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| Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from the acting director of the National Park Service, Arno B. Cammerer, to the Lafayette National Park custodian, George B. Dorr. Cammerer informs Dorr that a proposed road project in Lafayette National Park has been approved. Cammerer believes the proposed plan will provide access to more of the park and states that the planning recognized the importance of keeping some areas remote from the development to maintain their wild character. People Mentioned: E. C. Finney, Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more] |
| George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Senator George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody. Senator Pepper includes a copy of the text from a letter he wrote to Loren Kimball, outlining his position on the construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Pepper tells Peabody that he feels the Jordan Pond Valley is spoiled but hopes that the Bubble Pond Valley may yet be saved. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr. |
| Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Barrington Moore suggesting arguments to Harold Peabody for advancing his campaign against the further construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Moore argues that while roads are necessary for the park to fulfill its mission of providing access to the public, certain areas must be kept wild, not only for the enjoyment of those seeking solitude in nature but also to serve as natural laboratories for scientists. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr [show more] |
| Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell, the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. Weekes states his hope that high-ranking officials in the National Park Service will share his and Rowell's view that road construction in Lafayette National Park should be curtailed. Weekes goes on to suggest that those involved with the various path committees should confer and create a plan to prevent over-development in the park. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard, Arno B. Cammerer, Harold Peabody [show more] |
| M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott | |
| Acadia National Park Report Notes, Undated Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Acadia National Park Report Notes, Undated Tremont Historical Society Description: Handwritten notes in counterpoint to an unidentified document. The content of the notes make several reference to the "Park" (Acadia National Park). People Mentioned: Stephen Richardson | ||
| Acadia National Park Draft Master Plan and Position Papers Document, July 23, 1976 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Acadia National Park Draft Master Plan and Position Papers Document, July 23, 1976 Tremont Historical Society Description: Draft Master Plan summary for Acadia National Park with four associated position papers. The packet also includes a notice for public meetings related to the proposed plan. People Mentioned: Keith Miller |
| Acadia National Park and vicinity Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Winter Activities Guide Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Jordan Pond: Recipes and Information Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Jordan Pond: Recipes and Information Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Trails of Acadia Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Trails of Acadia Jesup Memorial Library | |||
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| Acadia National Park Boundary Map Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Duck Brook Motor Bridge Under Construction Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Duck Brook Motor Bridge Under Construction Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: Construction of the bridge, located on Paradise Hill Road, began in 1950 and was completed in 1952. A photocopy of a photograph of the Duck Brook Motor Bridge on Mount Desert Island, Maine, under construction. Black and White | |
| The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A report by landscape architect Charles W. Eliot on the conservation of nature and the character of Mount Desert Island. The report features maps and photographs. People Mentioned: Gist Blair, Parker Corning, George B. Dorr, Charles S. Frost, William Lawrence, Fred C. Lunam, Vance McCormick, David Hennen Morris, Charles P. Pike, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work |
