The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913 228 20. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911 196 18. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909 171 16. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 126 13. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904 100 11. The City’s Victory over the “Grand Monopoly,” 1901–1902 75 New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903–1904 88 9. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880–1886 30 5.

The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878–1879 23 4. xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855–1876 3 2. Robert Graves, I, Claudius Contents List of Illustrations 1. To the memory of Richard Perry Mulholland (1925–1992), the Chief’s only grandson A story that was the subject of every variety of misrepresentation, not only by those who then lived but likewise in succeeding times: so true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood and both are exaggerated by posterity. (Los Angeles and Ventura: Historical Society of Southern California and Ventura County Museum of History and Art, 1995). Francis Dam Disaster Revisited, edited by Doyce B. Chapter 24 contains material previously published in modiﬁed form as “Mulholland and the St. Engineers-California-Los Angeles- Biography. Water-supply-California-Los Angeles- History. Includes bibliographical references and index. William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles / Catherine Mulholland. London, England © 2000 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mulholland, Catherine. London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd.

William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles Catherine Mulholland UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book provided by the General Endowment Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press.

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