Arizona republican., 1905-02-26
HOTEL PROPOSED.

An automobile line for carrying pas sengers from Phoenix to the dam will soon be in operation and the construct ing of tourist hotel in the mountains not far from the dam site, is under advisement. It is among the possibil- ities, that a trolley line will be con structed later, enabling the tourist as well as the dweller in the valley, to visit in the mountains and witness the construction of work destined to en- dure for centuries.
 PERSONNEL OF THE FORCE.
 The work of constructing the Salt River dam and reservoir is being done under the supervision of MT. F. H. Newell, chief engineer of the reclama- tion service, U. $. geological survey. Mir. NeweITs headquarters is at Wash ington, D. C., and he is ably assisted by Mir. Arthur P. Davis. assistant chief engineer. The supervising engi- neer of the Roosevelt dam is Mir Louis c. Hill, whose address is Roose- Welt, Arizona:
 Mir. Hill is a native of Michigan and is 40 years old He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and after leaving college he was, for a number of years employed as civil engineer on several railroads. In 1885, Sr. Hill served as judge on the committee of awards. worlds Columbian exposition. and before his appointment as engineer in the reclamation service, he had ser vedb often as consulting engineer on several projects.
 MT. Hill is assisted by a staff Of competent men in charge of various portions of the work Mir A. L. liar ris, assistant engineer is in charge Of the draughting and is man of un- questionable ability. MT. Edward Duryee, in charge of the cement mill, is a man of national reputation as a cement expert and before his appoint ment to the reclamation service in 1903, he was for years in the employ of several large cement works as as saver and chemist.
 Messrs. A. NJ. Sprigg and O. T. Reedy, assistant engineers, have had charge of the work of building the power canal and the canal which is nearly completed, is a monument to the ability of the engineers engaged on it's construction.
 Mir. Chester W. Smith, constructing engineer, will have charge of the building of the Roosevelt dam MT Smith is one of the most competent men in the United States to undertake this important work
 The accountant department of the Salt River project is under the direct supervision of Dr. l.. G. Lind. a prac- tical business man who is also the special distributing agent of the treas ury department. Dr. Lind on assum- ing his duties found that a well or ganized system of accounting had been established for some time past, but he saw the necessity of inaugulating some changes in this department. to make the system conform with the records as kept in the office of the U. $. geo logical survey. in Washington It is Dr. Lind's purpose to establish a sys- tenn of accounting. that will show after the completion of the work, the cost of every part of the project separately. and the utmost care is being taken to obtain the services of competent help in this particular branch of the work.
 The government supervision of the tunnel work has been in charge of MT B. F. Harrison, a man of several years experience in this line of work The 5000 feet of tunnel driven success fully on the canal line, without the loss of a single life, is an illustration of MT. Harrisons ability in this line