F 869 .L8 D27 Copy 1 .i;ti.ijl,T'.'*\"^. M,, '■f, M\^ ;-y-- 't '¥'m Hi m^ m 1^ m SIP m ^a. i^•^.?'^? ^ .-i^iv/-. >• mSSniS '* C'Uvv^. 451 ^;-y5ED,.i.- (tominemoratibe of the (DfficialdDpenin^ (Hy h^^Mmks Aquetiut t (Bxi^^mitlt^n Park November ITifth anet Sixth Nineteen ?i3untireb fifhirteen Uil. (Tompiimtnistrf (Jht Ho^ Ano;eleg (jfTdtbration ^bmmis^ion 4t)(j^i9ncd, Compiled ani uirtikn b^ K B. Jt>at'i$on. I I, !iji Coi'YUIGHT 1913 By Los Angei.es Chamber ok Commerce THIS book not for SALE A COPY MAY BE FOUND IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES Gits Publlsbef NOV '5 I8i8 ENGRAVINGS BY B RY AN - BR AN DEN BU RG CO. PRINTING AND BINDING BY KINGSLEY. MASON & COLLINS CO. ^> The Chrnnher 'tf Commerce Com- tnUtee irliirli represented the City of Li>s Jiigihs in Washington, D. G.. i:>u,',, and so ably presented the need o i tlie ( 'ity:and the man who listened and gra.iped that need, and asked the Congress of the rnited States to grant it. Then the waters from the Sierra.-, became ours, and the Aqueduct was assured. 1 Theodore Roosevelt, P?-esiden^, J.'/0.5- 2 W. J. Washburn, Pres. Chamber of Commerce, luor, 3 J. O. Koepfli, Chairmnn of Commit I er 4 William Miilholland. Chief Engineer 5 Frank P. Flint, Senator. I'.ior, 6 W. B. Mathews, Aqueduct Atiormy Pronouncement THE dual celebration evidenced herein marks the com- pletion of two great institutions which are without peers in this or any other country. THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT Not since the days of Csesar and the Roman Aqueduct has the world recorded engineering accomplishment aque- ductorial, equal to this great gathering of the waters from the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras and their conduct o'er mountain and plain for a distance of over two hundred miles to the Incomparable City of the Golden West — Los Angeles ! Eight years of ceaseless application of brain and brawn and twenty-four and one-half million dollars, constitute this heroic monument to the ability of man and the devotion of a people. The Los Angeles Aqueduct brings pure mountain water from the main range of the Sierra Nevadas, a distance of two hundred eighteen miles, across deserts and through mountains, in sufficient quantity to supply a city of two million inhabitants. It is a gravity system throughout, no pumping plants being required. It will deliver two hundred fifty-eight million gallons, net, every twenty-four hours, into reservoirs nearly one thousand feet above the city. The Los Angeles Aqueduct consists of ninety-eight miles of covered cement conduit, forty miles uncovered, twenty- one miles of open canal, twelve miles of inverted siphons, forty-three miles of tunnels through mountains, ten to thirteen feet in diameter, and four reservoirs along the line, each capable of containing three months' supply. This entire work was conceived and carried out by Chief En- gineer William Mulholland, assisted by Assistant Chief Engineer J. B. Lippincott and an able staff. The water power will be utilized in its descent of several thousand feet from its source in eventually producing one hundred twenty thousand horsepower, peak load, of elec- trical energy, which will be used for the City's light and power, and the sale of which will eventually liquidate the bonds and interest of both the aqueduct and electrical plants. The Los Angeles Aqueduct constitutes one of the largest engineering and water transmission accomplishments in the world. EXPOSITION PARK No other city on earth boasts an aggregation of educa- tional, athletic, amusement and military institutions equal to those contained in that charming area known as Exposi- tion Park, situated in the heart of the City of Los Angeles. A monument to the tireless, sacrificial devotion of one man to a principle. Exposition Park, an asset of the State of California, valued at three million dollars, stands today for a permanent exposition of the resources and industries of the great State of California ; it stands for the historical and art past, present and future of Los Angeles, and it stands for the military arm of our country ; for in this park are three great modern, fireproof buildings, each costing a quarter-million dollars, for the housing of these interests. Two athletic fields grace this park — one for children, cov- ering seven acres, and the other for adults, covering forty acres ; each to be equipped with appliances which mark per- fection in modern playgrounds. Here, too, are sunken gardens, fountains, a speedway unexcelled, grandstands, an area set apart for annual agri- cultural and industrial fairs, greenhouses and other fea- tures, built or contemplated in the plan for the installation of this Pride of Los Angeles. Two special days were dedicated to the ceremonies touch- ing the consummation of these two projects; the first in the beautiful San Fernando Valley at the mouth of the Aque- duct, where the water was turned on, for the first time, with appropriate ceremonies, and the second in the city, where special attractions were presented, making it so pleasant and profitable as to compel the tarrying of guests and visitors for a season. To the formal opening of these two great institutions we owe this opportunity of presenting you and the world this commemoration. LOS ANGELES CELEBRATION COMMISSION Secretary To the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce A Tribute THE enduring, monumental works of history which mark the epochs of progress can ever be traced to some power great enough to dream, or grasp, a vision, and strong enough to give it being. Such great works are the Panama Canal and the Los Angeles Aqueduct, two world-famed engineering accomplishments which the year Nineteen Hundred Thirteen has given to history. The one, greatest of its kind in all history, is world-famed as the accomplishment of an incomparable Nation. The other now takes such place in history as the accomplishment of an incomparable City. It heralds a world of greater achievement and resulting glory. The ripple of its waters from the snow-capped Sierras will be, till time is not, a silver-tongued seraph, singing the praise of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce — that body of men known and writ- ten in every clime because of things accomplished — which nursed the infant thought, clothed it with the mantle of approval, shielded it from design, and failed it not in any hour of need through growing years of seeming vicissitudes. To no other agency is due equal thanks for this great work. 1 Josepli D. Radford, Chairman 2 Frank VVifjgins 3 \Vm. M. Bowen 4 F. B. Davison 5 G. J. Kuhrts 10 A. J. Copp, Jr. 6 Motley H. Flint • 11 Robt. Wankowski 7 M. A. Hamburger 12 Perry W. Weidner 8 H. Z. Osborne 13 F. J. Zeehandelaar 9 M. C. Neuner A?id Behold.' A ncxc Light, beaming a Wel- come far out to sea, and over the City of Destiui/ fuljilled^ the Great Metropolis of the Great West — Los Angeles the Incomparable Exposition Park Los Angeles' greatest playground , flanked Inj the State Exposition Building, the State Ar- mory and the domed County Museum of Histo- ry , Science and Art rr-:-..:v Thc Sierras Fro 111 ic h (' n ce co in c I li Los Aiigele.H icater, /iii the line of the Aqiiedmi, earrfing prorisions. -alter mid di/iiiimile before roads- icere biii/t The City oj Homes, hovietj 7' Great y« Concrete Flume This scene, xkou'in