Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-31
Gbe 9ain spp aaueste aontsoap nnu January 81 1872

| tune, inasmuch as the new plantation escaped eA-
| pOsure to the fsryent heat and unwonted drought
| Of July and August. One thousand (1000l naples
and Eve hundred (500) elns are now in the ground
prepared for them, having been carefully and well
placed there by Mr.. james Draper, with whom
bargain had been previously made. With only or
| binary good fortune, there can be no reason why
large proportion should not survive and attain ma
turity. Ii is the purpose of this commission to
have them properly cared for; transplanted where
their rapidlty of growth renders il necessary and
ultimately to set them out along the public streets,
| as before stated, or to issue them, in lieu of the
present impo1tlc pecuniary bounty, to persons who
will agree to plant them and look out for their fu-
ture protection.
The following tabular statement will show the
number and location of trees planted by individuals
| in a. D. 1871, for which claims were made and al
| lowed by this commission:
On Chandler and Tatnuck streets, twelve 12l
| Rock naples; Bellevue street, five (5l naples;
Providence street, eight tS) Gins; 5oylston street,
two (2) naples; Woodland street, five (5l; Elm
| street. live % elms:
contracted for were prevented by the sudden and
unexpected commencement of the present severe
| winter.
| A great amount Of work has been done in prun-
| ing existing trees. The giant elms on Lincoln
| street; those on the terrace at the southern ex-
frenitv OF Court hill, and the entire row which
superbly arches Front street for little while long
err have BEEN ones and all, severely trimmed. If, in
| the opinion of some, too many lHos were mere and
| there taken, the answer must be that it was de-
| signed rather to accomplish at once what was re-
| quired than to spin out the work, TO the annoy
ance OF the Wayflrer throughout successive years.
| FREQUENT ampuations by official highway-men had
| 50 r5duced the roots Of many of these lofty and
massive trees, that their impaired vitality was IN
adequate to the sustenanee of the unrestricted top
1t is believed that they will take new lease OF
lie and attest, in their peculiar fashion, that
the heroic method of surgery is not necessarily IA
| tai. In every one Of these cases. the nourishment
| that would have been wasted in useless Develop
mant. will be directed to clothing with verdure
limbs that the nett result derived from artificial
selection.
Public convenience has compelled the removal of
| quite a number of trees of unequal value, The me-
| cessilies of the highway department, with which
| this commission Is brought into close relations
have occasioned the telling of several, whose de-
| structlon, under less immediate urgency, would
| furnish theme for regret. The most signal eXan-
pies wera-on Front street, where the widening of
| the travelled way was incompatible with the con-
| tinued liberation Of the of ems lying east of
Church street, and the detached and stately specl-
| mems on Chestnut street, between Elm and Pleas
amt streets. In this last case, the commission was
unanimous in the opinion that the whole four were
| very much in the way of pedestrians, upon most
| important thoroughfare between several churches
the post Office, and the homes of large portion of
| the community DESTROYS of their summary eX-
| tirpntOn. 1t decided. however, to take
out two at that time, suffering the others to remain
for the present. distinct understanding was had
in the ease Of the most northery that its contin-
ued liberation would be contingent upon
| the execution of hali-fOrmed purpose of
DR.. Henry Clarke and, in that of the 9th
er and larger, that the gardeu-fence of
MIR. f IL. Kinncutt should be retired upon a curve
that will compensate for the seven feet of space in
the sidewalk monopoi2ed by the tree. In most in-
trees TO admit OF the setting ofcrbstones their eX-
cision was productive of great advantage. Marked
examples can be cited;-O upon East Worcester
street, whore eleven 1l elms felled material.
