Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
Dear Mr. Johnson: Martinez, Dec. 1, 1908The 3 or 4 Hetch Hetchy schemers are far from satisfied with the Garfield award-- & as you will see by these clippings they are going to Congress to make a desperate effort to get what they want, as I knew they would. Viz,permission to dam H. H. at once without reference to Lake Eleanor & Cherry Creek. For it is Electric power they want, not water. Of course we must fight'em & I think we'll beat 'emThe labor unions all voted for water bonds, as they do for all sorts of bonds making work for them, while little or nothing of the cost to the tax payers falls upon them. A few months ago subscriptions were called for to raise $10000 for the H. H. scheme, but less than 1/2 this paltry sum was raised by the citizens in reponse to frantic appleals by the schemers, with best wishes; faithfully yours John MuirMartinez, Dec. 1, 1908
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1908 Dec 1
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir17_1027-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 1027
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
