The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-30
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CAR
LOADS OF TREES

To be Shipped from Niles, Calf. to orna-
ment the Exposition Grounds In San
Francisco.
a friend and subscriber in Niles, Cali
fornia. has sent to this Office alocal pa
per. The Washington Press, which gives
an account of moving trees from Niles
to San Francisco ~ mlles-by
train. to be placed on the fair grounds;
and saws in an accompanying note: II
thought it might interest some OF your
readers who plan to come out next year,
and will show some of the big things be-
ing done in preparation" we quote
from the Niles paper as follows:
One hundred and fifty car loads of
palm trees, cypress trees, and various
Ornamental trees and shrubbery That's
what il going this spring from the Cali
fornia Nursery to the Panama Pacific Ex-
position grounds. Palms thirty years old
and almost as many feet high are now
being prepared for transportation over
the Western Pacific railroad to the big
exposition grounds. 1t is one OF the big
gest undertakings of the kind ever at
tempted in the western part of the Unit
ed States. and it is certainly very graf
living fact to publish that the biggest
nursery on the Pacific coast, the Cali
fornia Nursery at Niles, has at its dis
posal such large and varied assortment
of ornamental trees and shrubbery.
Mr.. c. M. Munday of San Francisco
with a force of % men IS busy preparing
the big shipment, which before it is fir
ished will make up at least lou car loads
of trees and shrubbery. The nature OF
the big task can be appreciated when i
is known that some of the big palms will
require full car for singh tree, which
when boxed and prepared for shipment
will weigh at least IL tons. The prepar
alton of one of these big trees for ship
ment is itself no easy task. First boz
is built around the roots and then by
means of jacks, each capable OF lifting
five tons weight, they are lifted careful
ly from the earth, the bottom OF the box
put on, the branches carefully enclosed
and then placed lying down on flat cars
for transportation to the Exposition
grounds. The smaller trees and shrubs
are handled in che same way. 1t is cost
ing in the neighborhood of SIS day t,
do the work, but when done the big un
dertaking will have made a record fol
the entire coast. The big shipment is
under the care of the Exposition man
agement, they taking all the risk ant
the responsibility of moving, the Nurs
cry having sold the stock on the grounds
Included in the big shipment will b.
II big palms of the Phoenix Carnatior
variety. These II trees on account O.
their size will require the greatest care
and work. They are handsome speci
mems and even after they have beer
moved there will be plenty left on thu
grounds to furnish another exposition
Besides these there are 104 Of the Wash
ingtonia Gracilis, and so Dracaena Aus
trails.
In addition to the palms there are 81
beautiful Magnolia trees from 10 to II
feet high, 1852 Monterey Cypress, SO blue
Guadalupe Cypress, so Golden Cypress
Cedrus Atlantica North African &C.
dar.) 18 Cedrus Glanca, 200 English
Laurel, 100 Japanese Flowering Ounce,
462 Fittosporum, large Towering
shrub, IL Sequoia Gigantea (Californis
Big Tree, Sequoia Sempervirens, (Coas
Redwood and IL Olive trees.
The exposition management have al
ready secured quite number of large
palms from various private source:
about the bay, but the bulk of the orna
mental trees and shrubbery will come
from the California Nursery at Niles
This is a bit of local history that il
worth recording, don't you think?