Arizona republican., 1906-04-19
A SHOW PLACE
 FOR PHOENIX
The Visit of 1r. Heard and Party to
 the Damsite.

The people of Phoenix and of this valley do not know what they are missing by not paying visit to the Tonto dam. Everyone who is directly interested in the success of the project should visit the work, and I am sure they will never regret the time or ex- pense such journey would entail. They will be received with the great est courtesy. and the interest others show in the work is appreciated by the men in charge. If such visit is made. there will be none who return without having unlimited faith in the future of the Salt River valley" These were the words of Dwight B Heard, who, with a party composed of Mrs. Heard, MT. A. C. Bartlett Miss Bartlett and MT. Heard's son, Bart lett Heard has just paid a visit to the camp at Roosevelt.
 "One of the most satisfactory things to the people of the valley said MT Heard. was the recent successful ten days run of the power canal. While there .were some slight breaks the general operation was most satisfac- tory. and demonstrated to the cement expert Mir. Duryea. that by the use of | of steam. which had been previously used. cement can be manufactured at the government mill at less than S2 per barrel.
 "The capacity of the cement mill, when the power canal is running. is nearly $50 barrels per day, against less i than 15O when the mill is operated by steam, while the daily cost when run 1 by power. is much less than when steam is used. Nearly 10000 barrels | of cement made at the government mill have been used in construction work. and is found to be fully as sat ! isfactory as the cement shipped in by the trust. The cement manufactur- ed is subjected to a very. careful se- ries of laboratory tests and shows a strengta far greater than any test i which it can be submitted to when used in the dam
 1 Mr. Heard stated that the work is ] going forward in an energetic. sys- | tematc. and organized way. and that ] owing to the excellent accounting sys- | tenn and orderly business methods. leaks are practically impossible, and every dollar is bein made to do a : dollars worth of work.
 | Another thing on which MT. Heard commented was the energy and high
  posing MT. Hills staff all of whom | have absolute loyalty and belief in l their chief. This feeling mas much to i do with the success of the work ac- l complished.
 ''The contractor. Mir ORourke."
 said MT. Heard has established his 1 camp on the north side of the dam 1 site. The camp is one of the most
 model in existence. MT O'Rourke evil dently appreciating that in order to keep good men he must give them ! good accommodations The mems quarters have cement floors, so that they can be easily and thoroughly cleaned, and iron beds and wire mat
 tresses are used. In the camp is complete ice plant. and full parapher- nalia for a model town. At present Mr. O'Rourkes force is busy stripping the sides of the dam and in opening ! quarries for later use in the dam. The rock uncovered is of an excellent quail ity, and will be carried from the quar-
 ry directly to the point of use in the | dam by means of the Ledgerwood ca bles, one of whica is already in opera tiOn.
 While the working government
 force has recently been largely re- duced. there now being only about 45O
 men on it's pay roll. the contractors force will be steadily increased from
 now on. The contractor is now en-
 gagged in building a cofferdam just
 east of the upper face of the dam;
 another dam will be built across the
 river about 400 feet west of the first
 dam and the flow of the river diverted
 around the two dams by means of the II diversion tunnel, which is now com II pleted. Centrifugal pumps will then
 keep the space between the two dams free from water. All the gravel will \ be hydrauliced out by means of an hy-
 draulic hoist with an eleven inch
 stream of water under full pressure Of II the power canal and if all goes well. II before the summer is over the main