lornia will -nm automobiles either for personal or official 

 nse or for boi . 



Or. +h" "o.-ests south of the Stsoxistaus, ranger auto- 

 mobiles aie a rHMnmon sight. With vlte o.xte7ision of new roads 

 and the impr overeat of existing o^oc la the mountains, with 

 the urgent necessity of makin ono's Time count for the 

 most, the aufcoEcbile is bound to be a large factor In In- 

 creasing the efficiency of the ranger, and better than that, 

 is going to allow him to see his public oftener and get in 

 closer touch with it. 



While the horse will always be needed, he must share 

 with the automobile the privilege of packing the ranger 

 around. 



OOHTRIBUTED .UEPICI.RS 



Bemlnisetenoes of my Visit to the Sierra 



*7 

 J.L.Coffman, Deputy Supervisor, Trinity national Forest, 



It was with a great deal of pleasure I learned in HOT- 

 ember I was to have a detail n the Sierra Forest, for amors 

 the National Forests, the Sierra stands out to me, as 

 to nany others, as one of preeminent Interest and pic 

 ness, due perhaps to the wide publicity it has received 

 the interesting stories and articles written of it by Stew- 

 art Edward White, Ilr.Shinn and STtpervisor Redington. Fur- 

 thermore, a short visit to this Forest during the simmer of 

 1908 had given me a slight acquaintance with Its magnificent 

 forests and splendid soenery which I was very glad to renew 

 and enlarge. 



In view of the fact that my visit was made in Deeem- 

 ber during which month there was considerable snow and 

 rain, I feel that I was fortunate to have been able to 

 spend a good portion of my time in the field, enabling me 

 to see some of the most interesting activities of the For- 

 est. 



Wy visit began with a trip to Big Creek over the pic- 

 turesque and sinuoua San Joaquin ," Eastern railroad which has 

 the Tanalpais railway beat to a finish for crookedness. At 

 Big Creek I was amaaed at the magnitude of the generators 

 of the Pacific Light i Power Company whose power houses and 

 power lines are a marvel of electrical engineering and effi- 

 ciency. Frcr; a talk with one of the officers of the Company, 

 who had been on the project free the start of construction 

 work, I learned at first hand of the cordial relations which 



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