Los Angeles County
Biographies
HENRY HAUSER
HAUSER, HENRY, President H.
Hauser Contracting Company, railroad contractors, Los Angeles, California, was
born at St. Louis, Missouri, March 29, 1855, the son of
Frederick Hauser and Phillipena (Diehl) Hauser. On
October 3, 1904, he married Margaret S. Hartes
at Los Angeles.
His boyhood was spent in Illinois, where he received his
early education in the public schools. He was graduated a civil engineer in
1878 by the University of Illinois, and immediately was appointed assistant
engineer of construction of the Illinois Central Railroad.
Early in 1879 he was assistant engineer of the United
States Coast Survey, but shortly resigned to become engineer of construction
for the Santa Fe railroad, supervising construction of the main line through
New Mexico and Arizona, branches in Arizona, Kansas and New Mexico, and also
the line from Chicago to Kansas City. In 1889 he became engineer and manager
for B. Lanty Sons, contractors for the building
of the Pike’s Peak road and the S. F., P. & P. Ry.
in Arizona. The Pike’s Peak road is one of the world’s engineering wonders. He
was with this company until 1904, during which time they built the Belen
cut-off in New Mexico for the Santa Fe west of Albuquerque. He removed from
Arizona to Los Angeles in 1900.
From 1904 to ’06 he was manager and engineer of the Lanty-Sharp Contracting Company. In 1906 the Sharp-Hauser
Contracting Company was formed, with Mr. Hauser vice president. In 1909 he
drew out and organized his present company.
Mr. Hauser has been connected with the Santa Fe Railroad
directly or indirectly, for thirty-two years.
He is a member of the University Club of Los Angeles, and
is a thirty-second degree member of the Masons.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
13 October 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 682, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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