Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[William] Colby

Transcription

Los Angeles, cal., May 20. 1910.Dear Mr. Colby:-I thank you for your long letter of May 16th. Am sorry to see that the Hetch-Hetchy hearing has been set back a week by the Secretary.I notice by this morning's paper that the San Francisco Mayor and City Attorney were taken to the White House by Senator Flint and introduced to the President, who discussed with them the City's side of the Hetch-Hetchy question. The President expressed the opinion that more information regarding the matter was desirable and stated he would have a commission of army engineers visit the valley and make a thorough report to him. This seemed to be satisfactory to all the parties.I notice also that under the same date, May 19th, Col. Spencer Cosby, Lieut.-Col. John Biddle and Lieut.-Col. Harry Taylor, all engineer officers, have been appointed a board to meet in Washington within a week to attend the hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on the question of the vacation of a permit to San Francisco to use the Hetch-Hetchy valley for a water supply.I have no doubt so far of the outcome as being favorable to our side but it seems as though the question was to be kept open a considerable time longer. That is, if the army engineers commission have to visit the valley in order to make a thorough report, it would seem as though it would be set back at least another season, for even if they went right away it would take some time for them to make up their minds.

As to the Galen Clark books, it is very proper that they should be placed in our Yosemite Club Building. I will try to prepare a sketch of Galen Clark's life and work in the Yosemite and Mariposa Sequoia grove within a few days.The idea of a National Park embracing all the Mt. Tamalpais region I think is capital, and the Club will of course lend all possible aid in getting the park established by act of congress.I hope to get back ere long and will take up all the Sierra work with you, which, however, I have carefully watched through the newspapers, especially of course the Hetch-Hetchy matter and the Ballinger-Pinchot squabble. Whatever the cost we of course must see the thing through, as it is one of the principal interests that the Club has on hand.Faithfully yours,[illegible]To Wm. E. Colby,302 Mills Bldg.,San Francisco, Cal.

Location

Los Angeles

Date Original

1910 May 20

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir19_0385-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 19, Image 0385

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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