Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Robert Underwood Johnson]

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and sensible standpoint, that of preserving natural beauties wherever available, but at the same time removing obstacles to the full and free enjoyment of such beauties.As to Mr. Radford's precise plans, it is probable that he has not formulated them fully. Re has been authorized to make a survey of the floor of the valley, and the action of the Commission will, no doubt, depend largely upon his report. At all events, as far as he has gone, he has illustrated the difference between the professional and the amateur, and especially the amateur with a hobby.[Newspaper clipping from San Francisco Chronicle]The Board of Yosemite Commissioners will violate neither the letter nor the spirit of any existing law if they will give to John M. Hutchings a life lease, rent free, of his cabin in the Yosemite valley. If there be any one man in California who has worked in season and out of season to make the world understand what Yosemite valley is, it is John M. Hutchings. In some countries he would be given a pension which would insure him a comfortable old age. California can certainly afford to give him the rent of his modest cabin in the valley, which has been his home for so many years, and which owes so much to his personal and individual exertions. The request of Mr. Hutchings, made in so simple and modest a way, does not seem debatable.Survey for the Electric Railroad From Merced to the Yosemite Valley under way. The final survey for the electric railway between Merced and the Yosemite Valley is under way. The surveying party had pitched a tent on Court House avenue. The capacity of electric roads has hardly been tested yet. Steam railroad exten-[...]00863

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1895-10-01T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir08_1225-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 08, Image 1225

Copyright Statement

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html

Owning Institution

Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Page Number

Page 6

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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