Arizona republican., 1905-01-21
DAnSITE DOINGS
More Water Than the Oldest Inhabit-
 ant Remembers Seeing.

Damsite. Jan. 11.-(SpeciaI Core spondence of The Republican.)-TOnto basin, from the diversion dam down to the dam site of the main Salt River dam, is submerged. due to a very heavy rain that started in last Satur' day night, and has continued ever since. Up to the time of this writing it is still raining quite hard. Roads are impossible in some places. The stage from Globe to Roosevelt is still running, although many hours late.
 All washes and drains are roaring tor rents and the river is a veritable mon ster, carrying everything in it's way.
 On top of the Sierra Ancha noun tains there has been quite a heavy snowstorm, and the various ridges and
 points present a beautiful appearance with their covering of dazzling white ness. The river has been rising very rapidly, and it was at Roosevelt six teen feet above it's usual level. All traffic has been suspended for the time being on the PhCeniX-ROosevelt road owing to the high water, but so much care has been taken in it's con struction that everybody feels conf dent that within a few days traffic will
 will be as heavy on it as before the
 rain storm.
 OId-timers in the basin say that this has been the hardest rain for years. Pinto creek, near Livingstone, was
 full, and most every tent and home in and around the pOstoffice was flooded by a few inches of water, if not more. Quite a settlement has sprung up at
 this point, and there are about twenty families camped at Livingstone and nearby.
 The boys at the Livingstone camp of the United States. government survey
 got off quite easy, as about their only
 misfortune, outside of a few wet tent floors, was the caving in of their well;
 this, however, is not used for drinking purposes, furnishing only washing
 water and stock water, so the loss was not felt to any great extent.
 The various works on the project are progressing smoothly. The cement mill is scheduled to go into operation on the first of February, and from that time
 on will furnish all the cement needed for all construction purposes. The plant is very complete, and MT. Dur yee and his assistants should feel proud of their work, as its location, on
 side hill, has made the construction
 very difficult. The machinery is all of
 the very latest pattern, and is set up in the most approved way
 The work in the sluicing tunnel is progressing very rapidly. A huge chamber is now being drilled through the solid rock from the top of the tun-
 nel to the top of the point through
 which the tunnel is cut. This chamber is being built for the hydraulic cylin- der, which is to operate the gates con trolling the flow of the water after the construction of the dam. The work has
 been progressing very rapidly, consid-
 ering the difficulties encountered. A. H. Demrick. who has been in
 charge of the power plant and cleo trical construction at the dam, is now experimenting the construction of the telephone the government is putting in
 from the Arizona dam to Phoenix. His
 place is being filled by Otis L. Me Intyre.
 The men over the whole project are now working very hard, getting up their inventories. old and worn out material will be destroyed, and that
 which is still serviceable, but unfit for
 the uses of the government will be
 sold at public auction in the near fu-
 ture.
 Several new faces are at the differ ent camps. H. M. Pearson and Gail H. Loe are the newest arrivals at Living stone. MT. Loe is from Toledo, Ohio, and is now assisting pr. F. G. Lind, special disbursing agent. MT. Pear son is from Washington, D. C., and is assisting in the purchasing depart
 meut. Both these gentlemen are stenographers and typewriters, and their arrival is a great help to the oth-
 CT members of the office force.
 Chester A. Smith of Connecticut and A. D. Rivers are new arrivals at Roosevelt MT. Smith is to take charge of the construction of the dam, when l it IS started, and Mr. Rivers is assist ing MT. McGuire. MT. HilIs private
 secretary.
 The ladies of the headquarters camp gave a delightful little dance last Sat urday evening, the dance being held in ! the new dining room, which has just
 been completed. All had a grand time, and this dance will soon be followed by others, as all present declared it ! great success.
 StorekeeDers in Roosevelt pro- nounced the last year a big success. 1 Everyone is doing big business. Com
 petition is quite keen. A good many
 restaurants and lodging houses are springing up, and the town is taking
 on quite a metropolitan air. Jack Whitney has been put in | charge of the work Of extending the | high line road from where it now ends,
 near the headquarters building, back ! of cement mill, and over to the point l where the east end of the dam will be | constructed. He is now working about twenty men, and finds the work
 very heavy, but his force will undOubt- t edIy be strengthened as he gets farther
 along with the work.
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