Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-12-01
WORTHY voF cREDENcE.
CAMP FLORIDA, Nov 20, lsO


pany during the season of 1902 on Res
ervoir dam No, in Needle mountains
and have had every opportunity to OBJ
serve the details OF the work. having
had considerable experience in work
of this character. | can assure any
one and all concerned that the struc.
ture is most complete in all the de
.ails to make safe, strong and dura
BILE dam. The company has spared nc
expense to make all connections with
abutting rocks and foundations the
most secure possible.
The outlet and gate is constructed
of heavy hewn timbers and all above
the gates thoroughly callked with
oakum. The gates are constructed OF
heavy planks securely bolted to the
Jams. making complete and service
able job in every detail. No part OF
the work has been slghted in any
manner. ID. w. THOMPSON.
Former Supt Bridges and Buildings
and Water Service d. & r G. Co
There have been many and peculiar
statements made by those who oppose
the city's plan for securing Florida
water regarding the dam structure at
Hewitt park. which is among the
properties which the city proposes tc
buy. Mr. II. II, Rose. who has had
charge of the construction of all work
connected with the Florida Canal
company's enterprise Is better inform
ed doubtless than any other man re
garding the character of that dam
He says the dam is eighty-six feet
thioi at the b1sc and Is 32G feet lons
The Aair}- "a .Ll cher 40 1.sh N
feet. The lake thus formed covers
one hundred acres. The dam Is abut
ted al both ends in recesses blasted in
solid granite The cribs are built of red
spruce timbers from one to two feet
in diameter. The longitudinal logs
are Tapped and spiked at every twenty
feet, and the cross logs at every ten
feet forming cribs which are filled
with broken granite There are three
sets of these cribs extending across
he channel forming a dam with an
earth facing having an s6-foot base.
All timbers used are spiked together
with three-quarter twenty-inch drift
bolts. excepting the last rounds OF
tapping logs which are spiked with
lighter bolts.
The spillway or weir OF the dam for
he overflow is blasted out of the gran.
lite formation some sixty feet east of
he dam proper, or 1t may be termed
natural dam extending part way
across the park.
The outlet of the dam is constructed
of hewn timbers, solidly spiked with
drift bolts. with both roof and floor OF
hewn timbers Mr. Rose says.
MY instructions given by the en-
gineers called for substantial struc-
are In every detail. and as | was EN-
ployed by the day | know | could have
mad no purpose to subserve for myself
in sighting the detail of the work"
BROOKS HAS A SAFE PLURALITY
Denver Republican: The officia
count for Arapahoe county was com
pleted last night so far as the tran
Scribing of the vote In the presence OF
AAlt AouhtN tIti N tlC lWo JuotitCs
Of the peace is concerned The depu
les in County Clerk Aichele's office
worked nearly all night, and will worl
oday transcribing the figures to be
sent to the secretary OF state. The to
ais are being computed on an adding
machine, and probably will be ready
by this evening.
In order that Franklin 4. Brooks
'andidate for congressman at large OF
he Republican ticket. might have {
good nights sleep, he was allowed tt
take the totals from districts whici
had been completed and to get the fig
ares from the other precincts In thi
county 1t was found that Alva Ad
ans had carried Arapahoe county will
plurality of 1870, while Mr.. Brook
carried the rest of the state with
plurality of 5,4S7, conceding all Demo
cratic claims. This gives Mr.. Brook
a plurality of s17.
The plurality of Mr.. Stimson II
Arapahoe county approximates 4,16
votes. On the basis of 4.1C3 plurality
he plurality of Mr.. Peabody is 6,04s
as his vote outside of Arapahoe count.
was lO.349 greater than Stimson's.
The returns from the five precinct
in District F were all counted. The
were all signed" except those fror
f-S. Most of the belated signature
| are considered by the Republican
who have been watching the count t
be forgeries. In Precinct of F. tn
| Judge appointed was one F. T. May
hew. supposed to be fictitious pei
sonage. The man who served o
election day under the name af Nj
hew is named Heatman. and he ha
left town. Another man appeare
yesterday to sign Mahew's name. !
Precinct 6 the signature OF a judg
1amed Burris does not tally with oti
cr signatures made by the man VIII
used that name on election day. Their
are several other discrepancies shov
Ing the desperate straits the Dem,
rats were in
The reason r--S was counted :
defiance =. al lhw with no signat..
At all, was that large amount
Democratic money had been posted {
he pool rooms on plurality of 4 90
and without this precinct in the of
cial count all bets would have bee
lost.