History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . astermechanic for the Standard Steel Works at Burnham, Pa., and discharged that respon-sibility until February, 1908, when he resigned and came west to California. In .April,attracted by an ofifer from the Modern Manufacturing Company of Orange to becometheir die maker, he settled at Orange; and when the office of superintendent of thewater works became vacant, he was appointed to the
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . astermechanic for the Standard Steel Works at Burnham, Pa., and discharged that respon-sibility until February, 1908, when he resigned and came west to California. In .April,attracted by an ofifer from the Modern Manufacturing Company of Orange to becometheir die maker, he settled at Orange; and when the office of superintendent of thewater works became vacant, he was appointed to the post, and accepted. He has sincereiTiodeled the plant, which had become run down, bringing it up to a high standard. In 1912. the citizens of Orange voted a bond issue joi $50,000; and of that sum$30,000 was spent in supplying cast-iron pipe and hydrants, and $20,000 for erectingnew reinforced-concrete buildings and installing boilers, as well as for a 2, pumping engine, and a 600,000 gallon reinforced-concrete storage wisely was all selected, and so successfully installed, that everything in the plantnow works to perfection. During the day, the HoUey system of direct pumping is. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1159 employed; but at night there is storage Ijy high pressure in two Richardson devotes all of his time to the responsible work in hand, and so is ableto give entire satisfaction. Mr. Richardson was first married in Bradford, England, when he was united withMiss Elizabeth Hannah Holmes. At the Empire Day disaster at Long Beach, on May24, 1913, she was among those killed when the approach to the Auditorium gave way;at the time she was only thirty-eight years of age and left her husliand and two chil-dren, John William, now an engineer in the merchant marine sailing out of San Fran-cisco, and Rose Alice, a graduate of the Orange County Business College, and nowwith the National Bank of Orange. At Orange Mr. Richardson was married
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