Title:
Letter from Francis Burton Harrison to Walter L. Fisher, 1912 Dec 3.
Creator:
Francis Burton Harrison
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Contributor:
Walter L. Fisher
Date:
1912 Dec 3
2008
Type:
Text
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Identifier:
muir20_1456-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 35.5 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
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Transcription:
illegible possible value in connection with land development , only the amountof water that could be drawn off at a certain
fixed level was estimated; This amount Mr. Martin and Mr. O Shaughnessy figured at125,625 acre feet, or in gallons,-40,933,000,000.
Bellow this levelin the large reservoir there are approximately 15.000,000,000gallons more, which makes the total capacity
of the large reservoiras above stated, 65,000,000,000. Mr. O Shaughnessy s suggestion thatthe project would be tremendously
valuable for city supply, led tofurther investigation which brought to light the other reservoirsherein mentioned. The following
is a quotation from a report datedJuly 29, 1912, made by Mr. O Shaughnessy to Wm. H. Crocker of SanFrancisco, concerning the
largest reservoir herein referred to:- As the outlet of reservoir will have an elevation of 300feet above the sea, it would
be possible to use this source as anauxiliary supply to Oakland, Berkeley or San Francisco, The waterwould be pure, unpolluted
water from the snow shed of the Sierras,and the expense of developing and conveying would not be 60 of manyof the other Sierra
schemes. Owing to the fact that reservoirs are situated in the foothillsand that facilities for construction work are of
the best, thecost Hetch Hetchy project. The estimates of the capacity of the small reservoirs have beenmade conservatively,
and Mr. Martin, the Engineer states that inhis opinion construction work will hardly illegible any more expensive pergallon
of storage than in the case of the largest reservoir. I would be glad to furnish you with such data as I have at mycommand,
but would prefer that an illegible engineer, whom you maycare to appoint for the work illegible made a complete report.
Yours illegible truly, illegible Burton Harrison 06341