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Hetch Hetchy: The Story of San Francisco's Struggle to Provide a Water Supply for Her Future Needs

Front Cover

Item:

Book

Title:

Hetch Hetchy: The Story of San Francisco's Struggle to Provide a Water Supply for Her Future Needs

Author:

Ray W. Taylor

Illustrator:

Edison Deuel Bills

Printer:

Ricardo J. Orozco

Place of Printing:

San Francisco, CA

Date of Printing:

1926

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Donated by:

Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Ray W. Taylor – San Francisco newspaper man.

Edison Deuel Bills (1897-1987) was a California illustrator.

The Book

Introductory information including list of contents and illustrations is xiii pages and the main story is 199 pages plus colophon. This is number 45 of 650 copies. Includes photos, maps, and a chart. Decorations in the book include headpieces and tailpieces from early unknown artists going back to the 1500s. Roman initials are from the Sixteenth Century. Illustrator E.D. Bills of San Francisco adapted the drawings to meet the needs of the book.

Contents

• Introductory
• Prehistoric San Francisco 3
• In the Beginning 9
• Awakening 13
• At Loggerhead 19
• Groping 27
• Nature’s Handiwork 35
• Progress 39
• The Decision 45
• Opposition 51
• Select Bay Cities Project 59
• Reprieve for Tuolumne 67
• The Garfield Decision 73
• View the Famed Valley 79
• Delays Costs City Million Dollars 85
• Nation Joins in Debate 91
• Defeat Spring Valley Purchase 97
• The Army Board 103
• The Freeman Report 111
• New Men Take the Helm 119
• Victory 125
• If People Control Utilities Why Own Them? 135
• Realization 145
• Power Disposal 165
• What Now of Spring Valley? 173
• Conclusion 185
• Illustrations
• Colophon

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