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Scientifictionist, v. 1, issue 4, April 1946
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the purchase to the nearest distribution center, and then find the purchase immediately delivered by the tube. Similarly, such a tube can, if the service is desired, be used to deliver prepared food to city-dwellers from centralized kitchens. The householder will merely consult a menu which will resemble a telephone book. After selecting her dinner, the householder will dial the numbers of the courses, the quantity desired, and then a code number indicating exactly what time she would like to have the dinner delivered. At precisely the indicated time, the tube signal will ring, signifying that the dinner -- packed in insulated containeres to keep it hot (or cold) -- is ready. In the container with the dinner will be the exact dishes and utensils needed for the particular meal. After dinner, hte householder need only pile the dirty dishes back in the container and push a button. The container will then be whisked to a central dishwashing plant where the dishes will be cleansed and returned to the central kitchen. Besides the buildings, utilities and 'tube' system as integral parts of the city of tomorrow, an adequate transportation system, especially roads and streets for automobile transportation, must be included in the design. The congested traffic, high accident rates, and inadequate parking facilities of today's cities will be no more. It is probable that a large part of local transportation in cities will continue to be handled by public transportation systems. These public transportation systems, however, will not be the slow, uncomfortable, noisy, inadeqaute, street-car and bus systems of today, but will be high-speed, luxurious, quiet, efficient rapid-transit units whose only function will be to provide efficient transportation. From the standpoint of efficiency, it will be more practical to provide all local transportation free of 'charge' rather than set up the fare-collecting and accounting systems which would be necessary if Energy Certificates were involved.
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the purchase to the nearest distribution center, and then find the purchase immediately delivered by the tube. Similarly, such a tube can, if the service is desired, be used to deliver prepared food to city-dwellers from centralized kitchens. The householder will merely consult a menu which will resemble a telephone book. After selecting her dinner, the householder will dial the numbers of the courses, the quantity desired, and then a code number indicating exactly what time she would like to have the dinner delivered. At precisely the indicated time, the tube signal will ring, signifying that the dinner -- packed in insulated containeres to keep it hot (or cold) -- is ready. In the container with the dinner will be the exact dishes and utensils needed for the particular meal. After dinner, hte householder need only pile the dirty dishes back in the container and push a button. The container will then be whisked to a central dishwashing plant where the dishes will be cleansed and returned to the central kitchen. Besides the buildings, utilities and 'tube' system as integral parts of the city of tomorrow, an adequate transportation system, especially roads and streets for automobile transportation, must be included in the design. The congested traffic, high accident rates, and inadequate parking facilities of today's cities will be no more. It is probable that a large part of local transportation in cities will continue to be handled by public transportation systems. These public transportation systems, however, will not be the slow, uncomfortable, noisy, inadeqaute, street-car and bus systems of today, but will be high-speed, luxurious, quiet, efficient rapid-transit units whose only function will be to provide efficient transportation. From the standpoint of efficiency, it will be more practical to provide all local transportation free of 'charge' rather than set up the fare-collecting and accounting systems which would be necessary if Energy Certificates were involved.
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