Creator
Geo[rge] G. Mackenzie
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
[4]trespassers would be inconsiderable, and fires would be detected while incipient. In nearly all cases fires of magnitude arise just because no one takes the trouble to quench them while small. They don’t burst out in an ungovernable extent all at once. Occasionally a fire might occur too much for one or two men to suppress. Then help would have to come from the other districts. But, as the patrolmen would have time to spare, they could by degrees run numerous “fire-lines” that would check the spread of flames and make the work of suppressing fire comparatively easy. “Five lines” are merely strips, like roads or trails, from which the vegetation is stripped. With a little exercise of judgment, the Park could be by degrees well furnished with such “fire-lines”. Of course, figuring on the basis of say 8 men, the results of the work would not be showy. But I recognize that the question of appropriations must be met. I estimate the cost of the service about as follows, the pay for men being as low as will obtain and keep good service — about too low. 8 men @ $75 per month – 6 months – 3,600.— Officer’s pay, by the year, 1,500.— 10 saddle horses 750.— 2 Pack “ 150.— 2 Wagon “ 200.— Wagon, saddles, harness, tools, &c. 750.— Feed for horses (much of the time the horses would live on the meadow grass, and do well.) 800.- $7,750.— Contingencies — say 500 $8,250
Location
Raymond, Calif.
Date Original
1891 Feb 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0055-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0055
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
