The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-06
-c,e WITH PARKS AND TREES.
Twas DONE IN 1898 on PUBLIC
VIZ" GROUNDS.

r,. Commission Succeeded IN set
IH' ont Many Plants, Most OF
unS the city Propagated-In
til Repoxt 1t Tells OF Its
IN the sixty odd Acres Max
IN SaYannah's PARKS ana
i".s-Account Of the Draining
,oureI Grove Cemetery.
u mort of the Park and Tree Com
~ ne work for last year was filed yes
MS and viii be submitted to Mayor
N' .,..u, nv Chairman p. D. Daffin this
w" Great care is shown in the prep
nv If the report. which treats each
a'1'- ,.ot separately and carefully.
p,L i,troduction deals, as usual with
.at.rieal features of the report 1t
' Ian, mat the city has upwards OF
acres of public grounds. OF the
''A.. .,,ss,,n appropriation of 1880 only
..,,-s q, has been spent, leaving balance
'--.eas The bills passed in 1897 and paid
,,as amounted to $,6SO.71. The state
.sovs a balance on hand of $969'6o
,,,.o, of Estiu park. For Laurel Grove
,.ry s. $50 was appropriated and eX-
..ris5 s52a.31, leaving a balance OF
$3.50. .no.t ooot
i. s,n,rately, and, referring to For
lgtb park, it says:
"1I1 the last report of the chairman your
lr,lan was directed to the prediction
s.. M large pines standing there would
U.r disappear, which prediction
so been realized. During the
u',r we have lost eighteen, ana
YEA e.o- remaining seem doomed TO an
'.lr decay. We are putting some large
Nix and magnolias in this park.
aDur.ng the year we have planted lo'6lS
H iorts most of which we have propagated
~ opr hot house from stock pants car
nd over from last year and raised from
.13 All at a very slight cost. These be-
Inc mostly foliage plants, such as cannas,
r5c1autlrs, euphobias, crotons, achlly-
MA co!,us etc; and were decided sue
6ass We have now in our hot house 5000
1iarts NOTED off for the next summers
4 Tarung and are constantly increasing the
crsrttv so that at no cost besides the
labor of a man and a boy we viii have
sufficient to plant the parks and some of
Il tbe squares. We have now in the ground
\ al FORSYTH park upward of 5000 bulbs
4 far spring effect and in the hot house 700
tender bulbs ported to be put out as soon
4 as the season permits, The cost of this
soring's bulbs. which we obtained at the
yerv lowest wholesale prices and which
We cannot propagate here, is practically
all the money that this commission has
spent on this department. There seems 90
he an opinion prevalent with some of our
citizens that a great deal of money has
been expended in this direction. We beg
to correct this, and to repeat that nearly
the whole foral~ effect of Forsyth park
and Colonial park and the squares is the
result Of good work Of our own force"
Referring to Colonial park, the report
proceeds:
at is useless to say much for this park
in this report, as it speaks for itself. The
Improvement is there and will be contin-
ued The plants from the hot house 10
the amount of 406S were planted during
the year and others will be placed there
at the proper time, and viii add greatly
TO this beautiful park. The commissions
desire has been to cover the unsightly
lombs with trailing vines, which have been
already started aud they will show them
selves in The spring. We expect to con-
tnue this right along. The other addi-
ton Che chairman takes special delight
IN mentioning is the row of large palmet-
10 trees along the Oglethorpe avenue side
ms avenue has been admired not only
py our citizens, but by strangers and es-
leeldAy the army, which has been sta
uohel mere, as wei as the correspondents
o. prominent Northern newspapers. who
accompanied the President on his visit 20
savannah. At the southern end of the
PARK We have succeeded in establishing
prvet hedge, extending from Abercorn
street. nearly to Habersham, and with care
VIII IN a few years shut out from sight
ue ragged appearance of the outbuiId-
hgs on the lane"
SAYS. wi
Nearly every square in the city has re-
80 80 care and attention, and most of
-5,l nave been MANFRED and seeded. and
w. ere spring the grass will come. up green.
we are now having from the Commissioner
o. Public Works the street su,no,,i,,r,.,
nsu lree of paper, string and foreign
matter spread on the squares for rnan,1ra
a-u Iertlization. The Strand. or irish
So We nave filed out and replaced The
n uo"1-GoWn trees with large live oaks and
w 'lti nave been glad to have done moro
mat direction if the money bad beId
cor5,.. me way of Improvement ac-
hug to our map, which We
nad made by City Engineer
v,r' "Inn and staff, who have al
,r5 peeh courteous and willing to aid ne
Mi, we are IN hopes in time to carry ont
pa, pan on this beautiful strand on
NJ ,r S.Ieet Wells square at the corner
b,5 9'ontsomery and Seventh streets has
vor,s our attention as far as our means
ana l aAow' and we have made walks
rgo, p' up fountain which has been cCn,
ueoJ "iln the city main and is beinp
IN tbo o[ lhe enjoyment of people living
W., ne" portion of our city.
ma ,.n reference to grass piats and trees
'ie report says: anu trees
tior grass plats have had our alton
No "la II is with great dificultv tbat
making paths. 0i' 'Nein ana
st,rrr 10 the dthease Of trees. the two last
fora1. nave played such havoc WIFI orr
easo S5 trees that we are in hopes The 6is.
The sta os 'loWn away with The violence 90
nlssia,1 MS II is the intention of This com
renl,o!u 10 follow as closely as nossibla 10
slor r,.''s of trees destroyed by these two
Bear "Hieh have visited us this season
# T--,, mind, two storms. Al this rota
'''lA not take lone -