GENERAL OFFICE, AMERICAN BANK BUILDING 
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KAN SAS CITY, MO. 
CHICAGO OFFICE 
3™ ST.S WENTWORTH AVE. 
Kansas City, Mo. , February 23% 191° 
Dear Mr. Holmes: - 
I observe from the press reports a Bill 
for a scenic railroad on the rim at Grand Canj^on is being 
pressed in Congress and that same has been referred to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for his opinion. 
ciate how abhorrent such a proposition would be to every 
refined sentiment. If you have any influence with the 
Secretary of Agriculture , or with any authority that controls 
in this matter, I hope you will feel like exercising it. 
You have been to the Canyon and can appre 
With cordial remembrances, believe me 
Faithfully yours. 
Prof. William H. Holmes 
Smithsonian Institute 
Washington, D a C. 9 
