Sacramento County
Biographies
HERMAN F. UTZ
HERMAN F. UTZ.--A highly respected representative of important commercial affairs, whose wide and varied experience enables him to serve his fellow-citizens, is Herman F. Utz, who was born January 3, 1887, at St. Paul, Minn., the son of William Arnold and Emma (Schade) UTZ. His father came to California in 1907 and settled in Sacramento. He was employed in the Southern Pacific Railroad Company shops as a pattern-maker, and is now retired from active service. He and his wife are residing in Sacramento.
Herman F. Utz was educated in the public schools of St. Paul, Minn. When he was twenty years old he came to Sacramento, and became an apprentice in the machinist trade. He has been employed in various shops and cities from Alaska down the coast to Sacramento, where he settled in 1919. In 1922 he established the Capital Machine Works at 526-528 Twelfth Street. His plant is equipped with complete and modern machinery, and he specializes in crank-shaft and cylinder grinding, employing about four men. As one of the substantial citizens of Sacramento County, Herman F. Utz takes pride in advancing all measures for the general good of his locality.
The Capital Machine Works is a partnership composed of A.C. Penner and H.F. Utz. Mr. Penner is at present time shop superintendent of the Indiana Machine Shop at Oroville, Cal., a Gugenheim interest. This leaves our subject to have full charge of the Capital Machine Works, although Mr. Penner is still a half owner.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 540. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.