Notes and Correspondence. 133 



Appalachian Mountain Club, 



Boston, Mass., April 27, 1906. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, Berkeley, Cal. 



Dear Sir: Your letter of recent date stating that your records 

 had all been lost in the awful earthquake and fire in San Fran- 

 cisco, and giving your temporary address, was duly received. 



My first impulse on learning of the calamity which overtook 

 your great city was to wire you at once our sympathy and eager- 

 ness to assist in every possible way. But when I found that 

 telegrams were being held up in Chicago by the thousands, it 

 seemed best to wait until we could learn your home address, 

 which I believed to be outside of the city. 



At a meeting of this Club, held in Boston on the evening of 

 April 24th, it was voted: — 



"That a special committee be and is hereby appointed, to con- 

 sist of Professor Charles E. Fay, chairman, the president, Mrs. 

 Lucinda W. Prince, Mr. J. H. Emerton, and Mr. W. A. Brooks, 

 to extend at once the sympathy of this Club to the Sierra Club 

 of San Francisco in the terrible calamity which has befallen 

 their city and their Club, and to consider what, if anything, the 

 Appalachian Mountain Club can do to assist the Sierra Club, 

 and report recommendations to the Council." 



That committee met to-day and voted that the president should 

 at once wire you of our interest, and follow the telegram with 

 this letter. 



Accordingly I have wired you to-day at the above address as 

 follows : "Appalachian Club sends sympathy and desires to help 

 Sierra Club. Letter follows." 



As individuals we have all been doing what we can for the 

 stricken city and its people as a whole. As a Club we desire to 

 aid our Sierra Club brethren in every possible way to re-establish 

 themselves. 



We beg that you will inform us exactly as to your Club's 

 situation, and suggest to us in what manner we can best aid you. 



We will of course replace the full set of our magazine if you 

 desire it, and can perhaps otherwise aid in restoring your library. 

 Is there anything else that we can do? 



It had been feared that your summer trip into the mountains 

 would have to be abandoned, and we are overjoyed to note that 

 you state in your letter that the plans will be carried out in the 

 main. 



It was learned here to-day that the educational convention for 

 the summer had been practically abandoned, and that the rail- 

 roads were intending to cancel the attendant reduced rates. 

 This, I regret to state, will doubtless have its effect upon the 



