14 PROCEEDINGS OF BROOKLYN MEETING. 



eration the matter of making the Mount Rainier Pacific Forest Reserve 

 a national reserve, and the committee was given power to memorialize 

 Congress or take such other measures as they deemed advisable. The 

 committee as originally elected consisted of David T. Day, S. F. Emmons 

 and Bailey Willis. Dr Day requested to be excused from service on the 

 committee on account of his want of familiarity with the region in ques- 

 tion. The duties have consequently devolved upon the other two mem- 

 bers, who beg to submit the following report : 



Committees for the above purpose had also been appointed by tlie 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National 

 Geographic Society of Washington, the Sierra Club of San Francisco and 

 the Appalachian Club of Boston. Those members of either committee 

 who happened to be in the city of Washington during the winter of 

 1893-'94 constituted a general committee, which held meetings from 

 time to time, in conjunction with the representatives in Congress of the 

 state of Washington, to consider and discuss the best methods of accom- 

 plishing the object desired. 



Congress has of late shown some reluctance to create new national 

 parks on account of the expense involved and because of the opposition 

 of those who might desire to take up the lands thus reserved. In pre- 

 paring the bill and accompanying memorial it was therefore necessary 

 to use circumspection in order to avoid any possible opposition. The 

 labor of preparing these papers has largely fallen on the members of 

 your committee, who happened to be the members of the general com- 

 mittee most familiar with the geography of the region around mount 

 Rainier. 



A copy of the bill and memorial* which were submitted to the action 

 of Congress by Senator W. C. Squire is enclosed herewith. From the 

 map accompanying the latter, which was prepared by Mr Willis from 

 the latest available data, it will be observed that the area of the proposed 

 national park does not include the eastern half and extreme northern 

 and southern edges of the forest reservation. Some of the citizens of the 

 state of Washington consider these portions of possible value for mining 

 or railroad purposes, and it was feared their opposition might jeopardize 

 the success of the measure. The area given does, however, include all 

 the glaciers and the most important scenic features in the vicinity of 

 mount Rainier. 



The bill which was introduced on July 26 was referred to the Senate 

 Committee on Public Lands, and will probably not be acted upon until 



" * Senate Mis. Doe. No 247, 53d Congress, 2d session. See also the speech of Senator W. C. Squire, 

 of the state of Washington, in laying the memorial before the Senate, July 26, 1894. 



