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methods of development proposed in the Hetch Hetchy Valley 

 should also be reported to the board. 



"I want to know what is necessary so far as the Hetch Hetchy 

 Valley is concerned. The thing which this government wants to 

 know, and the American people want to know, is whether it is a 

 matter of absolute necessity for the people of that city to have 

 this source of water supply; otherwise it belongs to the people 

 for the purpose for which it has been set aside." 



Editorial Note. — The members of the federal commission mentioned in 

 the order and appointed by the President are Colonel Spencer Cosby, 

 Lieutenant Colonel John Biddle and Lieutenant Colonel Harry Taylor, all 

 being army engineers of the highest standing and of unquestioned ability. 

 This is a happy outcome of the matter since the public will now have an 

 opportunity of being informed as to the facts underlying the water supply 

 situation. Every one will await the report of this board with great interest 

 and this vexed question bids fair to be put at rest for all time. 



It is reported that Congress has appropriated $12,000 to defray the 

 expenses of this commission. 



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YosEMiTE National Park. 



Remarks of Hon. W. F. Englebright, of California, in the 

 House of Representatives, Thursday, June 2, 1910 : 



The House being in Committee of the Whole House on the 

 state of the Union and having under consideration the bill (H. R. 

 25552) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the 

 Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 191 1, and for 

 other purposes — 



The Clerk read as follows: 



Yosemite National Park, California : For protection and im- 

 provement of the Yosemite National Park and the construction 

 of bridges, fences, and trails, and improvement of roads other 

 than toll roads, including $12,000 to be immediately available for 

 necessary material and labor in the installation of a road-sprink- 

 ling system, $62,000. 



Mr. Foster of Illinois. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the 

 last word. I observe in this paragraph there is an increase of 

 $32,000 over the appropriation of last year for the Yosemite. 

 National Park. Is this increase of appropriation necessary for 

 this park? I will ask the gentleman from California (Mr. 

 Englebright), as I understand it is in his country. 



Mr. Englebright. The increase in this appropriation is for 

 the purpose of macadamizing the roads of the valley, and also 

 for the purpose of sprinkling the roads that are now very dusty. 

 We have only two seasons in California, wet and dry. The 

 result is that at this time of the year these roads get very dusty, 

 and it is very necessary that something should be done to make.- 

 them passable. 



