Document by Johnathan W. McMurry, in which he provides his personal account of dealing with Mr. Matthews, chief counsel for the City of Los Angeles. Also, disagreements on the price of the canal between the City of Los Angeles and the stockholders of the Owens River and Big Pine Canal.
Big Pine Canal (Calif.) Canals Aqueducts Water rights--California--Owens Valley Water rights--California--Los Angeles McMurry, Johnathan W Administrative Records
Source
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
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