Series 1. California . 1886-1912 . 1901-1909
Series Arrangement
The series consists of 29 sub-series, arranged by county.
Sub-Series 1.1. Alameda County . 1886-1901
Schuyler, J. D. Report on Contra Costa water works. 1886. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 1.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Board of Directors, Contra Costa Water Co., Oakland, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the probable cost of the property of the Contra Costa Water Co. to January 1, 1900. 1900. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 1.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to William J. Dingee, Vice President, Contra Costa Water Co., Oakland, Calif.
Boardman, W. F. Contra Costa Water Company estimated cost of construction, January 1886 to 1900. 1900. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 1.3 ]
Boardman, W. F. Report of W. F. Boardman, C.E., on the probable cost of construction of the Contra Costa water works. 1886. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 1.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Board of Directors, Contra Costa Water Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : San Francisco, to Messrs. Holbrook, Talbot, and Johnson, Executive Committee, Contra Costa Water Company, re disposal of waste water . 1887 Apr [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 1.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Regarding the most feasible means of disposing of the waste-waters of Lake Chabot, the Company's storage reservoir in San Leandro.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the present value of the waterworks, electric lighting and power plant and gas plant of the Livermore Water and Power Co. of Alameda Co., Cal. 1901. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 2 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes appendix: Copy of ordinance establishing water rates in the Town of Livermore, Cal., for the year commencing July 1st, 1901.
Sub-Series 1.2. Amador County . 1901
Schuyler, J. D. Report on observations taken of certain portions of the work of the Standard Electric Company of California 1901 [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 4.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Board of Directors, Standard Electric Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the construction of the Tabeaud Dam of the Standard Electric Company of California. 1901. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 4.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of Prince A. Poniatowski, William H. Crocker, and W. Frank Pierce, of the Board of Directors of the Standard Electric Co. Includes related materials in pocket: letter from Burr Bassell; copy of agreement between the Standard Electric Co. and E. B. Stone, contractor; and charts and miscellaneous data.
Sub-Series 1.3. Butte County . 1892-1903
Notice of Commissioner's and receiver's sale : Wm. Alvord et al., plaintiffs, vs. the Spring Valley Gold Company.1896 . 1 sheet
[ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 5.1 ]
Bryan, St. George T. C. Report on the Cherokee water system and hydraulic gravel mine at Cherokee, Butte County, California. 1899. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 5.2 ]
Davison, George S., and J. D. Schuyler. The Cherokee hydraulic gold mines of Butte County, Cal. 1899. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 5.3 ]
Myers, L. L., Samuel Storrow, and J. D. Schuyler. Joint report on the methods of working the Cherokee hydraulic mine, at Cherokee, Butte County, Cal. 1900. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 5.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Bound with: Report of Jas. D. Schuyler, on the operation of the Cherokee mine.
Map of the lands, reservoirs and pipe lines of the Cherokee Mining Co., Cherokee, Butte Co., Cal. August 1900 . 1 map
. 1900 [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 5.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Blue line print map to scale of 1:4800.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the projected canal from Feather River for irrigation in Butte and Sutter Counties, Cal . 2 Volumes
. 1903 [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 6.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Volumes include maps and photographs. Vol. 2 bound with: Report of O. W. Jasper on Feather River Canal.
Sub-Series 1.4. Calaveras County . 1900
Sub-Series 1.5. Fresno County . 1902
Sub-Series 1.6. Glenn County . 1904-1906
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the irrigation ditch of the Pacific Sugar Construction Company, in Glenn Co., Cal. 1906. [ Box 1 ]
[ Folder 9 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Hamilton, Esq., Pacific Sugar Construction Co., Chico, Calif.
Sub-Series 1.7. Imperial County . 1902-1912
Murphy, D. W. Report on the survey of the boundary line between the lands of General Andrade and the California Development Company, situated in lower California. 1902. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes holograph draft.
Murphy, D. W. Report on the silts of the Imperial Canal, the property of the California Development Company. 1904. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Preliminary report on the silt problem of the Imperial Canal. 1904. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Bound with: Report on the silts of the Imperial Canal / by D. W. Murphy.
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : Los Angeles, to Mr. Epes Randolph, Los Angeles, re the construction of the reinforced concrete headgates for the Imperial Canal at Hanlon's, California. 1905 September 6 [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.4 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Preliminary report on the Imperial Canal system. 1905. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Col. Epes Randolph, President, California Development Co., Tucson, Ariz.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the irrigation of lands in California and Mexico from the Colorado River, by the Imperial Canal systems, the property of the California Development Company. 1906. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes list of structures which must be maintained by the California Development Co., compiled from the notes of C. N. Berry, Resident Engineer. Note: See SCHU 11.8 for complete report with exhibits.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the construction of the permanent reinforced concrete and steel headgates of the Imperial Canal, at Hanlon's, California. 1906. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.7 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Epes Randolph, Esq., President, California Development Co.,Tucson, Ariz. Bound with: Final report on the construction of the concrete-steel headgates for the Imperial Canal at Hanlon's, Cal. / by James W. Martin.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the irrigation of lands in California and Mexico from the Colorado River, by the Imperial Canal systems, the property of the California Development Company. 1906. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.8 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of the California Development Co. for the purpose of summarizing the results of its work of reclaiming the desert to date.
Schuyler, J. D. The overflow of Colorado River into Salton Basin : comparison between 1891 and 1905, as affecting the responsibility of the California Development Company for damage incurred. 1907. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.9 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to C. R. Rockwood, Consulting Engineer, California Development Co., Los Angeles.
Rockwood, C. R. Statement of C. R. Rockwood : in the matter of the liability of the California Development Company for the flooding of Salton Basin. 1907. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 11.10 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the property and business of the Imperial Valley Gas Company. 1912. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 12 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the property of the Holton Power Company : its general character and condition and the business outlook with regard to the value and stability of its securities. 1911. [ Box 2 ]
[ Folder 13 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of W. F. Holt, President and General Manager of the Holton Power Co.
