GIFT OF 
 
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Contents. 
 "1 The prophecy. 1794. By Dr. Timothy Dwight. 
 
 Assemblv bill no. 49. Introduced by Mr. Hol< 
 18, 1865. An act to establish an agricul 
 mechanical arts college in Sonoma County. 
 
 *^3 Agricultural college. Address of Hon. A. A 
 Sept. 21, 1865. 
 
 1/4. Report of the Committee cof the Senate} on , 
 university to whom was referred memorial o; 
 Mechanics institute of San Francisco. Fe 1 
 
 ^ Mining sdhools in the U. S., by J. A. Churc' 
 (U.C. p. 21-22) (Repr. fr. North American 
 Jan. 1871). 
 
 v& Report con the Oakland college block proper 
 1871. 
 
 ^7 Our state university and th aspirant to th< 
 cby Gustavus Schulten 1872. 
 
 "$ Columbia's wrath, not sparing the Regents o 
 university of California coy Gustavus Schi 
 
 L 9 The resignation of the Board of regents, (f 
 members excepted) dictated by a sense of } 
 duty cby Gustavus Schultei 1874. 
 
 "10 Reply of D. C. G ilman to criticisms of the 1 
 California made by the Rev. Robert Patter 
 Oakland, c 18733 (With two letters concern 
 
 Report on the water supply of the Univ. of i 
 cby Frank Soule,jr.i 18Y4. 
 
 v!2 Report on the water supply of the Univ. of ' 
 cby a special committee of the Regents 3 D 
 
 i/d3 Report of the Committees on public building 
 grounds of the Senate and Assembly. c!875 
 
 t !4 Majority and minority reports of the Senate 
 on education relative to Assembly bill no 
 cl875-76i (Concerning abolition of Board 
 etc. 3) . 
 
 15 Report of the Committee on education to the 
 22d session. c!878:j. 
 
 x/16 Report' of the Senate committee on education 
 
 : 17 Report of the cAssembly^ committee on educa 
 1883. 
 
 18 Report of cAs^mblyD committee on Agricultu 
 and Mechanics arts college. Feb.lo, 1883. 
 
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 done with some of the water works near San Francisco; or of 
 the Seattle pipe, the cost would 'be reduced to eight to twenty 
 cents per foot. These pipes, however, do not withstand great 
 pressure, do not last long, and at first give a bad taste to the 
 water. 
 
 Gentlemen, anything further that I can do in this matter, I 
 will, gladly. 
 
 I have endeavored not to worry you with details, although I 
 have them arranged in my own mind. 
 With great respect, 
 
 I am yours, 
 
 FBANK SOULE, JR., 
 
 Prof, of Eny. 
 
REPORT 
 
 ON THE 
 
 WATER SUPPLY 
 
 OP THE 
 
 toft of OMifcmiia. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WATER 
 SUPPLY, ETC. 
 
 To the Regents of the 
 
 University of California: 
 
 The Committee to whom it was referred to inquire and re- 
 port what springs of water are available and needed for the 
 supply of the University grounds at Berkeley, and to further 
 report the location and quantity of the lands necessary or 
 desirable to condemn in order to secure for the uses of the 
 University the water from the said springs, respectfully report: 
 
 That they have personally and carefully examined and in- 
 spected all those springs in the vicinity of the University 
 grounds, and within the limits prescribed by the Act of the 
 Legislature in that behalf, which appear to be desirable and 
 available for supplying the said grounds with the quantity of 
 water necessarily required for the uses of the University and 
 have procured to be surveyed and staked out the smallest 
 amount in area of land containing the said springs which will 
 suffice to secure them, together with such connecting strips of 
 land, ten feet wide, as are necessary to unite said spring lands 
 
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 to the University grounds and serve to contain the pipes requi- 
 site to convey the water from said . springs to the University 
 grounds. 
 
 And your Committee further report that they have caused 
 an accurate map or diagram of said spring lands and said con- 
 necting strips to be made giving in detail, designated by red 
 lines and figures the location, size, shape and quantity of said 
 spring lands and of said connecting strips; of which said map or 
 diagram, a substantially correct copy, though reduced in size, 
 is hereto appended, marked Exhibit A, and made a part of 
 this report. 
 
