1 8 A Plan for the Development of the 



I have personally urged upon the officers of the Santa Fe 

 Railway and of the Fred Harvey Co. that they abandon this 

 present approach and make the most of the new one which I 

 hope will receive immediate development at the hands of the 

 Forest Service. 



Interest in the Bright Angel Trail may be further fostered by 

 a more extended use of the facilities afforded at Kolb Bros, 

 studio. There is pending also an application from the Fred 

 Harvey Co. for a permit to build a clubhouse and observatory 

 near the head of the trail which would be kept open for 

 public use. 



The same company proposes further to construct a number of 

 small cottages near the rim to be rented to canyon visitors, and 

 to develop a small and picturesque outdoor community in the 

 vicinity of the projected clubhouse. Such a project has my 

 approval in principle, both as supplying an additional interest 

 farther westward and as meeting the practical needs of those who 

 want to see the Grand Canyon. 



Even more interesting in its possibilities is the project of the 

 Fred Harvey Co. in connection with the developments just men- 

 tioned, to improve a considerable area contiguous to the club- 

 house and cottages and lying immediately below the rim. Here 

 it is possible to construct an extended series of paths, outlooks, 

 and resting places, to be open to the public, which might supply 

 extended entertainment to many visitors. These improvements 

 should include the preservation and exhibition of the really beau- 

 tiful Indian pictographs found in one of the caves under the rim; 

 and I would especially recommend that the Forest Service and 

 its successors take every care to preserve these ancient relics. 



