The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-02
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 TO PRUtCT FUNDS
ACCUMULATION IN HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION FUND ABOUT TO
 BE TRANSFERRED.
With No Other Provision Made for Maintaining Reservation Here, There Would Have Been Deep Water Ahead Soon.

LII the NoHSfeSsb nal reports re- ceived in the city yesterday it is shown that Congressman Taylor had close call in congress in saving the Hot Springs reservation from being cut off absolutely without funds. There was an amendment offered tS transfer all moneys from any of the public parks back into tho treasury fund As Hot Springs reservation is not pro- Vided with appropriation fund.. and is operated s-lely our of the moneys re- ceived here if th.s money was turned back into the treasury. and without othe- appropriations being made. there would have been nc money Available for the operation of this reservation property
 Congressman Taylor. in comment. ing on the matter, said:
 Mr. President. with the permission of the senator from Virginia. 1 will make a brief statement in reply to the senator from Montana.
 Under existing law funds from at least some of the national parks may be used by the secretary of the. in terior for the improvement of the ma. tional parks. Take, for instance, the Hot Springs Reservation in the state of Arkansas. That reservation was created about 1877. During the period which has elapsed since that time the revenues of the reservation have aggre. gated $900,000. Of that amount some. thing less than $6O00O0. I think. in- cluding all appropriations made out Of funds not t1erRise expended in the treasury, has been paid for the improvement of the re eryation. There is now cn hand fund some $40 GOO which is available for the im- l lproyement of the Hot Springs Reser. 1 vation That is the only reservation
 n the United States Of which l know that is selfsustaining. As | have al ready stated, 1t is m1re than SC f. us. tainine
 The effect of this provision is 10 cover into the treasury funds which are nov available fer the ,mpr vemcnt Of the reservation, and, at the same time, nc provision is made for main l taining the reservation. Of course provision could be made hereafter. The secretary of the interior Is very anxious that this provision be not re- iained in the bill and l have a state ment ming frcm h.s office, which I will ask 10 have incorporated in the record as part of my remarks. ex- planatory Of that.
 'The statement referred to is as fcl. lows
 Tn compliance with Mir Mnle"s re. quest, bes to quo,e from page 124 of the sundry civil bill, a it has been reported to the senate by tn ecommit. tee, the pr vision relating to the trans. fer of the revenues of the nationa parks to the credil Of the mis. ceilaneous receipts ef the treasury on and after July I. 1918:
 From and after July l. 1918. all revenues of the national parks shall he covered into the treasury 10 In, rcdit Of miscellaneous receipts. and the secretary of the interior is di. rected l7 submit, fir the fiscal year 1919 and annually thereafter. esti mates of the amounts required for the care, maintenance and development ot
 the said parks
 'The effect of this provision will be. Of course, to cover the revenues of the Hot Springs Reservation into the federal treasury and necessitate our getting funds by direct appropriati n thereafter up-n recommendation of the appropriation committees Of con. gress.
 At the present time we are able to accomplish considerable development
 work by using our revenues, and. of course. We contemplate making mere extensive improvement We have asked authority on several occasions 10 use $75,o00 Of the revenue fund for
 rebuilding the government bathhouse an improvement which is urgently
 needed, but this authority was never granted. Our revenues have accunu
 lated because it was felt that there
 should be no large expenditure ol
 money such as the improvement of the free hathhouse or the construction of
 storm sewers on the mountains. until
 the fund sh uld be large enough to 1 complete any project undertaken.