Sub-Series 1.8. Kern County . 1899-1911
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the canal of the Kern River Company with respect to necessary work for prevention of waste of water by seepage and the correction of the river channel in Kernville Delta. 1904. [ Box 3 ]
[ Folder 14.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of the Kern County Land Co. and Miller & Lux.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on probable losses by seepage and evaporation in the canal of the Kern River Company, when lined with cement.1904. [ Box 3 ]
[ Folder 14.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. W. O'Melveny,Esq., Attorney for the Kern River Co., Los Angeles.
Proposed specifications, portland cement concrete lining for Kern River Company's power canal. 1904 [ Box 3 ]
[ Folder 14.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Report prepared by Washburn, C.E., of the Bay Cities Water Co.
Topographical map of southerly portion of North Fork Kern River Valley, Kern River Co. February 1904 . 1 map
. 1904 [ Box 3 ]
[ Folder 14.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Map scale is 1:6,000. Blueprint sShows property of the Kern River Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed consolidation of the properties of the Bakersfield Gas Electric Light Company, the Electric Water Company, the Bakersfield Kern Electric Railway Company and the Power Development Company, all of Kern County, Cal. 1902. [ Box 3 ]
[ Folder 15 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of M. V. McQuigg, of Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a project for supplying pure water for domestic and general commercial uses to the Midway Oil Fields, Kern County, California. 1911. [ Box 3 ]
[ Folder 17.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of J. M. McLeod,of Los Angeles.
Sub-Series 1.9. Los Angeles County . 1888-1910
Schuyler, J. D. Report on stability of Sepulveda Canyon Dam, under construction by the Santa Monica Water Co. 1907. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 18.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. J. Davis, Esq., Secretary, Santa Monica Water Co., Santa Monica, Calif.
Hincks, Harvey W. Estimates and plans of the dam under construction at Sepulveda Canyon.1907. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 18.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Santa Monica Land & Water Co., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed hydraulic-fill dam in Sullivan Canyon, for the Santa Monica Land Water Company, accompanying plans and specifications. 1907. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 18.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Santa Monica Land & Water Co., Los Angeles; prepared at the request of J. J. Davis.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the electrolytic purification of sewage as demonstrated at Santa Monica, California, for the period of one year ending July 1909.1909. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 19 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to George A. Lonsberry, Esq., Los Angeles. Bound with: Electrolytic purification of sewage at Santa Monica / H. Hawgood.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on sewage disposal for the Pacific Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Santa Monica, Cal. 1899. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 20.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Gen. O. H. La Grange, Governor, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Soldier's Home, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. The septic tank for the treatment of sewage at Soldiers Home, near Santa Monica, Cal 1903. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 20.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Written for Municipal Engineering Magazine, with specifications, plans, and photographs.
Schuyler, Philip. Pacific Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Santa Monica, California : septic tank no. 2 : report of Philip Schuyler, Inspector. 1904. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 20.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. D. Schuyler and Samuel Storrow, Consulting Engineers, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed disposal of Santa Monica sewage by septic tank and irrigation, and the protection of the beach at Ocean Park from sewage pollution. 1904. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.1 ]
Notice to contractors: proposals for the construction of a septic tank and a new city sewer systems for the City of Ocean Park. 1905 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.2 ]
Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park, California, and Olmsted-Poulson Company.1905 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.3 ]
Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park, California, and Arthur S. Bent. 1905 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.4 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on sewer mains and septic tank for Ocean Park.1905. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Trustees of the City of Ocean Park, Calif.
Notice to contractors: proposals for the erection of a sewage pumping plant and pump house at the ocean Park septic tank, and wood stave discharge pipe from tank to sewage farm. 1905 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.6 ]
Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park and the National Wood Pipe Company for the construction of a wood stave pipe to be laid from the septic tank to the sewage farm. 1905 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.7 ]
Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park and W. S. Rabineau for the erection of a sewage pumping plant. 1905 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 21.8 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : Los Angeles, to Charles Silent, President, Redondo Beach Company, re a schedule of fittings required for the reservoir at Redondo Beach. 1888 May 2 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 22.1 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : Los Angeles, to Charles Silent, President, Redondo Beach Company, re water-supply at Redondo Beach. 1888 May 5 [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 22.2 ]
Schuyler, J. D., and Samuel Storrow. Report on the water system of the Paso de Bartolo Water Company, Los Angeles County, Cal. 1901. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 23 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Messrs. E. H. Rollins & Sons and J. M. C. Marble.
Schuyler, J. D. Little Lake Ditch Company : memorandum on examination of San Gabriel River.1898. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 24 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to C. C. Wright, Esq., Attorney for Little Lake Ditch Co., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on dyke, for San Pedro Salt Co.1901. [ Box 4 ]
[ Folder 24.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to San Pedro Salt Co., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Preliminary report on water supply of Antelope Valley for sugar beet growing and for supplying a sugar factory.1904. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 25 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. McCoy Williams, Esq., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply of Little Rock Creek available for irrigation in Antelope Valley, California. 1910. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 26 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. D. Hubbard, Esq., President, Chicago Exploration Co., Chicago, Ill.
Lippincott, J. B. Engineer's statement regarding Antelope Valley Water Co.1894. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 27.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Discussion of the diversion of Piru Creek and Cuddy Creek onto the lands in the west end of Antelope Valley in Los Angeles and Kern Counties.
Schuyler, J. D. Piru Reservoir Company : report on water supply and projected irrigation works. 1895. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 27.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Directors, Piru Reservoir Co., i.e. Antelope Valley Water Co..
Schuyler, J. D. Report on lands and water system of the Maclay Rancho, San Fernando Valley, California. 1899. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 28 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Augustine W. Wright, Esq., Chicago, Ill.
