Parks and park engineering . are anysuitable buildings on the land, they may, with the en-gineers permission, be used as stables and offices. Inorder that these buildings may be available until thecompletion of the work, it is desirable that their locationbe such that but little work shall remain to be done aftertheir removal. In parks remote from town, the contractoris permitted to erect shanties for the men. Their needsare supplied by the companys store which, though neces-sary, needs regulation in its methods in order that theinterests of the men may be protected. UNDERDRAINAGE Before any o
Parks and park engineering . are anysuitable buildings on the land, they may, with the en-gineers permission, be used as stables and offices. Inorder that these buildings may be available until thecompletion of the work, it is desirable that their locationbe such that but little work shall remain to be done aftertheir removal. In parks remote from town, the contractoris permitted to erect shanties for the men. Their needsare supplied by the companys store which, though neces-sary, needs regulation in its methods in order that theinterests of the men may be protected. UNDERDRAINAGE Before any other operations can be accomplished onswampy lands, the ground must be drained in order tolower the water-table. The laying of tile drains shouldbe begun at the outlets, although in order to hasten thework operations may be begun at several parts of thesystem. Where lines of tile are laid without an outlet,water will always collect at the starting-points and -this 90 c c — ~^s if c FIG. 30.—T>ino and Grade foi
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