| Bar Harbor Blue Book Directory, 1941 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Bar Harbor Blue Book Directory, 1941 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: The Blue Book Directory for Bar Harbor, Maine. The directory contains listings for Bar Harbor businesses and organizations and information for tourists. Tourist information includes mail schedules, transportation schedules, facts about Mount Desert Island and itinerary suggestions. People Mentioned: George C. Abbott, Frank E. Adair, Mrs. Timothee Adamowski, Timothee Adamowski, Alice Ahlborn, Frank Alley, Mrs. William C. Allison III, William C. Allison III, A. Fitzroy Anderson, Mrs. A. Fitzroy Anderson, Anne Andreco, Alfred Anson, Mrs. Alfred Anson, Bedros K. Apelian, John Ash, Harold Ashworth, Mrs. Harold Ashworth, Mrs. Walter Ayer, Arlan A. Baillie, Andre Bailly, Mrs. Henry Bainbridge Baker, John Hampton Barnes, Mrs. John Hampton Barnes, Cecil Barret, Mrs. Cecil Barret, Hermione Barrett, Mary Barstow, Joseph Barth, George E. Batcheller, Mrs. George E. Batcheller, George H. Beard, Mrs. George Beard, Mrs. Samuel Bell, Alfred W. Birks, John J. Bittner, Mrs. Gist Blair, Patricia Blanchfield, Dwight Blaney, Margaret H. Blaney, Richard Blaney, Gerald Borden, Mrs. Gerald Borden, Neal D. Bousfield, Edith G. Bowdoin, George Brace, Shirley Bracy, Rockwell S. Brank, Merrill F. Brewer Jr., Carroll C. Brown, Mrs. Frederick Brown, William Adams Brown, Mrs. Edward Browning, Constantin Brun, Bosman du Bucq, Mrs. Bosman du Bucq, Jack Burke, Mrs. Henry D. Burnham, Nina H. Burnham, James Byrne, Mrs. James Byrne, Agnes Miles Carpenter, Mrs. C. Carroll Carpenter, Alton E. Carter, Emmett Carter, Fred L. Carter, Harold Carter, Mrs. Emmett Carter, Mrs. D. Crawford Clark, Arthur M. Cloudman, Mrs. J. B. Cochran, S. A. Coffin, Mrs. William H. Cole, William H. Cole, Frances Coleman, Arthur N. Coles, Mary Robert Coles, Mrs. Tristram Coffin Colket, Tristram Coffin Colket, Mrs. John Conti, Jay Cooke, Mrs. Jay Cooke, Harry C. Copp, William C. Covert, Albert Cunningham, Leroy Currier, S. R. Dabney, Frances Daggett, Bernard Dahlgren, Mrs. Ulric Dahlgren, Ulric Dahlgren, Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Walter Damrosch, Mrs. John Dane, Augustin Derby, Mrs. Augustin Derby, George B. Dorr, Mrs. John T. Dorrance, H. Paul Douglass, Edward K. Dunham, Walter Eccles, Samuel A. Eliot, Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis, John B. Ells, Jacqueline Embree, Mrs. Shepard Fabbri, Max Farrand, Mrs. Max Farrand, Alma E. Farrar, Elizabeth Fekete, J. Brooks Fenno, Mrs. J. Brooks Fenno, Mrs. Paul Ferguson, Paul Ferguson, Margot Finletter, Edward F. Fitzpatrick, Dale J. Foley, Henry P. De Forest, Vesta Foster, J. Austin Furfey, Charles Geasey, J. C. Gerndt, Mrs. J. C. Gerndt, J. W. Gilfillan, George H. Gledhill, Harry L. Gordon, Washington Grant, Bell Gurnee, Fred L. Hadley, Mary Hadley, Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs. Richard Walden Hale, Richard Walden Hale, Mrs.William Pierson Hamilton, William Pierson Hamilton, Leslie I. Hamor, Mrs. S. H. Hamor, Dwight C. Harris, Mrs. Dwight C. Harris, Mrs. Dwight Miller Harris, Henry Reed Hatfield, Mrs. Morris Hawkes, James Heard, Mrs. James Heard, Etienne de Hedry, Mariska de Hedry, Mrs. Etienne de Hedry, Cecil F. Higgins, Edgar S. Higgins, H. P. Higgins, R. G. Higgins, Mrs. M. Hinzelin, Almon B. Hodgkins, Mary Hoffman, Frank O. Holmes, Edward Hopkins, Mrs. Harold A. Howard, Mrs. Platt Hunt, Mrs. Daniel L. Hutchinson Jr., Reginald Hutchinson, Louise Iselin, Frederick Jack, Roscoe B. Jackson, Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay, Jack Jellison, Hallett Johnson Jr., Hallett Johnson, Katherine Johnson, Mrs. Hallett Johnson, Mrs. Reginald Johnson, Mrs. Van Rensselaer Johnson, Priscilla Johnson, Helen S. Jones, Rufus M. Jones, Thomas Jones, William S. Jones, Charles R. Joy, Otis Keene, F. Leonard Kellogg, Mrs. F. Leonard Kellogg, Hugh N. Kelly, Marion Kemp, A. Atwater Kent, Mrs. William Keyser, Herman Kiaer, Mrs. Herman Kiaer, Mrs. Philip Kierstead, Philip Kierstead, J. W. Kilbreth, Mrs. J. W. Kilbreth, Lou Koch, Mrs. Reginald de Koven, Marshall Langhorne, Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, Albert C. Larned, Mrs. Albert C. Larned, C. Frederick Larrabee, William Lawrence, Horace H. Leavitt, A. G. Leffingwell, Alsop Leffingwell, Douglas Leffingwell, M. M. Leffingwell, Mrs. Louis C. Lehr, Louise Leland, Jessica H. Lewis, Mrs. Warren H. Lewis, Warren H. Lewis, Seth E. Libby, Shirley