Freeman, John R., Frederic P. Stearns, and J. D. Schuyler. Report of the Board of Consulting Engineers on the project of the Los Angeles Aqueduct from Owens River to San Fernando Valley. 1906. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 29 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Board of Public Works of the City of Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : San Diego, Calif., to C. J. Meddis, Esq., Secretary, Porter Land and Water Company, re on water supply developed and in use by the company. 1888 May 11 [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 30 ]
Schuyler, J. D., H. Hawgood, and Charles T. Healey. Letter : Los Angeles, to W. B. Barber, Esq., President, San Fernando Valley Improvement Company, Los Angeles, re Mormon Cañon Dam, near Chatsworth Park, Los Angeles County. 1896 May 11 [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 31 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the present availability and value of the property of La Sierra Water Company. 1903. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 32 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Henry M. Blackmer, Esq.
Schuyler, J. D., and Samuel Storrow. Joint report on the conditions surrounding the water supply of the Verdugo Cañon Water Company. 1903. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 33 ]
Adams, A. L., J. D. Schuyler, and J. B. Lippincott. Report of the Board of Consulting Engineers appointed by the City of Pasadena for the determination of the value of the properties of the various companies distributing water within its municipal boundaries. 1900. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 34 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Board of City Trustees, Pasadena, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the value of the plant and water supply of the North Pasadena Land and Water Company. 1905. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 35 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Directors of the North Pasadena Land & Water Co., Pasadena, Calif. Bound with: Report upon the physical facts affecting the value of property of the North Pasadena Land and Water Co. / by Samuel Storrow.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on flood channels and waterways crossing under the S.P.R.R. track in the vicinity of Charter Oak Station, Los Angeles County, Cal. 1899 i.e.1900. [ Box 5 ]
[ Folder 36.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. L. Swaine, Esq., Resident Engineer, Southern Pacific Co.
Sub-Series 1.10. Monterey County . 1901-1904
Schuyler, J. D. Report on value of the property of the Salinas City Light and Water Company. 1901. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 37 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of the Salinas City Light and Water Co. Bound with: Report of test made at the electric plant of the Salinas City Light and Water Company, Salinas City, Cal./ by Frank E. Smith.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed consolidation of electric railway, electric lighting and gasworks properties for the service of Monterey, Pacific Grove and the Hotel Del Monte. 1902. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 38.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of Messrs. Hubbell, Smith and Gardner, financial agents, of Los Angeles.
Murphy, D. W. Report on the Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway, proposed Carmel extension.1904. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 38.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Based upon a survey made October-November 1903, for the Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway,for an electric line extending from Pacific Grove around the peninsula to Carmel Mission.
Dobbs, Robert M. Letter : San Francisco, to Fred W. Swanton, Santa Cruz, Calif., re examination of the property and books of the Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Railway and Electric Power Company. 1901 November 20 [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 38.3 ]
Sub-Series 1.11. Orange County . 1891-1906
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a system of irrigation for the Olinda Ranch, Orange Co., Cal., the property of W. H. Bailey, Esq. 1891. 3 leaves [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 40 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. W. Bailey, Esq., San Francisco. Includes 2 letters from H. C. Kellogg concerning the Brea Cañon Dam.
Schuyler, J. D. Preliminary report on the Bolsa Chica Dam. 1899. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 41.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to W. F. Botsford, Esq., President, Bolsa Chica Gun Club.
Schuyler, J. D., et al. Report of Board of Engineers on the effect of the construction of the Bolsa Chica Dam on the adjacent peat lands. 1900. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 41.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to W. E. Dunn, Esq., Bolsa Chica Gun Club.
Schuyler, J. D. Final specifications and contract for constructing automatic tide gates for the Bolsa Land Company, and the dam of the Bolsa Chica Gun Club. 1903. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 41.3 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Automatic tide gates at Bolsa Chica : report on the manner of construction. 1903. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 41.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of A. Duchamp, Mechanical Engineer, contractor for the Bolsa Land Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on condition of concrete floor of tide gates at Bolsa Chica, after examination and levels taken August 11., '03. 1903. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 41.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Directors of the Bolsa Land Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Automatic tide gates. 1903. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 41.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Submitted to the editor of Engineering news; documents the construction of the automatic tide gates for the Bolsa Land Co., in the Bolsa Chica Estuary.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply and distribution for domestic and irrigation service, on the lands of the Huntington Beach Co. 1906. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 42 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. V. Vickers, President, Huntington Beach Co.; includes correspondence from A. L. Reed, Resident Manager.
Sub-Series 1.12. Placer County . 1909
Sub-Series 1.13. Plumas County . 1902-1911
Howells, J. W. Letter : Los Angeles, to E. T. Earl, Esq., Los Angeles, re water-power plant on the Feather River, 11 miles south of Prattville, in northwestern Plumas County. 1902 March 4 [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 44.1 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on water storage and power development on North Fork of Feather River, California, as projected by the Western Power Company. 1902. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 44.2 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Western Power Company, Prattville, Plumas County, California : report of construction at the end of October, 1902. 1902. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 44.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. T. Earl, President, Western Power Co., Los Angeles.
Howells, J. M. Report on water supply from Big Meadows, Butt Creek and Yellow Creek, Plumas County, California. 1905. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 44.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Bound with: Report on precipitation / by J. A. Edman (letter report to J. M. Howells).
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the design of dams suitable for the impounding reservoir of Great Western Power Company, at Big Meadows, Plumas County, California. 1911. [ Box 6 ]
[ Folder 44.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. H. Sinclair, Esq., Vice President, Great Western Power Co.,San Francisco. Partial contents: Report of A. E. Chodzko, M.E., on the mathematical analysis of the stresses involved in the multiple arch dam as designed for Great Western Power Company : letter report to J. D. Schuyler -- Estimate of the cost of an Eastwood multiple arch dam for a 110-foot reservoir at Big Meadows for the Great Western Power Company -- Letter report to Great Western Power Co., New York / by Alfred Noble, C. E., May 12, 1911 -- Exhibit "G," Notes and comments on J. R. Freeman's report of 1905 relative to his investigations at Canyon Dam site, Big Meadows.
Sub-Series 1.14. Riverside County . 1891-1912
Burson, D. M. D. M. Burson's report to San Francisco Savings Union, re a preliminary survey of Nigger Jim Canyon on the Temecula Creek for the purpose of taking out water to irrigate Pauba and Temecula Ranches. 1891. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 45.1 ]
Scope and Contents
The title of this item was supplied by Burson, the report's author. It reflects a racist place name that was in use at the time the report was written. The canyon surveyed is now part of the Vail Lake reservoir on Temecula Creek, east of Temecula, California. UCR Library has chosen to retain and add context to the report author's use of harmful language in this finding aid, in order to preserve information about the context of the report's creation.
