Sacramento County
Biographies
PAUL D. MARITSAS
PAUL D.
MARITSAS.--A contractor so experienced, enterprising and conscientious in his
undertakings and work that he could not help meeting with deserved success, is
Paul D. Maritsas, a native of Greece,
where he was born on July 29, 1881, but a loyal American. He went to school in Greece,
and as early as 1901 came out to the United
States, hoping here to find the land of
opportunity. Nor was he
disappointed. He stopped for a while at Chicago
and Salt Lake City and then he managed
to reach Vancouver, B. C. in 1910. From
there he went to Seattle in 1913-1914. In each of these places he enlarged his
experience as a contractor; and the year 1914, so
notable in history as the beginning of the great World War, saw him safely
landed at Sacramento, ready to
assist in the building up of the rapidly developing capital.
Since
then Mr. Maritsas has done about $150,000 worth of
work for the reclamation board of the state and all in Sacramento
County and the Districts Nos. 1500
and 1600, and he has also accomplished much for the Natomas
and Sutter Basin Companies. In every
instance, Mr. Maritsas has easily proved one of the
most efficient contractors for such work, and one able to meet with new and
untried problems. He has also been able to
establish records for rapidity and economy.
It
is evident, therefore, that Mr. Maritsas
has done well for himself and done well for Sacramento
County in coming here; and it is
certain that as the years go by, he will be more and more in demand. His live interest in Sacramento County, and
his willingness, like a good booster, to cooperate in hastening the day when
this portion of the great Golden State comes to its own, will be sure to open
new avenues for his usefulness, and to add to his popularity.
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 1003. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.