NO. I 



SHELTER ON MOUNT WHITNEY — ABBOT 



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Messrs. Speiden and Speiden, architects, under the writer's in- 

 struction, worked up the plans for the structure nearly as contem- 

 plated by Director Campbell. Figure 88 and plate lxv give the 

 ground plan and perspective elevation as constructed. Two of the 

 rooms communicate, and are kept locked by the Institution except 

 when in use by authorized observing parties. The third room is 

 accessible to the general public, and will doubtless be very welcome 

 to persons who may be caught by storms or cold blasts on the top 

 of Mount Whitney. 



In carrying out the construction Director Campbell offered to act 

 as the Institution's agent in San Francisco to award contracts for 

 steel and cement, and to supervise the construction and actual trial 

 erection in San Francisco of all steel parts. He performed this work 



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Fig. 88. — Ground plan of Mount Whitney shelter. 



with the most conscientious and painstaking care. The charge of 

 the transportation from Mount Whitney Station to the summit and 

 of the construction of the building were intrusted to Mr. G. F. 

 Marsh, of Lone Pine. It was an article of agreement with Mr. 

 Marsh that the Institution should be at no expense for the repair 

 of the trail, and so as early as April Mr, Marsh and his friends held 

 a ball at Lone Pine which proved to be a highly enjoyable and 

 successful affair and netted a considerable fund. As soon as work 

 could begin he started repairs on the trail, but was hindered by the 

 deep snows until later than had been expected. The first mule train 

 reached the top July 28, 1909, and Mr. Marsh completed the house 

 just a month later. Some of the difficulties he overcame are men- 

 tioned in a report the writer made of his trip to Mount Whitney 

 in August, 1909, from which quotations follow. During a part of 

 this stay of 2^ weeks Director Campbell's party was there for the 



