Arizona republican., 1905-12-05
TWO WEEKS REPAIRS
 ON ROOSEVELT ROAD
Will Hake That Thoroughfare Passa.
 ble-0ther Flood Destruction.

Roosevelt, Ariz., Dec. 1.-(Special correspondence of The Republican.)-| The river has fallen rapidly during the past few days until at the time of writing it contains but little more than it's normal flow. The principal damage done by the flood was the destruction of about five or six miles Of the Roosevelt Mesa road along the river commencing at a point about two miles below the cement mill. In some places the road is so completely destroyed that a stranger would not suspect that road had been there. The greater part of Jack Whitney's force, which has been engaged in lin- ing the power canal, has been put to work on the road, repairing and re- building it. With a force of about two hundred men it is expected that traffic between Mesa and Roosevelt will be resumed in about two weeks. In the meantime the merchants and commissary department are placed in an unpleasant position. The floods and washouts in the Gila valley, cut ting off connections with the main line, make it almost impossible to get provisions, in large quantities, from 1 Globe. Shipments of Christmas goods are held up in Mesa and will probably be late in arriving.
 Manager Bennett of the government farms was at Roosevelt on Friday. He reports considerable damage at the farm about Livingston. Abouty for | ty acres of land were covered with water to a depth of from two to two and half feet, and at least nine acres Of rich soil were washed away Many Nf f | the irrigating system of all the farms were destroyed. Much more damage would have been done put for the ef- forts of MT. Bennett and three of his employees. who worked until two o'clock on Tuesday morning cutting the ditches and turning the water back into the river. thus preventing the destruction of a splendid fleid of young barley.
 The people in the vicinity of Liv- | ingston report that the water was | higher on last Monday than during the flood of 1891 At the Lee ranch the | family was forced to leave the house and go to higher land. The water | has never come so high before as to endanger the house.
 Constructing Engineer Chester W.
 
 Pinto pressure pipe was very slight.
 A good deal of the excavation was filled in and the pipe was partially filled with sediment and this. together with the loss of few small tools, is the extent of the damage at that place.
 When the stream subsided it was found that all of the piling that had
 been put in by J. M. ORourKe 6; Co. during the past six weeks. was gone. There is not a trace left of | all of the work they have done in the | river bed. It is fortunate under the circumstances that they were no fur ther along with the work, for the dam l would have to be well under way be- ! fore it could withstand such a flood. Y A party consisting of MT. and Mrs.
 Louis c. Hill and their daughter Mar garet, Miss Sharlot M. Hall, and
 Messrs. A. P. Davis, O. H. Ensign and J. P. Hutchison, left for Phoenix on
 Thursday. They took the trail from Roosevelt to Fish Creek where they
 enjoyed turkey dinner before con-
 tinuing their journey. Miss Hall, who is assistant editor of the Out West
 ma gazine. has been spending a week
 at this place gathering material for a | write-up in that periodical. An Ari- zona number of the magazine Is soon
 to appear, in which the principal in- dustries, natural features and irriga- tion projects will be discussed. Later on article will be devoted to the Salt River project.
 Rev. J. P. Hutchison left Phoenix on Friday for his home in Ellsworth | Ohio. Rev. Hutchison has been pas tor of the Roosevelt church during the past two months, during which time about one hundred seventy dollars has been raised for religious purposes
 and a tent parsonage has been built :, He is an earnest worker and will be missed by the community. Rev. w H Evans of Solomonville expects to sup ply the pulpit on Sunday but may bt prevented by washouts.
 Paul J. Pagh, foreman at the Pinto pressure pipe, Jeff on Saturday fol Los Angeles via Globe. He expects tC remain there indefinitely.
 The new suspension bridge, built tC replace the old one which was wash ed out last Monday morning, wa: completed on Friday. The new bridge is built higher and has less sag thar the old one. It is more substantia