WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.140 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.140 --> 00:00:04.360 align:middle line:84% NARRATOR: Visiting with Huell Howser 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:06.370 align:middle line:84% is made possible through a generous grant 00:00:06.370 --> 00:00:08.770 align:middle line:84% from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. 00:00:08.770 --> 00:00:11.485 align:middle line:90% 00:00:11.485 --> 00:00:15.010 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, it's about 9:45 on a Thursday morning. 00:00:15.010 --> 00:00:18.520 align:middle line:84% We're here at the corner of Riverside Drive and Los Feliz, 00:00:18.520 --> 00:00:21.190 align:middle line:84% right at the entrance to Griffith Park. 00:00:21.190 --> 00:00:25.750 align:middle line:84% And it's kind of a gray, foggy, overcast morning, 00:00:25.750 --> 00:00:28.290 align:middle line:84% but I can assure you that there's nothing 00:00:28.290 --> 00:00:30.250 align:middle line:90% downbeat about this occasion. 00:00:30.250 --> 00:00:34.750 align:middle line:84% We're here for one of those landmark Los Angeles days. 00:00:34.750 --> 00:00:38.260 align:middle line:84% This is a day, literally, for the history books, 00:00:38.260 --> 00:00:42.490 align:middle line:84% and here to tell us about it is La Vel Lund. 00:00:42.490 --> 00:00:45.340 align:middle line:84% Now tell us what today is all about 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:48.952 align:middle line:84% and why we're standing in front of this fountain. 00:00:48.952 --> 00:00:50.410 align:middle line:84% LE VAL LUND: I think this is really 00:00:50.410 --> 00:00:54.580 align:middle line:84% Memorial Day, because in 1940 is when this was originally 00:00:54.580 --> 00:00:58.060 align:middle line:84% dedicated in memory, of course, of William Mulholland, who 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:00.790 align:middle line:84% is the founder of the Los Angeles water 00:01:00.790 --> 00:01:03.100 align:middle line:84% system and the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:05.590 align:middle line:84% And in 1940, the citizens of Los Angeles 00:01:05.590 --> 00:01:08.380 align:middle line:84% banded together, it was the Citizens Committee, 00:01:08.380 --> 00:01:10.690 align:middle line:84% and they did put in money from schools 00:01:10.690 --> 00:01:14.140 align:middle line:84% and from various organizations and built this facility. 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:16.567 align:middle line:84% And it was only $35,000 in those days. 00:01:16.567 --> 00:01:17.900 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Now wait a minute. 00:01:17.900 --> 00:01:20.410 align:middle line:90% Repeat that again for everybody. 00:01:20.410 --> 00:01:26.320 align:middle line:84% This fountain was built in 1940, in its entirety, for $35,000. 00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:29.890 align:middle line:84% LE VAL LUND: It was completed in 1940 and dedicated on August 1, 00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:31.750 align:middle line:90% and it was $35,000. 00:01:31.750 --> 00:01:35.287 align:middle line:84% And it was a donation from the various people in the city, 00:01:35.287 --> 00:01:36.370 align:middle line:90% including school children. 00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:37.953 align:middle line:84% And there are a lot of school children 00:01:37.953 --> 00:01:41.530 align:middle line:84% here today to commemorate their participation back 00:01:41.530 --> 00:01:42.114 align:middle line:90% in those days. 00:01:42.114 --> 00:01:44.071 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, here at the schoolchildern. 00:01:44.071 --> 00:01:45.460 align:middle line:84% Here are some of them right here. 00:01:45.460 --> 00:01:48.010 align:middle line:84% These, I think, are from John Marshall High School. 00:01:48.010 --> 00:01:49.290 align:middle line:84% LE VAL LUND: From John Marshall High School. 00:01:49.290 --> 00:01:50.956 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: They're performing for us. 00:01:50.956 --> 00:01:53.560 align:middle line:84% The band is blaring away over here. 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:57.900 align:middle line:84% And I think some of the police have arrived on horseback. 00:01:57.900 --> 00:02:00.220 align:middle line:84% We've got people pouring in here. 00:02:00.220 --> 00:02:02.890 align:middle line:84% The chairs are all set up, because this 00:02:02.890 --> 00:02:04.176 align:middle line:90% is the rededication. 00:02:04.176 --> 00:02:05.050 align:middle line:90% LE VAL LUND: Correct. 00:02:05.050 --> 00:02:07.810 align:middle line:84% It's the rededication after a refurbishing 00:02:07.810 --> 00:02:10.389 align:middle line:90% that started last spring. 00:02:10.389 --> 00:02:13.450 align:middle line:84% And you should have seen what happened to the fountai. 00:02:13.450 --> 00:02:17.170 align:middle line:84% Because of the Arab oil embargo, we had to turn it off 00:02:17.170 --> 00:02:21.100 align:middle line:84% because it was a symbol of not using fuel oil. 00:02:21.100 --> 00:02:24.050 align:middle line:84% And then also our several droughts that we've had. 00:02:24.050 --> 00:02:26.380 align:middle line:90% And so it just didn't get used. 00:02:26.380 --> 00:02:29.070 align:middle line:84% And the equipment became very old and antiquated. 00:02:29.070 --> 00:02:31.750 align:middle line:84% And so what you see here is completely 00:02:31.750 --> 00:02:34.690 align:middle line:84% as it existed in 1940 on the surface, 00:02:34.690 --> 00:02:38.540 align:middle line:84% but I can assure you underneath there's a brand new electrical, 00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:41.200 align:middle line:84% mechanical, a computet-generated system, 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:43.330 align:middle line:90% and it will be outstanding. 00:02:43.330 --> 00:02:44.110 align:middle line:90% And I hope-- 00:02:44.110 --> 00:02:45.700 align:middle line:84% I have not seen it yet in the lights, 00:02:45.700 --> 00:02:47.230 align:middle line:84% but I hope tonight to look at it. 00:02:47.230 --> 00:02:49.930 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, it's quiet right now, 00:02:49.930 --> 00:02:51.760 align:middle line:84% but it's not going to be quiet long. 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:53.284 align:middle line:90% We're going to see you later on. 00:02:53.284 --> 00:02:53.950 align:middle line:90% LE VAL LUND: OK. 00:02:53.950 --> 00:02:55.180 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Thanks for the introduction. 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:56.350 align:middle line:90% We've got people to meet. 00:02:56.350 --> 00:02:57.250 align:middle line:90% LE VAL LUND: OK. 00:02:57.250 --> 00:02:58.930 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: All right, we're going to move right over here. 00:02:58.930 --> 00:02:59.616 align:middle line:90% Good morning. 00:02:59.616 --> 00:03:00.990 align:middle line:84% MARILYN BUSH: How are you, Huell? 00:03:00.990 --> 00:03:01.570 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Now who are you? 00:03:01.570 --> 00:03:02.590 align:middle line:90% MARILYN BUSH: Marilyn Bush! 00:03:02.590 --> 00:03:03.840 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, hi, Marilyn. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:05.130 align:middle line:90% We talked on the phone. 00:03:05.130 --> 00:03:05.890 align:middle line:84% MARILYN BUSH: Right, we sure have. 00:03:05.890 --> 00:03:07.900 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is really your event, isn't it? 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:08.440 align:middle line:90% MARILYN BUSH: Yes, it is. 00:03:08.440 --> 00:03:09.580 align:middle line:90% I'm very thrilled about it. 00:03:09.580 --> 00:03:11.121 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well let's go over here 00:03:11.121 --> 00:03:13.810 align:middle line:84% so we can see some of this activity going on behind us. 00:03:13.810 --> 00:03:15.165 align:middle line:90% What have you got planned today? 00:03:15.165 --> 00:03:16.540 align:middle line:84% MARILYN BUSH: Well, we have a lot 00:03:16.540 --> 00:03:18.220 align:middle line:90% of wonderful things planned. 00:03:18.220 --> 00:03:22.060 align:middle line:84% We have some, of course, important elected officials 00:03:22.060 --> 00:03:25.519 align:middle line:84% coming and will make short speeches, which is nice. 