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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
270 THE WEST SHORE. September, 1879, I.WIMi OUT ORNAMENTAL 0 ROUNDS, I narjr turn button wno t ill iiuHit 1 1 1 . 1 .. -1 ! items in laiifl '" 1 r ! mil ia tin- location di roada, about which thrm aril aome axioms I . I .low n that it Mill be well to remember. Kimt: Keep the approsch well awny from liMudary Hmii HtortMoni i. obvious. Second Never proceed in straight lino, nor U)i ami down lull. Third 1 Whs, pateihlt sslsct the lowest level fr tn mroMhi loiiiin tin! higher irannd shows ImtUT from it. I'miitii: Lit Umn l' u apparent rtsion for very curve; a tree, ., rock, or the tide of a lull; lint, nil meaningless l ula. In short. Ktn.ly to conceal the hand tlmt Kui,M. Tlio innrmn ol valley offers the t laltebll roots. When Kirt with rocks, ami tree ami cliffs, there arc nndts of picturesque Ix-auty at every turn. Tim imml of a nmm, Um mm and rttrwliai hills, He studies it like the good .... , 11,., Lou iiu limy make no fatal mistakes. Kvery railway in the country depended on thtM explorations. The must ex- perienced engineer always went forward, fonic timea in tin- saddle, often on foot, to search for the best route, while, the surveyors followed ami recorded his work. There were times, of course, in cases of doubt, when elevations were nearly alike, th.it nothing but an instrumental tt NttM tin- question, Aii apparent loosc- DMH in the method is not what it seems to the uninitiated fnrag 1 engineer will carry vcr- tloel and b orilon til lines in the. oye from long practise, Signs nnnotiued and unknown hy other men; the looming of distant hills, or the rippUol n stream, Indicates the varying changes of bight tiy whic h he corrects his mental hnri Mn. Ami why not? since dumb animals are sure to go around a hill rather than over it. The paths of buflklo were found unerring guides for the location of transcontinental railways when no other routes were pas-able. mitted to others for prrninUH-- -.vLLu en. pose will not often hap'pen, as the proprietor would naturally prefer to oversee its execution. In that case, if he has mastered the situation and possesses sn eye with the least bit of in,.', chsuical certainty in ita measurement, no other aid, besides a good tape-line, will be needed for a very fair location. Hut if ho distrusts him self, ho will do well to call in the aid of a pro. fessional landscapo gardener to settle the out lines of the work, leaving the details to bo filled iu at leisure. Avoid much road making; the fewer there are the liettcr for the unity of the grounds. We have seen places cut up with numerous paths aud roads ending nowhere? When they lead to .1 fine point of view, the garden, a wa terfall, or the conservatory, they are not meaning, less. Roads are troublesome to keep clean, whiflh is another good reason for limiting their number In a preceding paper the method of building a road bed was fully described. One of the direc. tioni will hear repeating, that it may be re- flu O Text Hook Work rig o Roun.Hnif the Point ot n Hill Fler. 7. Natural Rook Work r. Wm - Wii - - ?v -fctr. l:.. n. Mowor H.-.l- tiorsg th. Drlv,.wv . . .- :S,A A2 . b rr. . .- lh U.I.I ,, ting ehll.. arr a., many ,tu,l., lor all Un ao.1 (im.ralioiis to a.lmiw. tinw w. eano.it avotd carrying our road thnoigh ... , ... . ,. M ,H, -- strnU . . W" r" ,rou",, '"' carefully tod .U ,s.t..r. t the eye aoan every un no. .och .. ':,: """'.vr " - Flu O ShrutM boeldp the Walks. . ..iMnsiimi nmahth. w...k like that in Ktj ' i.r.i V V . y ,lh ft, Slid it W,n . ornament,. 1 r,.un.le,l ... . ' ' rU'- "-Krd in the ore I "'"J, w. " "nntu I Bar. ansaWOTH the mute mUtk . i.... ". . ion - Krum U.Un, ,. ih. gfotSKsl U.e l"f " mm, must Always sxen.l tmVrn at the RSUa la laUl Never er. nm. r. around l in. .irt. w,.l ru,lv and naturally .r.Hia.1 all la,ia,.M !, flowiim in Kreoafal liaaai, and avmding straicht onaa. If at any pmut v. her. . I,l , a aaacaaaa mytmn no naiural ..uu !.. t. , ,!,, ., ' , . " V, rnn rre.l U.tl.c T j, 11 E P" " tW allthacrTl. iT . ' 'T' PUn rex a wort ,k. Kt,. . Kuch J,.n ..ff.,,,, , ' k" "tUt""', ' tU Pl,r"' h, . A formal pib. ,. ,,, 0,turml ,lof h j ' -ther ,,U o( the law,,; 'can ..y hesyu, ,t IW a tr,e. w . ,UW. ' m& in "7 ,,";h can 1 ,rV E5 .l . mo-and vmJ. ur I Xal Jl ri?n'".KM,J,g,,1" " Kig. T ts as .umpia ,. tb. ,ut r " , "" ''' " "rlt fn.m ht th. ransnt o U lh, !" ' JjWIV, such in- wntor .ll mwu U.. .a,,,.,, ,juntrl , V ' " "reuuma, U.Uken aieue- -U. ... wort UJ ....."earwu, fl tr m..T i """" tl'orough workinn ' r, t ke ,u,., ,,,,.,,, ISSLrsSf'. t..ti,e inembereil: Do not cross a stream where sn embankment will be required. Rather deviate from the direct courao by following the base of a lull to some point whore the orosaing may bt effected with higher banks As respect, the rinliellishment of level sites, the owner must mainly depend on smooth shaven lawns, and trees, and flowers. The ap proach must not lie straight, nor should it wind with unmeaning curves. Its liesuty will be en hanced by the skillful planting of rare kinds of tree, and ahruba, in addition to well-known ns tive varieties. Resides the architectural ira provemanta, level land can only be adorned with the simple forms of graceful trees snd Mowers. Kverythiug, therefore, depends upon mm management in the composition of th landacape. H would mar ita eipreeaion if we rrar a pretentions structure which is not in hsr mm with the situstion. A mansion in the Italian atvle, with aky-lioesof low, broad roofa. Iiraiketed cornice, aud cluster of ornamental chimney top., would be in keeping with its ei prewion of still hfe and home. There seems to I good reason for bestowing