Wichita eagle., 1888-07-10
PLANT SHADE TREES.
IMPROVING NEW works. SANITARY
CONDITION AT SMALL EXPENSE.
The Intimate Connection Betweer Shade
and Good Health During the Hot Sea-

The intimate connection IetweeT SnaNc
and Good Health During the Hot Seq
son - Physicians Happy Thought.
One Who Cares for Trees.
There has been a happy thought brewing
in the mind Of a very learned u well as very
kind hearted resident of New YORK, whose
name il DR.. Stephen Smith The thought
has been brewing for the last ten years and
is one that deserves tc be told. because II II Is
not told and a large number OF citizens Of
New York are not made to see the beauty
and wisdom of 10 and lend human support
and aid it can never become more than a
thought, and then more would be the pity.
1t is well known to thosS unfortunate people
who are obliged to remain in town all summer
what suffering is caused by the exceeding
heat, but the degree of heat borne by the well
to do and those who have spacious rooms and
houses that allow Of & fun sweep OF air. such
as there may be, Is nothing compared with
that boiling, melting, burning heat that has
to be endured by the jewellers in u lrnent
houses and the poor districts of the city. 1t
was when DR.. Smith was on the board Of
health, and had more than ordinary facility
for making investigations Of the evils, and
distress, and misery, and mortality that
accrue from the heat and lack of air in the
summer that the thought came to him what
q benefit would be gained to the dwellers al
over New Y orz if the city was planted with
trees He became so interested in the idea
that he made a thorough study Of 1t, and
viewed it from every side in order TO test it
practicability. One means 10 which be had
recourse to test his theory was to take the
temperature Of the pavement in town on a
hot summers day. 1t was $50 degs. Fan.
renheit He then went TO Central park and
took the temperature Of the atmosphere
underneath tho trees. 1t was 60 degs and
20 degs Fahrenheit, according TO the dense
ness of the foliage
II is well known fact that the ternpera-
ture In forest or even under q clurnp 81
trees Is cooler In summer and warmer la
winter than In The open country. The In
stinct OF animals Is TO go under the shade Of
treeswhen the suns rays are too heating.
Men gladly avail themselves Of the Same
privilege, knowing the benefits TO DO re-
ceived Az result OF DR.. Smiths inveStiga-
ton he says in this regard Forests and
even single trees have marked influence
upon the surrounding temperature, especially
during the summer, and they evidently tend
both in summer and winter. Hence they DO
come CT immense value as sanitary agencies
in preserving equality Of climatic conditions.
Whoever has walked in the streets OF New
York on not summer day, protected from
the direct rays Of a midday sun by his unn-
brelia, has found the reflected heat of ths
pavement intolerable. II for a moment he
passed into the dense shade Of q tree hs at
once experienced a marked sense Of relief"
Trees exhale constantly large volumes Of
moisture into the air, and this IL . constant
process Of cooling the air DR. Smith also
says in his board OF health report. ..Ths in
fuence Of trees. heavily leaved. In Q district
where there IL no other vegetation. IN mod
Grating and equalizi1g tbs temperature can
not be oyeres1rnated They are also Of irs-
mense valus owing TO their power 10 destroy
or Deutralize malaria, and to absorb the poi
sonous elements Of gaseous compounds, while
they emit the oxygen. The conclusion from
the foregoing facts l. inevitable thzs one Of
the great aud pressing sanitary wants Of New
York city Is an angle supply o: treex II 10
evident that the shade trees Of prc,er kinds.
and suitably arranged. supply tbs conditions
necessary 70 couateract tbs evils Of excessive
heats
Trees would add much also 10 Tia beauty
d she city, hut that Is a minor question Tor
Consideration They would bring ssad. ant
moisture, and recnce tie fearful blazs from
ire suns rsys, and that would mean tbe pre-,
ssrva.ion Of hcrnan lie and socne slgt. 70
spite from the hard Of disezse
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thought as tbs planting os trees IN tbs CITY
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