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:27.685 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: We'll wait and see how short they are. 00:03:27.685 --> 00:03:28.518 align:middle line:90% MARILYN BUSH: Right. 00:03:28.518 --> 00:03:33.240 align:middle line:84% And the people from the community, 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:34.870 align:middle line:84% Los Feliz Improvement Association 00:03:34.870 --> 00:03:38.560 align:middle line:84% President, John Caragozian will make a few remarks. 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:43.210 align:middle line:84% We have the members of the Marshall High marching 00:03:43.210 --> 00:03:44.520 align:middle line:90% band here playing for you. 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:45.811 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: We can hear them. 00:03:45.811 --> 00:03:47.200 align:middle line:90% MARILYN BUSH: You can hear that. 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:51.670 align:middle line:84% We have musicians from the professional field that 00:03:51.670 --> 00:03:54.070 align:middle line:84% are going to play Aaron Copland's 00:03:54.070 --> 00:03:55.780 align:middle line:90% "Fanfare to the Common Man." 00:03:55.780 --> 00:03:57.250 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So this is a big day. 00:03:57.250 --> 00:03:58.337 align:middle line:84% MARILYN BUSH: That is a very big day. 00:03:58.337 --> 00:03:59.710 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Let's talk with these people for just a minute. 00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:02.052 align:middle line:84% You all are having a great conversation over here. 00:04:02.052 --> 00:04:03.760 align:middle line:84% I hope you're talking about the fountain. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:04.810 align:middle line:84% LT. PASINGER: Absolutely, yes we are. 00:04:04.810 --> 00:04:06.643 align:middle line:84% We're glad to be here we have an opportunity 00:04:06.643 --> 00:04:09.260 align:middle line:84% to share in the festivities here. 00:04:09.260 --> 00:04:11.662 align:middle line:84% And we're just thrilled to be here today. 00:04:11.662 --> 00:04:13.120 align:middle line:84% MARILYN BUSH: Now Huell, I want you 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.329 align:middle line:84% to know that this is the is Lieutenant Pasinger, who 00:04:16.329 --> 00:04:19.750 align:middle line:84% is in charge of the Los Angeles mounted police 00:04:19.750 --> 00:04:24.220 align:middle line:84% division with all our wonderful, wonderful police officers 00:04:24.220 --> 00:04:27.970 align:middle line:84% that came to support and thrill us all with their horses. 00:04:27.970 --> 00:04:31.187 align:middle line:84% And I'm very grateful to him that they're available. 00:04:31.187 --> 00:04:32.770 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Let's make it very plain 00:04:32.770 --> 00:04:35.339 align:middle line:84% that the horses are not allowed to drink out of the fountain. 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:37.797 align:middle line:84% LT. PASINGER: No, we won't be drinking out of the fountain. 00:04:37.797 --> 00:04:39.430 align:middle line:90% We're just here to help enjoy. 00:04:39.430 --> 00:04:41.346 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That wouldn't be a very good way 00:04:41.346 --> 00:04:43.300 align:middle line:90% to get it started off. 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:46.870 align:middle line:84% MARILYN BUSH: This fountain is so important, and so positive 00:04:46.870 --> 00:04:49.360 align:middle line:84% for our community, that I felt that one 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:51.520 align:middle line:84% of the most important reasons to have our school 00:04:51.520 --> 00:04:53.740 align:middle line:84% children involved is that this is 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:56.260 align:middle line:84% something on a positive foundation, 00:04:56.260 --> 00:04:58.065 align:middle line:90% wonderful in our city. 00:04:58.065 --> 00:05:00.440 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Are these little girls part of the program? 00:05:00.440 --> 00:05:02.440 align:middle line:90% They're smiling from ear to ear. 00:05:02.440 --> 00:05:03.696 align:middle line:90% What's going on over here? 00:05:03.696 --> 00:05:06.070 align:middle line:84% SANDY CAMPBELL: OK, we're from Franklin Avenue Elementary 00:05:06.070 --> 00:05:08.660 align:middle line:84% School and I'm one of the teachers there. 00:05:08.660 --> 00:05:10.240 align:middle line:90% My name is Sandy Campbell. 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.265 align:middle line:90% This is my student Justine Yoon 00:05:12.265 --> 00:05:13.390 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good morning. 00:05:13.390 --> 00:05:14.514 align:middle line:90% JUSTINE YOON: Good morning. 00:05:14.514 --> 00:05:17.020 align:middle line:84% SANDY CAMPBELL: And this is our friend who is down the hall 00:05:17.020 --> 00:05:17.519 align:middle line:90% from us. 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.060 align:middle line:90% And this is Andrea Gascon. 00:05:19.060 --> 00:05:19.720 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good morning. 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:20.170 align:middle line:90% SANDY CAMPBELL: Good morning. 00:05:20.170 --> 00:05:21.490 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now what are they going to do today? 00:05:21.490 --> 00:05:23.073 align:middle line:84% SANDY CAMPBELL: These two young ladies 00:05:23.073 --> 00:05:26.830 align:middle line:84% wrote poems about William Mulholland and the water 00:05:26.830 --> 00:05:27.464 align:middle line:90% in Los Angeles. 00:05:27.464 --> 00:05:29.380 align:middle line:84% And they're delivering the poems this morning. 00:05:29.380 --> 00:05:31.280 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Are you nervous. 00:05:31.280 --> 00:05:32.240 align:middle line:90% JUSTINE YOON: Sort of. 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:33.490 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Are you nervous? 00:05:33.490 --> 00:05:34.930 align:middle line:90% Yeah, she's a little nervous. 00:05:34.930 --> 00:05:36.200 align:middle line:90% Well, just suck it up. 00:05:36.200 --> 00:05:37.090 align:middle line:90% It's going to be fun. 00:05:37.090 --> 00:05:38.650 align:middle line:84% Don't worry about all these people here. 00:05:38.650 --> 00:05:39.700 align:middle line:90% Just give it your best. 00:05:39.700 --> 00:05:40.866 align:middle line:90% SANDY CAMPBELL: OK, we will. 00:05:40.866 --> 00:05:43.827 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: OK, now you look like you're part of this too. 00:05:43.827 --> 00:05:46.160 align:middle line:84% MARGARET LOWFELT: I am very much part of this community. 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.620 align:middle line:84% My name is Margaret Lowe felt I'm 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:49.574 align:middle line:84% the chairman of the beautification committee. 00:05:49.574 --> 00:05:50.740 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: For Los Feliz. 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:53.073 align:middle line:84% MARGARET LOWFELT: For Los Feliz Improvement Association. 00:05:53.073 --> 00:05:55.180 align:middle line:84% I see to it that the graffiti is removed. 00:05:55.180 --> 00:05:58.240 align:middle line:84% I see to it that the trash is picked up in our area. 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:03.520 align:middle line:84% When the curbs are not all that clean, then I go out there 00:06:03.520 --> 00:06:06.490 align:middle line:84% and I get the troops together on a monthly basis. 00:06:06.490 --> 00:06:09.704 align:middle line:84% Once a month we are cleaning up the streets. 00:06:09.704 --> 00:06:11.620 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, how is this fountain going 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:12.939 align:middle line:90% to affect the community? 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:14.230 align:middle line:90% MARGARET LOWFELT: Very much so. 00:06:14.230 --> 00:06:18.190 align:middle line:84% This is a historical monument, and it is absolutely beautiful. 00:06:18.190 --> 00:06:19.960 align:middle line:90% They tried to match the tiles. 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:22.120 align:middle line:90% They did a marvelous job. 