Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-20

81 barrel Fortunately. however, all or
the materials necessary are found on the
ground. The limestone deposits are irnme-
dia tely beside the cement mill; the clay
must be carried only about a mile. Four
hundred tons of machinery and sixty tons
of structural iron were brought from chi
cago for the mill The raw materials are
ground and mixed automatically ana are
dumped into the kiln by an ingenious con-
triyance so that the heat increases as the
mixture travels down the line. At the up
per end the temperature Is l,loo degrees
Fahrenheit; at the lower end IL IS 2,Soo de-
erees After the materials have thoroughly
fused and become cement, they pass auto
MA tically into a cooler and are HnalIy
dumped through a chute into storage bins.
This is claimed to be the most perfect ee-
ment factory ever constructed. but of course
1t is only temporary. Everything Is done
by electricity. The fuel is crude petroleum
from California, which costs S3.4S per per
barrel delivered in tanks on the grounds
The contractor hauls it from the railroad
bv means of traction engine.
Has It's Own Saw Mill.
The government has its own saw mill,
which was bought in Michigan and located
in the timber about twenty miles from the
dam There Is plenty of good pine, some
of the trees having height of 100 feet ana
being five feet in diameter.
The town in which the workmen live is
called Roosevelt and stands above the
lake when the water is turned In. The
houses all built within the past eighteen
months are like the barracks OF military
post being made comfortable and attrac-
tive with wide verandas window screens.
ba tn rooms electric lights, an ice plant, FL
tiers, oil ranges and all the improvements OF
a modern apartment house. Each con-
tractor boards his own men. or furnishes
them quarters If they prefer to bring their
families The government permits GER
tain number of storekeepers to sell supplies
but no liquor can be sold nearer than six
miles of the boundary of the reservation
man has to travel about eleven miles to get
a drink of intoxicants. There is good
deal of social life at Roosevelt There Is a
ball in the dining room OF one of the bar
racks every Saturday night; an orchestra
and brass band furnish plenty of muse;
there is reading club and literary So
ciety; a base ball club which has never
been beaten; and other organizations fur-
nish diversion. Amateur dramatic per-
formances are proposed for the future.
A Temporary Town.
Roosevelt is temporary town, of course.
As soon as the work is completed every
building will be removed before the water
is turned in, but it will naturally increase
in population until that time. The place
is reached by a newly constructed road,
sixty-five miles long. from the railroad 1t
cost about $500. oO0-half of that sum be-
ing contributed by the neighboring cities.
In places the construction work was very
expensive and cost as much as $4,000
mile The road is permanent thing and
will always be needed. About 100000
pounds of freight pass over it every month
now.
There has been great difficulty In securing
labor for construction. Workmen are
scarce all through this country, although
wages are very high. The road was built
largely by Indian Observation-Disclosures are
Industrious, intelligent and orderly. Nearly
all of the employees at the sawmil are
Apaches also, and the bosses say that for
ordinary labor. they are as good as any
body; but they know nothing of mechanics.
Mr.. Hill expects to complete the dam
so as to turn on the water in about three
years. Almost all of the land to be irri-
gated has already been taken up and inn
provements are being made in some places.
But it will be four or five years before the
water will be available for irrigation. The
soil of Salt River valley Is exceedingly
rich. Wherever It can be watered 1t win
produce fruits and flowers grains and veg
etables equal to those that can be grown