Fragmented private park administration made the legislature unwilling to fund them.

Evidence

Fearing—knowing—that the state would let them run down, the parks’ donors had turned their administration over to men or societies dedicated to the preservation of historic or scenic attractions. Montcalm and Spy Island “State Parks,” for example, were administered by the Fort Oswego Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Having no authority over private individuals or organizations, the Legislature was reluctant to give them money. And since no central body of any type unified their activities, they presented to the Legislature the spectacle of separate agencies competing with each other for funds. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 729

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Landowners’ resistance made large regional parks seem financially and legally impossible — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 691; A centralized state park authority gave disparate park interests one louder funding voice — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 731

Broader Connections

• A centralized state park authority gave disparate park interests one louder funding voice #corroborates (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 731