M. Liscomb, Clarence C. Little, Mrs. Clarence C. Little, John C. Livingston, E. Victor Loew, Mrs. E. Victor Loew, Mrs. Seth Morton Van Loon, Seth Morton Van Loon, Harold Loring, Mrs. Lea McIlvaine Luquer, Fred C. Lynam, Philip Mabel, Kenneth Mansfield, Mrs. Theodore Marburg, Theodore Marburg, Richard Marcyes, Etienne de Markowski, E. K. Marshall, Julia B. Marshall, Mrs. E. K. Marshall, Richard Marshall, George V. Marston, Mrs. George V. Marston, Mrs. R. C. Masterman, Mrs. Edward Porter May, Mildred McCormick, Howard McFarland, Ambrose McKay, Rachel McKelvey, Richard E. McKown, Dwight H. McMahon, George G. McMurtry, Mrs. George G. McMurtry, Mrs. William McNair, William McNair, Arthur McQuinn, Edward B. Mears, M. E. Mears, E. Macculloch Miller, James F. Mitchell, Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Mrs. Maurice La Montagne, William Moore Jr., Clement C. Moore, David E. Moore, Mrs. Clement C. Moore, Mrs. William S. Moore, William S. Moore, Henry Morgenthau, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, David Hennen Morris, Mrs. David Hennen Morris, Charles C. Morrison Jr., Agnes Morrison, E. J. Morrison, Mrs. J. Alden Morse, W. A. Mortimer-Markowski, George S. Munson, Maxwell Munson, Mrs. George S. Munson, Mrs. Maxwell Munson, Natalie Munson, James B. Murphy, Joseph M. Murray, Lowell Murray, J. Homer Nelson, Arthur L. Norton, Mrs. Stanley J. G. Nowak, Stanley J. G. Nowak, Harry Oakes, Harriet V. C. Ogden, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Pauline Palmer, Potter Palmer, Mary W. Pancoast, Mrs. W. Howard Pancoast, W. Howard Pancoast, Alice Parker, Mrs. William Ordway Partridge, Mrs. A. Mansfield Patterson, Gertrude L. Peabody, Marian Lawrence Peabody, John DeWitt Peltz, Mrs. John DeWitt Peltz, Leslie T. Pennington, Palfrey Perkins, Leo Perry, Claudia Phelps, Mrs. Sheffield Phelps, Eugene du Pont, Mrs. Eugene du Pont, Mrs. Reginald Preble, Mrs. William Proctor, William Proctor, Eleanor Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Kate Pulitzer, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Mrs. M. Taylor Pyne, John L. Quigg, Viola B. Quimby, Warren Scott Reeve, Alice Van Rensselaer, George Renwick, Daniel Reynolds, Mrs. Stanley Marshall Rinehart, Arden Robbins, George S. Robbins, Mrs. Arden Robbins, Mrs. George S. Robbins, Martin Roberts, Mrs. Thomas Robins, Thomas Robins, Mary Robson, Catherine Rogers, Alphonse de Rothschild, Rodney W. Roundy, Mrs. Frank B. Rowell, Dael Royce, Mrs. A. H. Royce, E. S. Russell, William L. Russell, Mrs. Allen Salisbury, Pearl Salisbury, Charles E. Sampson, Gertrude Sampson, Walter Sanborn, Herbert L. Satterlee, Henry Hallam Saunderson, J. H. Sawyer, Mrs. William I. Schaffer, William I. Schaffer, Mildred W. S. Schram, Hugh D. Scott, J. Paul Scott, John M. Scott, Mrs. Edgar Scott, Mrs. Hugh D. Scott, Mrs. Thomas Shea, Thomas Shea, William Siegmund Jr., Mrs. William B. Siegmund, Sally Siegmund, William B. Siegmund, John W. Silk Jr., Mrs. Arthur Sinclair, Foster Skillman, Mrs. Frank Foster Skillman, Judson Slack, Arthur Slingsby, George M. Smith, Homer W. Smith, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Mrs. Homer W. Smith, George D. Snell, Madeline Stanyan, William Stanyan, Mrs. William Sterling, Mrs. Robert H. Stevenson, Robert H. Stevenson, Margaret Steward, Mrs. Campbell Steward, Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, Kendrick Strong, Mrs. Walter K. Sturges, George Sullivan, Maurice Sullivan, Harry E. Sutton, Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Thomas Bell Sweeney, Henry O. Tallmadge, Mrs. Henry O. Tallmadge, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, John B. Thayer III, John B. Thayer IV, John B. Thayer, Julie Thayer, Lois Thayer, Mrs. John B. Thayer, Pauline Thayer, Dorothy Thibaut, Harry Thomas, Brinton Thompson, Julia Thompson, Mrs. Brinton Thompson, Amory Thorndike, Mrs. Harry Hill Thorndike, Frank Tracy, Arthur Train, John Train, Mrs. Arthur Train, Warren J. Tribou, Mrs. Samuel A. Tucker, Samuel A. Tucker, Kenneth S. Usher, R. W. Wakefield, Kenneth C. Walker, Asa Wasgatt, Mrs. Asa V. Wasgatt, Richard Wasgatt, John J. Weast, Chester A. Wescott, Pearl Wescott, Mrs. Richard Wetzel, Richard Wetzel, Raymond E. Weymouth, John Whitcomb, Adelaide White, H. P. Whitmore, Amos N. Wilder, Mrs. Montgomery Willcox, Harry Willey, Harold Williams, Malcolm O. Willis, Mrs. William Wilson, Arthur E. Wilson, George W. Woolley, Mrs. C. K. Wright, Mrs. Richard Van Wyck, Mrs. Nathan C. Wyeth, Gladys Young, Mrs. A. Murray Young, Mrs. C. Doran Young [show more] |
| Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A transcript of the hearing held before the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, on the issue of road construction in Lafayette National Park. The transcript includes statements from the Secretary of the Interior, politicians, park administrators and citizens. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Arno B. Cammerer, John Edward Nelson, George Wharton Pepper, George B. Dorr, Frederick Hale, Wallace Humphrey White Jr., George L. Stebbins, Harold Peabody, Robert Sterling Yard, Joseph Allen, Lincoln Cromwell, Mary Parkman Peabody, Charles Marlatt, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. J. H. Huddilston, Clarence Little, A. L. T. Cummings, Willis Parsons, James Q. Gulnac, Fulton J. Redman, Harlan P. Kelsey, Ira G. Hersey, Harris A. Reynolds, Warren H. Manning, Daniel W. Hoegg [show more] |
| Lafayette National Park Road Construction Hearing Speakers List, undated Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Lafayette National Park Road Construction Hearing Speakers List, undated Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A list of the names of individuals speaking during the hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on roads in Lafayette National Park on March 26, 1924. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Arno B. Cammerer, John Edward Nelson, George Wharton Pepper, George B. Dorr, Frederick Hale, Wallace Humphrey White Jr., George L. Stebbins, Harold Peabody, Robert Sterling Yard, Joseph Allen, Lincoln Cromwell, Mary Parkman Peabody, Charles Marlatt, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. J. H. Huddilston, Clarence Little, A. L. T. Cummings, Willis Parsons, James Q. Gulnac, Fulton J. Redman, Harlan P. Kelsey, Ira G. Hersey, Harris A. Reynolds, Warren H. Manning [show more] | ||
| New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A petition by Frank B. Rowell to collect signatures of those opposed to planned road construction in Lafayette National Park. The petition is to be presented at a hearing in Washington, D.C. on the matter of the road projects. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper |
| Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: An unsigned letter from the Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr, the custodian of Lafayette National Park. The letter states that the various Mount Desert Island path committees are eager to cooperate with Dorr and asks that he confer with them regarding any planned road construction in the park. The path committees understand the need for limited automobile access to the park but would like the pedestrian trail system to be left untouched. People Mentioned: William Jay Turner [show more] |
| Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Fred C. Lynam to the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, Frank B. Rowell. Lynam disagrees with Senator George Wharton Pepper's objection to the proposed road construction project in Lafayette National Park. Lynam believes the road network is necessary for providing access to the park to those who cannot, or do not want, to hike. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper |
| John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from John A. Peters to Senator George Wharton Pepper. Peters urges Pepper to state support for proposed road construction in Lafayette National Park at a scheduled hearing with the Secretary of the Interior. Peters goes onto to advise Pepper to suggest the creation of an advisory panel to assist in the creation of road planning projects in the future. Finally Peters states the senator's "misunderstanding" of the road issue should not keep him from attending the upcoming Republican convention. People Mentioned: Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more] |
| Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, in which Deasy states his support of proposed road construction in Lafayette National Park. Deasy has the utmost confidence in the park custodian, George Dorr, and states that opposition to the project is not acting in the interest of the public. People Mentioned: Charles W. Eliot, George B. Dorr |
| John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter in which John A. Peters urges Frank B. Rowell to change his position regarding the proposed road construction on Mount Desert Island. Peters refers to enclosed copies of letters arguing for the proposed project to continue. People Mentioned: Luere B. Deasy, George Wharton Pepper |