Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-28
THE sADAwaA RESERVOIR.
WIN, The New,sr. rnrnhon,1,.

I'm our first page today is printed the re
port oil the engineer employed by the Shell
hurhe rails people 10 examine the dam at
the outlet OF Sadawga pond and give his
/ opinion as TO its safety.
d. II. Newton Of the firm of Newton
! brothers was interviewed at Holyoke Mon.
| day about the dam and reservoir. and said
the pond is not owned by Newton Broth
ers' as has been stated, but by the Deer
neld RIVER company and five other manu-
featuring concerns near the outlet of the
pond lie thinks the Shelburne Falls peo
| pie are needlessly scared and not much
harm would happen il the dam should give
way The outlet Of the pond he SAYS
nows over ledge Of rock, and formerly a
log dam, or 10 feet high, held back the
waters in the pond. At the time il was
| proposed 10 raise the pond six feet. this old
dam was entirely removed. and a new
stone dam 30 feet in length and about 10
ieet high was built, with passage for
waste water IL feet wide and A. feet deep
This dam is stonework, II feet thick at the
base, aud is grouted rubbe masonry, built
IN the most substantial manner. Three
ieet IN depth of plank are placed in this
| waterw way To raise the water to its height
OF six feet above the former point Reach
ing from either end Of the stone work TO
the adjoining banks is an earth embark
ment, ~ feet wide at the top, with cen
tire piling Of three inch plank its entire
length. About 200 feet of this earth work
and piling rests ON the ledge at about the
height of the old pond. For the balance
oil the distance at the east end the fill was
made upon natural soil, and here the bank
upon which the fill was constructed is quite
wide, and is but few feet below the sur
face of the pond when full.
At the dixie ON the south side Of the pond,
the muck was removed for a width of 20
feet down to the solid earth the entire
length of the dixie, and I'LL Of solid mate
rial was made six feet in width upon the
top. The pond is estimated To contain
about $50 acres for the average depth of
the six feet. The parties owning the mills
| interested in Sadawga pond, will meet on
Saturday tomorrow to take steps TO have
the pond examined by competent hydraul-
lc engineer, aud to remedy any deficiency
IN the structure that may he found to exist.
Information from Local Sources.
Private information from Nottingham
gives practically the same account Of the
manner of construction Of the dam and
dykes as is given by Mr. Newton. The
stone and cement dam seems to he solid,
but during the heavy rains which fell about
the time of the Johnstown disaster there
was good deal of fear lest the water
should work over the dyke on the west side
near where it Joins j. w. Sawyers NOV
ing, and make disastrous break. Sadaw-
"a would be swept away in such case, but
! our correspondent thinks Readsboro would
not suffer prpatlv bacause il * mostly built
on high land and that but little damage
would lie done at ShelOurne rails.
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NhoIheT correspondent On Ihe srouhu AT
| Sadawga village, who knows whereof he
! writes saws the taonla of that vicinity do
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! nou seherhly cousiueT Ihe uaiil unsafe. II
the whole dam was removed II would draw
| IL feet of water from the surface of the