Record Details
Mayor Porter's statement
Claremont Colleges Digital Library
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Mayor Porter's statement |
| Creator | Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles; Porter, John Clinton |
| Subject | Aqueducts; Aqueducts--California; Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles; Land speculation; Letters; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mayors; Real property; Seals and labels (Philately); Signatures (Writing) |
| Coverage | Los Angeles (Calif.); Owens Valley (Calif.) |
| Description | Document reprints a letter from Los Angeles Mayor John Clinton Porter to the city's Board of Water and Power Commissioners. Mayor Porter requests that the Board of Water and Power conduct fair business deals with land owners in the Owens Valley and Mono Basin in order to avoid land speculators who would profit from the sale of Owens Valley and Mono Basin land to the City of Los Angeles. On the first page of document, the Board addresses the people of the Owens Valley and Mono Basin. |
| Publisher | Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections |
| Date | 1930-06-24 |
| Language | eng |
| Source | Typewritten manuscript, 8.5 x 11 inches, 4 scanned pages: Owens Valley Collection, Water Resources Collection, box 1, folder 1, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library |
| Relation | Owens Valley Collection California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd |
| Rights | The Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/ |
| Type | Text; Image |
| Format | image/jp2 |
| Identifier | cwd00125 http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/2355 |
