The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07
ARE TWO FOREST CITIES.
ONE IN OHIO AND THE OTHER IN
GEORGIA.

Mayor MeIdrim on Deck Again-Had
n Pleasant Time mt the Meeting of
the Bar Association at Cleveland.
He Made a study of Euclid Avenue
and the Parks For Which CIcVc-
land Is Famous and Formulated
New Ideas On the Subject For Sn-
Vannah.
Mayor P. w. Meldrim was on deck again
at the city exchange yesterday after an
absence of nearly three weeks. Mayor
Meldrim attended the annual meeting OF
the American Bar Association at Cleve-
land, O., last month and after returning
from there stopped over with his family
at Gainesville. Everything was very
quiet in municipal affairs during the may
or's absence and he could not have chosen
a better time for his vacation.
When seen yesterday by a Morning
News reporter Mayor AIeldrim recalled
many incidents of interest connected with
his trip. He was one of the special COM
mittee from the bar association which
called upon President Mckinley dur
ing the latter's visit to Cleveland,
and invited him to the banquet
of the association which invitation was
accepted. Secretary. of War Alger was
also present. Among other places of in
terest Senator Hanna's home, Windemere,
near Cleveland, was visited and the mem
bers of the bar association were very
handsomely entertained by the senator.
An old friend and fellow Georgian whom
Mayor Meldrlm met in Cleveland was Pat
Calhoun, who was formerly a figure in
| railroad and political circles in this state,
but who has taken up his home in the
Ohio city, where he is apparently prosper
ing. Under the pleasant direction of Mr.
Calhoun, Mayor Me.drim saw pretty much
all of Cleveland that was worth seeing.
Cleveland is a large and fiourshing city,
but what attracted Mayor Meldrim's at
tention more than anything else were the
parks and squares and tree lined streets.
1T is somewhat peculiar said Mayor
Meldrim, that Cleveland is also known
as the Forest City. The name is not IN
deserved. Euclid avenue is famous the
world over and naturally gave it a close
| inspection. The street is paved with gray
wacke and a street car line runs down it,
L was informed, however that 1t is pro-
posed to require the car track to be taken
| up, and to repave the street with asphalt
The result would be to add greatly to the
| appearance of the street. L noticed that the
grass plats on this street are parked out
| as ours are between the street curbing and
| the outer edge of the sidewalk The grass
plats are not under municipal control but
are left TO the care of the property own
ers. They are usually well kept, but oc-
casionaliy there is a vacant lot or one
where the pats are not kept up, and this
mars the effect. The trees on the street
are chiefly elm, Lombardy poplar and ma
| pie. The people of Cleveland are greatly
| troubled about the preservation of their
! trees just now. A great deal of mauufac-
| turing is carried on and soft coal is chief
| ~ used. This makes q heavy, sooty smoke
| which settles upon the trees and chokes
| up the pores. Smoke arresters have so
| far proven ineffective.
| we must do here" continued Mayor
Meldrim, what is being done elsewhere,
! put the grass plats under the sole care of
| the park and tree commission in order
| that uniformity may be maintained. Other
! wise the grass plats will continue to be
cut up as at present There should be
number of trees put out this year to take
the places of those destroyed by our re-
cent storms Savannah is on a dead level
with no typographical features 1t is all
the more necessary, therefore, that the
care of the parks, trees and grass plats
! of the city be maintained. There
! ought to be at some convenient
point of access large park, preferably on
| the river or on a water course. With
the rapid development of our city For
! syth park is becoming entirely too small
| The cities of the west, Buffalo, Cleveland
| Detroit and Chicago, are all acquiring SUI.
perb parks. In Cleveland there are splendid
aorI-c
citizens. Savannah is growing steadily
and no effort should be spared to make
the city attractive and the home life OF
our people pleasant"