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feel at all timid safety belts are provided, which fasten you to the 

 cables so that it will be impossible to slip and meet with an accident. 



"The work was done under the direction of experts from the Sierra 

 Club, and part of the expense shared by the park authorities. The 

 stairway has now been completed and turned over to the Yosemite 

 National Park for the use of the public. The memorial plaque at the 

 foot of the stairway reads: 



ERECTED 



I9I9 



^ UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE 



SIERRA CLUB 

 TO REMEMBER 

 CAPTAIN GEORGE ANDERSON 

 WHO FIRST ASCENDED THIS DOME IN 

 1875 



San Francisco, 5 September, 1919 

 Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer Sierra Club, 

 Berkeley, California. 

 Dear Sir: In re Half Dome trail and stairway: Much obliged for 

 the check ($129.52), which balances this account; a receipt for same I 

 have mailed to the Mills Building office. 



I find that the whole work has amounted to a value of approximately 

 $5000, the exact payments being as follows : 

 Paid by M. Hall McAllister : 

 Labor, steps and trail on saddle and cable stairway 



on big incline $2,903.09 



Material for above 833.48 $3,736-57 



Furnished by Yosemite National Park: 



(Mr. W. B. Lewis, Superintendent, estimated 

 amounts, including cost of connecting trail 



from Cloud's Rest Trail to Gateway.) 



Transportation for entire work $ 271.00 



Tools and equipment for entire work 350.oo 621.00 



Total $4,357-57 



Hoping it will prove a popular and lasting attraction to the Yosemite 

 and redound to the credit of the Sierra Club, I remain 

 Yours very truly, 



M. Hall McAllister, 



485 California Street 



My dear Mr. McAllister: Berkeley, October i8, 1919 



As president of the Sierra Club, it becomes my pleasant duty to con- 

 vey to you the unanimous and cordial vote of thanks, passed at the 



