Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-23
BY CARL pANNwART.

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Trees are valuable. When they are
| young the nursery men make a for
tune out of them. When they ma
ture the lumberman and furniture
man convert them into riches. while
they bear their fruit the farmers
coin the golden eggs and when you
set them out along well-chosen spots,
either on country estates or city
streets, the real estate man converts
the leaves into shekels. Living trees
of the right kind in the right place;
what will men not pay to get them?
Here are some venerable examples
in support of this contention; some
hard headed expert witnesses. Let
us see what kind of a case they make
of il. Trees are among the first Things
which impress a stranger in forming
| Judgment as to whether a city is, or
| is not, a good place to live in. One
need not be a lover of nature to ap-
preciate the realty value of the re-
! freshing shade of a row of street trees
when the sun is blazing. What re-
lief what rest to weary eyes is the
verdure of trees after the glaring
pavements and shining windows of a
bare strickland how desirable then
becomes a residence on the Verdure-
truths, and that realty values appre-
ciate in consequence is equally ap-
parent.
A tree well chosen often sells a
place. The cool sound made by those
green pillows as the wind comes pour
ing upon them is more eloquent, be
cause more convincing, than the
agent.
The courts recognize trees as an
asset TO property on, or in front OF
which they stand. This real estate
value of trees has been confirmed by
numerous court decisions. In many
cases the courts have decided that
the destruction of a street shade
tree detracted from the value of the
abutter's property to the amount Of
$50. 5000, $500. In cases where sew
eral trees fronting the same property
have been destroyed by Illuminating
gas. the courts have awarded $50 to
5000
We have still further non-senti-
mental proofs of the dollars and cents
value of trees-their appeal 10 the
pocket nerve In connection with the
annual stock taking of the munich
pality. supervised by the accounting
experts. we are required to furnish
an inventory of the number Of trees
this cold accounting, very conserVa-
tive. far below the appraisal of the
property owners, we reach this as
tonishing total: 26200 set out by the
commission. of an average value of
ST. 50, 1896. 500; 10, 900 small trees set out
! bv individuals a $3.50, $4,000; $4,000
larger trees at an average value Of
$40, 81 ,040 600; 81 200 trees for s1,3l2,-
| 500 This total at an average Valua-
ton of only $2O.87 per tree!
Because of these several values Of
trees. the city has for ten years ad-
dressed itself to the task Of protect
| ing and cultivating present paintings
and setting out others The depart
ment's activities and achievements
WELD comfort and good cheer" TO
| the lover of trees and disciple Of the
city beautiful God made the coun-
try and man made the town, so runs
/ the ancient saying But bit of
! Gods country has been set up in
mans town-and Newark is the bet
ter for IT, Twenty-siX thousand two
hundred young trees have been set
out. $50 miles of the city's streets be-
ing now adorned with these new
paintings. The citys parks have been
brought under specialized care, with