Ornato de Las Vías Públicas

Abstract

The image presents a news item about: "Ornament of public roads". In order to attend to the beautification and improvement of the city, an association has been formed that, full of enthusiasm and good intentions, has already done a great job, after organizing itself properly, collecting donations and planting, as it has done Now, two rows of trees in the spacious ridge of San Victorino, from the square of this name to the Sabana Railway Station, and who later plans to undertake more useful work, opening beautiful walks on the flanks of Guadalupe and Monserrate, planting trees on such walks, on the hills themselves and in the avenues of the streams that cross them, in order to increase the amount of water by this means, avoiding evaporation through the shading and humidity provided by the vegetation and purifying the atmosphere with the invigorating emanations of oxygen that the trees give themselves. The public in general is directly interested and the person favored with the resulting benefits cannot help but lend their moral and material support, the contingent of their sympathies and their resources to this end. All Colombians who are interested in the country's material progress can also take part in this work, since the association has obtained franchises for the seeds, stakes, and saplings typical of cold climates, which can be sent conveniently packaged by courier. parcels, free of carriage, as long as they do not weigh more than ten kilos. News published in the newspaper El Heraldo No. 739 02/23/99 Pág. 3