Download or read book In the District Court of United States, Vol. 8 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from In the District Court of United States, Vol. 8: For the Northern District of California San Jose Water Co., with this addition, that they added 10% to what I had originally estimated the costs to be to cover abstracts, attorneys' fees, and contingencies of that kind. That was the figure they used in their valuation. This valuation by the Railroad Commission was as of December 31, 1913. I reside in South Pasadena, and am 33 years of age. I am a civil and hydraulic engineer by profession, and have been engaged in the practice of that profession, including training in the university, some 15 years. My education consisted of a four-year course in the University of California in the Department of Civil Engineering. I graduated in the Class of 1905. I made special studies of hydrographic and hydraulic subjects, and water supply. After graduating, I was engaged for a year with the United States Geological Survey on stream gagings and other hydrographic work throughout the State of California. In 1906 and on to the year 1912 I was engaged with the engineering staff of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, most of the time as assistant engineer, where I was closely associated with the chief engineer, William Mulholland. During the early period of service I had charge of held survey parties, and assisted in office designs, and so on. Prom 1908 to 1911 I was in charge of the Water supply investigations in Owens Valley, where I made exhaustive studies of the hydrographic conditions, in connection with the proposed development by the City of Los Angeles. Part of the work was an extensive study of the underground water supply of a portion of Owens Valley. This work was carried on in connection with the United States Geological Survey, and my report was published by the Government as a public document. During this period I advised and assisted in connection with the purchase of riparian lands on Owens River, lands with ditch rights attached, and reservoir lands, both surface and underground. The total acreage acquired by the city in this connection exceeded 125,000 acres. I also made investigation of irrigation practice and conditions in Owens Valley, including the Mutual Water Companies operating there. During part of 1911 and 1912 I was in charge of field survey for six large hydro-electric power plants, and 300 miles of transmission line for the City of Los Angeles. In 1912 I made investigations and reports of underground water supplies in several Southern California valleys for the California State Conservation Commission, making a particular study of spreading of flood waters for the replenishment of underground water supply. The results of these investigations were published in the 1912 report of that Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.