Los Angeles, Thursday Feb 10 Took the 9 A.M. electric car to go to the Mount Lowe Tram. The cars go throp Pasa- dera, and Altaadena and stop at Rubio Canyon where the altitude is about 14465 feet. Then up an inclined plane 123 ft higher when one takes another electric car that winds and winds around the mountain side up to the Mt Lowe Tramsn that stands at 4420 feet. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get here. Then walked N.E. 1/2 mile to Inspiration Point and back to the hotel when had lunch. Then tried to ascend by walking to the top of Mt Lowe along a bridle path. I took 1 1/2 hours to climb up to 5650; but the general view was not good in account of the haze and clouds. Could hardly see Pasa- dera other 10 miles south. Still the trip was worth while. All of the rocks are a white diorite very light that in places almost seems a pink granite. Has many schist including and then great bedded masses of schist throught worked in the diorite. Our plan is the building of the Observatory