Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-29
Meeting in Denver Of The Engineers in Charge
Of Government Reservoir Works.
DISCUSSED BY HEAD ENGINEER,
Davis to Report Las Vegas Project The Peces River Re
seryoir Named Among the Assured Enterprises

Arthur P. Davis, the government en-
gfneer who spent couple OF day.
here making Investigations ON the Sa
pello and Gallinas looking toward the
selection Of a location for a big gov,
ernment reservoir In Denver is now
attending meeting Of the engineers
Of all the proposed works In the west
The expenditure Of millions Of dol.
lars by the United States government
and the subsequent reclamation Of
hundreds Of thousands OF acres OF arid
land In the great west Ia the subject
Of discussion among these engineers
OF the government reclamation sery,
Ice. The conclusions OF this confer.
ence will be reported to Secretary Of
the Interior Hitchcock BY Chief Enxl
neer F. H. Newell. and orders for act
I've work will then be given.
Engineers In charge Of the proposed
works in Arizona, California. Colo
RADIO. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico. South Dakota. Utah. Oregon,
Washington and wyoming are in ct.
tendance at the conference. The
Gunnison tunnel project In Colorado
is one Of the most gigantic works to
be undertaken. The great Salt river
reservoir In Arizona and the work
along the Pecos river in New Mexico:
along the Belle Fourche river In Utah.
and along the Shoshone and North
Platte rivers In Wyoming will also re-
ceive special attention.
Mr.. Davis will give Chief Hydro
grapher Newell specific information
concerning the reservoir location
here The photographers interest has
also make 4 report TO tne nrss~-.-.~
garding the conditions here. ~ well
as Ale q detailed report with the de-
partment. The project here has not
vet advancsd far enough to be con-
sidered from an engineering and con-
structive standpoint as will otner
propositions. In no case have orders
to begin work been given, but after
the full discussion Of the proper meth
DDS to pursue In the various enter
prIses and copious comparison oi
notes on the part Of the engineers ~
charge II is expected that orders g
. begin operations viii be issued a.
once for the following named loca
tions: Arizona, Salt river, California
Colorado and Sacramento rivers; Col
orado. GunnIson or Uncompahgre riv
ers: Idaho, the Snake river; Montana
MIX river: Nevada, the Truckee riv
er: New Mexico, the Pecos river
South Dakota, the Belle Fourche ~
or; Utah. the Bear river; Oregon, tn
Malheur river; Washington, the Oks
hogan river: Wyoming, the Shoshon
and North Platte rivers.
To the Denver News Mr.. Newe
made the following statement regart
ing the meeting:
I'VE desire to get our ideas In un
son as to structural material, whethe
It should be steel or concrete; on tut
mel lines. whether concrete or bricl
and the way 10 put In the heals
canals and entrances to tunnels
; keep them clear Of sand; on u
. amount Of water that il needed 4
! different classes Of land; the size
the canals ~ regulated by that, an
I In short, all Of the features that les
up to successful work.
( Each man Is an expert in his lin
= George Y. wisner Of Detroit h'
g served on many national boards
!. waterways. harbors and reservoir
r Arthur p. Davis has been on the ;
e agara and Isthmian canal surveys, Al
, spent twenty years in the west
mapping the irrigable land; Mr.. II.
storrs is an electrical expert, vi
has put In large power plants In Va
b Gus parts OF the United States, O
T. near Pomona, Calf. He IL worki
n up the development and transmissi
{. OF power for pumping.
70 Engineers Al Experts.
. ~ H. Quinton Of Los Angeles
in the tunnel there and the Gar