Bound with letter report to Pauba Land & Water Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the possible irrigation development on the property of the Pauba Land and Water Company situated in Riverside County, California. 1895. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 45.2 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on water storage on the Pauba Rancho, Riverside County, California. 1898. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 45.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Willard M. Shelton, Esq., San Francisco Savings Union, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on canal and pipe line surveys from the Pauba damsite to Wildomar and Elsinore. 1899. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 45.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Willard M. Shelton, Esq., San Francisco Savings Union, Los Angeles. Library also has holograph draft copy.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply available for irrigation, to be developed by storage reservoirs on the Pauba and Temecula Ranchos, in Riverside County, California. 1908. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 45.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of H. R. Cowan and H. L. Berkey, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. The artesian water supply of the Elsinore Lake basin, Riverside County, California : report on tests of wells bored by the Superior Land and Water Company. 1911. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 46 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Superior Land and Water Co., Riverside, Calif. Appendix: Log of the wells.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on proposed pipe-distribution and water purification improvements at Hemet, Cal. 1898. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 47 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to W. F. Whittier, Esq., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the feasibility and cost of irrigating the Palo Verde Mesa and the Chucawalla Valley in Riverside County, California, by pumping from the Colorado River. 1912. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 48 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Dr. George Wharton James, Pasadena, Calif.
Sub-Series 1.15. San Benito County . 1905
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the physical condition, business and value of the gas and electric works and water works of the San Benito Water, Light and Power Company, of Hollister, Cal. 1905. [ Box 7 ]
[ Folder 49 ]
Scope and Contents
Written to provide advice regarding properties in the Hollister area and their desirability as investments.
Sub-Series 1.16. San Bernardino County . 1891-1909
Lippincott, Joseph Barlow. Measurement of wells in the San Bernardino artesian basin. 1898. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 50 ]
Scope and Contents
Table of the flow of wells in the San Bernardino Valley east of Stover Mountain.
Schuyler, J. D. Bear Valley Mutual Water Company : report on plans for New Bear Valley Dam and on proposed dam at Filaree Flat, in the canyon of the Santa Ana River, with tentative plans for Filaree Flat Dam. 1909. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 51.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. H. Garstin, Esq., President and General Manager, Bear Valley Mutual Water Co.,Redlands, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Bear Valley Mutual Water Company : specifications and plans for New Bear Valley Dam, as designed by James Dix Schuyler, Consulting Hydraulic Engineer. 1909. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 51.2 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Bear Valley Mutual Water Company : report on plans for a new dam at Bear Valley to increase storage capacity of reservoir, and reviewing the water supply record of 24 years service. 1909. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 51.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. H. Garstin, Esq., President and General Manager, Bear Valley Mutual Water Co., Redlands, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the flow of the Santa Ana River, California, available for power by the Southern California Power Company. 1898. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 52.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. H. Sinclair, Esq., President, Southern California Power Co., New York
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply of the Santa Ana River available for power by the Southern California Power Company. 1898. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 52.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to H. H. Sinclair, Esq., President, Southern California Power Co., Redlands, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D., and Joseph Barlow Lippincott. Reports on proposed water and power developments on the Santa Ana River near Rincon, Cal. 1900. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 52.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter reports to J. R. Newberry, Esq., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report of Consulting Engineer, on Alessandro District irrigation distribution. 1893. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 53 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Directors, Bear Valley Irrigation Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on water measurements in Warm Creek and pipe-line to Jurupa Rancho. 1894. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 54 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to C. W. Rodgers, Esq., Pasadena.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the Lytle Creek Power Company's proposed power development from the water of Lytle Creek Ditch. 1903. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 55 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared for the purpose of advising prospective investors as to the physical features of the proposed power plant of the Lytle Creek Power Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on storage reservoir dams and reservoir sites on Lytle Creek, San Bernardino Co., Cal. 1891. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 56 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Col. A. B. Hotchkiss,Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply of the Riverside Trust Company, under the Gage Canal, and the measures desirable for increasing the same to a minimum of 1600 miners inches. 1902. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 57 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of William Grant Fraser, Manager, Riverside Trust Co., Ltd.Library has: 2 copies; c. 2 varies slightly.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the consolidation of gas plants in Southern California, being a review of the achievement and future plans of the San Bernardino Valley Gas Company. 1909. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 58 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of John M. Gardiner, President, San Bernardino Valley Gas Co.
Schuyler, J. D., Latham Anderson, Fred T. Perris, and A. H. Koebig. Arrowhead Reservoir Company : final report of the Board of Consulting Engineers.1891. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Directors of the Arrowhead Reservoir Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Arrowhead Reservoir Company : report of Consulting Engineer. 1892. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Adolph Wood,Esq., General Manager, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., San Bernardino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report of the probable catchment of the watersheds of the Arrowhead Reservoir Company. 1892. 1892 July 4 [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to C. G. Gove, Treasurer, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., San Bernardino, Calif. Bound with: Supplemental report on catchment and canal capacities, Arrowhead Reservoir Company : letter report to Adolph Wood, Esq., General Manager. 1982. Includes letter report to A. H. Koebig, Esq., Chief Engineer, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., 1892 July 4
Schuyler, J. D. The Arrowhead Reservoir Company : report on the net results of the minimum dry year of 1893-1894 on the water-supply, etc. 1895. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Adolph Wood, Esq., General Manager, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., San Bernardino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Arrowhead Reservoir Company : report on plans for lining tunnels no. 1 and no. 2 and tunnel C and the outlet devices for control and measurement of water from the Little Bear Valley Reservoir. 1897. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Adolph Wood, Esq., General Manager, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., San Bernardino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on Little Bear Valley Dam, Arrowhead Reservoir Company. 1899. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Adolph Wood, Esq., President and General Manager, Arrowhead Reservoir Co.,San Bernardino, Calif.
