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EDITORIAL-DEEARTMENT THE CENTURY-MAGAZINE UNION SQUARE NEW YORK May 4, 1896. R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Cal. My dear Muir, I thank you very much
for yourrecent letters and for the extracts in regard to the railroad into the valley. It seems to me that it would be a great
mistake to have the railroad traverse any portion of the National Park, and I should therefore very strongly oppose any bill
or other attempt to take it within the limits of the Park. The moment the railroad gets into the Park, good-by to the peace,
wildness and security of the reservation. There is no reason why It should not stop at the border. It seems to me that this
is a thing for the Sierra Club to take up and discuss illegible the Boone and Crockett Club of Washington D. C. which has
defended the Yellowstone Park against railroad illegible . If the Perkins bill should pass, it would mean injury not only
to the Yosemite but to the Yellowstone. I thank you very much for your invitation to go up to Alaska. Nothing would give
me greater pleasure, but I fear it is out of the questioa this year. Gilder does not return un-the first of July, and there
are other reasons why I could not undertake a long trip at this time. By the way, why do you go