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:23.620 align:middle line:84% The whole community appears to have 00:06:23.620 --> 00:06:27.642 align:middle line:84% gotten into the act with the celebration of our-- 00:06:27.642 --> 00:06:29.006 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Rededication. 00:06:29.006 --> 00:06:30.880 align:middle line:84% MARGARET LOWFELT: Well, with the rededication 00:06:30.880 --> 00:06:32.230 align:middle line:84% and with the reconstructed fountain. 00:06:32.230 --> 00:06:33.880 align:middle line:84% Because there was a lot of repair work 00:06:33.880 --> 00:06:34.820 align:middle line:90% that had to be done. 00:06:34.820 --> 00:06:36.737 align:middle line:84% And it's all done and we're so happy about it. 00:06:36.737 --> 00:06:38.570 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is one of those days that 00:06:38.570 --> 00:06:40.930 align:middle line:84% makes the community kind of come together and feel good 00:06:40.930 --> 00:06:41.497 align:middle line:90% about itself. 00:06:41.497 --> 00:06:42.580 align:middle line:90% MARGARET LOWFELT: Exactly. 00:06:42.580 --> 00:06:43.913 align:middle line:90% And that makes us all feel good. 00:06:43.913 --> 00:06:46.450 align:middle line:84% This schools, we have three schools here. 00:06:46.450 --> 00:06:48.384 align:middle line:84% We have important people from the community 00:06:48.384 --> 00:06:50.300 align:middle line:84% here, and the rest of the community, everybody 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:51.250 align:middle line:90% who wants to join. 00:06:51.250 --> 00:06:52.624 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: They're pouring in. 00:06:52.624 --> 00:06:54.640 align:middle line:84% Now are all these invited guests back here? 00:06:54.640 --> 00:06:56.830 align:middle line:84% MARGARET LOWFELT: Yes, anyone that comes over 00:06:56.830 --> 00:06:59.634 align:middle line:84% here is an invited guest, and we're very happy to have them. 00:06:59.634 --> 00:07:01.300 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But of course the fountain 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:03.370 align:middle line:90% doesn't need an invited guest. 00:07:03.370 --> 00:07:04.990 align:middle line:90% Anybody can come and enjoy it. 00:07:04.990 --> 00:07:06.122 align:middle line:90% That's the beauty of it. 00:07:06.122 --> 00:07:07.330 align:middle line:90% MARGARET LOWFELT: Absolutely. 00:07:07.330 --> 00:07:07.921 align:middle line:90% Thank you. 00:07:07.921 --> 00:07:09.170 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Well, good luck. 00:07:09.170 --> 00:07:10.753 align:middle line:84% MARGARET LOWFELT: Thank you very much. 00:07:10.753 --> 00:07:12.880 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I've spotted somebody over here. 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:15.610 align:middle line:90% These are the real VIPs here. 00:07:15.610 --> 00:07:16.420 align:middle line:90% Good morning. 00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:17.200 align:middle line:90% Good morning. 00:07:17.200 --> 00:07:18.340 align:middle line:90% Good morning. 00:07:18.340 --> 00:07:19.259 align:middle line:90% Good morning. 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:21.050 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: I'm glad you made it. 00:07:21.050 --> 00:07:22.832 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Introduce yoursel. 00:07:22.832 --> 00:07:24.790 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: I'm Catherine Mulholland. 00:07:24.790 --> 00:07:28.330 align:middle line:84% And I'm one of the granddaughters of William. 00:07:28.330 --> 00:07:30.610 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: And my sister and I 00:07:30.610 --> 00:07:33.310 align:middle line:84% were both here for the original opening. 00:07:33.310 --> 00:07:34.440 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: In 1940. 00:07:34.440 --> 00:07:35.320 align:middle line:90% Where's you sister? 00:07:35.320 --> 00:07:36.100 align:middle line:90% I haven't met her. 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:37.150 align:middle line:90% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: My sister. 00:07:37.150 --> 00:07:37.900 align:middle line:90% Where is she? 00:07:37.900 --> 00:07:40.300 align:middle line:84% She's here somewhere in the crowd in a white suit. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:41.540 align:middle line:90% You'll find her in a minute. 00:07:41.540 --> 00:07:42.956 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now somebody told me 00:07:42.956 --> 00:07:45.261 align:middle line:84% that you're going to throw the switch today. 00:07:45.261 --> 00:07:47.760 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: My sister is going to throw the switch 00:07:47.760 --> 00:07:50.050 align:middle line:90% and I'm going to give a speech. 00:07:50.050 --> 00:07:52.950 align:middle line:84% So we've got a double-header here. 00:07:52.950 --> 00:07:55.910 align:middle line:84% Two Mulholland gals doing their thing. 00:07:55.910 --> 00:07:58.302 align:middle line:90% I don't know, where is Pat? 00:07:58.302 --> 00:07:59.510 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: She'll be here. 00:07:59.510 --> 00:08:02.560 align:middle line:84% If she's got to throw the switch, she better be here. 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:04.540 align:middle line:90% Maybe you can stand in for her. 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:07.240 align:middle line:84% Could somebody go grab her for just a second? 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.004 align:middle line:84% Do you remember that day in 1940 when you were here? 00:08:11.004 --> 00:08:12.420 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: I do, Huell. 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:14.830 align:middle line:84% I remember that day very, very well. 00:08:14.830 --> 00:08:17.260 align:middle line:84% But I was a bit preoccupied because I 00:08:17.260 --> 00:08:20.800 align:middle line:84% was going to leave to go to Berkeley as a freshman 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:21.970 align:middle line:90% at the University. 00:08:21.970 --> 00:08:24.550 align:middle line:84% And I was almost more concerned about what's 00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:27.310 align:middle line:84% going to happen to me in northern California 00:08:27.310 --> 00:08:29.690 align:middle line:84% than I was with what was going on here. 00:08:29.690 --> 00:08:32.059 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Let's walk over here for just a second. 00:08:32.059 --> 00:08:34.100 align:middle line:84% This band is getting louder and louder. 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:35.101 align:middle line:90% Howdy. 00:08:35.101 --> 00:08:35.809 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 1: Howdy. 00:08:35.809 --> 00:08:37.780 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Are you excited? 00:08:37.780 --> 00:08:39.280 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 1: Well, we are here before. 00:08:39.280 --> 00:08:41.380 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: In 1940? 00:08:41.380 --> 00:08:42.870 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 1: Absolutely. 00:08:42.870 --> 00:08:45.220 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What do you remember about that day. 00:08:45.220 --> 00:08:47.420 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 1: Our daughter-- where did Mattie go? 00:08:47.420 --> 00:08:50.040 align:middle line:84% She pushed the button and started the whole thing. 00:08:50.040 --> 00:08:52.370 align:middle line:90% This is her right there. 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:53.940 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Ah, you're the lady. 00:08:53.940 --> 00:08:58.930 align:middle line:84% Now, I've seen a picture of you back in 1940. 00:08:58.930 --> 00:09:01.900 align:middle line:84% You had a nice little dress on and you were 00:09:01.900 --> 00:09:05.020 align:middle line:90% holding some roses or flowers. 00:09:05.020 --> 00:09:05.920 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 2: Roses. 00:09:05.920 --> 00:09:08.920 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And you were chosen to throw the switch. 00:09:08.920 --> 00:09:09.880 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 2: Yes, I was. 00:09:09.880 --> 00:09:12.070 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now let's get back here because this music is 00:09:12.070 --> 00:09:13.180 align:middle line:90% getting louder and louder. 