Telegram-herald., 1890-09-08

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Ihls Ina,,ni6oea4 gsft CT 80 scEes lia& n
Big B<stoEa, ne&r the extremity y tie
branch Il the San Francisco and North
PGclac railway. about one mile FROM the
river al Guerneyille, IA Sonosaa couniy,
and accessible oy reil from SAH Frsncis-
CO, which is seventy miles distant
IL Is the last considerable trsct - these
big trees IN this reg1oa or - near the
city. OF course there are other SCOPES cf
scattered timber ia the hills. scruoSy m
growth and out of tae way. But thus Is
a grand forest % mons1rous trses, much
GA level land, bofdered BY the side q the
Mount Jackson range. with fee trunks
from FIVE 70 fifteen feet IN diameter and
more than 800 feet high INT krEninglea
with various other sorts of gro WITH, occa-
sional frs, laurel and other Woods add
ing 70 the beauty Of the pot.
The donor says the gift viii not be
fully appreciated for the next fifty years
Then, when no other spot like il can be
found IN reach. his motive win Be un-
derstood. The trustees will be selected
| about as follows: Perhaps the chairman
of the Golden Gate park trustees OF San
| Francisco; the landscape gardener Of
| Central park, New York city; the chief
| Justice of the supreme court Of Califor-
MIA, and local trustee Of this county.
| These Qentlemen and their Successors
| forever will have control under bat few
| restrictions in the deed of trust One
| will be that no timber shall ever be cut
| or trimmed unless ii be blown down.
| Another condition will be that the park
shall not be a place for encampment, for
| fear OF fire, and shall only be visited IN
daylight
| There viii be drives, paths and the
| like, as well rs many ornamental struct-
ures, and a gateway and fountains IN
keeping with its purpose, for which a
sufficient endowment is to be placed in
the hands of the trustees. The details
cannot be given for publication, nor in
fact are they completed. But il is un.
derstood that some of the work viii be
done in tho time of the owner. and that
he will retain control for the present and
as long as ne lives. Out Of the 900 acres
about 200, with valuable improvements,
orchards, buildings, etc, are being pu,
into condition for yielding considera
BILE income, and much Of it is as fine land
as lies in Russian river bottom.
After its income may no longer be re
quired by the family it is provided that
it shall become part of the PARK, and the
trustees viii be directed TO use such por
ton as may be convenient TO erect glas:
houses for propagating strange plants
flowers, trees and Shrubs, to be used il
bordering the drives and ornamentins
the ground 1t Will be seen from the
sketch that the plan is for posterity, and
it will take long while to work it out
though in the main the natural features
of wild forest are intended to predom
mate always.-Cloverdale Reveillc.