Specifications for masonry dam to be built for the Arrowhead Reservoir Company at Little Bear Valley, San Bernardino Co., Cal. undated [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.7 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report of James D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer to the Arrowhead Reservoir Company on the proposed construction of an hydraulic-fill dam at Little Bear Valley, Calif. 1901. 1901 April 19 [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 59.8 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to James N. Gamble, Esq., President, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Bound with: Letter report to C. W. Foote, Esq., General Manager, Arrowhead Reservoir Co., San Bernardino / by Julius M. Howells. 1901 April 19
Schuyler, J. D. Report on water supply for the City of Redlands, California. 1896. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 60 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Walter E. Brown, Esq., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply of Mentone. 1895. [ Box 8 ]
[ Folder 61.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Directors, Mentone Irrigation Co.
Sub-Series 1.17. San Diego County . 1887-1910
Falkenham, Joseph, S. T. Large, and J. D. Schuyler. Report of Board of Experts, appointed to examine into the stability of the Court House walls. 1889. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 62 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
Schuyler, J. D., Joseph Falkenham, and John F. Sinks. Report on the sewerage of San Diego. 1889. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 63.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Common Council by the Board of Public Works.
Schuyler, J. D. Report to the Hon. Water Committee of the Common Council, City of San Diego. 1890. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 63.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report re an estimate of the cost of new water works for San Diego.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on San Diego City distributing system. 1890. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 63.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the Water Committee of the Common Council, City of San Diego.
Schuyler, J. D. San Diego Water Company : report of Jas. D. Schuyler, C.E., on cost of works, needed improvements and water supply. 1891. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 64.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to William P. Hord, Esq. Alternate title: History, cost of construction, betterments needed, and water supply.
Schuyler, J. D. Estimate of probable cost of the plant of the San Diego Water Co., in use Feb'y 1890. 1890? [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 64.2 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report of Jas. D. Schuyler, Chief Engr., on progress of construction of water works. 1887. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 65.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Col. William G. Dickinson, General Manager, San Diego Land and Town Co.
Swain, George F. Letter : Boston, Mass., to Benjamin Kimball, Esq., President, San Diego Land and Town Company, Boston, Mass., re the possible action upon spiral pipe of the alkaline constituents of soil. 1889 May 4 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 65.2 ]
Swain, George F. Letter : Boston, Mass., to Benjamin Kimball, Esq., President, San Diego Land and Town Company, Boston, Mass., re the possible action upon spiral pipe of the alkaline constituents of soil. 1889 May 8 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 65.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Follow-up letter to SCHU 65.2.
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : San Diego, Calif., to Benjamin Kimball, Esq., President, San Diego Land and Town Company, Boston, Mass., re the Company's water supply and flood control. 1890 August 22 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 65.4 ]
In the Circuit Court of the United States, Ninth Circuit, Southern District of California : the San Diego Land Town Company, complainant, vs. the City of National City, and Phineas D. Vaughn, John G. Routson, Frank P. Reed, George W. Deford, and George J. Lockie, defendants : bill in equity. 1894? [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 65.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Ordinance no. 107, establishing water rates in the City of National City.
Schuyler, J. D., and C. S. Alverson. Pamo Water Company : reports on the storage of water and the conduits of distribution for the irrigation of the Linda Vista Mesa, San Diego County, California. 1890. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 66.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Bound with: Letter report to A. B. Hayward, Esq., Boston, Mass., re Linda Vista Irrigation District / by C. S. Alverson, 1904 -- Answers to questions from Judge F. P. Snyder.
Schuyler, J. D. Pamo Water Co. : report of Consulting Engineer. 1890. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 66.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to the President and Directors, Pamo Water Co., re the capability for irrigation and agriculture on the Company's lands.
Schuyler, J. D. The Pamo Water Company of San Diego. undated. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 67.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report discussing feasibility and expenses of building a water works system on Pamo Water Co. lands.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on Pamo Valley Water Co.'s scheme. 1888. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 67.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. M. Woods, Esq., Secretary, Pamo Valley Water Co., San Diego. Alternate title: Preliminary report on proposed dam and canal lines of the Pamo Water Co.
Ryan, Henry L. Letter : San Diego, Calif., to the President and Board of Directors, Pamo Water Company,San Diego, re preliminary report on survey of Pamo Reservoir site in Pamo Valley. 1889 November 1 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 67.3 ]
Schuyler, J. D., and M. D. Hamilton. Report of Commissioners on value of reservoir basin and water rights, Pamo Valley. 1890. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 67.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to President and Board of Directors, Pamo Valley Water Co. Alternate title: Report on value of Pamo Valley Reservoir site.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed Otay Dam, San Diego County, Cal. 1892. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 68.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. S. Babcock, Jr.
Schuyler, J. D. Lower Otay Reservoir : report on plan of outlet. 1895. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 68.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. S. Babcock, Esq., Coronado, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. In the matter of the arbitration between Joseph Johndrew and the San Diego Flume Company : award of arbitrators. 1887. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 69.1 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report of J. D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer, on pipe line, connecting La Mesa Reservoir with the 15-inch main, and the extension thereof to the University Heights Reservoir. 1895. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 69.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. M. Howells, Esq., President, San Diego Flume Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report of J. D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer, on La Mesa Dam, its methods of construction and probable stability. 1895. September 12, 1895 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 69.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. M. Howells, Esq., President, San Diego Flume Co. Includes clipping from The San Diego Evening Sun. September 12, 1895
Schuyler, J. D. Report on Pine Valley dam-site. 1895. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 69.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. M. Howells, Esq., President, San Diego Flume Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report of J. D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer, on La Mesa Dam facing, La Mesa Dam outlet pipe, lining for Point Loma Reservoir, etc. 1896. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 69.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. M. Howells, Esq., President, San Diego Flume Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Babcock's bubble broken : report of the eminent hydraulic engineer, James D. Schuyler : the gigantic fraud is fully exposed. 1896. 1 sheet (both sides)
[ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 69.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Printed sheet containing Schuyler's report to Municipal Ownership Club of San Diego, condemning the Morena Reservoir site and the plan of the Southern California Mountain Water Company June 24, 1896
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed addition to the Sweetwater Dam. 1907. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 70.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to John E. Boal, General Manager, Sweetwater Water Co., National City, Calif.
