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Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic
biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona.
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs.
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cattle which he drove across plains
to Rawlins, Wyo., where he shipped
them to Grand Island, Neb., and sold
them there, 1880; sold his business to
his brother, 1882, and moved to Los
Angeles where he bought a meat mar-
ket and remained in this business un-
til 1895; bought Mott Market, 1895;
opened small packing house in Los
Angeles, 1891; incorporated firm of
Hauser Packing Co., taking in his
five sons as firm members, 1904; com-
pleted his present plant in 1906.
Member Merchants & Mfrs. Assn.;
Amer. Meat Packers' Assn.; Chamber
of Commerce; Los Angeles Board
of Trade; Retailers' and Jobbers'
Assn. of Los Angeles; Masonic fra-
ternity, 32d degree; B. P. O. E.;
I. O. O. F.; Shrine.
HAWGOOD, Harry.
Civil and hydraulic engineer. Res.
Oaklawn Ave., South Pasadena; office
H. W. Hellman Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
Born in Derbyshire, England, April 28,
1853; son of William and Sarah A.
(Pike) Hawgood. Married to Harriet
E. McWain in 1887. General and
technical education received in
London schools. After finishing his
studies entered large ship building
yards on the River Thames for prac-
tical experience. Appointed to design
structures for the Cape of Good Hope
government railways in 1874; and re-
mained in the service of the govern-
ment five years, meantime being pro-
moted to asst. resident engineer in
the Maintenance Dept. For his serv-
ice in South Africa received com-
mendatory letters from the British
government. Moved to the United
States in 1880, and located in
Madison, Wis. Appointed asst. engineer
of construction, Milwaukee line,
Chicago & Northwestern R. R., 1880-81;
locating engineer Utah Northern
(now Oregon Short Line) Railway,
1881-83; construction engineer Oregon
Railway & Navigation System,
1884; private practice in hydraulic
and railroad engineering, Portland,
Ore., 1884-88. Became consulting en-
gineer for the receiver of the
Oregonian Railroad, and chief engineer
of construction on the Portland
Willamette Valley R. R., and con-
tinued this work until appointed by
Governor of Oregon as one of sev-
eral commissioners to determine and
fix length of navigable draw-span on
the railroad bridge across Willamette
River. Became resident engineer for
Southern Pacific System, located at
Los Angeles, in May, 1888. Practiced
his profession in Los Angeles, 1888
to date, following hydraulic and
power engineering up to 1900, when
he was appointed chief engineer of
location and construction of San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake R. R.;
notable among his structures in this
connection is the concrete viaduct
over the Santa Ana River near
Riverside. Resumed practice as consult-
ing engineer in 1904. Has been
largely instrumental in securing de-
velopment of San Pedro Harbor by
U. S. government; made engineering
argument before Commerce Committee
of U. S. Senate in favor of San
Pedro; argued same question before
special board appointed by the
President of the United States to select
harbor site. Has done notable service
for Los Angeles and other
municipalities and public utilities
corporations throughout the West.
Member Inst. of Civ. Engrs.,
London, England; American Soc. of Civ.
Engrs.; Amer. Railway Engineering
Assn.; past pres. Engrs. and Archts.
Assn. of So. Cal.; member Jonathan
Club of Los Angeles.
HAWKINS, Eugene A.
Attorney at law. Res. 601 Kingsley Drive;
office 712-14 Title Insurance Bldg., Los
Angeles, Cal. Born in Americus, Ga.,
March 16, 1871; son of Eugene A. and
Mary Ann (McCleskey) Hawkins;
married to Elmina L. Landes of
Galveston, Tex., March 16, 1893. Edu-
cated in public schools of Georgia;
studied law in father's office and at
Univ. of Virginia. Admitted to bar
of Texas, 1895; Supreme Court of
U. S., 1899; to bar of California, 1910;
practiced law in Galveston, Tex.,
alone until 1898; as member of firm
of Davidson, Minor & Hawkins until
1901; and of Davidson & Hawkins
until 1903; has practiced alone 1903
to date; moved to Los Angeles, Cal.,
1910; continues practice; agent and
secy. Galveston City Company, 1897-
1910; this company owned and laid
out Galveston in 1838, and in its be-
half he negotiated in New York the
sale to Collis P. Huntington of ten
blocks of water frontage in city of
Galveston on which S. P. docks and
terminals are now established. Dir.,
secy. and counsel for the Petroleum
Co. Member California Club; Masonic
fraternity, Scottish Rite and 32d
degree; Shrine; Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce.
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