Evening star., 1932-11-25
ROW IN TENNESSEE
THREATENS PARK
Great Smoky Development
Delayed by Lack OF
Organization.
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Development t of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park-Yellowstones s
Eastern rivals threatened with delay
because Of dispute among members OF
the Tennessee Park Commission.
Lying in the heart OF the Blue Hoge
Mountains. almost equally oivioeo pc
tween the States OF Tennessee ana
North Carolina. the great Smoky Noun
tains National Park area embraces
f28 600 acres of virgin mountain forests
Made possible by donation OF
Is ()(lO 900 from the Rockefeller Foun-
dation which the States OF NORM
Carolina end Tennessee agreed 10
match, the Great Smoky PARK Is eH-
pected to be the greatest national play
ground east Of the Rocky Mountains
when completely developed.
Park commissions were appointed IN
both States part of whose duties 1t was
IN h,,v land in the park area and turn
Il over to the Government before actual
Development would start.
Tennessee Group Splits.
In recent months the Tennessee COM
mission has become disorgamzeo, caus-
inc Arno B. Cammerer. associate dlrec-
to-; of the National Park Service ano
chairman of the beard Of trustees OF
the Rockefeller Foundation, to issue
statement during visit IN Tennesses,
In which he warned that funds for PARK
work may be withheld until the len
nessee commission effectS Snlooe-
working organization. ooo
The Government has allotted S509 ,u00
frcm the recent emergency relief fund
for work in the park, 100000 OF which
is to be spent in building roads ana
trails. work to begin next Spring.
Contract for the first road project In
the park has already been let by the
park service for a stretch OF road on
the North Carolina side. Funds for this
project were taken from the relief ap-
propriation. and the work must be done
with a maximum of local labor ana a
minimum of labor-saving devices.
Tennessee Side Threatened.
Csmmerers statement indicated the
relief fund may not be available in
Tennessee unless the Park Commission
of that State forms permanent Or
eanization. This must be done, he de-
clared. before continuance OF the
financial interest of the Rockefeller
Foundation" can be promised
North Carolina, Cammerer said, has
acquired all but one parcel OF land,
WnlCl The OldJc E6lk SOi2AiAAcoASAA "a
poets to acquire before February 10, ana
latter that time the development OF the
park as a great national park drawing
millions of people into Eastern Ten
nessee, will depend alone upon the
speed and harmony with which the
Tennessee commission proceeds with It's
work"
James A. Trent, mayor of Knoxville,
who has served IS temporary chairman
of a new commission appointed several
months ago by Gov. Henry Horton OF
F.. Tennessee, defended the body and de-
clared it has been active in acquiring
lands for park purposes.
s'There may be lack OF harmony.
among the commission members" said
trent. ''but there is no lack OF de-
Termination to finish this job and 1t
win be finished In the shortest time
possible and at the lowest possible ex-
penditure for the land yet TO pe
bought"
Cammerer has asked that a perma-
nent chairman be elected for the Ten
nessee commission, so that the work
NAV progress without further delay. So
far. the new commission has been un-
able to agree on its official organiza-
tion.