The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-10

$Sl5,579.33, exclusive of the amount
heretofore appropriated"
Work Rushed in 1893
From 1898 the work progressed rap
idly. From the beginning it has been
carried on under the direction of the
engineering department of the United
States.
The next report submitted to the Sec
rotary of war was that of Maj. F. u.
F'arquhar and Capt. Charles J. Allen
in 1879. In 1889, Maj. A. Mckenzie
represented the department here in it's
superintendent of the work; in 1896,
Lieut. Col W. r. King was transferred
to st. Paul; in 1898, Lieut. Col w. A.
Jones had charge of the WORK; In 1898,
Maj. f. V. Abbot; in 1902, Maj. r. L.
Hoxie and Capt. H. M. Chittenden, and
now Maj Derby has charge. Capt. A.
o. Powell, from the beginning of the
work of construction, has been the en-
gineer and to him has been intrusted
the practical work of overseeing the
progress of the lock and dam.
In a report submitted June 80 of last
year Capt. Powell gave the following
description of the progress of the work:
"At the close of the fiscal year 1902
the lock had been practically COM
pleted except some minor work on the
lock gates, the erection of a permanent
Golfer in tail bay and the installation
of power for maneuvering the lower
lock gate, also the removal of the lock
cofferdam. A cofferdam had been built
on the west end to inclose 1873 feet of
! the roll dam and the two sluiceS each
SO feet in width. The excavation with
in this Enclosure was well advanced
and the foundation work commenced.
The river was allowed to pass in a
space 80 feet wide intervening be-
O1IJ don tIe.
east side of the river and the Golfer
dam on the west side of the river. At
lock and dam No l nothing had been
done except surveys"
BY the beginning of the summer last
year the heel and qoin blocks of the
lower lock gate had been placed in po-
sition and also the emptying valves,
sheayeS and chains for maneuvering
the gates. The filling valves and per-
manent Golfer in lower tail bay had
been installed. In regard to the dam,
the work inside of the cofferdam m
closure at the west end of the dam
was almost completed. There remain
ed at that time only about six weeks
work when the cofferdams could be re
moved and the water turned through
the sluices.
But the work was delayed by the
failure of an Eastern company to sup
ply the steel work for the sluice gates.
The contract called for delivery of the
material in May, 1902, but the final lot
was not received until June 5, 1903.
This delay directly and indirectly caus
ed very material increase in the cost
of the lock and dam.
Today dam No is complete ex-
cept for the dam itself The sluice
gates and the lock are both finished
and it remains only to build the dam.
Because of the very high water in the
Mississippi river all work was aban-
doned for about month this spring.
Just now about fifty men are employed
in the construction of the dam and this
force will be considerably increased
during the surnmer. Some time during
the winter 1t is confidently expected
that lock and dam No. 2 will be COM
pleted and then work will be pushed on
the lower dam. Until this latter Is
completed lock and dam No. will be
useless, for 1T is the two togetherothae
viii make navigable that part OF the
Mississippi which lies between St. Paul
and the Fails Of ST. Anthony.