Bar Harbor Boardof Trade E. S. Clark, President Rodick Block R. H. Kingsley, Secretary Opp. Post Office Bar Harbor, Maine, April 16th, 1908 Mr. C. M. Burt, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:- On behalf of the Ber Harbor Board of Trade I have been cor- responding with Col. Boothby of the Maine Central on the subject of a series of excursions to Bar Harbor during the months of June and July from points on the route to Boston. The last letter I had from Col. Boothby on the subject, informed me that he had been to Boston and con- sulted with you in regard to the matter, and he gave ne to understand that your roads did not care to give reduced rates after July first, and that, judging from past experience, you thought the cost of advertising an excursion for June would be about $400 of which naturally you would expect us to pay about three-fourths. As Col. Boothby thought it might save confusion if I corres- ponded directly with you, I wish to inform you that after giving the matter careful consideration the Directors of the Board of Trade have come to the conclusion that it would be unwise to try to hendle any kind of excursion this year as the funds for advertising purposes are already pretty well used up in the printing and distribution of a large edition of booklets ad- vertising Bar Harbor, and also because our hotel men do not feel like gaking any reduction after the first of July, and the hotels that open previous to that date are very few and are not prepared to handle anything of a crowd, unless previously assured of it. These few hotels do not open until