Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-17
San Francisco Pleads Only for
Its Rights in HetCh-H etChy

1t time to speak plainly about the and interests OPP
posing the Hetohy bill is evident that
being imposed upon And there danger that silence may lead
to the postponement of the bill until another session
The opposition stirred by such Robert Underwood
johnson honest opposition but opposition of who
constituonay unable to view question of this kind
sonab light These and that covering the
floor of the Hec Hetchy gorge with would destroy the
beauty of the spot With most of them this is pure assumption
since thousand of the gner johnson petit
tions the Hetch -Hetchy will
The Hech Hetchy talked of and least visited
scenic spot earth AS matter of fact other love nature
well does MIR Robert Underwood Johnson those who
much familiar with the Hetch Hetchy than he pos
sby quite that the charm Of the Hetch Hetchy will
be enhanced by turning the swampy floor of the valley into
beautiful mountain lake.
But setting aside the difference of opinion the truth
mains that the needs the health and the very safety of million
American and children highly the
ethetc enjoyment of the two three hundred who
nualy undertake the rather arduous trip to HetchHetchy
Senators should bear in mind that the rainfall Caor
MAS great mountain watersheds does not flow down to the
in great rivers happens in the east The great bulk of the
water descends sudden freshe underground through
the immense gravel beds underlying floor the
which the twin valley of the Sacramento and San Joaquin
To make any real of these waters they
the great agricultural valleys had sufficient rainfall for
the question of obtaining supply for San Fran
cisco would That city might great cost
don Hetch Hechy and utilize the of the McCoud the
Sacramento the Eel River But every drop those
needed in the future to the farmers of the
But the surplus the Tuolumne which
waste in destructive floods be stored in the Hetch
Hetchy reservoir and drawn by San Francisco for its
enance without dprvng the irrigated lands of that region of
the water the farmers need So that only the necessities
of the great communities clustered around San Francisco Bay
will be mnstered by the plan but the vital
erests of the people of the two great interior valleys will be
fairly and honestly conserved
For the Hetchy BILL now awaiting action in the Sen
ae specifically guards the rights of the farmers to the first
of the waters and San Francisco only the
surplus food waters which now go to waste
And this Senators should be sufficient obtain your
favorable votes upon San Francscos reasonable request
But Senator'S there other opposition far different in
character from the honest and mistaken opposition of MIR John
and his associates and Of this should be appraised That
water rights acquired in careless times for song and
held for sale at figures And particularly this
Power Company.
Two miles from the Hetch Hetchy
in the canyon known as the Poopenau valley If Congress
grants San Francisco the right store the Tuoumne waters
the Hchy reservoir the water rights of this private
poratiop worth filing Congress that
oys request the water rights of this corporation whose hold
ng not under Federal control worth 10000 of
ones money The difference between $3.50 and $15000000
Senator's measures exactly the fervency and zeal and prnacy
of the opposition to San Fancscos use of the Hecy
reservoir
This corporation San Francisoo petition is dsregarded
and the Hetch Hechy grant refused will mpound these
PRIVATE PROFIT compel the city Of
San Francisco and the farmers of the gab regions pay
for developed from these than the
the together would the people of San Francisco and
the farmers Senator'S permit that city to carry out its
This the milk in the That the
persistenty besieged by nature lovers That the
scenery which has the real charm for these esthetc patriots
The beautiful vision which enapures their conemptve and
expecan souls not of sky and peak and clouds and
set 1t vision of 5000 900 in hard iron dollars
Senators of the United you freely granted to
Seattle to Portland to Los Angeles the the Fed
era reservoirs in the of the Sera the Cascades and the
Coast Mountains And the people of San Francisco roced
with their neghbo the bounty of the National Congress
What has San Francisco done that she have the
same generous treatment at the hands of Govern
mnt2 Why must she beg for twelve long years for the
boon graciousy extended to her sers Are her people
pariahs, lepers?
Senator'S San Francisco has stood up bravey
aster the like of which fell with such enormity
city in the history the world Her people Meth
er whined nor begged, will they But they suffered
Seven years after this awful destruction they preparing
to hold great exposition for the world and they have asked
,rt for tLsL a.a-