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The Journal of San Diego Volume 62 Winter 2016 Number 1 • The Journal of San Diego History Diego San of Journal 1 • The Number 2016 62 Winter Volume History ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE IN SAN DIEGO The Journal of San Diego History Founded in 1928 as the San Diego Historical Society, today’s San Diego History Center is one of the largest and oldest historical organizations on the West Coast. It houses vast regionally significant collections of objects, photographs, documents, films, oral histories, historic clothing, paintings, and other works of art. The San Diego History Center operates two major facilities in national historic landmark districts: The Research Library and History Museum in Balboa Park and the Serra Museum in Presidio Park. The San Diego History Center presents dynamic changing exhibitions that tell the diverse stories of San Diego’s past, present, and future, and it provides educational programs for K-12 schoolchildren as well as adults and families. Website: www.sandiegohistory.org Front Cover: The Coronado Bridge designed by Robert Mosher. Photograph by Abe Ordover. Back Cover: Grantville Trolley Station. Photograph by Vince Streano. Design and Layout: Allen Wynar Printing: Crest Offset Printing Editorial Assistants: Cynthia van Stralen Travis Degheri Joey Seymour Articles appearing in The Journal of San Diego History are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life. The paper in the publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. The Journal of San Diego History IRIS H. W. ENGSTRAND MOLLY McCLAIN Editors THEODORE STRATHMAN DAVID MILLER Review Editors Published since 1955 by the SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101 ISSN 0022-4383 The Journal of San Diego History VOLUME 62 WINTER 2016 NUMBER 1 Editorial Consultants Published quarterly by the San Diego History Center at 1649 El Prado, Balboa MATTHEW BOKOVOY Park, San Diego, California 92101. University of Nebraska Press A $60.00 annual membership in the WILLIAM DEVERELL San Diego History Center includes University of Southern California; subscription to The Journal of San Director, Huntington-USC Institute Diego History and the SDHC Times. of California and the West All back issues are accessible at www. VICTOR GERACI sandiegohistory.org. University of California, Berkeley Articles and book reviews for publication consideration, as well as DONALD H. HARRISON editorial correspondence, should be Publisher, San Diego Jewish World addressed to Editors, The Journal of San J. MICHAEL KELLY Diego History, Department of History, Committee of 100 Balboa Park University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110 ROGER W. LOTCHIN University of North Carolina Chapel Hill All article submissons should be computer generated, double-spaced JOHN PUTMAN with endnotes, and follow the Chicago San Diego State University Manual of Style. Authors should ANDREW ROLLE submit an electronic copy in Microsoft The Huntington Library Word. Photographs must be submitted separately at 300ppi. ROGER SHOWLEY The San Diego Union-Tribune The San Diego History Center assumes no responsibility for the statements or ABE SHRAGGE opinions of the authors or reviewers. Independent Historian ©2016 by the San Diego History Center RAYMOND STARR ISSN 0022-4383 San Diego State University, emeritus Periodicals postage paid at San Diego, CA Publication No. 331-870 PHOEBE S. K. YOUNG (619) 232-6203 University of Colorado at Boulder www.sandiegohistory.org Note: For a change of address, please call (619) 232-6203 ext. 102 or email [email protected] ii CONTENTS VOLUME 62 WINTER 2016 NUMBER 1 ARTICLES One Hundred Years of Civil Engineering Excellence in San Diego Timothy M. Shell 1 The Bridges of San Diego County: The Art of Civil Engineering Christine Robbins 5 The History of Caltrans District 11 Cathryne Bruce-Johnson and Carmen Sandoval 37 Rick Engineering and the Rick Family Legacy: Planning, Designing, and Engineering Communities Since 1927 Brian F. Mooney 57 The Mountain Springs Grade: Conquering San Diego’s Mountain Barrier to Commerce with the East Joe Streetman 67 BOOK REVIEWS 93 iii The Journal of San Diego History Search complete issues online at www.sandiegohistory.org/journal Winter 2015 Volume 60 No. 1 A Room of Their Own: The Contribution of Women to the Panama-California Exposition, 1915 Molly McClain Balboa Park Transformed: The Panama-California Exposition Landscape Nancy Carol Carter Architect Irving Gill (1870-1936) and the Specifications for Bentham Hall, The Bishop’s School Nicolas Stougaard and Nicole Holland What Happ[ened to the International Skyride? Barbara Zaragoza Book Reviews • Exhibit Reviews Spring 2015: Volume 61 No. 2 San Diego Invites The World: The 1915 Exposition: A Pictorial Essay By Iris Engstrand and Matthew Schiff The Wax and Addleson Families: Military Service Abroad and on the Homefront Donald H. Harrison On the Cusp of an American