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thereof. The completion of this work is wholly dependent upon weather 

 conditions, but if successfully prosecuted, as is hoped, these trails will 

 bring the mileage up to 150, and a particularly noteworthy feature is 

 that a trunk Hne of trail will have been thrown around the park terri- 

 tory, making mountain encircling trips by tourists and park officers 

 easier of accomplishment. The ultimate aim is to build branch trails 

 from this trunk line, which is kept at the lowest practicable altitude, 

 to the points of interest in the higher altitudes. The Forest Service of 

 the Department of Agriculture is co-operating in this encircling trail 

 system by providing labor to build such parts of the trail as are neces- 

 sarily outside the park boundary. The park trails are well located with 

 regard to game and fire patrol as well as for convenience and comfort 

 of tourists. (Signed) Ethan Allen, 



Superintendent Mt. Rainier National Park 



GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 



Going to the Sun Camp — A new dormitory, 28 by 96 feet, has been 

 constructed at this camp. 



Many Glacier Camp — There is now under construction a large hotel 

 building, also a large dormitory building. 



Granite Park Camp — Plans are about completed and work under way 

 for the construction of a camp for the accommodation of tourists next 

 season. 



Glacier Hotel — John E. Lewis has completed a sixty-five-room hotel 

 on his patented land near the head of Lake McDonald. 



Roads and Trails — I most emphatically recommend that the McDonald 

 and Waterton Lakes Road be constructed. This road would run almost 

 through the center of the park, affording wagon or automobile trans- 

 portation to points of scenic interest which could be easily reached by 

 saddle-horse transportation over trails, and later could be connected 

 with the east-side roads through Swift Current Pass. The Waterton 

 Lake Road could also be connected up with the Flathead River Road 

 through Browns Pass, going either by Kintla or Bowman Lake, The 

 building of the Fish Creek Road and the improvement of the North 

 Fork Road, as asked for in the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1916, will connect up this system of roads and open up a large new 

 section of splendid scenic beauty. (Signed) S. F. Ralston, 



Supervisor Glacier National Park 



MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK 



During the past year there have been no repairs to the ruins other 

 than the work done by the rangers in making new trails, repairing old 

 ones, strengthening the ladders and building, and raising one long lad- 

 der to reach the Inaccessible Ruin, located in Navajo Cafion, below Pea- 

 body House. Nothing of value was found in this house when reached, 

 as many years ago one of the early explorers in this region had been 

 lowered from the cliff above, as an autograph in the ruin testifies. 



(Signed) Thos. Rickner, 

 Superintendent Mesa Verde National Park 



