Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
[1]
July 26th
Dear Mr Johnson -
We are in for another fight for T Yo N. Park ' against T schemers of San Francisco who are trying to get possession of T H. Hy & T Upper Tuol. Meadows for reservoirs in whc T store T Tuol flood waters as a supply for San Francisco. If this scheme goes thro' not only will T H. Hy Vall, whc is a yosemite be destroyed but also T grand upper Tuolumne Meadows which is as you know T most specious & best central camp— round in all T high Sierra T damming of T Yo itself wld not be more destructive to T Nat Park than this Tuolumne scheme. As you know
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Sec'y Hitchcock decided [gainst?] the scheme but T new Secy Garfield two days ago formally reopened T question & seems to regard T scheme favorably.
In a meet— held in S.F. in wh he met T S.F. rep's of T scheme & those of T in - dis's opposed to it he said "it is very clear [illegible] ny md [illegible] T [illegible] T S. cannot be put to any highs use th[illegible] T de [illegible] of T cities along T coast" & all parties inter est to [send?] h[illegible] [illegible] him in Wash— by Sept. 15th. In T above discussion only the [parties?] were rec [illegible] the [illegible] T S.F. sch. While T rights of T Nation T [get?] Park were
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not considered at all. To turn [yr?] Central Park into a res for T dear people would not be half so outrageous a trespass on T people who use and enjoy it. By cement— up T doors & windows of our cathedals & churches many good storage tanks could thus be made, but this would hardly be T right use for them. The roof of T Sierra is about 500 miles long, but these [schemers?] for financial reasons seem to think [it?] only T [illegible] portion, used as a Nat Prk, is available to quench T city's thrist & prevent it from be— burned up a [2?] [illegible] time. Let them damn
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T Tuol. C[illegible] below H[illegible] as much as they [hope?], & thus second all T flood waters without damage T T Park [illegible] or draw [illegible] at great supplies from other streams at great cost, & keep theives & robbers & [illegible] grafters out of this [illegible] of all T A. park has been a con[illegible] fight evr since we got it established & it seems to have no end.
I returned from Yo a few days ago & while there made diligent [illegible] for T two Gilder boys bt could not find T slightest trace of them. I will try to get a copy of T Tuolumne water plans from T city engineer & if sucessful will forward them T you.
F. Y.
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, [1907] Jul 26." (1907). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3718.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3718
Resource Identifier
muir16_0839-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0839
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
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
