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of snow and rock would sweep any sort of framework into the lake. 

 Under such conditions I would suggest the construction of a tunnel 

 from a convenient point on the road, several hundred feet below the 

 rim, to the surface of the water. With this end in view an appropriation 

 of $1000 is desired with which to make investigations, surveys, etc. 



Extracts from Report of the Supervisor of the Mount 

 Rainier National Park, 1915 

 The Mountaineers, about 90 in number, with a pack train of 50 horses, 

 made the circuit of the mountain in August. The trip around the moun- 

 tain can be made in about seven days, with an average march of twenty 

 miles over the trail. This trip, with proper advertising, should become a 

 very popular feature of the park. By making camp each night at certain 

 designated points in the natural parks and upland meadows, the tourist 

 can travel on foot by the shortest route, between camps, keeping above 

 timber line, and obtain a magnificent view of the mountain and sur- 

 rounding country from all angles, affording one of the most interesting 

 scenic trips in all the world. 



Extracts from Report of the Superintendent of the Yosemite 

 National Park, 1915 



Arrangements have been made for the erection of two new buildings, 

 to be used for fire-protection purposes, known as fire-lookout stations, 

 or triangulation stations. One will be situated on Mount Hoffman and 

 the other on Sentinel Dome. 



During the past season there were constructed three new outpost or 

 checking stations, which are used by the park rangers for outpost pur- 

 poses, these cabins being located at Merced Grove, Crane Flat and Hog 

 Ranch. 



The following new outpost stations for rangers' use should be built 

 the coming year : One on the Wawona Road, somewhere in the vicinity 

 of Camp A. E. Wood, and a somewhat larger and more spacious out- 

 post than those constructed this year should be built at Tuolumne Mead- 

 ows, at which latter place are the Lambert Soda Springs and the Sierra 

 Club's buildings, which accommodate a large crowd each season, and in 

 the near future it will probably be necessary for two park rangers to be 

 stationed at this outpost — one of the first class for ranger duty and one 

 of the second class to check automobiles, as the Tioga Road is now open 

 and a large number of cars will be passing over that road yearly. 



Other new buildings especially needed are an administration build- 

 ing, outpost quarters of less elaborate construction than the checking 

 stations, and rescue lodges or chalets, as well as a new hospital. 