Chodzko, A. E. Report on the Sweetwater Dam. 1910. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 70.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. D. Schuyler, Los Angeles.
Chodzko, A. E. Sweetwater Dam : appendix to report of April 12, 1910. 1910. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 70.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to J. D. Schuyler, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the value, for rate-fixing purposes, of the property of the Sweetwater Water Company, in San Diego County, California : on the first day of October, 1910, together with an estimate of gross annual revenue necessary to support that value. 1910. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 70.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes: Supplemental report by C. S. Alverson of the property of the Sweetwater Water Co., up to October 1, 1910.
The Sweetwater Water Company : contract, bond, and specifications for the enlargement of the Sweetwater Dam, near National City, California. 1910 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 70.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Agreement between the Company and Arthur S. Bent, contractor, of Los Angeles. Alternate title: Sweetwater Dam : contract, bond, and specifications for the enlargement of the dam.
Schuyler, J. D. Specifications for portland cement to be shipped to the Sweetwater Water Company for enlargement of Sweetwater Dam. undated. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 70.6 ]
Sub-Series 1.18. San Francisco County . 1905
Sub-Series 1.19. San Joaquin County . 1892
Sub-Series 1.20. San Luis Obispo County . 1902
Sub-Series 1.21. Santa Barbara County . 1888-1902
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : Los Angeles, to George H. Gould, Esq., President, Montecito Valley Water Company, re plans and specifications for the Upper Reservoir. 1888 April 4 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 76 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report of consulting engineer on asphalt for reservoir lining and for paving the face of dam. 1890. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 77.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to President and Directors, Mountain Water Works Construction Co., Denver, Colo.
Sub-Series 1.22. Santa Clara County . 1902
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the property franchises and business of the Consolidated Light and Power Company of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, under present conditions, and when united with the Peninsular Gas Company. 1902 [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 77.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of the Peninsular Gas Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the project of the Mt. Hamilton Water Power Company in Santa Clara County, California. 1902. [ Box 9 ]
[ Folder 77.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of H. A. Butters and John Hayes Hammond, prospective investors in the property. Bound with: no. 1. General report on Mt. Hamilton Water and Power Co.'s plant / Stephen E. Kieffer -- no. 2. Report on water supply from Mt. Hamilton watershed / Stephen E. Kieffer -- no. 3. Supplemental report on extension of Mt. Hamilton Water and Power Co. water supply / Stephen E. Kieffer -- no. 4. Preliminary report on conveying water to towns on east side of San Francisco Bay -- no. 5. Le Conte's report on water supply for Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley / L. J. Le Conte-- no. 6. General specifications for the construction of the hydraulic and electrical installation of the Mt. Hamilton Water & Power Co. -- no. 7. Specifications for electrical machinery -- no. 8. Specifications for a three phase electrical transmission line and a telephone circuit -- no. 9. Report on comparative run-off of watersheds / Stephen E. Kieffer.
Sub-Series 1.23. Santa Cruz County . 1900-1902
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the construction and prospective business of the Santa Cruz, Capitola and Watsonville Electric Railway. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 78 ]
Scope and Contents
Report of Schuyler's examination of the route of a proposed electric railway from Santa Cruz along the beach through East Santa Cruz, Sea Bright, Del Mar, Twin Lakes and Capitola to Watsonville, via Soquel, Aptos, and Claus Spreckels Ranch.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the value of the property, business and franchise of the Watsonville Water and Light Company, combined with proposed gas works. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 79.1 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Description of views taken in Watsonville and Hollister, Cal. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 79.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes 26 photographs taken by Schuyler in September 1902.
Porter, Warren R. Data desired regarding property of Watsonville Light Power Co. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 79.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Report to J. D. Schuyler, San Francisco, from W. R. Porter, President, Pajaro Valley Bank, Watsonville, Calif.
Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the City of Watsonville : regarding water rates, effective July 1, 1900 . 1 sheet
. 1900 April 2 [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 79.4 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Joint report on the proposed consolidation of the public utilities of Santa Cruz, and Hollister, with the Big Creek Power Company of Santa Cruz County, Cal. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 80 ]
Scope and Contents
Report on the proposed consolidation of the Santa Cruz Gas Works and Electric Lighting Plant, the Big Creek Power Company's plant, and the Gas and Electric Plant of Hollister into a United Stock Company to be called Allied Gas and Electric Company.
Sub-Series 1.24. Shasta County . 1902-1903
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a proposed gravity water-supply for the towns of Redding and Keswick, from Brandy Creek, Shasta County, California. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 82 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at request of W. A. Hall, mining engineer, Devereaux Bros., N.Y.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed dam of the McCloud River Electrical Power Company. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 83.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to George H. Proctor, President, McCloud River Electrical Power Co., N.Y. Bound with: Report of A. J. Wiley to George H. Proctor, President, McCloud River Electrical Power Co.,N.Y. re plans, specifications, and an estimate of cost of the hydraulic works necessary for the development of power on the McCloud River -- Supplemental notes on McCloud River electrical power development, by J. D. Schuyler.
Schuyler, J. D. Specifications for the construction of a masonry dam in McCloud River, Shasta County, California, and a power house in connection therewith, for the McCloud River Electrical Power Company. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 83.2 ]
Sub-Series 1.25. Stanislaus County . 1900-1902
Marx, Charles D. Report on a proposed water supply from the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River for mining and power purposes. 1900. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 84.1 ]
Murphy, Daniel W. Report of reconnaissance trip for the purpose of examining line of proposed flume on the south side of the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River. 1901. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 84.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Examination made for J. D. Schuyler, Consulting Engineer for the San Domingo Water Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the project of the San Domingo Water Company for constructing a canal from the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River, in California for hydraulic mining and power development. 1902. [ Box 10 ]
[ Folder 84.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Includes: Supplemental report re Stanislaus siphon, by J. D. Schuyler letter report to George A. Batchelder, Esq., Rollins & Sons, S.F.; Report of J. B. Lippincott on water supply of Stanislaus River, to J. D. Schuyler, Los Angeles; Supplemental report on water supply for a projected mining and power project from Middle Fork of Stanislaus River, by J. D. Schuyler; Report on a proposed water supply from the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River for mining and power purposes, by Charles D. Marx.
