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slant supervision because of breaches of regulations. The private 

 lands containing merchantable timber, if logged off, would greatly 

 mar the beauty of the park. 



None of the hotels or pubHc convenience structures in the park 

 are adequate for the accommodation of the tourists, or are in 

 keeping with the scenic surroundings. They are old frame struc- 

 tures of the "wayside inn" type. I would favor the erection bv 

 the Government of a permanent tavern or hotel on the floor ot 

 the Yosemite Valley canon and one at Glacier Point, to be leased 

 for reasonable periods. 



The electric plant should be condemned as unsafe and a new one 

 installed. 



As above stated, private toll roads should be extinguished, and 

 all roads in the park placed under the control of and maintained by 

 the Government. Extensions of road construction are important 

 to give the pubhc easy access to many of the natural wonders of 

 the Yosemite and its adjacent valleys, such as the Hetch Hetchy, 

 and Grand Canon of the Tuolumne, and a new road is feasible 

 and most desirable along the south crest of the valley cafion to 

 Glacier Point. 



Yosemite National Park. 

 (From Report of the Superintendent of the Yosemite National 

 Park, 1909.) 



Fish. — Forty thousand rainbow trout were received from the 

 Wawona hatchery, 30,000 of which were placed in the Merced 

 River and 10,000 in Tenaya Creek, all in Yosemite Valley. From 

 the Sission hatchery 20 cans of Eastern brook and 12 cans of 

 rainbow trout were received, and 12 cans of Eastern brook were 

 placed in Lake Tenaya, the rainbow in the Merced in Yosemite 

 Valley, and the remainder in Crescent Lake and waters in that 

 vicinity. 



Telephone Service. — The telephone service has been extended, 

 repaired, and improved, 47 miles of line being built, and the fol- 

 lowing outposts are now in telephonic communication with the 

 Yosemite Valley: Wawona, Mariposa Big Trees, Merced Big 

 Trees, Crane Flats, Hog Ranch, Hetch Hetchy Valley, and Lake 

 Eleanor. There are only three not in telephonic communication: 

 Aspen Valley, Buck Camp, and Soda Springs, but the line will be 

 extended to them early next season. The administration and 

 control of the park has been much facilitated by the telephone 

 system, which has also proved a great convenience to the public. 



Roads, Trails, and Bridges. — The need of a good highway from 

 El Portal, the terminus of the Yosemite Valley Railroad, up to 

 the Sentinel Hotel in the Yosemite Valley, still overshadows all 



