San Francisco water . rtions of the great mountain mass tothe east, and the strata are much broken andoften standing nearly vertical. Mount Hamilton, the highest point ofthe group, and the highest peak north ofSan Carlos extending as far as Clear Lake,is 4448 feet above the level of the sea. Fromits summit, which is of easy access, there isa fine view, not only of the beautiful and fertile valley of San Jose, but of the wild andentirely uninhabited and unknown region tothe east, northeast, and southeast of the Cala-veras and Arroyo Hondo. Engineer Scowden, in making mention ofMt. Hamilton in t
San Francisco water . rtions of the great mountain mass tothe east, and the strata are much broken andoften standing nearly vertical. Mount Hamilton, the highest point ofthe group, and the highest peak north ofSan Carlos extending as far as Clear Lake,is 4448 feet above the level of the sea. Fromits summit, which is of easy access, there isa fine view, not only of the beautiful and fertile valley of San Jose, but of the wild andentirely uninhabited and unknown region tothe east, northeast, and southeast of the Cala-veras and Arroyo Hondo. Engineer Scowden, in making mention ofMt. Hamilton in the paragraph above, addsthis note: This mountain has been selected for thesite of the Lick Observatory. Engineer Scowden had this to say aboutthe water productivity of Calaveras Valley: The total annual amount of water fall-ing on the watershed above described, namelyon an area of square miles, equals58,175,666,600 gallons. As in other cases,take one-half as the percentage of utilization, (Continued on Page 16). Laying pipe for Sp ring V ille s Nili By using the caterp illar cr ane the t\\ loading cars and Pi icir g pipe coin bi led in one
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