Show appropriation OF FOR ZION ZIO PRESERVE TO BE ASKED OF EGRESS CONGRESS the spending ot of in zion national park tor for roads trails and other ther 0 physical improvements and for administration protection and maintenance purposes will be asked of congress when the estimates of appropriations prepared by the national park cervice of the department of the interior for 1922 are considered by the enlarged house committee on an appropriations such was the information received yesterday afternoon from the department of the interior by ralph S kelley in charge of field division activities in utah and idaho of the united states general land office it is proposed to spend 1760 1750 tor for administration of the park 2590 for fire protection tor for maintenance for construction of physical improvements and 1360 13 60 tor for miscellaneous expenses total estimates of 50 have been submitted covering the protection improvement maintenance and administration of the nineteen national parks and twenty tour four monuments which cover an area of square miles during the present year persons have visited national parks the extensiveness of the growth which has taken place in tourist travel through the national wonderlands wonder lands Is shown by the fact that coffle official 41 figures of the park service tor for 1916 show visitors it is pointed out by the park service in view of the tact fact that the estimates for the parks may be considered excessive that at the present time there are only 1000 miles of highway in the national parks and that during the war all improvement work was retarded because of limited ap and the high cost of labor and materials considerable Consid arable mon ey a y is needed also it is emphasized tor for the protection from fire of the great tracts of forest land and in providing accommodations tor for the protection of 0 tourists salt lake tribune |