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WILLIAM HENRY CODE
CODE, WILLIAM HENRY,
Consulting Engineer, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Saginaw, Mich.,
November 22, 1864; the son of James Code and Elizabeth Code. He
married Martha E. Devlin at Bay City, Mich., on the 14th
day of September, 1893.
Mr. Code received his primary education in the public
schools of Saginaw and Harrisville, Mich., entering the University of Michigan
for a special course in engineering, 1888-1890.
In 1890 he went West, engaging
in railroad construction for the Union Pacific Railroad at Cheyenne, Wyo. In
1891 he was appointed Assistant State Engineer of Wyoming under Elwood Mead and
officiated for one year. In 1892 Mr. Code was chosen Chief Engineer of the
Consolidated Canal System in the Salt River Valley of Arizona, being engaged
there approximately ten years. The last two years he was also Special Agent for
the United States Department of Agriculture in irrigation investigations, which
later brought about his appointment by President Roosevelt in 1902, to Chief
Irrigation Engineer of the United States Indian Service. He was reappointed in
1906, and in 1910 Mr. Code had general charge of all irrigation work on
the Indian Reservations throughout the West, expending approximately $1,000,000
per annum. He also served as Consulting Engineer, United States Reclamation
Service.
In 1911 Mr. Code was one of three advisory engineers
chosen to report on the method of water distribution of the $23,000,000 Los
Angeles aqueduct. On November 1, 1911, he formed a partnership with
John H. Quinton, as Quinton & Code, Consulting Engineers. He is
Vice President of the Mesa City Bank, Mesa, Ariz.
He is a member of Chamber of Commerce, American Society
of Civil Engineers, and the University Club of Los Angeles.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
22 August 2011.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 731,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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