00:09:13.180 --> 00:09:15.160 align:middle line:90% Let's go back over here. 00:09:15.160 --> 00:09:16.660 align:middle line:84% Let's walk right down here a minute, 00:09:16.660 --> 00:09:20.150 align:middle line:84% because this is very interesting. 00:09:20.150 --> 00:09:24.670 align:middle line:84% Tell me what it was like back in 1940 00:09:24.670 --> 00:09:26.500 align:middle line:90% when you threw that switch. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:28.925 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 2: Well, was the button I was supposed to push, 00:09:28.925 --> 00:09:33.070 align:middle line:84% and good old technology back then wasn't that great. 00:09:33.070 --> 00:09:34.320 align:middle line:90% I couldn't push it. 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:35.500 align:middle line:90% I was nine years old. 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:37.560 align:middle line:90% It was too hard to push. 00:09:37.560 --> 00:09:41.020 align:middle line:84% And one of the young men sitting up in the area 00:09:41.020 --> 00:09:44.380 align:middle line:84% who I imagine worked for the water department, 00:09:44.380 --> 00:09:47.660 align:middle line:84% had to come up and help me push the button. 00:09:47.660 --> 00:09:49.450 align:middle line:84% And of course all the lights went on 00:09:49.450 --> 00:09:51.980 align:middle line:84% and everybody ooh and ah the same as they would today. 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:53.771 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Have you checked it out today 00:09:53.771 --> 00:09:55.645 align:middle line:84% to make sure it's going to work all right? 00:09:55.645 --> 00:09:57.620 align:middle line:84% We don't want history to repeat itself. 00:09:57.620 --> 00:10:00.950 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 2 I don't think they have to worry about that. 00:10:00.950 --> 00:10:01.950 align:middle line:90% I think they have-- 00:10:01.950 --> 00:10:02.040 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: It's [INAUDIBLE].. 00:10:02.040 --> 00:10:03.340 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 2: I think they have-- 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:04.260 align:middle line:90% oh it is? 00:10:04.260 --> 00:10:05.740 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: And you're expected to push it again. 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:07.510 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 2: Oh, I didn't know that. 00:10:07.510 --> 00:10:09.843 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: There's no jealousy here that she's gotten 00:10:09.843 --> 00:10:12.100 align:middle line:84% to push the button twice and you haven't. 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:15.130 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 2: She gets to speak, I don't. 00:10:15.130 --> 00:10:16.630 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, I tell you what. 00:10:16.630 --> 00:10:19.990 align:middle line:84% You are surrounded by friends today. 00:10:19.990 --> 00:10:23.740 align:middle line:84% This is a very festive, festive crowd here today. 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:26.470 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 2: It is indeed and I'm touched. 00:10:26.470 --> 00:10:27.190 align:middle line:90% I really am. 00:10:27.190 --> 00:10:28.950 align:middle line:90% It thrills me a great deal. 00:10:28.950 --> 00:10:31.124 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, congratulations to you. 00:10:31.124 --> 00:10:32.290 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 2: Thank you, Huell. 00:10:32.290 --> 00:10:34.960 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: They're here for the rededication today, 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:39.860 align:middle line:84% just like they were here for the dedication 46-- 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:42.770 align:middle line:90% 56 years ago. 00:10:42.770 --> 00:10:45.400 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 2: Long time. 00:10:45.400 --> 00:10:46.840 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Howdy! 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.690 align:middle line:84% How are you connected with all this? 00:10:48.690 --> 00:10:49.270 align:middle line:84% CHRISTINE MULHOLLAND: Well, William 00:10:49.270 --> 00:10:50.707 align:middle line:90% was my great-grandfather. 00:10:50.707 --> 00:10:52.540 align:middle line:84% My name is Christine Mulholland, and William 00:10:52.540 --> 00:10:53.710 align:middle line:90% was my great-grandfather. 00:10:53.710 --> 00:10:54.793 align:middle line:90% Of course I never met him. 00:10:54.793 --> 00:10:57.550 align:middle line:84% My father was 12 when William died, 00:10:57.550 --> 00:10:59.410 align:middle line:90% so I didn't know him personally. 00:10:59.410 --> 00:11:01.750 align:middle line:84% But I've certainly listened to my Aunt Catherine talk 00:11:01.750 --> 00:11:04.990 align:middle line:84% about all the wonderful stories that the family has to share. 00:11:04.990 --> 00:11:07.497 align:middle line:84% And I'm very happy to be here today. 00:11:07.497 --> 00:11:08.830 align:middle line:90% I think it's a pretty good idea. 00:11:08.830 --> 00:11:10.270 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Are the all Mulhollands? 00:11:10.270 --> 00:11:12.130 align:middle line:84% How many Mulhollands are there here today? 00:11:12.130 --> 00:11:13.540 align:middle line:84% CHRISTINE MULHOLLAND: This is my mother, Catherine Mulholland. 00:11:13.540 --> 00:11:13.930 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Hello 00:11:13.930 --> 00:11:14.640 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: Good morning, Huell. 00:11:14.640 --> 00:11:15.615 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to meet you. 00:11:15.615 --> 00:11:17.060 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: Nice to meet you. 00:11:17.060 --> 00:11:19.559 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I'm having trouble keeping all the Mulhollands 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:20.230 align:middle line:90% straight here. 00:11:20.230 --> 00:11:22.492 align:middle line:84% How are you connected with all this. 00:11:22.492 --> 00:11:23.950 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: I was married 00:11:23.950 --> 00:11:26.945 align:middle line:90% to William's only grandson. 00:11:26.945 --> 00:11:28.770 align:middle line:90% And Christine is my daughter. 00:11:28.770 --> 00:11:30.686 align:middle line:84% CHRISTINE MULHOLLAND: And behind you over here 00:11:30.686 --> 00:11:32.080 align:middle line:90% is my brother, Tom Mulholland. 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:36.280 align:middle line:84% He is the last of the Mulholland line with the male line, 00:11:36.280 --> 00:11:37.630 align:middle line:90% the name in the male line. 00:11:37.630 --> 00:11:38.380 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:11:38.380 --> 00:11:39.200 align:middle line:90% Welcome. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.940 align:middle line:90% TOM MULHOLLAND: Well, thank you. 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:41.590 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, do you have a role here today? 00:11:41.590 --> 00:11:42.100 align:middle line:90% TOM MULHOLLAND: Not really. 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:44.500 align:middle line:84% Just being here, I think, is a big enough role, 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.540 align:middle line:90% being know who I am. 00:11:45.540 --> 00:11:46.990 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: It certainly is. 00:11:46.990 --> 00:11:50.320 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 3: I'm another great-granddaughter. 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:50.820 align:middle line:90% Hi. 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:51.430 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to meet you. 00:11:51.430 --> 00:11:52.703 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 3: Nice to meet you. 00:11:52.703 --> 00:11:53.510 align:middle line:90% DAVE BAUER: Dave Bauer: 00:11:53.510 --> 00:11:54.470 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to meet your 00:11:54.470 --> 00:11:55.761 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 4: I'm a granddaughter. 00:11:55.761 --> 00:11:57.280 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: A granddaughter. 00:11:57.280 --> 00:11:58.410 align:middle line:84% KATHY PARKER: And I'm a great-granddaughter. 