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add to its chances of life and will hasten its growth. This 
should be done, however, after consultation with an in- 
spector. 
If wires or gas leaks or other injurious agencies seem 
to be interfering with the health of a tree, the Commission 
should be notified.* 
To Contractors, Builders and Members of Building, 
Paving, Plumbing and other Trades. 
As the practice of piling or placing materials against 
trees or on or in the open spaces around them is harmful 
to the trees and may result in their death, attention is di- 
rected to the following extracts from the Regulations adop- 
ted by the Commissioners and approved by Councils: 
''No person shall climb upon, cut, break, bark or other- 
wise injure or disturb any tree, tree-guard or support 
thereof on any highway in the City without authority 
from said Commissioners. 
"ISTo person shall attach any guy-rope, cable, wire or 
other fixture to any tree, tree-guard or support thereof 
on any highway in the City. 
"No pavement of any kind shall be laid within a 
space of three feet by four feet around any street tree, 
and no stone, gravel, cement, lumber or other material 
shall be deposited upon such unpaved area. Such un- 
paved space must be maintained permanently and con- 
tinuously about the base of the trunk of each street tree." 
These rules apply to all operations, large or small, in- 
cluding grading and curbing, paving and flagging, water 
*For part of the above summary and also for the following 
directions to contractors and others, acknowledgment should be 
made to the Newark Shade Tree Commission, which has pub- 
lished and circulated much excellent popular literature on this 
subject. 
