Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07
five AQUEDUCT
JOBS ARE FILLED
EMERGENCY MEN ALL REACH
HIGH RATINGS
Tunnel and Mechanical Superintend-
ents, Electric Constructor, Con-
structlon Clerk and Store
keeper Selected

Results of the civil service exam
nations for positions on the Los An
geles aqueduct have just been an
nounced.
These examinations, which were held
on June 8, evince a high order OF
merit among the men who now hold
emergency appointments under the
| board as their averages are shown to
top the lists with but one exception.
All of them took the examinations un-
der the same conditions as new appli-
cants.
"In each instance" says Civil Serv-
ice Examiner Adams, "the body of men
to take the examinations for aqueduct
positions showed a close understand
ing of the subjects and the grades were
high"
! Aqueduct officials are reported to be
more than satisfied with the thorough
way in which the candidates for posi-
| tions were examined and with the in
| terest which was manifested because
it made competition keen.
Name superintendents
John Gray, who has been the emer-
gency appointee as tunnel superinten-
dent, in the examination for that po-
sttion heads the list with grade of
| 945 He was followed closely by G.
H. Richards, chief of one of the aque-
ducts engineering parties, who re-
ceived a marking of 92.5.
| Roderick Mackay, emergency me-
chanical superintendent, was another
to win his permanent position by TAX
| ing first rank with a grade of 95 per
cent as against five competitors.
Henry A. Van Norman becomes
electrical constructor, having passed
the civil service examination with a
grading Of 94.5 per cent.
John F. Mulgrew wins his place as
construction clerk by heading the list
in that classification with a grade
of 94.5.
William r. Ormsby becomes the gen.
eral storekeeper Mr.. Ormsby was for
merly connected with the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company as general
storekeeper for the system, with head
quarters at San Francisco, and brings
to the aqueduct bureau the results of
years of experience.
Before employment is given the aque-
luct bureau undertakes an investiga-
tion of the character and ability of
each man. Former employers and ref
erences are hunted up and when the
applicant becomes an aqueduct en-
ploye his superior officers as a rule
have a first class knowledge of his
antecedents This policy of the bureau
to assure itself that the men whom it
Is employing are men of character and
ability is probably unique in the his
tory Of city department affairs.
Power Plant Under Way
| Slowly but with a certainty that
augurs we'll for the future, organiza-
tion of the forces In the Owens river
project is being effected by aqueduct
officials. When the work does open
it will open with a rush, aqueduct au-
thorities assert.
"Those not thoroughly conversant
with the great enterprise have little
knowledge of the vast amount of detail
and preliminaries, said one of the
aqueduct officials yesterday.
Work on the Division creek power
plant is already under way, engineering
parties are hard at work mapping the
final line of the aqueduct, and other
parties of men are engaged in the
building of roads and trails in the more
difficult portions of the mountainous
country through which the aqueduct
will be constructed.
"These, however, are the preliminary
details of the greater work to follow,
as soon as money is obtained from the
sale of bonds.'