The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-06-15

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Ths work Of clsaring - The wreck In
tho Inflated city oe JohudDw IL going
On ~ rapidly y possih, and II will
take many weeks 70 eeeeout the heaps
Of ruin piled up Tor niloe bstveen The
bills and down The coasB6 Of the river.
Powerful diEnfsotanAs eess scattered
over acres OF wrscka0s ~ The sanitary
officials to keep down typeosd and pnsu.
moniX which u rspidly 0aing tive hos
pItxls along tho valley. hs bodies be-
Ing recovered are In sue(fa state Of de-
composition that thsy ag4 past recogni-
tion, aud tbs stencil unSarsbls.
An examination q - dam which
caused tho great Aiea(Dss has been
made, ard II now appsass u,at its con-
structloa was VI . kin1 Vho,ly unwar.
rantsd by good snsinees bg pssesioss Of
thirty years ago. Bot I y original and
reconstructed dams Woggol eayth ouiy.
with no heart wall ~ dniv Sip-rappsd
oa Tie s,opss- Ths eslgrsl dan. how.
eVUts W. 0A01D - 10S0sct 49, WOo0S~9
iayers. which still show distinctly In tho
wrecked dam. I'bs nov earth merely
added 10 its stability. but II was, To all
appearances, simply dumped In like an
ordinary railroad oil. Much u tie old
part Ia standing intact, willis adjacent
parts OF the new works arc wholly car
ried OF. There was no central wall Of
puddle or inAs0nrv either In tho nsw or
old dam, II being tho invariabIc prac-
tics Of thirty or forty years ago 10 use
one or the other In building dams Of
earth. Tho RECONSTRUCTED dam also
bearx the marks Of great careiesaueas In
having been two feet lower in the mid.
die than xt the ends. II would rather
have been raisesi In tho middle. which
would have concentrated ti,s overflow.
II Il should occur. NJ tisa ends instead Of
In the center. Had the t~rak began nj
the ends the cut of water would have
i,-en 10 gradual that little " no harm
might have rrsullsi.
The old overflow channel through the
rock still remained, but owing Ia the
sag Of ths crest In tho middle of the
dam only i've and n half feet u water
Was in Il. instead of seven feet, which
MAS necessary 10 run tie wafer over the
crest. The rock spill way. narrow at
brst, had b-en further contracted bv
close grating 10 prevent tho escape Of
hsh. II was capprl ly suod sized tim
bcr and in snmc slight degree also by n
trcsllc, = foot bridge. Tho original dts.
charge pipes at the foot oe the dam hsd
t,ern permanently closed when recon-
and this. while minor mat
ter. compared 10 the oehtss mentioned.
further reduced the possible rate of
maximum discharge. Ths net effect Of
all ul,Saa differences a condition was
u,at the dam N II stnod was NOT much
safer against dood apart from ia In.
Ssstos oos,sssucsAoa thsp ~ ostgtaal
dam would havc been With = crest. oaiy
three and one.half to four feet hixt,
above the bottom Of the uck spill way
instead of seven feet. A largo amount
Of tho old rip.rapping and slope wall
still remains intact and h Of excellent
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