Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-02
Los ANGELES ORGANIZES
STRONG BUILDING FORCE

tion committee-Stoddar Jess, chair
man. Paul Shoup, Ralph Hamlin, J..
J. Jenkins, c. H. Bigelow and John S.
Mitchell
Chief engineer-C. X. Clarke.
Construction engineer-Charles II.
Bigelow.
Assistant construction engineer
George r. Wade.
Advisory board of consulting en-
gineers-J. B. Lippincott, assistant
chief engineer of the Los Angeles
aqueduct, member of the Los Angeles
park commission; Ivory B. Noble
county surveyor Los Angeles county;
George B. Pillsbury, chief engineer
Pacific Electric railway, and F. III.
Joyner. chief engineer Los Angeles
county highway commission.
Here is the organization which will
have entire charge of the construction
of the western link in the ocean-to-
ocean highway. 1t was made public
yesterday by the executive committee
of which Stoddard Jess is chairman,
and definitely fixes the policy of the
ocean to ocean highway organization
because of the high class of names
presented in the above list.
The above organization Is not ar
ranged in any sense to give the project
an air Of dignity and leave the real
work to two or three. Every man
named has definitely accepted as a
sort of public trust the business IF
attending to his share Of the great
work. There are no dummy direc-
tors" nor ornamental figures on the
list. 1t is truly a working organiza-
tion and Chairman Jess said yester-
day that they will work with their
coats off,
Mr.. Jess, chairman of the conStruc
ton committee and practically bust
ness manager of the enterprise, is vice
president Of the First National bank
d director in several companies, and
one of the biggest men in the Los
Angeles world of finance. Mr.. Shoup
is president of the Pacific Electric
railway. Incidentally the interest he
and his corporation are taking in
this highway construction project
speaks eloquently of the spirit Of the
company under Mr.. Shoup's manage
ment for the road will be in a sense
a competitor Of the railway. But the
railway official has his coat off with
the others.
Ralph c. Hamlin Is one of the best
known automobile men in south hern
California. manager for a big auto Z
mobile agency and a practical road
expert with 90 years experience r. j.
Jenkins Is an automobile ana good
roads enthusiast and president and
general manager of the City Dye
works. c. II. Bigelow is the desert
rat" engineer who has done more ac-
tual construction work on the deserts
Of the southwest than any other one
man associated with the projert, with
the possible eXpection of Chief En-
gineer Clarke. John S. Mitchell is
general manager of the Hollenbecll
Hotel company and is frequently re
ferred to as the father of the ocean
to-ocean highway movement in the
southwest. He is a good roads author
ity and enthusiast and connected with
practically every movement for bet
terment of highways now going for
ward in this end of the state
Chief Engineer c. X. Clarke, for
merly was engineer for the Southern
Pacific railroad on the desert division
and later was chief engineer of the
Cal fornia Development company In
the Imperial valley. While engaged
in the first capacity he closed the
break in the Colorado river banks
south Of Yhma which was allowin g
the water to food the valley and fill
the Salton sink.
Col. Epes Randolph, the Southern
Pacific's confidential man in Arizona
and New Mexico, once said Of Mr.
Clarke: IF I wanted plans for new
line to send to the directors in New
York I'd get mahogany desk
swivel chair engineer with a corps OF
out a bridge or ten miles Of track
choices and he'd have the line opened
| while the other man was getting out
his blue print paper
1t is this sort of an engineer the
| ocean-to-ocean highway organization
has at the head of its engine eerin :
force. The advisory board is made
| up of engineers too well known in
their respective lines to need intro
| duction. That the 100000 being raised
| will be we'll spent and will 60 a bil
farther than any 100000 ever invest
| ed in road construction before in the
| southwest is certain.
The active campaign for funds be
| gins today. Yesterday Ben H. Meyer
| subscribed 500 and the Fitzgerald
| Music company an equal sum. Th5
| list should grow rapidly and the tota
| increase as though by magic wher
the committees start work today.
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