Civil Rights Revolution: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Visit and Address to San Diego in 1965 By Seth Mallios and Brenna Campbell “Born of Horses:” Missionaries, Indigenous Vaqueros, and Ecological Expansion during the Spanish Colonization of California Paul Albert Lacson Exhibit Reviews • Book Reviews Summer/Fall 2015: Volume 61 Nos. 3 & 4 The San Salvador Sails into San Diego Iris Engstrand and Harry Kelsey Safeguarding the Innocent: Travelers’ Aid at the Panama-California Exposition, 1915 Eric C. Cimino Peter C. Remondino, MD: the Man and his Library George W. Kaplan Matanza: A Reinterpretation of a Presidio Site Paul G. Chace Exhibit Reviews • Book Reviews 92 The Journal of San Diego History 102 103 The Journal of San Diego History EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Gayle Hom Kim Fletcher William Lawrence Lucy C. Jackson Tom Karlo John Morrell Bob Kelly BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ann Navarra Helen Kinnaird Thompson Fetter, President Susan B. Peinado Yvonne W. Larsen Joe Craver, Vice President Sandra Perlatti David Malcolm Robert J. Watkins, Vice President Kay Porter Seth W. Mallios, Ph.D. Frank Alessi, Treasurer Margie Warner Jack Monger Ann Hill, Secretary Allan Wasserman Jimmy Parker Robert F. Adelizzi, President Emeritus Tom Wornham Rana Sampson Hal Sadler FAIA, President Emeritus Roger Zucchet Hon. Lynn Schenk TRUSTEES Drew Schlosberg ADVISORY BOARD Chuck Bieler Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D. Malin Burnham Richard Bregante Stephen B. Williams Thomas A. Caughlan, USMC, Ret. Ray Carpenter Hon. Pete Wilson M. Wayne Donaldson, FAIA Debra Cushman-Parrish Karin E. Winner Iris Engstrand, Ph.D. Dan Eaton INDIVIDUAL GIFTS The San Diego History Center gratefully acknowledges the generous support of individuals contributing above $1,000 since January 1, 2015-January 1, 2016. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adelizzi Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gildred Mrs. Kay Porter Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alessi Mr. and Mrs. George Gildred Allison and Robert Price Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Alessio Mrs. Jacqueline M. Gillman Mr. and Mrs. M. Lea Rudee Mr. and Mrs. Willis Allen Ms. Connie K. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Hal Sadler Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bieler Mr. James M. Hall Laurie and Rowan Sefton-Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bregante Dr. and Mrs. John D. Hill Mr. Albert E. Trepte Mr. and Mrs. Malin Burnham Ms. Gayle Hom Jonathan Vick and Lael Montgomery, PhD Mr. and Mrs. David Canedo Dr. Carl Hoppe and Diane Fletcher-Hoppe Dr. Robert D. Wallace Mr. Ray Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Jones Dr. Mary L. Walshok, PhD Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Clay Mr. and Mrs. Webster Kinnaird Mrs. Nell Waltz Mr. and Mrs. Boyd D. Collier Mr. Peter R. LaDow Mr. and Mrs. John H. Warner Mrs. Jane Cowgill Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Craver Pamela Hamilton Lester and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Watkins Ms. Debra Cushman-Parrish James Lester Mr. and Mrs. James Wiesler Mr. Dan Eaton Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Malone Mrs. B.J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jim Elliott Mr. and Mrs. James Milch Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Williams Mrs. Anne L. Evans Mr. and Mrs. John Morrell The Honorable Pete Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Fetter Ms. Ann Navarra Mrs. Gayle Wilson Mr. Nicholas M. Fintzelberg Ms. Susan Peinado Ms. Karin E. Winner Mr. and Mrs. Kim Fletcher Ms. Sandra Perlatti Mr. and Mrs. Roger Zucchet CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT The San Diego History Center gratefully acknowledges the generous support of businesses and foundations contributing above $1,000 since January 1, 2015-January 1, 2016. A.O. Reed & Co. The Heller Foundation of San Diego Rotary Club of San Diego Allison and Robert Price Foundation The Historic Spreckels Theater and The Ruth Lane Charitable Foundation Anonymous Advised Fund Building Samuel and Katherine French Fund Barney and Barney Foundation Hom Family Fund Samuel I. and John Henry Fox The Alfred C. Berner Estate Jewish Community Foundation Foundation Carmel Mountain Ranch Veterinary Jerome’s Furniture San Diego Center for Children Hospital The Philip Klauber Estate San Diego Gas & Electric Company The Chase Group Layer 3 Security Services San Diego Veterinary Medical City of San Diego Commission for LJ Galinson Advised Fund Association Arts & Culture The Legler Benbough Foundation San Diego Historical Society Claude and Dianna Hudnall Fund Lyon Technologies, Inc. Endowment Fund Carol and Henry F. Hunte Fund Meyer Charitable Foundation The Sheryl and Harvey White Congregation Beth Israel Milburn Family Estate Foundation The Corky McMillin Companies Milton Fund Spreckels