Hearings before subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, consisting of Messrs. J. A. Tawney, W. I. Smith, W. P. Brownlow, G. W. Taylor, and ... of sundry civil appropriation bill for 1907

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...No, sir; I have not. We do not require those men out there to make a report as to that. If the Department had its own employees there, it would be required. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON (CONTINUED). STATEMENTS OF HON. FRANCIS W. CTJSHMAN AND HON. WESLEY L. JONES, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. The Chairman. Mr. Cushman,do you want to be heard on the item in connection with the Mount Rainier Park? Mr. Cushman. Mr. Chairman, myself and colleague are here to say just a word or two about the Mount Rainier National Park; and I want to say, first, that this national park is the only one that we have in our State, and this is one of the few items that we are interested in in the bill. The Chairman. How man-States are there that have not any national park t Mr. Cushman. Well, there are quite a few of them. Mr. Jones. Very few of them that have anything hike the scenery that we have. Mr. Cushman. There arc two distinct propositions, as I understand it, from the standpoint of appropriations, connected with this park. The first is with regard to the administration of the park. The administration of the park is under the Secretary of the Interior, who has general charge of the park. There is being built certain wagon roads into this park, and they are being built under the jurisdiction of the War Department. I simply state that at the outset so that we will have it clear in our minds, although, perhaps, you are more familiar with that than I am. The Chairman. Is that paid out of the appropriation for the transportation of the Army? Mr. Cushman. No: it was a direct appropriation made out of the Treasury in the snndrv civil bill. In the first place this park was created about lS9f», March 2, I believe, by act of Congress. The Chairman. How ...