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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Mr. Cox of Indiana. Does the Government get any revenue 

 whatever out of that park; and if so, how much? 



Mr. Englebright. The revenues run to about $15,000 a year. 



Mr. Cox of Indiana. How does it derive them; by Hcense 

 fees? 



Mr. Englebright. From rents of buildings and concessions. 

 Mr. Keifer. Ought not that keep up the road and keep it in 

 condition ? 



Mr. Englebright. It would keep the roads up if they were in 

 good condition, but they have first got to be macadamized and 

 fixed up. 



Mr. Keifer. That road is a narrow road, made by blowing 

 off rocks, in my recollection. 



Mr. Englebright. That road needs considerable work to fix 

 it up, because it is a very narrow road. 



Mr. Keifer. I have been over it. I did not suppose it had to 

 be sprinkled. 



Mr. Englebright. It also has to be macadamized farther up 

 in the valley. 



There are but few people in the United States who have not 

 heard of the scenic beauty of this great and only Yosemite Val- 

 ley. Some of you have seen it, and those of you who have not 

 have read in books and papers of the wondrous scenery of this 

 famous spot and wistfully hope that some day in the future you 

 will have an opportunity to visit and see it. 



Painters have patiently endeavored to picture some parts of 

 its beauty and grandeur; they have tried to show the inspiring 

 majesty of the great El Capitan, towering 3,000 feet above your 

 head, a great massive granite cliff, beside which you could place 

 five Washington Monuments, one upon the other, and yet not 

 reach the top, and from which stone enough could be obtained 

 to build a hundred cities. 



Travelers have told you of the vastness of that huge naked 

 rock, the Half Dome, rising 5,000 feet above you, bold and 

 steadfast, ideal in its magnificence, inaccessible to the most 

 courageous climber; yet in the unknown past this great granite 

 wonder felt the mighty forces of nature when an awful convul- 

 sion of the earth rent it in twain and left it a half dome. 



Some of you have seen Clouds Rest, a great mountain of 

 solid rock rising in all its sublimity 6,000 feet above the floor 

 of the valley. Look when you may, you always find a cloud 

 liovering near its summit, likened unto a winged messenger wait- 

 ing to convey your thoughts to a distant friend who is not with 

 yon to enjoy the unparalleled grandeur of the scene. 



Many are the treasured pictures that have been made of the 

 towering cliffs that inclose the valley — the Three Graces, Sen- 



