MODERN MANCHESTER.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12398, 10 November 1934, Page 12

MODERN MANCHESTER.

SATELLITE CITY FOR WORKERSMAN CHESTER, Oct, 2. A new model self-contained satellite city for Manchester is growing from childhood t adolescence at Wyt-hem-shawo five and a half miles from the ihub of thi s great industrial city. Aiming at eventually housing 100,000"" people there present-day Mancunian civic leaders, by the construction of Wythenshaiwe, are applying the same foresight as dicl ■ their predecessors by the c°ntruction of the 35-milc-iong Manchester Ship Canal, which "brought the sea” to an inland city, and placed Manchester fourth in Britain’s list of busiest- ports. To-day, Wythonshnwe has 5,300 houses with a population of 25,000. First-class road connect it with the parent city, and the principal route from Manchester runs through Wythenshawe in the form of a parkway, [while '.school site s arc set within the housing zones to. avoid children having to cross the main traffic roads. Wythenshawe expects to have its own industries supporting its local population and already several firms have established themselves in the area and Manchester recently used statutory powers to make loans for the development of new industries in the city. Manchester is not mixing industry wth houses at Wythenshaiwe, however, but has laid out. a -special industrial zone, which, when built up, will be surrounded by a belt of trees. The burning of raw coal is prohibited', and plants have to he driven hv gas or electricity. Houses are also being built there by private enterprise and it i>> considered that this will help to preserve a proper balance m the residen tin! development of a self-contained city accommodating residents of varied means and tastes 1

A holt of open country of more than 1,000 acres is being reserved for agriculture, and used largely for intensive cultivation, it will instire focal supplies of produce for the district.

Open spaces are a feature of the new city, providing a marked contrast to old built-in cities, for Wythenshawe Park is comprised of 250 acres. Other open '.spaces and recreation grounds will be provided as development continues, covering 4/ acres. An 18-hole golf course will also be laid out, while in. addition to these open spaces 44 acres are devoted to parkways along the main arterial roads.