Show TREES OF or CITY CIT PROTECTED BY RiGHTS OF OWNERS City Commission Cannot Grant Fe Permission rm iss 10 n to Destroy Shade According to an au an opinion rendered to tho the city commission yesterday b by tho thole le legal al department the city cannot give authority to private corporations to trim trees In front of ot private property and along streets In order to string wires vi The opinion was rendered as a result of ot presentation to to- tho the commission of a petition b by tho the Utah Light Railway Hallway company asking that it bo be gl given n au- au thorit to trim trees as ns might be le necessary necessary sar sary to give 11 0 free tree service for tor wires The superintendent of or jarl parks 8 fug fug- pug pug- that If it I tho the et city gave 30 tho the corn corn- pany permission to trim treca trees that It should bo be do done dono no under tho supervision Islon of oC the tho park department t so D ns as S to uniformity In the trimming The le legal al department advises s that tho the Ct city has the right to remove and cut or trim trees when I It t Is n necessary cessar to tomake tomako make mako street Improvements but that the title titie to tho the trees rests In tho the abutting property and tho the city has no authority to give a private corporation permission sion slon to trim or Interfere with Ith treos trees at atall ot all al The consent of tho property owner must be e o obtained b by th the corporation desiring to do trimming |