Show nOME TOWN 6 1 CONTROL OF TREES IN IN CITY Los Angeles A Newspaper Advocates ates Commission Which Should Wield Absolute P Power What we need and need ba badly bally lly right now row is a tree commission having having hayIng hav hay ing absolute control of all street planting The Tile trees trees' d be taken away from the own owners rs of abutting 1 property He lie should neither be held responsible for them nor allowed to touch them hem any further than any any other resident of the cit city Why ha has f the tile city taken over street curb and nd n sIde sidewalk lk and allowed a narrow strip of private property to Intervene Why does the city partially control it Is Isa Isa Isa a divided interest and responsibility conducive to the best results A r stud study of our street planting will quickly quick ly Iy bring an answer answer Not Not one In a hundred is competent to choose the right tree for a street The same percentage percentage per per- s will care care for them properly and about the same number will agree y yon on the same tree No resident of Los Angeles need be told of the outcome of such laxity of control or rather such absence of control control The need for fora a change Is great and the problem problem cries to high heaven for r relief When will It be solved and solved aright How long are we we to continue under under present conditions All Know a change must come why come why delay Our Ou y charter framers may help us out by by providing for a tree commission in In full control with a corps of trained experts to give us a l city in the near future of which our residents for all r time may be proud as the really city ix Los beautiful beautiful Los Angeles Times r |