Summary of appropriations for the administration, protection, and improvement of the national parks and national monuments, together with the revenues received, for the fiscal years 19171-1925, inclusive 1 For summary of appropriations and revenues prior to 1917 see 1920 Annual Report, p. 359. ? The revenues from the various national parks were expendable during the years 1904 to 1918, inclusive, with the exception of those received from Crater Lake, Mesa Verde, and Rocky Mountain National Parks, the revenues from which were turned into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. National park and monument lands administered by the National Park Service in relation to national forest lands including national monument lands, administered by the Forest Service 1 July 1, 1924. Alienated lands not included. 2 Includes lands acquired under the Weeks law. 3 Donated to the United States. Donations of lands in national monument areas amount to 470 acres. FIG. 1. Map of western portion of the United States, showing relation of the unalienated national park and monument lands, the vacant public lands, and the unalienated national forest lands to the several States National park and monument lands administered by the National Park Service in relation to the States and Territories in which they are located 1 July 1, 1924. Alienated lands not included. 2 Area of the Islands of Hawaii and Maui on which is located the Hawaii National Park. 14562-24-7 National park and monument lands administered by the National Park Service in relation to the Federal lands1 1 Includes vacant public lands, unalienated national park and monument lands, and unalienated national. forest lands, but does not include military and Indian reservations, reclamation and power-site withdrawals, etc. July 1, 1924. 3 Unalienated national forest, park, and monument lands. The area of vacant public lands in Alaska is not obtainable. 4 Vacant public lands and forest lands of the Territory of Hawaii are under the Territorial land department. APPENDIX C REPORTS OF OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS AND ENGINEERING DIVISIONS Page Casa Grande National Monument (see under Southwestern Monuments) 149 151 Crater Lake National Park_ El Morro National Monument (see under Southwestern Monuments). Glacier National Park Grand Canyon National Park. Hawaii National Park 118 149 113 128 141 138 Petrified Forest National Monument (see Southwestern Monuments). 149 150 The total receipts of the pay bathhouses were $396,604.47, as compared with $393,281.08 for the fiscal year 1923. The net profits reported for 16 bathhouses aggregated $89,333.41. Three pav bathhouses reported deficits amounting to $6,016.87. The total profits, including deficits, for all (19) pay bathhouses last year were $98,478.42. The baths given were as follows: Complimentary, 2,962; paid baths, 610.523; at the United States free bathhouse, 59.683: at the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Bathhouse, 6,228, making a grand total of 679,396 baths, as compared with a grand total of 667,212 given during the previous year. THE SPRINGS The springs. 46 in number, are located on the Central Avenue slope of Hot Springs Mountain, a part of Hot Springs National Park, set aside in 1832 by Congress as the first national reservation. They supply 850,000 gallons of hot water daily, which is collected and distributed to the Army and Navy General Hospital, the United States free bathhouse, the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital Bathhouse, and 19 pay bathhouses, all of which are under Government supervision. The water from the springs has an average temperature of 142° F. PARK ADMINISTRATION The park is in charge of the superintendent, who has supervision over all matters pertaining to the park and its management, the general sanitary control of all bathhouses receiving hot water, and control over all employees connected with the bathhouses. Administrative, The park personnel is divided into the following departments: police, maintenance, and free bathhouse and clinic. 