00:11:58.410 --> 00:11:59.410 align:middle line:90% I'm KathY Parker. 00:11:59.410 --> 00:12:01.809 align:middle line:84% I'm the daughter of Pat Mulholland, who pushed 00:12:01.809 --> 00:12:03.100 align:middle line:90% the button at first dedication. 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:04.400 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Aha! 00:12:04.400 --> 00:12:07.420 align:middle line:84% Well, the Mulhollands are wearing me out today. 00:12:07.420 --> 00:12:09.550 align:middle line:90% You are here in full force. 00:12:09.550 --> 00:12:10.700 align:middle line:90% Have a great day! 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:11.530 align:middle line:84% CHRISTINE MULHOLLAND: Thank you very much. 00:12:11.530 --> 00:12:12.310 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is a great day 00:12:12.310 --> 00:12:15.260 align:middle line:84% not only for the city of Los Angeles, but for your family. 00:12:15.260 --> 00:12:17.760 align:middle line:84% CHRISTINE MULHOLLAND: For the family I think it's wonderful. 00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:20.170 align:middle line:84% It really is a lovely rededication opportunity 00:12:20.170 --> 00:12:22.960 align:middle line:84% for all of us to get together and memorialize the man 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.237 align:middle line:84% and what he did for the Southern California area. 00:12:25.237 --> 00:12:27.070 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now we've taken a little break 00:12:27.070 --> 00:12:28.860 align:middle line:84% from all the festivities over here. 00:12:28.860 --> 00:12:31.600 align:middle line:84% La Vel Lund and I have come over here 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:36.040 align:middle line:84% to this rock, which kind of sits out here on the corner. 00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:38.890 align:middle line:84% But it's just got "William Mulholland Memorial, 00:12:38.890 --> 00:12:40.810 align:middle line:90% 1940" on it. 00:12:40.810 --> 00:12:42.010 align:middle line:90% What's that all about? 00:12:42.010 --> 00:12:43.468 align:middle line:84% LA VEL LUND: It's very interesting, 00:12:43.468 --> 00:12:46.090 align:middle line:84% because when William Mulholland, the father of the Los Angeles 00:12:46.090 --> 00:12:48.640 align:middle line:84% aqueduct system, was up in the Owens Valley 00:12:48.640 --> 00:12:53.110 align:middle line:84% near Hayweed Reservoir, about the southern end of the Owens 00:12:53.110 --> 00:12:55.690 align:middle line:84% Valley, he noticed this very pretty prink 00:12:55.690 --> 00:12:57.820 align:middle line:90% rock above the reservoir. 00:12:57.820 --> 00:13:00.880 align:middle line:84% And he commented to then H.A. Van Norman who 00:13:00.880 --> 00:13:06.036 align:middle line:84% was his assistant, and H.A. Van Norman remembered it and said, 00:13:06.036 --> 00:13:08.410 align:middle line:84% we're going to get that rock and bring it down and put it 00:13:08.410 --> 00:13:09.190 align:middle line:90% at our memorial. 00:13:09.190 --> 00:13:12.940 align:middle line:84% So this rock was selected from the Hayweed reservoir site 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:14.890 align:middle line:90% and moved to this site here. 00:13:14.890 --> 00:13:18.190 align:middle line:84% And it denominates the Mulholland Memorial Fountain 00:13:18.190 --> 00:13:21.010 align:middle line:84% that it was a rock that Mr. Mulholland particularly 00:13:21.010 --> 00:13:23.070 align:middle line:84% noted in a visit to the Hayweed Reservoir 00:13:23.070 --> 00:13:24.130 align:middle line:90% site many years earlier. 00:13:24.130 --> 00:13:25.180 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:13:25.180 --> 00:13:30.070 align:middle line:84% And this piece of land out here, come on over here with me, 00:13:30.070 --> 00:13:33.340 align:middle line:84% this piece of land over here, the reason the fountain is 00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:38.830 align:middle line:84% located here on this corner, has some real significance to it 00:13:38.830 --> 00:13:39.610 align:middle line:90% as well. 00:13:39.610 --> 00:13:41.420 align:middle line:84% LA VEL LUND: Yes, several things. 00:13:41.420 --> 00:13:43.630 align:middle line:84% One, it's a good spot at the corner of Riverside 00:13:43.630 --> 00:13:45.390 align:middle line:90% Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard. 00:13:45.390 --> 00:13:47.900 align:middle line:90% It can be seen by many people. 00:13:47.900 --> 00:13:51.760 align:middle line:84% It's likely the land was owned by the City of Los Angeles. 00:13:51.760 --> 00:13:55.450 align:middle line:84% And thirdly, it was a site where Mr. Mulholland studied 00:13:55.450 --> 00:13:58.480 align:middle line:84% and learned civil engineering by himself in a little cabin 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:03.430 align:middle line:84% here somewhere on this site prior to 1881. 00:14:03.430 --> 00:14:06.010 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Before he became a big wig. 00:14:06.010 --> 00:14:08.260 align:middle line:84% LA VEL LUND: At that time he was a ditchdigger, 00:14:08.260 --> 00:14:11.350 align:middle line:84% worked for the old Los Angeles City Water Company, 00:14:11.350 --> 00:14:13.330 align:middle line:84% which was a private water company. 00:14:13.330 --> 00:14:14.620 align:middle line:90% And he was a ditchdigger. 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:17.710 align:middle line:84% And the ditches ran from here, from the Los Angeles River 00:14:17.710 --> 00:14:19.616 align:middle line:84% to the north, down to the main part 00:14:19.616 --> 00:14:20.740 align:middle line:90% of the cities to the south. 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:22.198 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So what's interesting 00:14:22.198 --> 00:14:26.540 align:middle line:84% is that William Mulholland started off here 00:14:26.540 --> 00:14:31.540 align:middle line:84% in a little log cabin, digging and maintaining and servicing 00:14:31.540 --> 00:14:36.100 align:middle line:84% a water ditch for the City of Los Angeles. 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:38.590 align:middle line:84% LA VEL LUND: Well, actually he was self-educated, 00:14:38.590 --> 00:14:41.650 align:middle line:84% and he started as a laborer and he was a ditchdigger. 00:14:41.650 --> 00:14:43.420 align:middle line:84% And he was an Irish immigrant that 00:14:43.420 --> 00:14:45.191 align:middle line:90% had immigrated from Ireland. 00:14:45.191 --> 00:14:46.690 align:middle line:84% And this is where he started, and he 00:14:46.690 --> 00:14:49.600 align:middle line:84% became the superintendent of this private Los Angeles City 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:51.700 align:middle line:84% Water Company, and then later became 00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:54.430 align:middle line:84% the head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 00:14:54.430 --> 00:14:55.520 align:middle line:90% as we know it today. 00:14:55.520 --> 00:14:58.540 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now that is a true Southern California success 00:14:58.540 --> 00:14:59.080 align:middle line:90% story. 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:01.330 align:middle line:84% LA VEL LUND: That is, because it's really showing 00:15:01.330 --> 00:15:03.310 align:middle line:90% you can go up to the top. 00:15:03.310 --> 00:15:07.120 align:middle line:84% And he had to learn and do things by himself 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.125 align:middle line:84% and he educated himself to do that. 00:15:09.125 --> 00:15:10.250 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good morning! 00:15:10.250 --> 00:15:11.624 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: Good morning, Huell. 00:15:11.624 --> 00:15:13.519 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now your claim to fame is? 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:15.935 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: I'm the project manager on this fountain job. 00:15:15.935 --> 00:15:17.230 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Of the whole project? 00:15:17.230 --> 00:15:17.620 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: Right. 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.550 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: And your name is? 00:15:18.550 --> 00:15:19.840 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: My name is John Dennis. 