CREATION OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK 



and finds that the boundaries of the reserve are farther 

 east, in relation to Mount Rainier, than was supposed. 

 The western boundary traverses the slope of Mount 

 Rainier at altitudes of 7,000 to 9,000 feet, and the 

 glaciers extend several miles beyond it. In order to 

 include all of the glacial area and the immediately 

 adjacent forest on the west, your memorialists respect- 

 fully recommend that the western boundary of the park 

 be drawn one range west of that of the reserve, viz, 

 at the range line between ranges 6 and 7 east of the 

 Willamette meridian. By this change no part of the 

 Wilkeson-Carbonado coal field would be included in the 

 park. 



Your memorialists find, as already stated, that it is 

 not necessary to include the eastern slope of the Cas- 

 cades in the park, and furthermore that it is desirable 

 to leave the Natchez Pass on the north and the Cowlitz 

 Pass on the south open for the construction of railroads. 

 Your memorialists therefore pray that the park be 

 defined by the following boundaries : Beginning at 

 the northwest corner of sec. 19, T. 18 N., R. 7 E. of the 

 Willamette meridian ; thence south 24 miles more or 

 less to the southwest corner of sec. 18, T. 14 N., R. 7 

 E. ; thence east 27 miles more or less to the summit of 

 the Cascade Range ; thence in a northerly direction to a 

 point east of the place of beginning, and thence west 

 26 miles more or less to the place of beginning. 



Your memorialists respectfully represent that 



Railroad lines have been surveyed and after the es- 

 tablishment of a national park would soon be built to 

 its boundaries. The concessions for a hotel, stopping 

 places, and stage routes could be leased and the pro- 

 ceeds devoted to the maintenance of the park. The 

 policing of the park could be performed from the bar- 

 racks at Vancouver by details of soldiers, who would 

 thus be given useful and healthful employment from 

 May to October. 



The establishment of a hotel would afford oppor- 



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