91 The receipts of this park will be ncreased during the coming fiscal year by $3,640 from water rental to be obtained from the new Arlington Hotel. Expenditures. Of the appropriation of $67,600 for the 1924 fiscal year, there was expended $66,062.36 in the park. The $2,000 allotted from "Hot Springs Reservation, Proceeds, Sale of Lots, Special Fund was expended in repairing certain features of the flood damage. CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIRS 1 A comfort station was constructed on top of Hot Springs Mountain, near the Observation Tower. A flower house was constructed near the Cold Spring pavilion on Fountain Street to replace the one destroyed coincident with the burning of the Arlington Hotel. Two shelter houses, 10 feet by 14 feet, near trails on Hot Springs Mountain, and one, 14 feet by 22 feet on top of West Mountain, were erected, the materials used being native stone, rough lumber, and redwood shingles. A 4-foot trail was constructed from Happy Hollow to the top of Hot Springs Mountain, terminating at the Tower, with branches connecting with the new comfort station. Another was constructed from Happy Hollow to the eastern slope of North Mountain, terminating at the rear of the new Arlington Hotel, with a branch leading to the top of the mountain. A total of approximately 9,000 feet of trails was constructed. Lavatory bowls and basins were installed in the treatment room of the free bathhouse. A 10-foot addition was placed on the chimney stack. A contract was let for the installation of 1,850 square feet of steam radiation to supplement the hot-air system which has proven to be very unsatisfactory. The exteriors of the residence on Fountain Street and the barn were given two coats of paint. Doors and windows of the barn were replaced where necessary. The Cold Spring, main entrance, and Hot Springs Mountain pavilions and two pavilions in Whittington Lake Park were given two coats of paint. The flood damage to Whittington Lake Park was repaired, consisting of replacing wings on three concrete bridges; about 100 feet of retaining wall in the creek; removing and replacing iron fences; filling washouts requiring about 1,000 yards of soil, and removing débris. Two hundred feet of 30-inch drain tile was laid at the entrance to the West Mountain Road, and 45 feet of 18-inch drain tile laid from the West Mountain Road to the rear of the Levi Hospital to carry off storm water. Fifteen hundred feet of 6-inch concrete curbing, replacing the old stone curb which was badly damaged by the flood, and thirteen hundred feet of split tile gutter were installed along Bath House Row. The plots in front of the two new comfort stations on Bath House Row were topsoiled and grassed and shrubbery planted. Concrete walks were built from the main walk to these buildings. A terrace was built in the rear of Bath House Row, the necessary fill being made by dirt hauled and dumped without charge during excavation for the new Arlington Hotel. Maple trees were planted around the free bathhouse. Approximately 200 yards of alluvial soil were spread over the lawns and grass plots of the park. The usual work of weed, grass, brush, and dead timber cutting and policing of grounds was performed. New metal signs were placed along all the park roads. Three dangerous hairpin loops on North Mountain roads and two on West Mountain roads were widened. A turn around on top of West Mountain was built, and a few narrow places in the West Mountain roads were widened for the safety of traffic. Following the cloudburst of May 1923, considerable resurfacing and repairing of retaining walls and gutters were required. Whenever necessary the graveling, raking, and grading of the roads were performed. Approximately 500 yards of gravel was placed on the road surfaces. An electric-light pole, with a 40-foot flagpole running through the center, was placed in front of the free bathhouse. The cold spring supplying the fountain on Fountain Street dried up and the fountain was connected to the city water supply. A hot-water shortage occurred in the north reservoir, supplying five houses on Bath House Row during the busiest part of the winter season but was relieved to some extent by pumping from the lower Arlington reservoir. Bathing was interfered with on two days. The 2,000-foot pipe line in which water is pumped from the Army and Navy Hospital tanks to the top of Hot Springs Mountain for supplying the comfort station and the drinking fountain was buried under ground in order that freezing weather may not stop the supply of water. A map of the entire hot-water system was made, on which all springs, reservoirs, and pipe lines were accurately located. A new fountain was installed in the pavilion on Hot Springs Mountain. GOVERNMENT FREE BATHHOUSE AND CLINIC The average number of persons bathed daily in the Government free bathhouse was 197, with a total of 59,683 baths given during the year. The total number of persons bathing was 4,025. Of The total number of patients examined and treated in the free clinic was 3,676. this number 2,227 were venereal-disease cases and 1,449 were nonvenereal-disease cases. The total number of examinations, treatments, etc., given in the clinic during the year was 43,824. |