Title:
Letter from O. W. Lehmer to John Muir, 1911 Jan 9.
Creator:
O. W. Lehmer
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1911 Jan 9
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0046-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 22 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Merced, Calif.
Rights:
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Transcription:
o.W. LEHMER SUPERINTENDENT AND TRAFFIC MANAGER YOSEMITE OPEN ALL YEAR MERCED, CALIFORNIA January 9, 1911. Mr. John
Muir, 325 West Adams Street, Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Mr. Muir: Your letter of the 5th inst. I do not know that I can
give you anything for your book as far as the building of the Yosemite Valley Railroad is concerned except what you already
know. illegible is eighty miles long, and the entire distance except the first twenty-four miles is built through the precipitous
Merced River Canon.. the roadbed was practically blasted out of the solid rock for the entire distance in the canon. Work
was commenced in September 1905 and the road was completed and the first train entered El Portal, the terminus, April 15,
1907. Over one-hundred carloads of powder were used in the construction of the road. Many miles of it cost as much as 100,000
per mile for constric tion. The business has increased from four thousand tourists the first year to fifteen thousand in 1910.
You will find a map of the ,the road in our regular standard folder, in folder racks at any of the hotels. If there is any
further information that I can give youwill be pleased to do so. Yours truly, illegible 04935