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.000 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Mr. Dennis, can we stand with the fountain 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:23.170 align:middle line:90% over here for just a second? 00:15:23.170 --> 00:15:25.330 align:middle line:84% Because you've got somebody you want to introduce ot us. 00:15:25.330 --> 00:15:25.630 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: Right. 00:15:25.630 --> 00:15:26.890 align:middle line:90% This is Jesse Rivas. 00:15:26.890 --> 00:15:29.890 align:middle line:84% He is our construction supervisor on this job. 00:15:29.890 --> 00:15:31.390 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Hi, How are you doing? 00:15:31.390 --> 00:15:32.800 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: Hi, how are you doing? 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:33.530 align:middle line:90% WARREN TYRELL: Juan Tyrell. 00:15:33.530 --> 00:15:34.990 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And how were you connected with it? 00:15:34.990 --> 00:15:36.430 align:middle line:84% WARREN TYRELL: I'm [INAUDIBLE] Labor. 00:15:36.430 --> 00:15:37.263 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Great. 00:15:37.263 --> 00:15:40.420 align:middle line:84% Well, tell us how it feels to be here today and see all of this. 00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:42.317 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: It's actually a pretty-- 00:15:42.317 --> 00:15:43.400 align:middle line:90% I didn't expect this much. 00:15:43.400 --> 00:15:44.320 align:middle line:90% It's pretty nice. 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.730 align:middle line:90% Big honor to be here like this. 00:15:46.730 --> 00:15:49.274 align:middle line:84% From when we started the project, 00:15:49.274 --> 00:15:50.440 align:middle line:90% I think it turned real good. 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:52.660 align:middle line:84% I think John's satisfied with it. 00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:55.600 align:middle line:90% 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.730 align:middle line:90% It's going to be nice. 00:15:56.730 --> 00:15:57.760 align:middle line:84% It's going to work out real nice. 00:15:57.760 --> 00:16:00.010 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now is there any nervousness at all that 00:16:00.010 --> 00:16:02.166 align:middle line:90% when they push the button-- 00:16:02.166 --> 00:16:04.040 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: That's always, that's always it. 00:16:04.040 --> 00:16:05.815 align:middle line:84% But we had a few dress rehearsals, 00:16:05.815 --> 00:16:06.690 align:middle line:90% so it should go fine. 00:16:06.690 --> 00:16:07.725 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So you worked on it. 00:16:07.725 --> 00:16:08.350 align:middle line:90% JESSE RIVAS: Yeah. 00:16:08.350 --> 00:16:09.860 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What did you have to do with it? 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.290 align:middle line:84% WARREN TYRELL: I did all the labor work on it. 00:16:11.290 --> 00:16:12.831 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So you were supervising 00:16:12.831 --> 00:16:14.394 align:middle line:90% and all the guys out here. 00:16:14.394 --> 00:16:16.060 align:middle line:84% WARREN TYRELL: Jesse was the supervisor. 00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:17.650 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: He was a supervisor. 00:16:17.650 --> 00:16:21.520 align:middle line:84% Were you working on the tile or on the-- 00:16:21.520 --> 00:16:22.600 align:middle line:90% What were you doing here? 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:24.050 align:middle line:84% WARREN TYRELL: I was sandblasting. 00:16:24.050 --> 00:16:25.174 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Sandblasting. 00:16:25.174 --> 00:16:28.210 align:middle line:84% We've got some footage that we took back in . 00:16:28.210 --> 00:16:31.000 align:middle line:84% August when we stopped by here one day of you 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.890 align:middle line:90% guys out of here working. 00:16:32.890 --> 00:16:33.880 align:middle line:90% It was hot. 00:16:33.880 --> 00:16:37.464 align:middle line:84% It's not very glamorous work but it looks great, doesn't it? 00:16:37.464 --> 00:16:39.130 align:middle line:84% WARREN TYRELL: Yes, it looks real great. 00:16:39.130 --> 00:16:40.690 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You happy with the way it turned out? 00:16:40.690 --> 00:16:42.280 align:middle line:84% WARREN TYRELL: I'm glad it turned out real nice. 00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:42.880 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good. 00:16:42.880 --> 00:16:44.505 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: Actually, guys like Warren 00:16:44.505 --> 00:16:48.400 align:middle line:84% that actually, you know, these guys really 00:16:48.400 --> 00:16:50.650 align:middle line:84% do MAIN of the work and stuff like that. 00:16:50.650 --> 00:16:53.060 align:middle line:84% They did a real good job, and we're real proud of them, 00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:54.160 align:middle line:90% stuff like that. 00:16:54.160 --> 00:16:55.540 align:middle line:84% Takes a lot of our headaches out. 00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:57.082 align:middle line:84% It's easier for us, guys like Warren. 00:16:57.082 --> 00:16:58.581 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, congratulations. 00:16:58.581 --> 00:16:59.620 align:middle line:90% JESSE RIVAS: Thank you. 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.870 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Congratulations. 00:17:00.870 --> 00:17:01.437 align:middle line:90% You did well. 00:17:01.437 --> 00:17:02.520 align:middle line:90% JESSE RIVAS: Thanks a lot. 00:17:02.520 --> 00:17:04.595 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: It's a project that's now over. 00:17:04.595 --> 00:17:06.220 align:middle line:84% Did you think it was ever going to end? 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:07.890 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: I tell you, after last night it 00:17:07.890 --> 00:17:08.710 align:middle line:90% was quite a pleasure-- 00:17:08.710 --> 00:17:10.459 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What are you laughing about? 00:17:10.459 --> 00:17:11.903 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: We knew it would end. 00:17:11.903 --> 00:17:13.569 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You just didn't know when. 00:17:13.569 --> 00:17:14.530 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: We just didn't know when. 00:17:14.530 --> 00:17:16.670 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: I kept telling Jesse, you got to make it end. 00:17:16.670 --> 00:17:17.430 align:middle line:84% JESSE RIVAS: You got to make it end. 00:17:17.430 --> 00:17:18.388 align:middle line:90% You got to make it end. 00:17:18.388 --> 00:17:20.079 align:middle line:90% So we kept doing it. 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:21.160 align:middle line:90% Turned out real nice. 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.660 align:middle line:90% Well 00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:23.827 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: It's, a major, it was a major project. 00:17:23.827 --> 00:17:24.909 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: That's right. 00:17:24.909 --> 00:17:26.140 align:middle line:90% Quite a bit of work involved. 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:29.230 align:middle line:84% And guys like Jesse and Warren doing the work 00:17:29.230 --> 00:17:30.610 align:middle line:84% in the general construction site. 00:17:30.610 --> 00:17:33.929 align:middle line:84% And you met some of our electrical construction people. 00:17:33.929 --> 00:17:36.220 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: We wanted to show that tape that we shot, 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:38.720 align:middle line:84% because we stopped by here back in August. 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.870 align:middle line:84% It was a very hot day, and I talked 00:17:40.870 --> 00:17:42.461 align:middle line:90% with a guy named Mark or Mike. 00:17:42.461 --> 00:17:43.710 align:middle line:90% He was head of the electrical? 