The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-01
PARK PLACE
NEEDS TREES
So Says J.J Levison, Of Brook.
lyn Park Department, to
Women's Committee.
MORE SHADE FOR THE GREEN

The planting Of shade trees around
Park place to furnish shade for shop
pers and some criticism of the trees,
or rather lack of trees, in the Morris
town green we're points in the address
of J. J. Levison, OF the Brooklyn park
department, before the recently or
ganized women's improvement COM
mittee, of the Morristown Civic asso-
citation. The women held their first
meeting in the Lyceum on Friday af-
ternoon and nearly four hundred
turned out to hear the speakers.
Mr.. Levison in bis address suggested
that the committee should set out
oriental sycamores, Norway naples
and other trees, which he thought
suitable for shade, along the streets
because of their hardness. He illus.
trated his address with stereopticon
views of scenes in New York, Brook
| lyn, Paris and other cities.
He had been taken on drive around
the town before coming to the theatre
and he announced the result of his OBJ
servations. Washington avenue, he as
serted, was crowded with trees and
many needed removal while some
could be removed from Morris avenue
and make conditions on that street
better. The trees in front of Wash
| ington headquarters he described as
being in bad shape and needing atten-
tion as did those on Ridgedale avenue
and along The front and side Of Me
mortal hospital.
At the Lackawanna station, Mr..
Levison thought, several trees could
be set out and would add much to the
appearance there. The large bare
spaces in the park needed a few elms,
the speaker asserted, and he advocat
ed the planting of small trees SO that
the benches which are now unshaded
would have protection from the rays
of the sun. Speedwell avenue trees
were described as being in very bad
shape, many needing pruning, while
the sugar naples on EARLY street neeo
attention. Those on lower Washing,
ton street need protection from the
horses and a few more should be plant
ed, while the upper end of the street
needs more trees, also. Western ave.
nue., the speaker told, had trees or
only one side and suggested the plant
ing of red oaks along the shadelesS
side The trees on Wetmore anc
COLES avenue and FarraguU place Mr.
Leyison thought we're oyercrowdec
while some Of the young trees about
st. Peters church needed cutting out
Trees on Maple avenue and Boykir
and South streets need treatment fol
various diseases that have attacked
them.
Mr.. Leyison suggested that thC
planting of trees indiscriminately bl
the property owners, one choosing ont
variety and another different variety
| spoiled the uniformity of the street,
and he suggested that the shade tire,
commission should have the exclusiy,
control of the planting of shade tree:
along the streets.
Mrs. Willard W. Cutler, the chair
man of the committee, presided oye
the meeting with grace and dignity
She introduced as the first speake
Frederick r. Kellogg president o
the Civic association. After congratu
| lating the women on their selection O.
chairman he said he was glad thai
there were no cliques nor personal ami
mOsitieS in the new organization anC
should any develop it would mean al
end OF the work of the committee
Some problems under the specific
province of the women to approach he
outlined, including in his list santa
tion, the welfare of the children, a
park system, Fairgrounds, the beauti
flying of the town, the Humanitarian
treatment of the criminal, the public
service companies and the disposal Of
garbage.
Another important feature of the
womens work he asserted to be the
electing Of worthy men to public Office
in the town. He thought that the
town was peculiarly fortunate at the
present time in having a mayor and
board Of aldermen working for the
best interests of the town but the
time might come when some unworthy
man might aspire to office and then
the women should do all in their
power to see that the man best fitted
for the Office was elected.
Mrs. John Stewart, of the Montclair
Civic association, told Of what had
been accomplished in Montclair and
Glen Ridge. The children In those
towns were enlisted in campaign for
clean streets, wire baskets were pro-
cured and placed about the thorough
fares for waste paper and the children
did much to interest their elders in
the work. The cleaning out of brook
was accomplished and along its banks
were planted flowers while rustic
bench made pleasant retreat. On
Saturdays the children gathered ma
ture material which was sent in to
the cities for the use of children who