The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-09
WATER SUPPLY ron DENVER, COL

A. l.. Fellows, OF Norwich, Writes y
the New Reservoir There-Lake Over
100 Feet Deep
The Rev. f. e. Fellows, of Norwich
has just received from his son, A. L.
Fellows, consulting hydraulic engineer
of Denver, Col, a very interesting let
ter, dated August 3, in the course OF
which he says concerning the Denver
! Union Water, the bonds of which COM
pany are held quite largely in New
Haven:
The trip of Saturday, July 20, which
kept me in reality until Monday even
ing, was very interesting one. l WISH
| ted the site of the new dam of the Den
Yer Union Water company with the
chief engineer, Mr.. Allen, spending
! three days on the trip and at the reser-
| voir site; this site is located twenty
three miles from the railroad station
| where they get their supplies, SO of
course everything had to be freighted
across the hills. The drive through the
mountains in South Park is an exceed
ingly beautiful one; the road winds in
and out among high mountains, the
foothills of which are covered with pine
and aspen, and as everything is green
and beautiful there now, the trip was in
every way a delightful one On the
road We passed Lake Wellington,
beautiful little sheet of water which is
becoming something of q summer re-
sort for Denver people. Denver by the
way, is singularly blessed with beauti-
full mountain resorts. The dam is loca-
ted on the south fork of the South
Platte river, at the mouth of small
creek known as Goose creek; it will
consist of rock filled with masonry
and steel face, and will be higher than
any other dam in the world by thirty
or forty feet, the total height of the
dam being probably two hundred and
twenty feet; bridge for use in this
work is already built across the noun
tain at height of one hundred and fif-
ty feet above the stream. and to an OBJ
server the height, With the water boil
ing beneath, seems a dizzy one; you
can imagine what it will be when it
comes to two hundred and twenty feet
high. The water will be controlled by
means of a tunnel through a granite
spur of the mountains, the stream
making at this point a regular flattened
letter S, so that, this tunnel cutting
through one of the curves of the S, can
be made to control all the water that
can go down with perfect safety The
tunnel is all built, and the temporary
dam is almost finished, so that water
will be turned through the tunnel with
in few days The reservoir viii be
about seven miles long, and will vbe one
of singular and marvellous beauty loca-
ted as it is in the heart Of the noun
tains in winding channel, so winding
in fact that one can see not more than !
half or three-quarters of a mile at any
one time. A small steamboat will be |
placed on the lake, which, winding in
and out along the curves of the reser- !
voir, will furnish to the visitor vista af-
ter vista of grandeur and beauty. A !
very great portion of the lake will be
over one hundred and fifty feet in
lepth,, and it will be kept stocked with
,rout, so that anyone who cares for
fishing can satisfy their hearts desire
The drive across from the railroad is to
De made more easy, the curves being
and the grades reduced,
md within a few days those old noun
aims will see that most modern of all
the automobile, making "daily
rips between the reservoir site and the
station. In case there should be travel
nough to warrant the expense, it is
that an electric line will also
,e built.
| am taking views of all the points of
interest that I visit nowadays, and
ONE day hope to have the opportunity
# showing you pictures of them all.
My work in the city has consisted
of office work of various
,inds calculations, etc, more particu-
arly in compiling a bulletin, which will
'e published by the survey before very
Ong the subject is Measurement of
Water" the bulletin being intended for
Use of the observers and people inter-
sted in irrigation, engineers, ditch SUI
water commissioners or
whatever they may be- provided they
iish to know about the methods of
making water measurements.