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be placed the estimated benefits which will result and 

 which the engineer should be prepared to make. It is 

 needless to say that in order to do this he should be 

 conversant with the value and management of lands. 

 A clear and logical statement of cost and benefits in- 

 volved in a proposed improvement, based upon facts 

 which will commend themselves in a forceful way to 

 the court, and to landowners, will be most valuable, 

 and if properly presented will do much toward avoid- 

 ing legal controversies which arise by reason of a mis- 

 understanding of the facts that should be considered in 

 the case. 



