accident, the same to be replaced by the Commission without 
further cost to the citizen; also for planting without cost to 
citizens to the extent of its appropriation, upon the largely trav- 
elled streets and boulevards of the city, and used by the larger 
number of citizens and school children. Naturally there has 
been some complaint that trees are planted without cost for some 
citizens, and the initial cost required of other citizens, who have 
requested the Commission to plant trees at once in front of their 
property; and it has sometimes happened that trees will be 
planted upon a given street at the corner, without cost, and 
charge made for trees fronting the lot around the corner for 
citizens who have requested such latter planting. The Commis- 
sion has endeavored to make it plain in receiving orders, what 
the initial charges would be for trees so planted out of the 
regular order and plan under which the Commission works, and 
may be briefly summarized as foltows: 
In outlining its work, the Commission considered it desir- 
able that all citizens should have the benefit of wholesale rates 
in the planting of trees and shrubbery upon the streets fronting 
their property, and only because of the large number hand!ed 
by the Commission, and its low overhead charges, has it been 
enabled to do the work at the present figure. This has secured 
to the citizen the planting of a larger tree set in a more careful 
manner, supplied with a fertilizing mulch, staked and guardcd 
with a strong galvanized iron guard, watered in dry weather, 
sprayed if necessary, and has secured the renewal of the tree, in 
case the first one planted dicd. In estimating the number of 
trees required to plant all the streets upon which it was desir- 
ab’e that trees should be planted, it was founda that it would re- 
quire about sixty thousand trees. With the appropriations that 
have becn made, the Commission has been vnable to average 
more then two thousend trees per year, including the renewals. 
It fee's that at least four thousand new trees should be planted 
each year, exclusive of the renewals, and thus bring witnin fif- 
teen years the complete re-forcsting of the city streets. Nat- 
urally, provision had to be made for citizens who were not will- 
ing to wait from five to fifteen yeors for the Commission to 
plant trees free of cost in front of their premises. Hence the 
drawing of the ordinance providing for the payment of the ini- 
tal cost of planting, and thus securing the co-operation of any 
and all citizens who were willing to pay this minimum price, and 
thus have trees growing around their premises. Citizens who 
are not willing to pay the price should not give orders for plant- 
ing trees, nor should they ask of the Commission to stop their 
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