Village of Grand Canyon, Arizona 



of western yellow pine; on the higher portions is a heavy growth 

 of pinon and juniper. 



Conditions of the Problem 



Certain quite unusual conditions enter into this problem. 

 These may be stated as follows : 



The village is wholly dependent on the Grand Canyon and 

 on the tourist traffic which it invites. Without the canyon 

 there would be no tourists; without the tourists 

 Purpose there would be no railroad entering here; without 

 the tourists and the railroad there would not be 

 a dozen permanent residents in the vicinity. This village has 

 absolutely none of the usual business on which the growth of the 

 ordinary town depends. 



The town site faces abruptly upon the colossal scenery of the 

 Grand Canyon a landscape of the most intoxicating sort. If 

 landscape ever has any effect upon individuals 

 Physical and communities, certainly such influences ought 

 Character to be manifest here. It is worth noting that 

 persons most familiar with the country all assert 

 that these influences are powerful and effective. Usually they 

 say that "the canyon gets on people's nerves." 



A more direct and practical control is exercised by the com- 

 plete lack of water supply in the neighborhood. At the present 

 time the entire ration of water for all purposes (with negligible 

 exceptions) is hauled in by the railroad over a distance of 120 

 niles. It is doubtful if another example of this kind of water 

 JUpply on the same scale exists anywhere in the world. 



The absence of running water naturally makes impossible the 

 ntroduction of the usual sewerage system, thus presenting un- 

 isual problems of sanitation. 



Another quite unusual condition is found in the Government 



itrol of the land. With certain exceptions, mentioned below, 



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