TREES SHADING COUNTY ROADS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 104, 23 June 1911, Page 8

TREES SHADING COUNTY ROADS

TO BE REDUCED IN HEIGHT. AL the meeting of tho County Council on Wednesday tho following icttoi was relid from tho Postmaster, vno oaked that the Cardiff. Road at Malone’s, and at Caldwell’s corner, be PMt in such order that the telegraph poles might revert to tho south side. ; The Chairman said the telegraph v, jras were on tho south side most ot the way along, hut at the points named tlip lino had been taken across t.m ioad, chiefly because of trees. No doubt Mr. Malone would have his tiocs cut hack if requested to do so. At Caldwell’s corner it would bo necessary to give the road a higgei "■worn Tho action was made necesh.irv by tho fact that the light company desired to put their wire up tho* north side. , Regarding shelter iiecs generally, lie thought the PR lukl conic when all owners ol shcltei uees should ho ordered to cut oil ail overhanging branches and to i educe the height of the trees themselves to twelve Cecil He moved that all occupiers of laud ho called up by public notice ' to cut off branches overhanging roads, and that all trees on ioad lines be reduced to a height ot twelve feet, the work to commence by July Ist and to be completed by August 31st, riding foremen to report to tiie Council any cases in which tin. work is not started in tho time staled, with a view to legal proceedings. Cr. Astbury asked tho position in regard to places where there were more than one row of trees. I he Chairman said that m that case ciic occupier would he called upon to lower so many rows as was deemed i casorahlo to‘stop overshadowing of the road. ’i he motion was carried. Tho Postmaster is to be informed that the Council will do all it can to help the Department.