Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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[enclosure]Martinez, California. September 6/07Dear Sir:At the close of a meeting of the Sierra Club, called to consider theproposed Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Site, I met Mr. Pinchot, and after a brief talkin which the subject was outlined, he never having seen it, seemed surprized to learn how important a part of the Yosemite Park the Hetch Hetchy really is. He promised to call if possible after the close of the Irrigation Congress and goover the matter in detail, and advise me to write you in the meantime requesting you to keep the matter open until we could be heard. I am writing a description of the Valley which I shall send you tomorrow or the day after, and later thereport of our Club committee with other papers bearing on the subject.We are all[1] heartily in favor of a Sierra, or even a Tuolumne watersupply for San Francisco and the Irrigation companies, but feel assured that allthe water required can be obtained from other nearby sources outside the park [2] without damming Hetch Hetchy, the destructive effects of which on thePark in general could be equalled only by making Yosemite itself into a reservoir.[3] Indeed every argument advanced for the making of Hetch Hetchyinto a reservoir would apply with equal force to Yosemite excepting only thecost of the required dam [4]1 All was crossed out.2 Originally written "...but feel assured that the water required can be abundantly supplied..."10071
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1907-09-18 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir16_1023-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 1023
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. 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
