Evening star., 1928-03-07
FUNDS TO ACQUIRE
SHENANDOAH PARK
NOW HELD CERTAIN
Smoky Mountain Gift Brings
Assurance of Help in
Virginia Project.
PLANS TO GIVE EAST
TWO GREAT CENTERS
Tennessee-North Carolina Enter
prise Needs Only $14o,O0O-Byrd
Moves to Combat Price Boosting.

moves TO COMBAT Price Boosting.
Establishment Of two great national
parks In the East, along the rocky
watershed Of the Appalachian Noun
tains. now virtually is assured.
Along with announcement yesterday
by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Ne
mortal Fund of a gift Of 100000 to-
ward creation of the Great Smoky
Mountain Park in eastern Tennessee
and western North Carolina, came as
surance today that similar donations By
individuals and foundations zill make
up the deficit Of approximately s2,000.-
900 needed to purchase the area COM
prised in the proposed Shenandoah Ma
tional Park, only short distance south
OF Washington.
condemnation proceedings to acquire
the area included in the $4,000 acres
proposed for the Shenandoah Park are
70 De started shortly and it is hoped
that the entire area may oe deedai over
oy the State Of Virginia to tie Federal
Government within two or three years.
Names OF the donors to the fund for
purchase OF the Shenandoah Park area
are being withheld. but both Gov. Harry
Flooo Byrd and the State Conservation
and Development Commission have
been assured the million raised by small
private contributions and an appropria-
ton OF million dollars by the S,ate
VIII De matched by outside contribu.
lons TO make certain the establishment
OF the national park within q short
automobile ride Of the Capital.
100000 Fund Needed.
Approximately $4,000 900 Is needed. i,
IS estimated. 10 purchase the land with
IN the limits of the Shenandoah Park
from the 5000 small landholders within
the area between Front Royal and
Waynesooro. Va. extending east to the
PIEDMONT plateau and west into the
historic Valley of Virginia. The region
includes some OF the most picturesque
country In the East. q section OF the
State OF Virginia that has never been
tapped except by unpaved and poorly
kept roadways, and which is practically
IN virgin state. II runs along the
Blue Ridge Mountains for the entire
north and south length of the park.
The appropriation announced By the
Laura Speiman Rockefeller Memorial
assures the establishments Of the Great
smoky Mountains National Park In
Tennessee and North Carolina. pro-
yided by act of Congress approved May
p, 1926" Secretary Of the Interior
Work declared today. Mr.. Work was
one of the first sponsors Of the plain for
establishment Of the two parks and
early say their possibilities in Virginia,
Tennessee and North Carolina.
The fund will be used 70 pledge dol
dollar epft,
ceived for the project. It Is estimated
that Sio,000.0o0 is needed 10 secure the
park acreage. Work Of acquiring the
park lands to be donated 10 the Gov
ernrnent will be IN charge Of the park
commissions Of Tennessee and North
Carolina"
Only $iio.eoo to BE Raised.
With establishment OF the Great
Smoky Park assured by the gift froia
the Rockefeller fund. the Tennessee
Park Commission has requested Gov.
Henry II. Horton to issue TenneSSee's
bonds for $500. 900 in accordance with
the act OF the 1926 Legislature proyiS-
ing Tor such an issue. The Rockefeller
gift will be made on condition that q
like amount is raised from outside
sources, A total Of $4SSo. 600 has
Tennessee and North Carolina and
from outside sources. and with the in-
petu7 of the Rockefeller gift. il is hoped
the remaining $4,000 necessary will
be available almost immediately.
The maximum area Of the tract pro-
posed for the park IS 100000 acres. and
the Federal Government Is ready 10
act in the establishment Of the tract.
lying IN both States, as soon as the
designated lands are conveyed, Pro
csedingS Of u special conference OF the
park establishment. az Raleigh. n. C..
were srSeded op yesterday when
brought to the conference from ktsox-
vile. Tenn, aAEPaane, Pilot Frank
Audre, accompanied by Gene nesrlag
of a Knoxville bank. left the Tennessee
city III plane 60 bring the document
to Raleigh. After being halted on a
scheduled nca-Stcp fllxAE ae North
WilaeSeoro. N, c, by \ shortage in the
gas supply. shey arrived at EalesSA
about mldafTegncon yesterday,
Rcnd Action Postponed,
Action ON the issuance Of the park
bonds was postponed. however, unssi
tomorrow. when Cox, Angus Mclean of
North Carolina VIII hold another meet
ing og the Council ei STATE. which Is
expected 10 take actien under the I'M
peslS of the Rockefeller gift, An
,icUNccment Of the glfs MAS made al a
meeting cf the Tennessee ParN Colaas,S-
sion at knexvisle by Col. David c.
chairman cf the cIsNs,n ,nsSStAsl,
and after the commission had passed u
resolution requesting slfe Tennessee
governor to tSSue the States AS>slSsS for
s,,eoo,ooN, Gov, Horton wired the North
Carolina executive that TeansSSeS
oon0lS would be issued whea the STATE
Mas notified that North Carolina weald
take similar action,
III magnitude the Great S,,saSy Yars.
With It's approximate SVa Sautare m.leS
N area. viii compare With the greas
aatsonal parks ct the West. NleA aS tAs
Mcfld famous Xe$emite, XellcwSsga,s>
,stanS Canyon and Glacier lArkS. Az
,tcNtnAately So0.eNl acres u the IaTrAs
smoky fS&hM are NirSN fSleSs. AaS
segc are Within It's eAySsegS a Sex,sv "
aaGansaln peaks towSsUAx more than a
nile areve SEA level Hundreds cf peaks
'asSe their VS.ek-eesNna eAttieaiensS aaexv
han 1000 feet htSh
Within the 0reAt SSnsoky AREA ts enc
NJ Americas largest natural gane egs>-
serves A avSeM survey NJ the Mid
animal slse W the AREA showed there
sA% NRtNV tstAA Ss%RV tNA VIVA AkkA t9&AS
black eSsar. elk and Slaau game are 60
v found IN abundance, The area Is
literal tlsaernsans PARADISE tor il eun~
tasrs Mcle than 400 mites M tsplt
streams and streams ssgekS With thS
salny black bass,
Condemnation flAaneA.
fgelmNtnary SurSvvS N the TIVE pro~
IsSsea ratA aseaS Mere made three Years
ASa by an Appalachian Park gSNasatS~
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