Public recreation facilitiesAmerican academy of political and social science, 1910 - Počet stran: 266 |
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Strana 220
... opportunity to add to the attractiveness and the geographical range of the nation's park possessions ; and to do it at reasonable cost . If the parks in the West are justified - and who questions it - parks in the East would be . There ...
... opportunity to add to the attractiveness and the geographical range of the nation's park possessions ; and to do it at reasonable cost . If the parks in the West are justified - and who questions it - parks in the East would be . There ...
Strana 221
... opportunity and need in each particular case . As these acquisitions are much more in the nature of investment than expense , the land increasing rather than decreasing in value , the cost should not be met from current income , but by ...
... opportunity and need in each particular case . As these acquisitions are much more in the nature of investment than expense , the land increasing rather than decreasing in value , the cost should not be met from current income , but by ...
Strana 226
... opportunity . Happily , there are exceptions . A few of the larger cities have , with the aid of expert advice , worked out thoughtful and consistent plans , and in the Middle West even the smaller cities have conceived a system , and ...
... opportunity . Happily , there are exceptions . A few of the larger cities have , with the aid of expert advice , worked out thoughtful and consistent plans , and in the Middle West even the smaller cities have conceived a system , and ...
Strana 244
... opportunity offered in this forest for the study of wild life , in which the country abounds , is rivaled only by the Sawtooth Forest , in Idaho , the Jackson Hole region , and the Minnesota Forest , in all of which game is preserved by ...
... opportunity offered in this forest for the study of wild life , in which the country abounds , is rivaled only by the Sawtooth Forest , in Idaho , the Jackson Hole region , and the Minnesota Forest , in all of which game is preserved by ...
Strana 246
... opportunity to see the problems which have to be solved and the means employed for their solution . In this way the value of the work is brought home to them ; they get an insight into it which only observation under skilled guidance ...
... opportunity to see the problems which have to be solved and the means employed for their solution . In this way the value of the work is brought home to them ; they get an insight into it which only observation under skilled guidance ...
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Strana 251 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Strana 346 - Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Strana 420 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Strana 267 - ... consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public * * * in such county," with "authority to make maps and plans of such spaces and to collect such other information in relation thereto as the said board may deem expedient;" and "as soon as conveniently may be," to "make a report in writing of a comprehensive plan for laying out, acquiring and maintaining such open spaces.
Strana 255 - The separation, for purposes of taxation, of the timber from the land on which it grows, so that the forest crop shall be taxed only when it is harvested, while the land shall be taxed every year.
Strana 231 - ... in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part...
Strana 328 - sturdy beggar" or a vermin-infested tramp than a desiccated toiler who works twelve hours a day, seven days in the week, fifty-two weeks in the year.
Strana 224 - The Boston Metro2-45 politan Park Commission was organized in 1 892 with powers granted to it by some thirty-seven different local governments. Through the activity of this commission, Boston's park system came to contain 10,000 acres of parks and public reservations, 30 miles of river banks, 8 miles of seashore, and 27 miles of boulevards and parkways.101 Kansas City soon established a similar planning body on a smaller scale. George E. Kessler, a local landscape architect who directed the enterprise,...
Strana 217 - Exclusive devotion to work has the result that amusements cease to please; and when relaxation becomes imperative, life becomes dreary from lack of its sole interest — the interest in business.
Strana 236 - Glacier National Park, west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains and south of the Canadian boundary line in Montana.