y beneitttng the remain0eri and another on Main,
between Allen and Benefit streets, i'll front of the
Orphans Home, at which point the removal of
twelve (l2) horse chestnuts left suitable and much
needed room for the fine row of naples with which
they awbardy alternated. The doom of many
goOdiy tree on Lincoln street. also sealed by the
rapid growth Of population and the consequent de-
mand tor sidewalks in and about that thriving por-
ton Of the second ward, In no instance has au-
thonty been granted to fell or remove tree, with
out it first underwent personal inspection from
the chairman Of the commission Had greater dis
erection been exhibited in choosing fit locations for
the shade trees in onr streets, this commission
would be spared the painful duty of so frequently
grinding its axe. The efforts of the commission to
protect the shade trees of the city from mutlatlon
have not been attended with the success that could
be desired. Somewhat of this Misfortune must be
attributed 10 thoughtcssne5s which, reckless of
warning or legal provision, persists in using tree
trunks and tree guards unfortunately, as
much gratuit0Us pasture. in some fragrant cases it
is believed that INJURY might have been prevented,
its agents punished, had not the ministers of the
law held views oftheir duty widely at variance with
those cherished by this commission, The police APP
pear to be OF opinion that the citizens must de-
tect, and, by SWORN testimony, convict offender;
and that to them merely apperains the task of
formal arrest, with the final ecstasy of exploring
the wonders and participating in the mysteries Of
that new multiplication table-a criminal bill of
costs, The view upheld by this commission, and
cherished by vast majority of the community on
Iue blt OllcefS, OF the Oulu
earn their salt and that the labor should be eXaced
of those who fail to be punctual at the treas
ury, II isno assumption, to assert that a very inn
perfect display ofVigIlance would suppress the mis-
chief IN question, although it is not pretended that,
by the exercise of such vigilance the existing
standard OF proficiency in draughts and dominoes
might not be sensibly lowered,
During the year which has elapsed since the pub
1caton of their last annual report the commission
ers nave taken especial note of the welcome accord
ed TO their recommendation of a boulevard or ave-
TO environ ana also QeVe0DS the CITY. particu.
lar qualification afforded them by tine written
commentator of their former fellOw-townsman,
Hon. Andrew II. Green, whose signal merits have
but just obtained fitting recognition, and whose
long service at the virtual head of the New York
Central park commission entities his opinion to
commanding influence. Among their fellow-citi-
zens the reception of the project was unexpectedly
favorable Some, indeed, objected to ii as a whole
who yet conceded the wisdom Of rendering Lake
Qu1nsigamond more accessible. In a solitary iu-
stance, writer for the press to whose Judgment
mach Difference Is ordinarily due and Welded alleg-
ing the cost of the right Of way as an insuparabo
obstacle advised that any further consideration OF
the plan be postponed for two hundred years. To
this 1t must suffice to respond that the project of the
commission Is intended for the benefit OF the very
people who shall come into being hereafter and not
for their perpleSty in its consideration; and that
If ITS adoption is deferred as suggested the chance
IS lninitessmallot its present advocates. by whom
its merits are best appreciated appearing its be-
half But more mOmentOus than all else is the fact
not doubted by tine least sapgune and perspicacious
among us, that i'll less than tine lifetime of gener-
alton, this Worcester, that, within the memory of
the writer, mas grown from the quiet village in
which the arrival of the Boston coach was an event
to the CITY that makes of slight acrnunt ta husta
Of n bunTIrnd r1,l,ya,t tr,i,5s ,,|;Ii ta a.I ~,
hroaJast ii,n,it ti,ap - nili uauaeehd the
-; f ~ 'Ai''t ~ oVnoelillaeu tof t:le lOCa-
to VI tii't venue II Is 70 anticipate sucn rapid
proSIts5i PROVIDE III advance, that the Worces
ter OF the coming century shall not have the circu-
atiOn between its eXtremites obstructed as amost
disgracefy the case with tho Worcas+ar ,,e 10, H.
To insure 80 Tar a. ,,,,y, 10 ~ " tO-d'y
o,,t ~ a. iliAy pe, 'lie speedy opening and
PP,tira ,i';i i s,i0t Vi ~ least one WIDE thor
49, a.e Will 9tAi supply tile means of direct
lutyL Sohuinhlcdlioh ana easy traffic to, and from
anu Throughout thesuburba; that this commission
declines TO earn the need OF the unprOFtobl5 sor
want, " leaving uudonn that which ougb+ 30 =
done" That tho pyact haorinf nnd - W "
commentator may no coari,47 80 qiSope Vi us
foIioyng ~ -. -, appieclaVed, the
-, - iol1' 4V'H We report OF tne Commits
III 100 Il copieu AT engtn, the Importance of
us suDJ csInatter JuSufying the repetition of
statement IN the precise expression OF which there
would be bu slight hone of imnroven,anf. 80 'N
| ..ri, tro., , -.
opl 1lu eNifus That rneirce the fair CITY upou
leo9lIh9 Vi lhe 7eine,conrlbue largely to the flci-
y, iu.gIeolise ana ujthc similar avenue encom
,i 9uL own Morte ter would contribute more 10
liz ~ lle "hoe city, III the judgment Of
devise Or cansaaate Ear yaT prTe9, Ina. has been
cedeuce Of the shop: and vet while no ann takeS pre-
great 10 lavish upon the intricate net1o "a, ~ 700
courts am tret which separate the centre and heart If
Idg qhep9lty INTO iniai essma subdivisions every
isnee Of nv Is required TO promote the conven-
FINN mi M oe "noee lo man could not live The
and M stnr.P sr6 " - az 'l ealDle the middleman