1904 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



399 



MR. HOMER HAMLIN, 



WHO IS DOING NOTABLE WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE Yt'MA RECLAMATION PROJECT. 



MAKING the greatest possible use of the Colorado River is one of the huge undertakings 

 of the United States Reclamation Service, and in this Mr. Hamlin is assuming much 

 of the responsible work. He was born at Pine Island, Minn., August 27, 1864, and 

 educated in the common schools and high school, later adding to the knowledge gained there 

 by independent study. During the period 1887-1893 he was city engineer at San Diego, Cal., 

 and until 1895 was engaged in a general engineering and surveying business in the same 

 city. In 1894 he was made assistant to the United States engineers in their survey for fortifica- 

 tions on Point Loma and Coronado Beach, and in 1895 he was located at Los Angeles as a 

 draftsman ; also serving in the surveyor's office of Los Angeles county. In 1895 Mr. Hamlin 

 was appointed to a position in the office of the city engineer, Los Angeles, and in 1897 served 

 in the office of the county surveyor of that county, becoming in 1899 deputy city engineer of 

 Los Angeles. In 1901 he joined the federal government, serving with the hydrographic and 

 hydrologic investigations under the Geological Survey, and in 1902 continued this work. On 

 January i, 1903, Mr. Hamlin was appointed to the position of engineer in the Reclamation 

 Service. 



