Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
ID bEAUT|FY 4 TOWN,
How Well Directed Efforts Will
 Produce Good Results.
WHAT ONE SOCIETY HAS DONE.
Progressive Citizens of CresskiII, N. J., Organize an Improvement Associa-
 ton and Accomplish Wonders-Depot Grounds Transformed-Trees Saved.

tio1 ana accomplish Wohders-Oepot Grounds Transtormed-Trees Saved. Only few months ago three com l muters living in a small Jersey town ! met on a train homeward bound from New York The conversation soon turned to the subject of improving their l town. 2 What Cresskill needs Is an improve.
 ment society,"" one of them remarked. Nothing more was said on the subject,
 and they left the train for their homes. A few days afterward another Cress- kiliite met the maker Of the above re. mark. and this conversation eneued:
 Did you say that Cresskill needed
 aA improvement society,"" said he. Il did" was the reply.
 e"Do you moan 1t and would you he
 willing to help in forming oneT' "Certainly. I will do all can A meeting was called for the pur. 1 pose of organizing an improvement 50. "lety. and nine men responded to the call. After brief discussion presi, l dent, vice president. secretary and l treasurer were elected and the society ! launched on its career of goo', work | AZ fist the membership was limited to 1 fifteen. The dues are 21 cents < ] ;uNl;li.
 For some years the citiZcl;S of Crcss- | xii! had bcea irvine 10 have all eX'ra 1 'rain stopped n the M@rnng bound 1 for New York but had failed. 'Etc | Improvement society at once tacklct1 1 the rrhhlei@. arranged a meeting he
 tween tlncs: representatives ard :ln Eric ralroad official and soon secured the promise of an extra train. The meet ing. at which the needs of the ,,jfI
 mutcrs were thoroughly discussed. was
 very pleasant. and ill Il few weeks the
 extra train stopped at Crcsskill and has been well patronizcd. This shows
 what a little organized effort will do.
 The interest in the society grew
 apace. and soon he membership lim; was raised to twenty-five. More off.
 cers were elected and the good work
 pushed along.
 One of the principal streets in the 1 town is well shaded by an avenue Of fne trees. forming a very attractive feature. The electric light wires Were
 so strung that they @ere slowly. hut i surely. ruining the trees. A commit tee from the improvement society cab
 ed the town councils attention to the condition of: the trees and requested them 10 urge the electric light company i to prevent their wires from touching
 the trees throughout the whole bor
 ough. The request was well received
 and soon the electric light men cut off all the branches that were touched hY
 the wires. and the trees have bee,
 saved for the enjoyment of :ll.
 This action no doubt brought thc $,
 ciety prominently before th" public One of the couuclmen, VEo is als"
 member Of the improvements soc'et.,
 agitated the observation of c,oNNiI!G
 up day for the whole town. lin llrget, it among his friends and fellow connc.> men. The mayor issued d p9ee.ali.a ton urging all the residents oH Ma,
 Il last to clean up around their homes
 in the morning and to assemble n the
 afternoon to beautify the grounds around the depot. Quite large num-
 Der responded. and great deal of good work was done.
 Through the generosity and the en- terprise of the councilman mentioned above over 200 Towering shrubs of
 many kinds were planted and beds laid out in the parklike grounds about the depot An expert landscape gardener superintended the work, while the cit izens assisted in digging, planting, rak
 Ing up rubbish and trimming the edges of the beds. In two days a comnon place piece of ground was changed into a pretty little park, which is improving all the time. The council has placed the improvement society i'll charge of
 this park. and it will be kept up and
 improved as the opportunity offers.
 Nearly everybody in town has talked
 about the change. Such remarks as
 Well the old town Is waking u:' (;
 last" Quite an improvement" "I.y>'.,. fine" and Good days work for Crcs,
 kilr' were heard. Young and old, men,
 women and children, turned out to see the change. Commuters from neigh 1 boring towns commented favorably on tHe CUHHSc.
 What CresskiIl has done any town l can do if only few determined rcH'
 pie will band together and resolve to
 do what they can in the line of im-
 provements. The force of a good ex.
 ample and determination not to be easily discouraged will work wonders
 All the society's members vie with
 each other in keeping their own
 grounds clean and improving them,
 thus setting an example that is he'ne
 followed by other residents
 Cans for waste paper and fruit peel.
 ings will be placed in different parts of
 the town It is the intention of the sO
 ciety to interest the school children
 tn the good work.
 All moneys of the society are to he
 spent on town Improvements. .Aa
 meetings are held at the humcs of thc , mem bcrs twice 9 month. As soon as
 oil f,,,SiueSs hos hop1 tropcnt nd |;