October 9, 1922



Mr. Earl Douglass

Jensen, Utah



My dear Douglass:



Upon consultation with Mr. Coggeshall and Mr. Peterson and after a careful perusal of your very excellent report I am convinced that the best way to bring in the fossils from the quarry to Pittsburgh, is to haul to Craig.  Acting upon this I have written today to President Gray of the Union Pacific railway in an attempt to secure free transportation for this shipment, and after hearing from him, I hope favorably, I will take the matter up with the railroads east of Omaha.  It seems better to await the action of the Union Pacific as I can use that as a lever with the other roads.  



I have told you that the chances are that we will stop work on the quarrry at the end of the year, but cannot give you definite instruction on this point until after I have had a conference with Secretary Walcott of the Smithsonian, as to the future of the Dinosaur Monument.  I hope to have this talk with the secretary before the wend of this month.  In any event I wish you to understand that you are not to leave the services of the Carnegie Museum.  I have heard rumors that you feared that if I decided to abondon work at this point that you would not be needed.  I have always regarded your knowledge of geology and paleontology as a big asset to this Museum, and you may be assured that your salary will continue and that we will

find congenial work for you as long as you care to have it.