The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-03-08
A BEAUTIFUL ROSWELL
Property Owners on Designated Ave
nues to Organize and Park the
Streets.-The Plan So Far as Out
iined.-The Record Approves.

There is a well defined movement
on foot for a More Beautiful Ros.
WE'LL" An ordinance was introduced
in the City Council Tuesday night
which provides for a system of street
parking that will do more to beautify
Roswell and enhance the value of the
property on those streets (that were
fortunately left one hundred feet
wide) than any other single thing
that could be done. 1t provides that
extending out from the present side
walk lines there shall be a park or
grass plot of fifteen feet on each side
of the street, and that hereafter all
shade trees planted on said streets
or venues shall be planted along a
line in the center of this park. The
ordinance has been referred to the
there is but very little doubt hat it
will be reported %fayorably and passed
within the next week. The avenues
so fortunate as to come within this
ordinance are Pennsylvania, Ken
lucky, Lea, Missouri, Washington and
Alameda.
1t is the intention of the men be-
hind this movement to have this ord
nance passed at once, and then to
organize the property wners On each
avenue separately, and have them all
to agree upon the kind of trees that
shall be planted in this grass-plot,
and order them at once so that they
doubt will select elm; some perhaps
sycamore, maple, willow. or catalpa.
either of which if uniformly planted
along an venue will make an elegant
showing in the, next few years. An
effort will also be made to have the
City Council back up this movement
so as to order and pay for the trees,
allowing the lot owners to buy them
of the city at cost. In this way it may
be possible to get a free freight rate
on the trees, it being entirely a city
improvement. The people of the ave
nue. which selects catalpa can prob
ably get their trees cheaper than my
ten or twenty acres of young trees
which he is growing for posts; but
the price of posts will be a very small
price for a tree, and probably Mr.. Ha-
german would consent to sell a linn
tied quantity to the city for this pur-
pose. The catalpa tree is one of the
most beautiful shade trees. 1t makes
a very quick growth in this country,
and can survive with less water after
it is thoroughly started than most
any other tree. 1t is clean and free
from luScclS, anu IL SCNS1d al VI hC
avenues use catalpa it would not les
sen the beauty of the city in the
least.
There is nothing so expensive to a
city as ugliness, and the increased
value of the property from the pas
sage and compliance with this ordi-
nance will pay for the expense one
hundred fold the first res
In a movement of this kind there
is one thing essential-that a MAORI
ty of the lot owners agree upon the
kind of tree thai shall be used upon
each avenue, and all start planting
that variety of tree The owners
should agree that a majority should
rule, first, and should then find the
will OF the majority and follow hat
Another thing is essential-that there
be two or three active men on each
avenue who will take an active inter
est { this matter and see that 1t il