Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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2to save the valley, at least for a generation or two, by compelling San Francisco to first develop the Lake Eleanor & Cherry River sources to the utmost, take this supply to the city & use it until it proved inadequate. Then & not 'til then could H. Hy. be dammed.The real motive, as far as I can see, that determines Mr Phelans action in the matter is political ambition. While Spreckles wished to get possession of the city street cars & the Hetch Hetchy water-power to run them. This I think lay at the bottom of the ousting of the boodling board of supervisors with the aid of Burns, & the election of another boodle board.(2) The San Joaquin farmers are far from satisfied but unable to make their wants known against their political opponents.(3) See above. Use your own judgment as to small circular & go ahead.I sent you list of papers & will send some quotations from them later.
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1913 Sep 11
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir21_0752-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0752
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
