Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Claybourn ya zama Shugaban Majalisar Gamboa Civic daga 1937 zuwa 1948 kuma Shugaban Gamboa Golf da Country Club a 1937, wanda yanzu shine shafin Gamboa Rainforest Resort. A cewar magajinsa, "Ma'aikatansa sun san shi da John 'Allah' Claybourn. A cikin tsara tsarin garin ya sanya shi ta yadda zai iya ravel [sic] daga gidansa zuwa hedkwatarsa ba tare da alamun STOP ba. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsarawa da kuma zaɓan kayan da za a yi gidajen". A shekara ta 1933, lokacin da kwamiti na mutum uku da aka nada ta
Gwamnan Yankin Canal J.L. Schley ya yi nazarin yiwuwar motsawa na Dredging Division zuwa Gamboa, yawan mutanen 251 ne, ciki har da Amurkawa 10 kawai. Iyalan farko na Dredging Division sun fara komawa cikin sabon garin Gamboa da aka gina a watan Satumba na 1936. A cikin shekara guda, yawan mutanen garin ya tashi zuwa 1,419 kuma a shekarar 1942, garin ya kai yawan jama'a 3,853. Har zuwa yau Gamboa ya kasance babban hedkwatar Sashin Dredging na Hukumar Canal Panama.