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Mother Nature got a million dollar face lift as Magic Mountain was developed.
More than 7,000 trees and 50,000 flowers, shrubs and bushes were moved into the
natural terrain .

Flexible Sched~ling Jaska, Inc., Pomona, was responsi- If you haven't ridden a jet-powered bumper boat, you've got a Magic Mountain
ble for work on the Sky Tower, the thrill coming your way on El Bumpo.
Wade points out that building
Funicular, the Grand Carousel and
an amusement center is a job requir-
the 7•Up/Dixi Cola Showcase Thea-.
ing a flexible approach - both to
tre. Other Jaska projects include
planning and to actual construction. Fernrock Estates for the California
"We started with a fixed budget Teachers Association and buildings, CONGRATULATIONS.
and basic ideas of what we wanted
for Shell Oil Company,- Emery Air
in the way of -rides, shops, customer Freight and Westinghouse.
conveniences, and so on. Then. we
established budgets for each build- . $1 Million Landscape TO EVERYONE ASSOCIATED
_ ing and system," Wade explains. _Landscaping Magic Mountain
From then on it was a simultan- , was another major undertaking, WITH
eous design-and-build operation requiring $1 million and thousands .
with as many contractors on the job of trees, shrubs, bushes and flowers
as necessary. For example, at one to carpet the 200-acre site. At the MAGIC MOUNTAIN.
time we had 25 separate projects entrance, visitors are welcomed by
under construction and 15 project a bed of the new multicolored Magic
plans out for bid. Typically, we be- Mountain roses, developed by Arm-
gan constructio.n within seven days strong Nurseries of Ontario. The IT'S 'BEEN A PRIVILEGE
of letting the contract." exciting Magic Mountain rose pro-
Wade says workers on the con- .duces beautifully-form~d flowers WORKING WITH YOU. ·
struction site varied from 150 to 300, dominated by orang-es and yellow
depending on what structures were during the early stages and red at
underway. Now that it is open, the maturity.
park retains a maintenance staff of George Devault, Magic Moun-
150 men, and has its own mainte- tain's landscape architect, was.stew-
nance shops to handle all electrical, ard over the total project. Working -
mechanical, fiberglass, p~intings hand-in-glove with Devault to .cap-
and woodwork repairs. ture the flavor of the natural moun- ARROW
Prime conttactor for Magic tainscape surrounding the park was
Mountain was M. J. Brock & Sons, Robert E. Sapien, Inc., Culver City. DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.
Inc., assisted by 17 subcontractors. Robert Sapien is one of the most
Founded 50 years ago in Los Ange- honored landscape developers in MOUNTAIN VIEW,CALIFORNIA
les, Brock & Sons has an impressive the business. Former president of
record of achievements, including the California Landscape Contrac-
the Barrington Plaza Apartments in tors Association . and the asso.cia- , Builders of the
West Los Angeles, the Wilshire tion's 1967 "Man of the Year", he is
Regent Apartments in West Los noted for landscaping at the Del Gold Rusher,Log Jammer'
Angeles, Beckman Auditorium at Amo Financial Center and Fashion
Instruments, Inc., in Newport Beach, Park and the offshore oil drilling Grand Prix, and El Bumpo
Caltech, and . plants for Beckman Square in Torrance, Queen Mary
Fullerton and Palo Alto. islands in · Long Beach, and numer-
General contractor Martin J. ous prestige homes in Beverly Hills.