 Your Committee further report that it would be difficult to 
 describe herein with any degree of practical distinctness the 
 precise condition, character and probable value of the lands so 
 surveyed, and proposed by them to be condemned for the pur- 
 poses aforesaid, although they do not think the cost of 
 such condemnation ought to exceed the sum of seven thousand 
 five hundred dollars, if, indeed it does not fall considerably 
 short of that amount. 
 
 Your Committee further report that the said lands so pro- 
 posed to be condemned embrace two distinct sets or groups of 
 springs with their connecting strips of land as aforesaid; the 
 one of which groups lies to the North, and the other to the 
 East of the University grounds. The group on the North 
 comprises what are known as the Hey wood Springs, a claim to 
 the ownership of which is asserted by the Regents of the Uni- 
 versity under certain deeds of conveyance. While that on 
 the East embraces the springs which feed the Strawberry 
 Creek and Valley. Each of these groups lies within a compar- 
 atively narrow compass, the former on lands now owned by 
 Win. J. Shaw, and the latter on those owned by a Miss Pf eiffer. 
 
 To secure the whole of the former, or Heywood, group, it 
 only needs the condemnation of a tract of land, nearly square, 
 about four and a half acres in extent, with the addition of the 
 requisite connecting strip which contains one and a half acres 
 more; and to secure the whole of the latter, or Strawberry 
 group, it requires the condemnation of five several tracts of 
 land, each of small dimensions, embracing an aggregate of 
 twenty seven and one hundred and forty eight thousandths 
 (27.148) acres in extent, with the addition of the requisite con- 
 necting strip containing three and one hundred and seventy 
 four thousandths (3.174) acres more. Thus the total quantity 
 
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 of land which it is deemed by your Committee expedient to 
 condemn, and which, in their judgment, is absolutely neces- 
 sary for the present and future requirements of the University, 
 amounts to thirty six and three hundred and twenty two thou- 
 sandths (36.322) acres. From each of the two groups of springs 
 aforesaid there flows an almost equal quantity of water, which, 
 may be estimated at a discharge, in midsummer when the hot 
 season is at its dryest, of eighteen thousand gallons during each 
 period of twenty four hours, or thirty six thousand gallons in the 
 whole. For further details respecting the nature of these lands, 
 and the surrounding country, the position and number of the 
 separate springs together with the sizes, shapes and positions 
 of the several tracts of land containing the said springs, refer- 
 ence is made to the annexed map or diagram. At a littJe dis- 
 tance in the rear of the University buildings, at a point indicated 
 on the said map by the mark F in red ink, there is a natural 
 formation of the soil which presents extraordinary facilities for 
 the construction, at a very small expense, perhaps three thou- 
 sand dollars, of a reservoir capable of containing one million 
 gallons of water, and such an improvement your Committee 
 thinks it important to be made at tne earliest practicable oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 Respecting the water easement claimed by the Regents and 
 the aforesaid Hey wood springs, it is proper to say that Mr. 
 Shaw has already prepared a complaint in law for the assertion 
 of his conflicting right to the enjoyment thereof, which com- 
 plaint your Committee has submitted to the Counsel of this 
 Board from whom an early opinion thereon may be expected, 
 but inasmuch as the water from this source is almost indispen- 
 sable for the uses of the University, and a legal controversy 
 corcerning the same would involve much time and expense 
 while, on the other hand, the cost of condemning the neces- 
 sary land to secure these springs would be comparatively small, 
 from the limited quantity thereof required, your Committee 
 recommend that such condemnation be made, as well to secure 
 forthwith a positive and unquestionable right to the water, as 
 to avoid the risk, delay, and cost of litigation. 
 
 And your Committee further report that, in their opinion, 
 it is desirable that such tracts of land hereinbefore mentioned, 
 as are required to secure the springs and waters of Strawberry 
 Creek, to wit, the second group of springs above described, 
 should be condemned for that purpose, and they therefore rec- 
 
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 ommend that immediate steps be taken for the condemnation 
 of said tracts of land as well as those embracing the Heywood 
 springs, and the aforesaid connecting strips of both respect- 
 ively; and that the Attorney General be immediately requested 
 by a resolution of this Board, to institute forthwith the neces- 
 sary proceedings for the proper condemnation of said lands 
 and springs to the uses of the University pursuant to the pro- 
 visions of the Act of the Legislature in that behalf. 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 JOS. W. WlNANS, 
 
 A. S. HALLIDIE, 
 JOHN LiECoNTE. 
 
 Committee. 
 San Francisco, December 13th, 1877. 
 

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