by
MARTIN S. VILAS, A. M.,
Member of the
Bars of California, Vermont and Washington.
Copyrighted 1915 by
Martin Samuel Vilas
Washington, D. C., March 14, 1914.
I can assure you that your clean, clear presentation of thematter was admirable and much appreciated.
John E. Raker.
(Member of Congress from California and author of theRaker Bill).
San Francisco, Cal., February 4, 1914.
I think it was a valuable contribution to the data on thatsubject and indicates a considerable study upon your part.
Andrew J. Gallagher.
(Member of Board of Supervisors, City of San Francisco).
San Francisco, Cal., February 2, 1914.
I read your article in the Chronicle on Hetch Hetchy andwant to compliment you on the thoroughness with which youhandled the subject.
J. S. Dunnigan.
(Clerk, Board of Supervisors, City of San Francisco).
San Francisco, Cal., January 29, 1914.
I ... feel that you are entitled to considerable praise for theconcise and clear manner in which you have covered a verycomprehensive subject.
Wm. McCarthy.
(Member of Board of Supervisors, City of San Francisco).
San Francisco, Cal., January 29, 1914.
I read with much interest and satisfaction your very comprehensiveand accurate article on the Hetch-Hetchy.
James D. Phelan.
(Ex-Mayor of San Francisco and U. S. Senator elect fromCalifornia).
San Francisco, Cal., January 26, 1914.
I beg to compliment you on the clearness and concisenesswith which you have stated many of the controversial points involvedin same. I have had so much of it in the past year and Ihad to take up so many angles of the conflict that your resuméis decidedly refreshing.
M. M. O’Shaughnessy.
(City Engineer, City of San Francisco).
San Francisco, Cal., January 29, 1914.
... I beg to say to you in person what I long since wroteto the editor of the Chronicle. I stated to him that the articlewas a very valuable contribution to the literature on the Hetch-Hetchysubject, and was the best general exposition of the casethat I had read in any newspaper and that, furthermore, thearticle was practically free from error. I have long since addedit to my scrap book.
Alexander T. Vogelsang.
(Member of Board of Supervisors, City of San Francisco,and member of law firm of Vogelsang & Brown).
San Francisco, Cal., February 6, 1914.
I consider it the best resumé of the Hetch-Hetchy schemethat has been written. I sent