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Book/Printed Material Hetch Hetchy Reservoir site. Hearing before the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, first session, on H.R. 7207, an act granting to the City and County of San Franciso [!] certain rights of way in, over, and through certain public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and Stanislaus National Forest, and certain lands in the Yosemite National Park, the Stanislaus National Forest, and the public lands in the State of California, and for other purposes

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  • Hetch Hetchy Reservoir site. Hearing before the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, first session, on H.R. 7207, an act granting to the City and County of San Franciso [!] certain rights of way in, over, and through certain public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and Stanislaus National Forest, and certain lands in the Yosemite National Park, the Stanislaus National Forest, and the public lands in the State of California, and for other purposes

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  • Hearing before the Senate Committee on Public Lands (Sixty-third Congress, First Session) on H.R. 7207, a bill "granting to the city and county of San Francisco certain rights of way in, over, and through certain public lands, the Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest, and certain lands in the Yosemited National Park, the Stanislaus National Forest, and the public lands in the state of California, and for other purposes." This is the Raker Bill, which eventually became the Raker, or Hetch Hetchy, Act, granting the city of San Francisco the right to dam the Hetch Hetchy Valley as a reservoir. This was the last of several Senate hearings held on this contentious issue between 1909 and 1913. The hearing took place on September 24, 1913. One of the speakers in favor of the bill was its sponsor, Rep. John E. Raker. Among those in opposition were proponents of conservation, such as Robert Underwood Johnson, editor of Century magazine, and representatives of other jurisdictions that wanted to use the water from the Tuolomne River themselves. American Memory.

Names

  • United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands

Created / Published

  • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1913.

Headings

  • -  Right of way--California--San Francisco
  • -  Water-supply--California--San Francisco
  • -  Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Calif.)
  • -  Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.)

Notes

  • -  Henry L. Myers, chairman.

Medium

  • 78 p. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF26 .P748 1913

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 44020792

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Public Lands. Hetch Hetchy Reservoir site. Hearing before the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, first session, on H.R. , an act granting to the City and County of San Franciso ! certain rights of way in, over, and through certain public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and Stanislaus National Forest, and certain lands in the Yosemite National Park, the Stanislaus National Forest, and the public lands in the State of California, and for other purposes. Washington, Govt. Print. Off, 1913. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/44020792/.

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Public Lands. (1913) Hetch Hetchy Reservoir site. Hearing before the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, first session, on H.R. , an act granting to the City and County of San Franciso ! certain rights of way in, over, and through certain public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and Stanislaus National Forest, and certain lands in the Yosemite National Park, the Stanislaus National Forest, and the public lands in the State of California, and for other purposes. Washington, Govt. Print. Off. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/44020792/.

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Public Lands. Hetch Hetchy Reservoir site. Hearing before the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, first session, on H.R. , an act granting to the City and County of San Franciso ! certain rights of way in, over, and through certain public lands, the Yosemite National Park, and Stanislaus National Forest, and certain lands in the Yosemite National Park, the Stanislaus National Forest, and the public lands in the State of California, and for other purposes. Washington, Govt. Print. Off, 1913. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/44020792/>.