Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to [Charles F. Lummis], [ca. 1904 Nov].
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
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.
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Contributor:
[Charles F. Lummis]
Date:
[ca. 1904 Nov]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir16_1238-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[place unknown]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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1984
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.