Oct. 5, 1910. 
My dear Mr. Kirby 
I visited the region of tree planting this after¬ 
noon and learned some things that you may like to know about. I tried 
three time to reach you by telephone this evening, so am writing this 
with the idea that it will be at your office before you in the morning. 
On Chaffee street 20 treos have been planted. These uover the space 
estimated for 24. 
On Joslin street there has evidently been a misinterpretation of 
orders, as you will see from what follows. 
Prom Marten avenue to Kossuth street about 28 trees will be 
required. Only 15 (or perhaps 16) are planted ai '' 
PTU i 0 f the block, leaving a space of 250 fee» (space loi id 
trees) implanted next to°I.Ianton avenue. Between Kossuth and 
Amherst streets 14 trees have been planted toda^. ^ Koles ha/ 
•been dug between Amherst and: street and Atwells avenue or 
no trees and some of the trees have been put in aireaay anu 
the rest will, in all probability, be put in the finest . 
in the morning, beforo this reaches you. In oliis last ^fjtioreu 
block there are already 15 old trees. I thinx one committee 
had no intention of suggesting that trees be puo in -nis la 
mentioned block. I think the order to the tree planters reads 
50 trees between Manton Ave. and Amherst streeu Jut 
impossible to put 50 in this space if planted 40 feet apart. 
If P the 19 are planted in the block next Atwells avenue anc 
allowed to remain (which may be the best plan m view of the , 
figures which follow in regard to the estimates on other streets) 
it will take about 61 trees and Joslin street will be planoed 
its entire length. If the south half of the block nexu ^anton 
avenue be allowed to remain as at present (unpianted^oniy 
49 trees will be required. Personally I think this half b 
should be planted with 12 trees, as it is the pait o± Ihe 
tree planting that will be seen from Menton avenue. 
This evening I have made some rather careful estimates, based on 
measurements made on a city map. As a result it would appear that 
our estimates of yesterday are, in some cases, rather wild, as was 
to be expected perhaps. Following is a comparison of the two estimates 
the first column of figures showing the estimates of yesterday, and 
