The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-18
CITY PARKING.

Communicated: Among other
things of Importance to the welfare
of the city which should be taken in
hand to a marked degree by the city
government and aided by every prop
erty owner of the city of Madison is
a general r~earranging Of the parking
of the city and the future care OF
the same.
Let us try to imagine, if we can,
what some great park expert like Nc
Laren, of San Francisco. or Wirth, of
Minneapolis, would have to say were
they to visit our city for ever so short
a time. They would not only tell us,
but outsiders too, that Madison looks
like the last rose of summer. as far
as systematic parking is concerned
Experience has taught most everyone.
except Madison property owners the
fact that there are certain rules gov
erning horticulture, the violation of
which is attended with certain results
not desired by anyone, except perhaps
Madison property n
Some time past | was walking
along one of our best residence
streets when / came upon what evil
IDENTIFY had been intended TO be a fam
planting of three American elms.
Each started from the ground with a
diameter of not more than one inch
and assembled into space until they
finally terminated i'm a wee, tiny
branch about thirty feet from the
ground, but still pointing heaven
ward very threateningly and each
seemed TO say to me, We'll, | don't
know where l am going, but | am on
my way" Then | wondered how it
ever could be that some young Gen.
villa, of Madison, could pass those
three would be ornamentals without
pulling off a viva Mexico stunt and
simply confiscate those three excel
lent fish poles on his way to the lake
next summer. All three of the afore-
said fish poles were planted within
less distance than would be required
for one shade tree. Next | saw a
block where sometime in years gone
by ash trees had been planted on both
sides of the walk with little more
space either way than that which
would be required to successfully
grow a tomato plant. Passing on a
few hundred feet | turned and looked
back, those trees looked to me more
like a group of umbrella plants stand
ing on stills than anything could
think of.
Your children are while small
granted privileges which they are de-
MED when they attain a certain age
likewise Madison should abandon the
"let her go Gallagher" method. or
lack Of method of parking and pro
duce results in parking compatible
with the growth of the city. This
can be done by the organization of a
park board or yesting of power in the
hands of some official now eXtant,
then the employing Of a competent
superintendent of parks to look after
the enormous amount of work which
is so badly needed. The city should
have charge of all trees, shrubs. vines
or other ornamentals within the
parking, ~boulevards, city parks, play
grounds or other city property. All
property owners should be compelled
to remove any and all trees. shrubs,
vines and other ornamentals standing
on their property which by close
proximity would prevent the growing
of the proper tree, shrub or vine on
the city plat at that spot. Then
after trees are properly planted in
their proper places they should be
judiciously pruned at the proper
F time and not butchered as heretofore.
Trees should never be planted closer
together than that distance which
VIII permit Of the fun development
of the crown of the tree.-C. Hubs
peth, 511 Lincoln n