The Redwood gazette., 1902-05-21
THE DAM Is PLUGGED.
The Bathing Pool is Complete and the
Bath Houses Alone Needed.

Bath Houses Alone Needed.
The s'plugging Of the Burmeister
dam commenced on Wednesday
morning of last week, and before
noon of that day it was announced
that the plugging, was in every
way satisfactory
The water in the upper dam bad
been lowered the previous night.
New boards had been placed along,
the crest, and then a Golfer dam was
constructed just above the concrete
dam, SO that the water could not in
terfere with the workers in their
efforts to plug the 20-inch pipe.
During the process Of plugging
so successful had been Mr.. Bur-
meister's plans for compelling the
upper dam to retain all the water
that might come down Wednesday
forenoon, that the water raised
scarcely an inch before the Golfer
dam, and the worklnen were not in
terfered with in the handling of the
concrete plug for the pipe. Some
water had congregated in the basin
where the plugging was scheduled
to occur at the time that the first
wheelbarrow of concrete was
dumped into the pit and tamped
down, dirt was scraped over it.
Teams were kept busy all day Wed
nesday and up to 9 o'clock Wednes-
day night, and all of Thursday,
scraping dirt up against the face oi
the dam. the object being to make
it'absolutely water tight and ever.
lasting. One or two trifing leaks
were noticed, near the base on the
north side OF the dam, and Mr.. Bur
meister concluded that there was
some gravel strata beneath that had
not been reached. Dirt was hauled
still further south with the view OF
stopping the leak. The leak, how
ever, is not serious and gives Mr..
Burmeister no concern.
It was about five o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon before the water in
the upper dam commenced to run
over the boards temporarily placed
on the crest, and then the water
commenced rising quite rapidly at
the new structure. During the
night a rise of four or five feet was
noticed, but it was still Is feet from
the top of the dam when the scrap
ers commenced work Thursday
morning. All day Thursday the
rise was gradual, and the indica-
tions were that it would take three
or four days to fill the entire basin.
Wednesday was busy day at the
dam and in the basin, aud hundreds
of people visited the spot. Early
that morning about 40 or 80 school
boys, who had volunteered their.
services for the day. commenced
gathering up the brush in the basin
placing it in piles and burning it
up. At noon they had reached the.
power house where an elaborate
luncheon was served. the different
articles being donated by business
houses. The boys were under the.
supervision of E. L. Warner and @.
T. Dorm berg. and did magnificent
work all day long. In the afternoon
n. B. Anderson and II E. Greene.
with a boat, commenced dredging
the main channel, and cleaned it of
brush, ETC.. and Thursday morning
the same two gentlemen transplant
ed hundreds OF bass from below the
dam to the upper BASIN
Work on the bathing pool was be-
ing pushed while the other work
was going on Wednesday. Sand
was being hauled, the finishing
touches were being given to the
curbing and to the concrete plat
form. posts were being located and
the wire fence to keep the children