San Joaquin County Biographies
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LOUIS F. BARZELLOTTI
The capable and efficient engineer of Lodi, Louis Barzellotti was born in Florence, Italy, on April 1, 1857, and was educated in his native country. Finishing his preliminary education he entered the University of Pisa and was graduated with the degree of M.A.; he received his C.E. degree from the University of Rome; then took a post graduate course in mineralogy and geology from the Institute of Florence. During the year of 1891 he concluded to cast his lot in the land of greater opportunities and upon arrival in California practiced his profession of mining engineer in Sierra County for three years; he was also consulted by horticulturists throughout California on olive and grape culture; for the next ten years he was consulting engineer for the Corvagie-Tesla Coal Mining Company. He then was engaged in railroad construction work in the Mojave desert and in 1912 located in Lodi when that thriving city was just starting on its era of expansion.
Since his arrival in Lodi, Mr. Barzellotti has taken an active part in its development. He built a new stone sewer system and twelve miles of paving; he planned and built the municipal swimming baths in the city park, the first municipal baths constructed in the state. He is secretary of the City Planning committee which has had charge of all recent improvements. He takes a great interest in his work and has advocated the annexation of more territory to the city. In 1915 he took an active part in the campaign for bond issue for city improvement which was passed unanimously and Mr. Barzellotti has witnessed many substantial developments in the municipality. He specializes on scientific irrigation, the development of which has been the greatest factor in the progress of central California; he has frequently been called upon to lecture on this interesting subject and is considered an expert on municipal engineering and irrigation topics; he has written extensively on these subjects for a number of periodicals. Mr. Barzellotti is engineer of reclamation district No. 548, located in the Delta district and containing 13,000 acres, this tract of land being originally from five to six feet below tide-water; he was also irrigation engineer on the development of two large ranches on Rough and Ready and Roberts Islands. Mr. Barzellotti is serving as vice-president of the San Joaquin County Association of Civil Engineers. Fraternally, he is identified with the Lodi Lodge, No. 256, F. & A.M., and Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, San Francisco.
The marriage of Mr. Barzellotti united him with Miss Amelia Louise Wetman, a native of San Francisco. The state of California and the locality which he has selected for his permanent home owe much to men of the caliber of Mr. Barzellotti.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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