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the Big Four. Its gently rolling topography and its moderate 

 slope eastward to the Scioto, insuring good drainage, added to 

 the short distance from the manufacturing plants in the western 

 part of the city and the pressure of population from the same 

 parts, constitute the chief reasons for development of this 

 section for residences. 



Scarcely a city in Ohio excels Columbus in the matter of 

 opportunities to beautify and adorn itself with parks, drives, 



Fig. 17. Hay den Falls, three miles above the Storage Dam, which should be 



made available by good road connections with the city. 



(Photo by C. R. StaufEer.) 



shade and shrubbery. Two or three natural water-ways lead out 

 of the city along which roads and walks could be constructed for 

 recreation walks and drives. The most attractive of these is 

 unquestionably the Scioto valley. A good automobile road now 

 runs up the valley as far as the storage dam on one side, but there 

 might be a grassed strip with shade, rest benches, and flowering 

 shrubs from the business district along the valley westward, then 

 northward past Marble Cliff, the quarries and the dam and then 

 along the water supply reservoir a considerable distance or even 

 to its upper end. Grass, shade, comfort stations, and seats along 



