Letter from [John Muir] to [Charles F. Lummis], [ca. 1904 Nov].
Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Charles F. Lummis]
Transcription
of course water for cities must be had at whatever cost but there is no need of going into the worlds park for it. for there is a glorious abundance in the snowy Sierra outside of it available for a dozen San Franciscos The great charm of the Hetch Hetchy scheme is the comparative cheapness of the required reservoir dams. The Tuolumne River flows out of the level floored Hetch Hetchy Valley through a narrow gorge forming an ideal dam-site. The Upper dam-site is also an attractive one to the engineer, while the basins above them are very extensive. The Yosemite dammed would be the best reservoir of all, but few sane folk would recommend putting it to such use. Cathedrals with dammed doors & windows would make good storage tanks & some of the dollar-people in Christ's time thought the temple a good place for money changing.
Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1904 Nov]
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Charles F. Lummis], [ca. 1904 Nov]." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3845.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3845
Resource Identifier
muir16_1237-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 1237
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Braun Research Library, Autry National Center for the American West, Los Angeles, CA. ID Numbers: MS.1.1.3221A Charles F. Lummis/Mr. John Muir Correspondence 1895-1905; and MS.1.1.3221B Charles F. Lummis/Mr. John Muir Correspondence 1906-1913. 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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
