Arizona republican., 1904-12-06
A TOWN spRINGING UP
Progress of Operations at the Tonto
 Damsite.

Livingstone, AriZ.. Dec 2.-(Speclai Correspondence of The Repuphcah.)- The work on the Salt River reservoir is progressing rapidly. Operations at Roosevelt are going stea adily on ana the town presents a lively appearance. Besides the buildings erected by the government, numerous stores ana dwellings have been built in the town and several houses have recently been erected by the government for the en- gineering force and their families. These houses, which are to be perma- nent structures, are built on the moun- tainside, above the high line road, ana the location affords a beautiful view or the surrounding country. The families of the following gentlemen, connected with the work, are now occupying their new homes Cn the hillside. MT. L. c. Hill, supervising engineer; Dr. R. F. Palmer, Mir E. Duryea. cement ex- pert, and Mr. B. F. Harrison, superin- tendent of tunnels. Several more houses are to be built, and MT. A. l.. Harris, assistant engineer, expects to move into h1s new home by the first of the year.
 A new dining hall is being built in close proximity to the dwellings, and 1t f is expected it will be completed in a week or two
 The work of driving the sluicing tun- mel was completed some time ago, and ] the contract has been let to the LleW- | ellyn iron works of Los Angeles for building the six gates which will reg ulate the emptying of the water from the reservoir. These gates and the
 necessary machinery to operate them will weigh nearly SOC, 900 pounds and will cost S102, ,0o0. After the gates are
 constructed the work of placing them I in the tunnel will be pushed rapidly to 1 completion.
 Great progress has been made on the power canal work of late, and all the tunnels will be completed by the first of the year. The work of concrete lin- ing the tunrels is well under way, and
 this work will all be done by Febru- ary l.
 The excavating of the canal is nearly done, and by March 1 the grading work should be completed.
 Preparations are being made fer erecting the gates at the headworks
 and the entire work on the power canal will be completed in a few months.
 The construction of the power canal involved the excavation of about 60O0OC l cubic yards of material and the driy-
 ing of nearly 9.0Go feet of tunnel 4
 great deal os srCss drainage was alsC ' encountered, which necessitated ths
 construction of many large concrete
 eulverts and conduits. Great preeau
 ton has been taken to make this worl
 perfect in every respect, and both ths
 government and the contractors are tt
 be congratulated on the results of thei , work. The secretary of the interior ha! [ sent out notices to prospective bidder 7 inviting bids for the construction c
 the Roosevelt dam. Bids will be re
 ceived until February s, 1905. The no tiee reads as follows: Department O the Interior. United States Geologica 5 Survey Reclamation Service, Washing
 ton, ID. C., November %. 1894. Scales proposals @ill be received at the of
 flee of the United States Teclamatios q service, Phoenix. ATiz., until 9 9'elocl q. m-. February s. 1905, for the con stFgctiOn of a masonry dam and tw bridges on Salt River, about 70 mile \ east of Phoenix, AriZ. The dam vii e contain about 300,0 ,000 cubic yards O s masonry. Specifications, form of pro 4 the office of the chief engineer of tn reclamation service, Washington, I E C., or at the office of the district en ! gineeT ef the reclamation seFvicC d Roosevelt, Ariz. Each bid must be ac s companied by certified check for s10, $ eco, payable to the order Of the -secre taTy of the interior, as a guaranty tha I