It is now proposed to enclose an adjoining available space to form a people's park, which would be a great place of enjoyment in summer to a people of poetic imagination like the Persians, who delight in the green glade with the cool sound of flowing water.

The severe cholera epidemic of 1892 showed the absolute necessity of an improvement in the rude sanitary system which then existed, and a beginning has been made in the daily careful cleaning of the streets and removal of refuse.
But a better and increased water-supply is greatly needed for the town, which is becoming larger every year.

People who have money to spend appear to be attracted more than ever to the capital.

Those who before were content with the provincial towns now build houses in Tehran.

The superior houses have garden-ground attached, and much tree-planting is done.