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CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

4. Economy in the early purchase of land, which can thus be had in large quantities at wholesale rates.

5. Better use of the same amount of land as a result of the grouping of buildings.

6. More permanence of the municipal center, and therefore greater stability of land values.

7. Margin of land for future expansion and adjustment without unnecessary expense as the need for additional public buildings develops.

8. A reasonable check upon speculative interests, and reduction or elimination of much of the bitterness due to clamoring over the selection of sites for each new public building. A logical place having been selected, the erection