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