Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1918 — Syracuse Aids In Good Work. [ARTICLE]

Syracuse Aids In Good Work.

Syracuse is a community that has lately joined the shade-tree fraternity, and, moreover, is working at it* Syracuse university has a school of forestry, recently established, including the first definite course on street silviculture. By means of its extension department it is aiding in New York state in the shade-tree idea. The city has recently appointed a city forester, a graduate of that school—-a good beginning. The park superintendent and the city forester have exclusive control of existing trees and power to set out new plantings. With proper apprecla-— tlon of trees as a decorative factor and of the splendid possibilities of that city set on its seven hills, we may expect results if the municipal authorities will grant sufficient funds. At presentthey give about $7,000 per year for th'e maintenance of their 45,000 trees, which means about 15 cents per tree per annum. Much of this is spent In taking down dead trees. (The park department of the city of Paris pays $1,25 per tree per annum; the city of Newark, 50 cents.)