Arizona republican., 1907-01-19

NC JANAU4RY 19 1906 ing the stub ends of the dam. and then the dam proper across the channel The camp is now perfectly appointed, not only as a living camp. but in its equipment for work. The diversion constructions on the south side are so nearly completed that it is confi dently hoped they will be finished in another three weeks. and ground is being broken for operations on the north side.
 THE CAMP.
 The camp in a general way. is com posed of ten tents along in a curved street. known as Foreman's Row; ten i living tents. four fine bunk houses, an office building: a store and tool house; a hay and grain shed; a hospi- tai Cwith nobody in it;) a powder house; good dining room and Htch- en: a corral; and up-tO-date store. where workmen can secure all neces- sities at practically town prices. and which is a general convenience all round, as well as saving much in the expense of construction that will fin ally have to be borne by the farmers of the valley; two powder houses, and i little village of twenty houses built i apart for the Mexican laborers and known by the appropriate name of Mexico" These houses have all been described in detail before and it | is enough to say that they make as clean. sanitary and comfortable acamp as a workman ever cast his lot in and | by a perfect system of management ! the camp is maintained as economic | ally as many equally as large and far | less comfortble or snitary camps are ! conducted. There is also a big ce- ment tank on the hill which is kept | full by a pump and which is the source of a gravity water supply sys- | tenn. There are now in the camp 200 men and - horses. Presumably there are some dogs and cats also. but they were not counted.
 EQUIPMENT.
 The equipment in addition. for use in construction work. consists of a narrow gauge railroad 32OO feet long. all built for electric operation. poles set and trolley wire strung and some cars on hand, nothing lacking but the | juice" This railroad runs from the ! two quarries both of which are being rapidly opened up for operation. One of them is 2SOO feet from the end of the dam and the other is 32OO feet | distant. IL is here the large rock will be quarried for use in the dam.
 The cable tower on the south side s-sv tion for the north side tower founda- tions is completed and MT. McGilis is watching closely for the river to 1 slightly lower when he will cross with a force and erect the nOrthside tower. These towers are each 100 feet high and will support 1900 foot span of 21. inch cable. This cable will have a sag in it of 80 feet. This cable will also be the runway for a cage that has a carrying capacity of 8 men SD as soon as the cable is up it will take the men but llttIe more time 10 cross the river to th5if work on The north side. than 1t does now to talk about it. The cable also will be the ] means of carrying the construction material on the dam. There are also some engines and machinery on the ground. some of it in use. that are not listed here.
 CONSTRUCTION.
 The diversion works will be Os course practically parallel with the river on both sides and are being built in the banks. down on the solid rock. The sluiccway is constructed on bed rock along the side of the channel and SO the water running from the sluice- way. the canal head being between the sluiceway and the mOuntainside, SO the water running fro mthe sluice- way into the canal describes the arc of q circle. The southside works are on a shoulder of land that juts out into the river formed rather by the turn of the river from a sOutherly to a more westerly course at that point. In order to preserve that shoulder and make it impregnable by future floods it has been evenly graded and is in the process of being paved with boulders as large as the workmen can handle. The boulders are set on edge and are carefully and securely placed somewhat after the manner of riprapping. only a great deal better. The toe or apron of this paving IS wedged in the bedrock in the river channel and by a proper curve the paving reaches in a gentle arch uc over the bank above high water mark This makes the river bank above the works absolutely safe and permanent and this work is fast nearing com pletiOn.
 The excavation for the south end of the dam and the sluice gates Is down to bed rock in many places. The out CT wall. that is the wall on the river aide. of this sluiceway is completed and is down to bedrock it's entire length. A large part of the sluiceway floor is complete as also is portion of the floor of the intake. The south erly wall or bank wall of the cana
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