Sub-Series 1.26. Ventura County . 1890-1910
Schuyler, J. D. Memoranda on drainage and irrigation of the Patterson Ranch. 1899. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, Esq., General Manager, American Beet Sugar Co.,Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the drainage of the Patterson Ranch, Ventura County, Cal., the property of the American Beet Sugar Company. 1900. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, Esq., General Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on proposed irrigation ditches for distribution on the Patterson Ranch, Oxnard, California. 1901. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, Oxnard Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Calif.
Murphy, Daniel W. Report on the removal of alkali waters from the Patterson Ranch, Ventura County, California : and supplemental report by J. D. Schuyler. 1903. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.; includes supplemental report by J. D. Schuyler (letter report to Robert Oxnard).
Schuyler, J. D. Report on drainage improvements on Patterson Ranch near Oxnard, California. 1904. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard,Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co.,San Francisco Bound with: Results of drainage of alkali lands on Patterson Ranch, near Oxnard, California / by Thomas H. Means.
Schuyler, J. D. Preliminary report on proposed artesian well system for the Patterson Ranch, for irrigation, for sand dune reclamation, and for leaching out salts from drained lake beds. 1904. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co.,San Francisco
Hincks, Harvey W. Report on drainage improvements for the Patterson Ranch. 1908. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.7 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to John Ruopp, Manager, Patterson Ranch, Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a storm water drainage system for the Patterson Ranch, at Oxnard, California. 1910. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.8 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard,Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co.,San Francisco.
The Patterson Ranch Company : contract, bond, and specifications for the construction of an ocean outlet conduit and automatic tide-gates on the Patterson Ranch near Oxnard, California. 1910 [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.9 ]
Scope and Contents
Agreement between Patterson Ranch Company and Weber-Duller Company.
Murphy, Daniel W. Report on the Patterson Ranch drainage system. 1901. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 85.10 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill,Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Preliminary report on development of water for irrigation on the Tapo Ranch, the property of the American Beet Sugar Company. 1904. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 86.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co.,San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on water developments, on the Tapo Ranch, Ventura Co., Cal., the property of the American Sugar Beet Company. 1905. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 86.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. American Beet Sugar Company : report on proposed water storage reservoir on the Tapo Ranch. 1907. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 86.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co.,San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a sewerage system for the town of Oxnard, Cal. 1902. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 87.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the sewerage of the city of Oxnard, Cal. 1905. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 87.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif. Bound with: Oxnard sewerage, report of Frank H. Olmsted.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the Santa Clara Water and Irrigation Company's ditch and water supply for irrigation. 1900. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 88 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, Esq., General Manager, American Sugar Beet Co., Oxnard, Calif. Another copy: LIPP 80-1.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the testing of a machine for making continuous cement pipe. 1900. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 88.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply of the Chino Beet Sugar Factory. 1898. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, Esq., General Manager, Oxnard Construction Co., Chino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Supplemental report on the water supply of the Chino Beet Sugar Factory. 1898. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, Esq., Manager, Chino Sugar Factory, Chino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. The water supply of the Chino Sugar Factory : report on the probable causes of the diminished flow of the artesian wells since February, 1899. 1899. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, Esq., General Manager, Chino Valley Beet Sugar Co.,Chino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Chino Sugar Factory water-supply : report on air-lift experiments. 1899. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, General Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Chino Sugar Factory water-supply : report on conditions during the campaign of 1899. 1899. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.5 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, General Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Chino, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on water supply at Chino. 1902. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a proposed system of tile drainage for the wet lands of the American Beet Sugar Company at Chino, California. 1905. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.7 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. American Beet Sugar Company : report on proposed new settling basin at Chino Sugar Factory. 1906. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.8 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on tile drainage on the lands of the American Beet Sugar Company at Chino, Cal. 1905. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.9 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on a system for disposal of factory sewage by irrigation, at Chino, California. 1910. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 89.10 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co.,San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : San Diego, Calif., to Las Posas Land and Water Company, Hueneme, Ventura County, Calif., : describing a projected domestic water supply system for the Las Posas Rancho. 1890 August 27 [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 90 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on Las Casitas diverting dam, Ventura Co., Cal., for the Ventura County Power Company. 1906. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 91.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, President, Ventura County Power Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Ventura County Power Company : progress report on Las Casitas Dam construction. 1907. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 91.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, President, Ventura County Power Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Hueneme i.e., Oxnard Sugar Factory : report on tests of foundations. 1897. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to C. Leonardt, Esq., contractor, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on drainage conduit from the Oxnard Sugar Factory to the Pacific Ocean near Hueneme. 1898. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.2 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, General Manager, Oxnard Construction Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the artesian water supply of the Oxnard Sugar Factory. 1899. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.3 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to E. C. Howe, General Manager, Pacific Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Murphy, Daniel W. Excavations and fillings, silo pits and 800 ft. canal, Oxnard Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Cal. 1900. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.4 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, Oxnard Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Letter : Los Angeles, to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, Oxnard Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Calif: on examination of the outfall sewer from the factory. 1902 May 24 [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.5 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the water supply for the Oxnard Sugar Factory for the campaign of 1902. 1902. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.6 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco. Bound with: Supplemental report on the water supply for the Oxnard Sugar Factory for the campaign of 1902 letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, Oxnard Sugar Factory, Oxnard, Calif.. 1902.
