San Francisco water . In a report to the Washington authoritiesupon the completion of the project, made byMajor R. S. Williamson and Lieutenant Heuer, of the Corps of Engineers, VonSchmidt was paid the following tribute: Mr. Von Schmidt deserves a great dealof credit for the work he has achieved. Hisdaring character is shown by his accepting acontract in which he was to receive no moneyuntil the completion of an experiment, thesuccess of which could only be decided bythe United States as the sole arbiter. Theenergy with which he pushed forward thework until the explosion took place, and t
San Francisco water . In a report to the Washington authoritiesupon the completion of the project, made byMajor R. S. Williamson and Lieutenant Heuer, of the Corps of Engineers, VonSchmidt was paid the following tribute: Mr. Von Schmidt deserves a great dealof credit for the work he has achieved. Hisdaring character is shown by his accepting acontract in which he was to receive no moneyuntil the completion of an experiment, thesuccess of which could only be decided bythe United States as the sole arbiter. Theenergy with which he pushed forward thework until the explosion took place, and therenewed energy with which he pursued hislabor under such discouraging circumstances,deserves the success he attained. A. W. Von Schmidt died May 26, 1906,in the eighty-fifth year of hi 3 age. II A. W. Von Schmidt was succeeded at Pilar-citos by Calvin Brown, who started the con-struction of a larger Pilarcitos Dam. In thiswork he was joined, October 1864, by Her-mann Schussler. Schussler came to Spring Valley on the.
Size: 1416px × 1764px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectwatersupply, bookyear
