1956/07/17: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton

Identifier3.84523

TypeDocument

Date createdJuly 17 1956

DescriptionLetter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton saying he is happy to hear that the houses have been picked for the new housing project. He hopes he and other members of the staff who have had city planning training will be consulted on the layout since it is to be a landscape exhibition. The toll road engineers will make drillings this week to check the soil. Miles Sharpless has returned to the Forest Preserve District. Now Godshalk's hopes of getting the elm trees in good condition is shot. He is having trouble finding someone to do the actual climbing. Sharpless suggested he hire Mr. Enoch Price's crew to do the climbing, with Arboretum staff cleaning up. Godshalk hired Price's crew to do the work on some of the elm trees. He went over the pricing for the work with Morton. He hopes to use funds from the Grounds Committee Fund to pay for additional work. They have found one pretty sure case of Dutch Elm Disease on a tree on the newly acquired Johnson land. He updates Morton on the slow progress with the new building. He shall try to get to Morton's Lake Forest place some time this summer.

Related EntitiesMorton, Sterling (received by)
Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc. (is related to)
Sharpless, Miles (is related to)
Price, Enoch (is related to)
Peterkin Jr., Daniel (is related to)

LanguageEnglish