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Show PLANT TREES NOW BY "FIRE METHOD" A new metliod of prepaiing holua for the planting of treea waa adopted on the city aide of the joint building ground, this morning, whea a force of nix mea built firca ia eik'hta partly dug holea. Heveral week ago Nicholas By-hower, By-hower, superintendent of pnrkii, commenced com-menced an iuvealigation ai to why aov-eral aov-eral evergreena near tbe fonntaia in the northea.t part of tho block ware much amaller than tha other trees on tba block, whea all had been planted at tha rami time. Tha investigation revealed the fact that from a depth of two foet below tha surface the ground was filled with atone chips, bricklata. lime and mortar that had been dumped there at the time the city and county bnilding was erected. It was decided-to remove the amall treea and replace them with eight big evergreene from bilierty park. The work of removing tho small trees did not take long, hut the work of enlarging en-larging the holes and filling them with near, rich earth wan a banter taek, owing to the. extreme cold weal her. Thia morning Mr. Hyhnwer decided that he wanted the eight big trees in SI a re before the legislature meeta next lonilay. In order to thaw out the ground ao that it could he worked it was aeres.ary to build fires in each of the eight partly dug holes.. |