WATER 103 



for the recognition and preservation of the beauty 

 of all streams both large and small, in the country 

 and in the cities as well. In cities, watercourses 

 and their borders should become a part of the park 

 systems, usually the most interesting and useful as 

 well as the least expensive in maintenance. Such 

 recognition of beauty and the preservation of river 

 scenery would show that all men and women do not 

 live for dollars, but that they love beauty, the most 

 satisfactory and all-pervading attribute of this world. 

 The development of water power is to be com- 

 mended. When a ton of coal is burned, there is 

 one ton less in the world's reserve, but when the 

 power of falling water is utilized, nothing is taken 

 from the future because the supply of water is con- 

 tinually replenished. When coal is burned, the at- 

 mosphere is usually polluted with smoke and the 

 beauty of the scenery injured or destroyed. The 

 development of water power does not affect air, but 

 it does often injure scenery by flooding and killing 

 trees along the banks of the rivers that are utilized by 

 the construction of dams. The engineer who is skill- 

 ful in the construction of dams and the installation 

 of turbines and generators is not always appreciative 

 of the beauty of running water and tree-covered 



