Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William] Colby
Transcription
Martinez Apr 21/08
Dear Mr Colby,
The Phelan forces seem according to Call dispatches to be actually making some headway. I have written to the President, but it might be well to telegraph to Garfield on the part of the Club requesting time to show after competent & disinterested examination that the claim made by the proponents of the Phelan scheme that Hetch Hetchy is the only pure & adequate source of supply for the city that is now available is utterly preposterous & without any foundation in fact. And therefore that no promise of any sort, of H. H.y - for a reservoir site now or in the future shoul[d?] be made to the City. Lake Eleanor & Cherry Creek sites on the northern tributaries of the Tuolumne basin are purer than the H H drainage & amply sufficient for a hundred yrs etc.
Faithfully yours John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1908 Apr 21
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1908 Apr 21." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5360.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5360
Resource Identifier
muir17_0423-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0423
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
National Archives. 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
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
