Arizona republican., 1907-08-14
THE INSTALLATION OF
 THE POWER 6ENtRATORS
Night from Roosevelt and Granite Reef.

| and Witbeck returned last night from trip to Roosevelt and Granite Reef. The party left here Sunday for Mesa where Mir. Hills automobile was left 1 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 10 feet above low water level and in such shape that work should progress very rapidly from this time on. There will be no leakage apd the dam will now act as its own coffer. All water going over the dam into the excavation can be pumped out in a 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- vation cleaned out and is now laying masonry. He has been some what handicapped 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 few days and the mill can resume work by perhaps Friday. There are now on hands about 12.O0O barrels of cement.
 Mir. Hill found the road to Roosevelt in excellent shape since the rains which have been a great benefit. There is no dust and travel is a pleasure. The work on the new power house is progressing rapidly and as soon as the dam is completed to a higher level. will be finished in a short time. When done it will be d magnificent building for it's purpose, erected of cut stone, not only substantial but architecturally beautiful. In this building will be placed six units, or rather in plain United States, six complete power ma chimes, each being called d unit and consisting of water turbine and q 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 tempor- ary. has been installed and is splen did and imposing peice of mechanism standing sixty feet high. This machin- cry will furnish 1000 horse power. An other of these permanent generators
  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 erect ed.
 Everything the government has done has been well done and will do regard to permanency and expense has not been when time was the more valuable thing.
 MT. 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 encount cred but will be over come with facil- ity and without hesitation. It IS 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 a rock ridge. Two hundred and fifty feet of the dam has already been completed.
 The transmission line is n process of construction. four miles have been completed and it going along at the rate of about six miles a month. Up in the mountains the line will be car ried on steel towers. not unlike a wind mill tower, set on concrete anchors. When it reaches the valley steel pipes will he used and the line will be as 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, Xhen completed, what beautiful drive way could be made from Center street road along the bank of this stream under Overhanging shade trees dis tance of over % miles to the dam at Granite Reef. Such a drive would be . one of the pleasant sights of the valley. The suggestion of a motor boat ride from the end of Center street to the intake awakened another dream of pleasant possibilities in the future When Granite Reef is finished there will be great lake of water some 1900 feet wide backed up for several miles. around which shade trees can he grown. and a place be made to attract maAy tourist on a days outing. While these things are speculative, the real work. goes on to completion.
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