March 13th, 1920. Richard W. Hale, Esq., 60 State Street, Boston, Mass. Dear Richard: I have your letter with regard to the Bowl with its extract from Mr. Satterlee's letter. The Homans land I could not include in the original gift to the Government because of the latter's requirement that the tract accepted should be continuous and capable of being bounded by a single line. I do not think this requirement will be held to in the future, now that the Park has been established, but it means delay. If the tract between should be conveyed, it could be done at once and I should be in a good position to lock after the Bowl property. Now no Government signs can be posted there, nor Government money legitimately spent upon it. I passed the Bowl a number of times myself last summer. There was more or less debris left along the margin, but, frankly, what chiefly make it look as it did, unattractive and unlike itself, was the extent to which 2- its waters had been drawn down, exposing broad mud flats such as I had never - even in times of drought - seen there before. Could not, with Mr. Satterlee's cooperation, something be done to obviate the necessity of wasting water, not required to use, to keep the syphon from be- coming air-bound ? Would it not be possible by blasting to get a direct gravity supply without syphoning ? The Government has supplied me with a considerable quantity of T.N.T. left over from the war, and I would gladly devote to this what might be necessary, if it be fessible. Yours sincerely,