Arizona republican., 1906-06-16
WORK PROCEEDING
 BY NIGHT AND DAY
On the Excavation for the Tonto Dam
 Foundation.

Roosevelt, June 14.-(Special corre- spondence of The Republican, J. O'Rourke & Go. are bending every eff
 fort just at present to put things in
 such shape that excavation for the dam may begin at the earliest date
 possible. On account of the extreme difficulty in getting the class of labor CTS that are required for their work
 the contractors have been. working the
 small force of men they have on hand
 almost night and day in order that the | best may be accomplished during the l present period while the water in the river is comparatively low And it | might be said that they have accom-
 plished wonders in what they have | done. Derricks have been erected and
 cableways, both permanent and tenn
 porary have been installed. The work
 of completing the upper Cofferdam is almost done and the piling for the low | CT one has been driven almost across | the river bed One of the powerful hy-
 draulic lifts that will be used in clear ing the space between the Cofferdams has been set up and the work it can do IS simply enormous. A whole moun- tain side almost melts away under it's enormous power. With two of these at work the clearing of the space be- tween the Cofferdams. barring acci- dents and the necessity of removing
 any large pieces of rock, ought to be accomplished within about forty eight hours.
 Originally it was intended to carry
 the river over the Cofferdams in a large Hume, but through the courtesy of the government engineers the con-
 tractor has been allowed the use of the sluicing tunnel for that purpose, and the water was finally turned from the river on Wednesday. Work on both Cofferdams will now be rushed with all speed and within a very few days the space should be ready for the foun- dation work of the dam.
 The contractors have timed things just right for now when they are most in need of men. they have received d bunch of eighty Italians who are ex- pert rockmen, from Pittsburg. Penn The whole crowd came through from the east in special cars a nd were hur- risd straight through from Globe at the expense of the contractors arriving here on Tuesday and Wednesday, when they were immediately put to work.
 Clarence Paddock and Edson Lee two of the young men of the govern ment office force. gave stag" feed to several of their gentlemen friends of Roosevelt-o the-Hill. The affair was decidedly informal and an excep- tionally good time was enjoyed by those present. Edward Strickland Kirkpatrick butted into the position of toastmaster during the early part of the repast, and for several hours the wit and merriment that flowed would have done credit to a much more august body of men, Healths were drank often and with much feel ing by those present. and the beverage was not stronger than ice tea. In ad- dition to the hosts. those present were Messrs. Shantz Williamson Taggart. PiersOn. Redmond Miller. Lubkin, Jenkins, Sprague. Swenson, Kirkpat- | rick and Shbley.
 Geo. Sultan, who for over three years i has had the management of the SuI- | tan-Newman Grocery company, of this ! Place, will leave shortly for Globe, where he will have charge of ais exten- | sive and growing interests there His place in the business here will be taken | by his brother. Elgar Sultan, who has | had considerable experience and who will have direct charge of the store. Geo. Sultan expects to leave for Globe about the twenty-fifth of the 
 Percy Hooker, of this place, has been in Globe during the past week attend ing the sessions of the grand jury
 MT Noel, who for over a year and a half has been in the employ of the Sultan-Newman company Of this place. has accepted position with Max Lan- tin & Co.,. and has gone to Intake to their store there.