The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-11
NOT AFFECTED BY POLITICS.
ruE WORK THE PARK AND TREE
COMMISSION Is DOING.

.$,-.,d Flower Garden to he Planted
colonial Park Where the Native
gxi,d Flowers VIII BE GrOwn-The
work in the Squares and in For
r,b Park-Thc Improvement of
s,tb broad street Green TO Begin
-. soon rs the Paving Is Finished.
,,,,rovements in the Southern See
ton.
chances of administration have no eff
Zoo, on The park and tree commission.
That body is pursuing the even tenor OF
,ts vav and directing the work of its de-
nartment just as if there had never
been an election.
although the commission is proceeding
rerv quietly, a great deal of work mas
,aan and is being done. Special attention
bss been given to the organization OF the
force in the employ of the commission.
armagh there are a number of idle men
- tho citv and a great many have applied
- The commission for the work, very few
have been found suited to its purpose.
nm this subject Mr.. G. j. Baldwin of the
commission said to a Morning eNWs re-
porter yesterday
"Everv man wanting work on our force
must first sign written application. The
,,seesarv qualifications for securing an
onnointment are that the applicant must
80 .baen A citizen of Savannah for one
wear. must be reliable, intelligent, OF good
character. physically strong and Wiling
IN nerform hard labor. We are always IN
want of applications from first-class men,
% We wish to have on hand waiting list
of those whose fitness for positions have
been investigated and is known to us. we
need four more good tree trimmers now.
Olr men, having been carefully selected,
are divided into the tree trlmmlhg' lIe9
planting. good order, gardening and Estlil
marx squads, each dong hts appointed work
propery and vigorously under its special
foreman ,Wshq ii eS sRRare Of
he actual labor, besides keeping
his squad at work, he, being responsible
10 the superintendent. The Laurel Grove
cemetery force has recently peeh auueu
and is now under our CONTROL II VIII De
brought to the same state OF emclency'
The result of this organization ana dls-
cpne has proven of great beneht, giving
men who are young, willing ana Interested
In their work. Their pay IS graded from
$l25 to 81 per diem, each man naVlns me
chance of working up by his own merlts'
new men usually receiving the lowest pay,
but with probability of steady work anu
the certainty of increased wages II they
as they will be later on, still the men are
performing the varied work OF our depart
ment in a skillful manner, ana are CIV
ing the city as full value Tor the WAGES
Maid them as they would be compelled
TO do if working for any private employ
er. We hope that the public Will Waten
these men, clad in the brown uniform OF
the park and tree department, ana reaIl1e
the fact that there are no idle ones among
them and that all of them deserve hearty
approval for the way in which they are
work -
on the subject of work done by the
commission recently, Mr.. BALDWIN sald'
eve have put to WORK lawn sWeepSI,
work of three men in better manner;
we have equipped each squad with the
best tools for its work; we have planted
over go trees, among them an avenue on
South Broad street of fifty or sixty. OF
the largest live oaks ever transplanted N
Savannah, also an avenue or nearly lW
of the beautiful japanese glngko OF ma!u-
en-ha.r trees, botannically known as Sa-
lsburia Adaintifola," along the Lincoln
street walk in Colonial park We nave
Colonial park besides starting there
wild flower garden, in which we shall
place specimens of the very great variety
of beautiful towering trees shrubs, bulbs
palms grasses and plants of every de-
scription growing wild in our woods, and
believe that this garden will prove both
interesting, beautiful and of much educa-
tional value, showing what effects can be
cheaply produced by proper use or our
native plants We have kept the squares
clean, set out 100 new benches in Forsyth
and Colonial parks, and have trimmed
over 500 trees. At Estill park, we have
bored 6-inch artesian well about $50 feet
deep, securing, magnificent flow OF
water, planted four lines of magnolia
trees along the Meridian road, each row
5000 feet long, and are now planting
nursery Of young trees, from which we
can IN the future, draw our supply for
Of work in contemplation, Mr.. Baldwin
said: THE work mapped out for the re-
mainder Of the winter and the spring is
Trees the planting of grass on South
Broad street green, the conversion of the
old pound lot into a portion of Colonial
PARK, the planting of number OF now
erlng trees in various locations, covering
the sunny portions of Forsyth park with
grass, and using the periwinkle or ''Vinca
ana, and similar plants, together with
naive ferns in the densely shaded por-
IONS, so that the entire park will present
carpeting Of green to the eye. Besides
ths, we shall put the walks in first-clasS
Sondlton, remove the wire fences and
ergnten up the entire park by masses of
foliage plants and flowers, thus relieving
us present bare appearance.
we shall soon lay pipes in twenty-three
CITY squares to be used in watering the
grass at night, and shall plant new grass
N all squares needing it,-as we intend
that every one shall be kept in as good
condition as those on Bull street, if the
raesl1ehts hVlng around them will take suf-
AZ III Vel est III the matter TO cooperate
win us in caring for them.
we now believe that we shall be able
70 use also winter growing grass, thus
provlding a carpet of perpetual green, a
,,bbo os refreshing addition to the beauty of
we nave drawn plans for the improve
meH[ OF Wells square and Thomas park
year. -' NANA'' w. 'AA-S
AZ Esttll park we shall complete two
SSulluohal rustic bridges of cypress logs,
NJ ne Oul lake, which we shall stock with
natNe water plants of which we have
s aSai{ excellent kinds, complete the keep
Us mousse and finish the planting of 1900
;iouus Iees OF twenty-five or thirty Varie-
4 shsu oh our nursery, the size of which we
sbam annually increase, so that finally we
Saa!l nave 10000 or 1900 trees Of over $50
Of offleHes' We shall also begin a system
II fbe " rnhs ana roads to extend throughout
soI ne nrst years work of the commits
VIZ We" mas shown fairly good results but
cors ies sure the second years work will
bonn,st,ltiaDly surpass it. We are daily ex-
A decJg me report of Mr.. SudWorth the
H tlirs looRist Of the department OF agricul-
Fl irg uuuer whose advice we are now act
reS5o i1 y matters concerning trees. This
MAJ WIZ be most interesting, and while
OH specially for our commission by