00:17:43.710 --> 00:17:45.376 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: Right, that's Mark Zumwalt. 00:17:45.376 --> 00:17:47.920 align:middle line:84% He's our electrical construction supervisor. 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.037 align:middle line:84% And then you met his worker there, Greg Todd. 00:17:51.037 --> 00:17:53.370 align:middle line:84% He's was pulling all of the cable and stuff underground. 00:17:53.370 --> 00:17:53.635 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That's all the stuff 00:17:53.635 --> 00:17:54.670 align:middle line:90% underground that was found. 00:17:54.670 --> 00:17:55.180 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: That's right. 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.805 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Where are the guys that I 00:17:56.805 --> 00:18:00.307 align:middle line:84% met that day, Mark and Greg and some of the others? 00:18:00.307 --> 00:18:02.640 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: We'll try to catch up with them here later. 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.310 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Are they here? 00:18:03.310 --> 00:18:04.390 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: Greg is here on the site. 00:18:04.390 --> 00:18:05.514 align:middle line:90% He's down in the pump room. 00:18:05.514 --> 00:18:07.684 align:middle line:84% He's ready to make sure everything runs smoothly. 00:18:07.684 --> 00:18:09.100 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: He's down there now. 00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:09.430 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: Right. 00:18:09.430 --> 00:18:10.120 align:middle line:90% Oh yeah. 00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:11.110 align:middle line:90% He's a real workhorse. 00:18:11.110 --> 00:18:12.700 align:middle line:90% He is just working all the time. 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:14.740 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 5: Actually, I told one of my staff 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:17.960 align:middle line:84% this morning I recall a book that I read once called Men 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:21.550 align:middle line:84% to Match My Mountains, and truly William Mulholland was not only 00:18:21.550 --> 00:18:23.560 align:middle line:84% a man to match our mountains, he was a man 00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:25.120 align:middle line:90% to conquer our mountains. 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:27.364 align:middle line:84% And he brought water here, which made this great city 00:18:27.364 --> 00:18:28.780 align:middle line:84% that I've been privileged to serve 00:18:28.780 --> 00:18:31.225 align:middle line:90% for some 30 years possible. 00:18:31.225 --> 00:18:34.240 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now the ceremony is going on upstairs, 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.349 align:middle line:84% and you brought us back downstairs. 00:18:36.349 --> 00:18:38.140 align:middle line:84% JOHN DENNIS: This is down in the pump room. 00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:41.890 align:middle line:84% This is what you don't see every day with the fountain. 00:18:41.890 --> 00:18:44.230 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Here's the guy we met back 00:18:44.230 --> 00:18:45.242 align:middle line:90% on that hot August day. 00:18:45.242 --> 00:18:46.450 align:middle line:90% GREG TODD: How are you doing? 00:18:46.450 --> 00:18:47.830 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: It's still hot down here. 00:18:47.830 --> 00:18:49.150 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: It's not as bad as it was the day 00:18:49.150 --> 00:18:50.650 align:middle line:90% I was down here working. 00:18:50.650 --> 00:18:52.730 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But you've got something 00:18:52.730 --> 00:18:54.200 align:middle line:90% you want to show us here. 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:56.270 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: What we've done, is in rebuilding 00:18:56.270 --> 00:18:59.390 align:middle line:84% the fountain we have used the original controller for all 00:18:59.390 --> 00:19:02.820 align:middle line:84% the lights, and the original push-button stations, which 00:19:02.820 --> 00:19:05.600 align:middle line:84% are over here, to start and stop the pumps and the lights 00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.810 align:middle line:90% and everything. 00:19:06.810 --> 00:19:09.830 align:middle line:84% And basically what we've done is taken the old equipment 00:19:09.830 --> 00:19:13.790 align:middle line:84% and brought it up into the year 2000. 00:19:13.790 --> 00:19:15.460 align:middle line:90% The switches are all-- 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.550 align:middle line:90% it's very simple system. 00:19:16.550 --> 00:19:18.500 align:middle line:84% We come off the circuit breakers, which 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:20.360 align:middle line:90% are now ground fault protected. 00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:22.910 align:middle line:84% Go into the switches, which then go up 00:19:22.910 --> 00:19:25.150 align:middle line:90% and control the lights upstairs. 00:19:25.150 --> 00:19:29.270 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Let's take a look back in here, too, because this 00:19:29.270 --> 00:19:31.500 align:middle line:90% was an interesting part of-- 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:33.730 align:middle line:90% It's tight down here. 00:19:33.730 --> 00:19:36.620 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: But it will briong big crowds 00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:38.180 align:middle line:90% into here in this area. 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:40.430 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is where I met you originally. 00:19:40.430 --> 00:19:43.550 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: This is the the first termination point 00:19:43.550 --> 00:19:47.420 align:middle line:84% for all the lights up in the fountain. 00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:51.132 align:middle line:90% There's 43 lights upstairs. 00:19:51.132 --> 00:19:53.090 align:middle line:84% There's eight of them around in the lower pool, 00:19:53.090 --> 00:19:55.094 align:middle line:84% and the remainder of them are up on top. 00:19:55.094 --> 00:19:57.260 align:middle line:84% And this is where they all come for troubleshooting. 00:19:57.260 --> 00:19:58.927 align:middle line:84% We can isolate them, and we can find out 00:19:58.927 --> 00:20:00.551 align:middle line:84% what's wrong with them, and that way we 00:20:00.551 --> 00:20:01.790 align:middle line:90% can repair them very fast. 00:20:01.790 --> 00:20:03.305 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And he's not going to say this himself, 00:20:03.305 --> 00:20:05.971 align:middle line:84% but you said he's put in a lot of his own time down here. 00:20:05.971 --> 00:20:07.220 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: Oh, that's right. 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:09.200 align:middle line:84% Greg has taken a real personal interest 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.500 align:middle line:90% in this particular project. 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:12.833 align:middle line:84% The fact is, even last night he brought his daughter out 00:20:12.833 --> 00:20:14.930 align:middle line:84% to the site and showing her the fountain. 00:20:14.930 --> 00:20:16.939 align:middle line:90% It's quite a place. 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:19.230 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, we all owe you a debt of gratitude. 00:20:19.230 --> 00:20:20.270 align:middle line:90% GREG TODD: Thank you very much. 00:20:20.270 --> 00:20:21.811 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And here's the big room 00:20:21.811 --> 00:20:26.240 align:middle line:84% back here that certainly looks a little more painted 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.000 align:middle line:84% up and fixed up than when we were here before. 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.390 align:middle line:84% This again, I think is, what Mark at the time 00:20:32.390 --> 00:20:34.271 align:middle line:84% called the heart of the fountain. 