Schuyler, J. D. Oxnard Sugar Factory : report on improvement of drainage to pulp-silo. 1904. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.7 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. American Beet Sugar Company : report on improvement of drainage at Oxnard Sugar Factory. 1904. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.8 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Robert Oxnard, Esq., Vice President, American Beet Sugar Co., San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on levels taken May 3-4, 1905, to determine settlement of cement pipe at outfall end of Oxnard Factory sewer, with suggestion of remedy for engorgement of pipe. 1905. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 92.9 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Maj. J. A. Driffill, Manager, American Beet Sugar Co., Oxnard, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Notes on drainage of Patterson Ranch, and on air lift pumping at the Oxnard and Chino Sugar Factories. 1902. [ Box 11 ]
[ Folder 93 ]
Scope and Contents
Prepared at the request of Robert Oxnard, President, Patterson Ranch Co.
Sub-Series 1.27. Yolo County . 1903
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands in the Yolo Basin, in Yolo and Solano Counties, California. 1903. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 94.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Letter report to Henry T. Oxnard, President, American Beet Sugar Co., New York. Bound with: Proposed reclamation of the "Yolo Basin" in Yolo and Solano Counties, California.
Sub-Series 1.28. Yuba County . 1901-1902
Correspondence of F. S. Hyde, Julius M. Howells, F. M. Ray, and J. D. Schuyler regarding Lake Frances Dam construction, Yuba County, California . 1 folder
. 1901-1902 [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 95.1 ]
Scope and Contents
Chiefly holograph letters from Hyde to Schuyler and Howells.
Hyde, F. S. Progress reports and force accounts, made weekly to Messrs. J. D. Schuyler and J. M. Howells, Consulting Engineers, by F. S. Hyde, Engineer in Charge of the Lake Frances Dam construction, Bay Counties Power Co. 1901-1902. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 95.2 ]
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Reports begin October 19, 1901 and end August 23, 1902.
Sub-Series 1.29. California, General . 1890-1910
Schuyler, J. D., and Samuel Storrow. Value of sewage for irrigation; impounding of flood waters. March 13, 1905 [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 96 ]
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Presented by William S. Post at the First Water Congress of Southern California,held at Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, Bound with: The stage of flood watersby Samuel Storrow.
United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Conclusions and recommendations of the experts in charge of irrigation investigations in California.1900. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 97 ]
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Includes cover letter to Schuyler from Elwood Mead. Excerpted from Bulletin 100 (U.S. Office of Experiment Stations), p. 397-400. Bound with: Water rights and administration of waters in California / recommendation of James D. Schuyler.
Schuyler, J. D. General canal structures in different parts of Western America, photographs taken by J. D. Schuyler, Cons. Eng'r . 1 volume
. 1890-1910 [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 98 ]
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Item includes photographs. Contents: 1. Centerville and Kingsburg Canal, Fresno County -- 2-7. Rocky Ford Ditch, Colorado -- 8-10. Amity Dam, Arkansas Valley, Colorado -- 11. Farmers Canal, North Platte River, Nebraska -- 12-13. Colorado and Kansas Canal, Arkansas River, Colorado -- 15-16. Twin Falls Canal, Milner, Idaho -- 17-22. San Joaquin and Kings River Canal, San Joaquin River, California -- 23-24. Kern River Company Canal, California -- 25.26. Imperial Canal system, San Diego County, California -- 27-31. Comanche Canal, Arkansas Valley, Colorado -- 32-34. Culbertson Canal, Palisade, Nebraska -- 35-40. Clay Creek, Lamar Canal, Arkansas Valley, Colorado -- 41-48. Twin Falls Canal, Idaho -- 49-50. Unidentified photos by N. L. Hall.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the Sonoma trap rock quarry and the proposed railway and barge line for delivery of crushed rock and Belgian blocks to San Francisco. 1907. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 100.1 ]
Van Norden, R. W., and C. H. Miller. Report of Sonoma Valley and Bay Shore Railway Company. 1907. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 100.2 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the brick manufacturing plant of the San Francisco Brick Co. 1902. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 101 ]
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the cement rock deposit of the Arrowhead Portland Cement Company, near Etiwanda, California. 1910. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 102 ]
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Prepared at the request of William G. Henshaw, President, Riverside Portland Cement Co.
Schuyler, J. D. Hydraulic computations on the capacity of a pipe line for power development in Northern California. 1910. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 103 ]
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Letter report to J. P. Flint, Esq., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on tests of redwood pipe. 1901. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 104 ]
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Prepared at the request of the California Redwood Pipe Co., Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Schuyler, J. D. Affidavit of James D. Schuyler on the comparative tests of hydraulic sluicing and amalgamation of gold through the Kennedy and Hoyt devices. 1909. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 105 ]
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Bound with: Hydraulic amalgamator : specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,979, dated June 6, 1893 / by Robert J. Kennedy, Redlands, California.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on steady floating marine structures. 1906. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 106 ]
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Letter report to Murray Marine Steady-Floating Steel Structures Co., Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on the production of common lime and of hydrated lime from the properties of the Holmes Lime Lands, Consolidated, in Santa Cruz, Placer and El Dorado Counties, California. 1909. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 107 ]
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Prepared as a result of inspection of limestone quarries and kilns which are the properties of the Holmes Lime Lands, Consolidated and the Holmes Lime Company, Inc.
Schuyler, J. D. The tallest concrete chimney in America. 1902. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 108.1 ]
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Report on the 180-ft. chimney built by Carl Leonhardt for the power station of the Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles.
Schuyler, J. D. Article on a concrete chimney built by Carl Leonardt, at Colton, Cal. undated. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 108.2 ]
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Report on an 80-ft. chimney built by Carl Leonhardt for the Portland Cement Works, Colton, Calif.
Schuyler, J. D. Report on asphalt pavements of Visalia, Cal., with supplemental report of April 8, 1897. 1897. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 109 ]
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Letter report to Edward P. North, Esq., Water Purveyor, Dept. of Public Works, New York.
Schuyler, J. D. A revolutionizing mechanism for cleaning sand filters. 1901. [ Box 12 ]
[ Folder 110.1 ]
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Report on filter cleaning machines invented by H. W. Blaisdell of Los Angeles, installed at the Yuma Water & Light Co., Yuma, Ariz., for filtering Colorado River water.