Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-02 | Page 18 | To Plant Trees in City Creek Canyon

TO PLANT TREES IN CITY CREEK CANYON Work Will Be Begun Beyond Pheasant Valley, City Officials Say, After Inspection, Planting trees toward the reforestra-ttou reforestra-ttou of City Creek canyon is to be begun at once acconiins: to City Commissioner C . C lai v nee N e s I e n . Mr. Xe.-den, City Knpineer Sylvester Q. Cannon and Allan Maequarrie, assistant superintendent of waterworks, spent part of yesterday in City Creek to determine where planting had best he started. An expert of the Government forest service wdl pa5s on the locations decided by the city officials. Planting, Mr. Xeslen Fays, will probably be begun just beyond Pleasant valley, where timber once grew and where there Ih every reason to believe the seedlinjrs would thrive. The trees will be furnished by the government and the pianttnp will be done under povernment supervision. M r. Xeslen announced his interest in the reforest rat Ion of the canyon soon after he was juined to the waterworks department. de-partment. Aside from t lie standpoint of beauti fixation of the canyon and the value of the timber in years to couie, the commissioner Is interested in the limber for conservation of the city's water sun-ply.