Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-08-17
BIG GENERATORS F0R ROOSEVELT
New Power House Going Up at the Damsite North of Globe-Six Water Turbines and as Many Dynamos- Engineer Hill Tells of Progress.

Engineer l.. c. Hill, Messrs. Fowler and Witbeck returned last night from trip to Roosevelt and Granite Reef. The party left here Sunday for Mesa, where Mir. Hill B automobile was left previously, and from that point went to the damsite to look over the work. The contractor has the face of the dam at an average of ten feet above low water level, and in such shape that work should progress very rapidly from this time on. There will be no leakage and the dam will now act as it's own coffer. All water going over the dam into the excavation can be pumped out in short time and at little expense to the contractor, as the government furnishes the power.
 Contractor O'Rourke now has one half of the entire bottom of the exca- masonry. He has been somewhat handi. capped by the loss of the cable recently by fire, but it is expected that a new one will be in use within week or ten days. The cement mill closed Sunday on account of the lack of fuel oil, but this deficiency will be met in a few days and the mill can resume work by perhaps Friday. There are now on hand about l2,000 barrels of cement.
 Mir. Hill found the road to Roosevelt in excellent shape since the rains which have been great benefit. There is no dust and travel is pleasure. The work on the new power house is progressing rapidly and as soon as the dam is com pleted to higher level, will be finished in short time. When done it will be magnificent building for it's purpose, erected of cut stone, not only substan- tial, but arehiteeturally beautiful. In this building will be placed six units, or rather, in plain United States, six complete power machines, each being called unit and consisting of a water turbine and dynamo. Three of the units will be supplied with water from the dam and three from the power canal.
 One of these machines or units, and in fact the first of the permanent six, the old power generator being temper ary, has been installed and is a splen- did and imposing piece of mechanism standing sixty feet high. This maehin- cry will furnish 1000 horse power. An other of these permanent generators will be installed later on and the rest as needed. The steel trusses for the roof of the power house are on the road, some at Mesa now and the roof will be all finished as soon as the other side of the building can be erected,
 Everything the government has done has been well done and with due regard to permaneney and expense has not been spared when time was the more valuable thing.
 Mir. Hill and party, after visiting Roosevelt, went to Granite Reef, where work is being pushed along at an as tonishingly swift pace and in two or three weeks the dam will begin to look like business. They will be getting out into mid-stream by that time, where some harder features may be encoun- tered. but will be overcome with facil- ity and without hesitation. It is a long ways down to bed rock, but this will be reached where necessary, and in other places steel tubing will be driven down to it and the entire structure made as solid as a rock ridge Two hundred and fifty feet of the dam has already been completed.
 The transmission line is in process of construction, four miles have been completed and it is going along at the rate of about six miles a month. UI l in the mountains the line will be car ried on steel towers, not unlike wind mill tower, set on concrete anchors When it reaches the valley steel pipes will be used and the line will be a' good ten years later when it becomes the property of the people of the valley as the day it was erected.
 It was remarked last night, in speak ing of the great canal from the intake when completed, what beautiful drive way could be made from Center street road along the bank of this stream under overhanging shade trees a dis tance of over thirty miles to the dan at Granite Reef. Such drive would bt one of the pleasant sights of the valley The suggestion of 6 motor boat ride from the end of Center street to tho intake awakened another dream oi pleasant possibilities in the future When Granite Reef is finished ther, will, be great lake of water some l, 200 feet wide backed up for several miles around which shade trees can b, grown, and place be made to attrac many tourist on days outing.
 While these things are speculation the real work goes on to completion |