00:20:34.271 --> 00:20:35.270 align:middle line:90% GREG TODD: That's right. 00:20:35.270 --> 00:20:38.420 align:middle line:84% Down below we see there's two pumps. 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:41.030 align:middle line:84% If you're watching the fountain, the large pump in the back 00:20:41.030 --> 00:20:43.140 align:middle line:90% will control the cascades. 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.930 align:middle line:84% Then this other pump right in front of you 00:20:44.930 --> 00:20:47.380 align:middle line:84% will control the jets and the spray nozzles. 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:50.300 align:middle line:84% And all of this piping harness up above, 00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:52.340 align:middle line:84% those go to the jets that shoot up 00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:54.917 align:middle line:84% into the air in the different configurations. 00:20:54.917 --> 00:20:57.500 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now you're getting a little nervous, aren't you? 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.416 align:middle line:90% GREG TODD: Very antsy. 00:20:58.416 --> 00:21:01.310 align:middle line:84% I don't want to miss the right opportunity to push the button. 00:21:01.310 --> 00:21:03.830 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Because the ceremony is, 00:21:03.830 --> 00:21:05.540 align:middle line:84% well, we're well into the ceremony. 00:21:05.540 --> 00:21:08.480 align:middle line:84% And at a certain time you're going to do what? 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:11.760 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: I am going to be the honorary button pusher-- 00:21:11.760 --> 00:21:14.220 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That no one knows is down here. 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:16.994 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: Right, I'm the invisible man. 00:21:16.994 --> 00:21:18.327 align:middle line:90% JOHN DENNIS: Don't tell anybody. 00:21:18.327 --> 00:21:19.199 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:21:19.199 --> 00:21:20.990 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: All right, get your position. 00:21:20.990 --> 00:21:22.940 align:middle line:90% Come on, let's get down here. 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:24.890 align:middle line:90% Get to your position. 00:21:24.890 --> 00:21:27.760 align:middle line:90% Oh boy. 00:21:27.760 --> 00:21:29.240 align:middle line:84% You just got a call on the radio. 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:35.494 align:middle line:90% 00:21:35.494 --> 00:21:36.910 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: This is Greg, go ahead. 00:21:36.910 --> 00:21:39.192 align:middle line:90% 00:21:39.192 --> 00:21:40.900 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: The suspense is killing me. 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.941 align:middle line:90% I got to get out of here. 00:21:41.941 --> 00:21:43.020 align:middle line:90% Come on, Louis. 00:21:43.020 --> 00:21:44.825 align:middle line:84% I'm getting nervous just watching you. 00:21:44.825 --> 00:21:46.450 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: I'm not really that nervous. 00:21:46.450 --> 00:21:47.575 align:middle line:90% I just don't want to miss-- 00:21:47.575 --> 00:21:48.900 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 6: Greg, switch please. 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:50.316 align:middle line:84% GREG TODD: Go ahead, this is Greg. 00:21:50.316 --> 00:21:57.620 align:middle line:90% 00:21:57.620 --> 00:22:00.910 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I can't handle this. 00:22:00.910 --> 00:22:02.080 align:middle line:90% We're out of here. 00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:03.580 align:middle line:90% We've got to go upstairs. 00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.337 align:middle line:90% Nice to meet you. 00:22:04.337 --> 00:22:05.212 align:middle line:90% Nice to have met you. 00:22:05.212 --> 00:22:06.490 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: We're upstairs. 00:22:06.490 --> 00:22:09.842 align:middle line:84% It's too much pressure down here. 00:22:09.842 --> 00:22:12.070 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 8: And with that, I'm told that something 00:22:12.070 --> 00:22:14.020 align:middle line:90% is supposed to happen. 00:22:14.020 --> 00:22:14.980 align:middle line:90% Push the button. 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.760 align:middle line:90% Push the button. 00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:36.178 align:middle line:90% 00:22:36.178 --> 00:22:38.668 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:22:38.668 --> 00:23:09.785 align:middle line:90% 00:23:09.785 --> 00:23:12.050 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This has been a wonderful day. 00:23:12.050 --> 00:23:16.190 align:middle line:84% This is truly one of the most positive, upbeat days 00:23:16.190 --> 00:23:18.230 align:middle line:84% I think I have ever experienced here 00:23:18.230 --> 00:23:23.090 align:middle line:84% in Los Angeles, the rededication of the Mulholland Fountain. 00:23:23.090 --> 00:23:25.950 align:middle line:84% And we're closing it here with a group picture. 00:23:25.950 --> 00:23:28.940 align:middle line:84% Here are some of the officials over here from DWP. 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:31.550 align:middle line:84% Here are the workers right here-- 00:23:31.550 --> 00:23:34.910 align:middle line:84% everybody wave-- who put the fountain together. 00:23:34.910 --> 00:23:37.250 align:middle line:84% Here are the kids from the elementary schools, 00:23:37.250 --> 00:23:38.930 align:middle line:90% the middle schools. 00:23:38.930 --> 00:23:43.110 align:middle line:84% The Mulholland family is back here in the back. 00:23:43.110 --> 00:23:49.700 align:middle line:84% This has been a great, great day, an LA day, a day 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:52.300 align:middle line:84% that your grandfather would be very proud of. 00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:53.800 align:middle line:84% CATHERINE MULHOLLAND: Yes, he would. 00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:56.410 align:middle line:90% And amazed-- he would be amazed. 00:23:56.410 --> 00:24:00.410 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, his memory is still very much alive here, 00:24:00.410 --> 00:24:04.670 align:middle line:84% right here on the corner of Los Feliz and Riverside Drive, 00:24:04.670 --> 00:24:07.520 align:middle line:84% as the spectacular Mulholland Fountain 00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:11.529 align:middle line:84% is rededicated and ready for all of us to use. 00:24:11.529 --> 00:24:14.024 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:24:14.024 --> 00:27:05.500 align:middle line:90% 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.700 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 9: Water. 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:09.610 align:middle line:90% Water is precious to all life. 00:27:09.610 --> 00:27:11.590 align:middle line:90% It keeps you healthy. 00:27:11.590 --> 00:27:13.570 align:middle line:90% It gives the world life. 00:27:13.570 --> 00:27:16.150 align:middle line:90% Everyone shouldn't waste it. 00:27:16.150 --> 00:27:20.380 align:middle line:84% Plants and animals, they need water to survive. 00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:25.510 align:middle line:84% Without this life-giving liquid, no flowers or butterflies 00:27:25.510 --> 00:27:27.580 align:middle line:90% to greet you in the morning. 00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:31.810 align:middle line:84% You see water can make a difference for every living 00:27:31.810 --> 00:27:33.719 align:middle line:90% thing on planet Earth. 00:27:33.719 --> 00:27:36.214 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:27:36.214 --> 00:27:43.200 align:middle line:90% 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.420 align:middle line:84% NARRATOR: Visiting with Huell Howser 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:47.430 align:middle line:84% is made possible through a generous grant 00:27:47.430 --> 00:27:51.260 align:middle line:84% from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. 00:27:51.260 --> 00:27:52.834 align:middle line:90%