Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1914 Dec 3.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
American Academy of Arts and Letters. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission
to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Date:
1914 Dec 3
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir22_0816-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, California, December 3rd, 1914 Dear Mr. Johnson: I heard some time ago that a considerable number of men were
making beginnings on road work near Hetch Hetchy, and members of the Sierra Club outing who passed through the valley in July
report that a few cabins have been built in the central part of the valley and a few trees have been cut, but nothing like
an earnest beginning of reservoir work was to be seen, and hardly a word about Hetch Hetchy is heard nowadays either in San
Francisco or in the state at large since Phelan was elected Senator. Having attained his object he has never a word to say
on pure mountain water. I thank you for Academy news. You must be having a fine time. Wish I could be with you, but I am
not fit to travel. I would be delighted to have you come out for a California trip next summer. Come direct to my house. I
don't know anything about the literary exercises of the Panama Exposition. I don't think Phelan's majority was very great.
With all good wishes for the new year, I am, dear old friend, Faithfully yours, illegible