The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-12
Movement Instituted at Big
Meeting in Chamber
of Commerce.
Not More Than a K | Nor
Less Than ga III
for the Work.
sEvENTY-FiVE REPREsENTAn%
CITIZENS HEAR PARKS 81 :
cUssED AND ADOPT REsoLU.
TIoNs ASKING COUNCIL TO
TAKE STEPS TO IMPOSE A sPE.
cIAL PARK TAX.

The movement which has been on
foot for some time for better park
and street Improvement for Pensacola
was given q big impetus yesterday
when 75 or more representative citi-
zens gathered at the Chamber of Com
merce rooms for the purpose Of dis
cuSSing the matter and devising some
means of raising funds for the park
Improvement. Several speakers told
of the need of parks to the city and
gave plans for the carrying out Of
the proposed plans, the meeting ter
minabing with resolution TO present
to the city council requesting that
tax of not more than one mill nor
less than threequaFters of mill be
levied for the purpose of@Securing a
fund for the park commissioners to
use in continuing the work already
begun.
The meeting began at II o'clock, J.
E. Stillman presiding, stating the OBJ
ject of the meeting and introducing
the various speakers. Malcolm Young
was elected secretary, after which Mr.
John P. Brown, editor of American
Agriculture, was introduced Mr..
Brown spoke for about fifteen minutes
and gave many practical suggestions
for the guidance of those who are in
terested in the park system of the
city.
Mr.. John p. Brown.
81 have been to your city number
of times and have carefully noted the
number of beautiful trees which YOU
have here" began Mr. Brown but
there is a very noticeable lack of sys.
tenn to the plan of identification
which has been carried out. You peo
pie of Pensacola have an exceptional
opportunity to beautify the city at "A
small expense. A few years ago San
Francisco did not boast of a tree or
a shrub. The city is built upon a
sandy soil which was not conducive
to the natural growth of verbage. The
city fathers sent to Boston for a not
ed landscape gardener, hoping to re.
ceive some advice as to how to estab-
fish park system, but this expert
declared it could not be done Later a
Scotchman looked over the city, hit
upon a plan of action and today Gold
en- Gate park. one Of the most beauti-
ful in the world, attests to the WIS
dom OF the Scotchman
A Favored Locality.
In no place in the world do the
conditions favor parks and shade
trees as in Pensacola. To have the
best result, park should be- so sit
uated that every citizen in the city
on every day in the year can be able
to enjoy it, and the only way to do
this Dis to make the whole city a park
by the judicious planting OF shade
trees along the streets ana improving
the present parks. Don't spend a. lot
of money on artificial works. The work
cannot be done in a few months or
even few years, and a small amount
of money would be sufficient for a
good start. The proper way would be
to start with a few shrubs. Trees
could be started at once, but in ten
years they would become beautiful,
and in twenty-five years the city
would be famous as one OF the most
beautiful in the country.
Establish a nursery and have
trees growing all the time, A few
could be planted each year and thus
the expense would be reduced to
minimum. Twelve thousand trees
will be needed to bound every block
in the city with shade trees. To
have these trees transplanted from
the woods at one tune would cost
about $4,000, while a few each year
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