of commerce and community organizations of 24 cities and 

 villages in central New York, believes the state should first 

 give attention to the completion of the existing state parks. 

 The Watkins Glen Reservation is in very good condition but 

 much work remains to be done on the Enfield Falls Eeservation. 

 The state has thus far appropriated no money for permanent 

 improvements. In three years it has given the commission 

 $4,000 for maintenance. This has proved inadequate for the 

 work which the commission has in mind. The Enfield Falls 

 Eeservation Commission has drafted tentative plans calling for 

 an expenditure of $100,000 for the development of the park. 

 This will provide for the opening up of both the lower and upper 

 ends of the reservation, construction of roads, rest houses and 

 other facilities which are needed for the complete utilization of 

 the park. 



Proposed New State Parks 



The Finger Lakes Association considers Taughannock Falls 

 with its beautiful gorges, both above and below the main ffjls, 

 as the most important scenic spot in the Finger Lakes which 

 has not yet been given attention. If after the state acquires this 

 property and provides for making it entirely accessible to the 

 residents of the state and tourists, it is still able to continue the 

 work of opening up beauty spots, the Association calls attention 

 to Bare Hill on Canadaigua Lake, Bluff Point on Lake Keuka, 

 Chequaga Falls and Montour Glen near the village of Montour 

 Falls, Buttermilk Falls and Glen near Ithaca, Fillmore Glen s,nd 

 the birthplace of Millard Fillmore near Moravia. For secondary 

 consideration the Finger Lakes Association presents Connecticut 

 Hill between Ithaca and Watkins, Great Gully between Union 

 Springs and Aurora, Red Jacket's birthplace on Cayuga Lake 

 near Canoga and the glens along the western shore of Owasco 

 Lake. The Finger Lakes Association has not yet drafted plans 

 sufficiently definite to present figures as to acreage, cost of ac- 

 quiring lands and cost of development. The Association Avill 

 use its best offices to secure for the state a donation of property 

 needed for these parks. In the case of Buttermilk Falls, the 

 Association is assured by the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. 

 Treman of Ithaca, that this property will be placed at the dis- 

 posal of the state whenever the state is ready to agree to a plan 

 of development suitable to the owners. The Fillmore birthplace 

 is now owned by the Cayuga County Historical Society which is 

 holding the property until such time as the state is ready to take 

 it over. The Association believes that it will be able to supply 

 the funds for the purchase of each of the properties suggested in 

 this report. 



Watkins Glen State Reservation 



Watkins Glen has long been classed with Niagara Falls, the 

 Mammoth Cave, the Natural Bridge of Virginia, and the Na- 



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