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From this road may be seen the Mono Craters, and one can see the edge 

 of the desert far in the distance. This additional land will mean a great 

 deal to the park from a scenic standpoint. y g^j^^ 



Superintendent 



Extracts from Report of the General Superintendent and 

 Landscape Engineer of National Parks, 1915 

 Many of our parks are truly vast in area, encompassing within their 

 boundaries innumerable wonders. To reach these the tourist, upon ar- 

 riving at the park, must hire saddle animals, pack animals, a guide, cook 

 and other help. The expense of such an outfit is prohibitive to all but the 

 wealthy. Those who have waited and saved their money are denied the 

 fuller enjoyment of our parks, for they can not bear the expense of 

 transporting their supplies over the trails. There is but one solution of 

 the problem of caring for this class of tourists, and that is the establish- 

 ment of small inns at convenient intervals so that tourists may travel 

 the trails afoot, purchasing their provisions and other necessities as they 

 go. As you are aware, the first steps in an effort to bring about such a 

 condition have been taken in Yosemite National Park. If this work is 

 carried through, a blessing will have been conferred upon those whose 

 lack of money has shut them from the greater part of our national parks. 

 It will also be, in my opinion, the most potent factor in retaining, 

 through the medium of our parks, a material percentage of tourist travel 

 and will necessitate a careful consideration of the problem of a general 

 policy. 



To the east of Sequoia National Park is some of the finest mountain 

 scenery in the world. The area in which the scenery lies is of little or no 

 value for purposes other than the pleasure of scenery lovers. It contains 

 the great Kern Canon, Kings River Canons, and Mount Whitney, the 

 highest peak in the United States, together with almost innumerable 

 other features. I can not recommend too strongly that the Sequoia Na- 

 tional Park be enlarged to take in the areas to the southeast and east, 

 which contain these examples of wonderful mountain scenery. 



A Bill to Establish a National Park Service* 

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembled : 



Section 1. That there is hereby established in the Department of the 

 Interior a service to be called the National Park Service which shall be 

 under the charge of a director who shall be appointed by the Secretary, 

 and there shall also be in said service such assistants and other em- 

 ployees as the Secretary of the Interior shall deem necessary. 



* The American Civic Association is largely responsible for this bill through its 

 national parks committee. 



