Parks and park engineering . bonded indebtedness,the coming generation will bear its share of an expensewhich, if not incurred now, will increase to such anextent as to render, in many cases, the purchase almostimpossible. The judicious selection and purchase of park lands andreservations is a far-sighted policy, which like the layingout of wide streets, is sure to be financially profitable in thelong run. It is a well-known fact to the expert that some of themost undesirable lands from the standpoint of the builderand real estate broker are the very best from the standpointof the landscape ar
Parks and park engineering . bonded indebtedness,the coming generation will bear its share of an expensewhich, if not incurred now, will increase to such anextent as to render, in many cases, the purchase almostimpossible. The judicious selection and purchase of park lands andreservations is a far-sighted policy, which like the layingout of wide streets, is sure to be financially profitable in thelong run. It is a well-known fact to the expert that some of themost undesirable lands from the standpoint of the builderand real estate broker are the very best from the standpointof the landscape architect. Swampy lands, foul watercourses and steep slopes possess great possibilities for parkdevelopment. A double service is thus rendered—pri-marily, the construction of parks—secondarily and in-cidentally, the elimination of municipal nuisances which arefrequently of a very dangerous character. The foul andunsightly channel and its surrounding lands are trans-formed by the construction of sewers and the proper engi-. ceJ T THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE neering operations and subsequent planting into the mostattractive of parks, the channel itself providing what is anespecially pleasing and refreshing feature, a beautiful watercourse. The accompanying illustration shows a piece of swampland, almost worthless, which is now a part of theWeequahic Reservation of the Essex County (N. J.) ParkCommission. The swamp has been dredged and the waterlevel has been raised. It is now a very picturesque lake,surrounded by attractively planted uplands. There are in almost every county spots of natural beautywhich it is the duty of the present generation to national government recognizes this principle in itsgreat reservations, among which are the Yellowstone,Yosemite and Mount Rainier National Parks. One of themost unpardonable losses in this connection was the cuttingof the Sherwood Forest at Philadelphia, a tract offorty acres of virgin timber actually within the city
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