Arizona republican., 1908-02-19
GROWING STRUCTURE
 OF ROOSEVELT DAM
The Damage by the Late Flood Hard Iy Caused the Slightest Delay.

Roosevelt Ariz. Feb 1T.-(Special correspondence of The Republican.)- Work on the dam has not been de- layed in spite of the fact that two of the deTTicks were carried away by the recent flood. One stiff-leg derrick and one eightyfoot derrick are being used to lay stone. The two derricks carried down stream by the flood will be rebuilt this week. The masonry work is being carried on toward the center of the dam. It is likely that the derrick will be moved this week to the back of the dam and work will begin on the down. stream face.
 The upper part of the sluicing tun- mel is already closed and a bullhead is being constructed at the bottom of the dam to back the water from be- low. The top of the tunnel is now open and the workmen putting in the gates will work from the inside.
 The bull-head is made of timber. dirt and stone. The timber is carried from the road that runs to the river, just above the tunnel to the tunnels mouth by means of a raft. Tuesday. three Of the carpenters including the governments head carpenter. George Gronewald. were guiding the raft loaded with lumber down stream to the tunnel. The raft got out too far in the stream and the current being strong. the men. lost control Two of them jumped off and swan to shore. Gronewald. in hopes of saving the raft, stayed on until it was too late to save himself. going over the dam. The lower part of the dam, over which the water is diverted from the tunnel is very narrow. causing a swift current. As the raft passed under the bridge suspended from the west side to the higher portion of the land, d rope was thrown to him. but he seemed unable tO grasp the situation and save him self. Some believe he was stunned by being struck by stones going over the cOffer dam The raft struck the stones al the back of the dam and Gronewald was not seen afterward. Many thought the raft to be in the eddy just below the dam. Although a great deal of dynamite has been used they were unable to raise the body. It is now the supposition that unless the body be caught under d ledge of stone. it has drifted down stream. Mrs. Gronewald was told of the ac- cident but for several hours refused to believe her husband would not re- turn. She has the sympathy of all on the work. IL is probable that she and the baby will go 10 Phoenix immedi- ately.
 w D. Smith of the s Morgan Smith Iron Works. arrived in Roosevelt Sat urday evening to ascertain the diff culty in the working of the water wheel in the power house. The ma chine was purchased from this firm. The wheel has proved too small for the force of the water and is worn away by the sand. To remedy these defects is the purpose of Mir Smiths visit.
 The L. s. R. s. engineers conven- tiOn at Yuma brought several to Roosevelt 10 look over the work here. The party came up in two autos ar irving early Tuesday. Those who made up the party were Louis C. Hill. Phoenix; A. P. Davis. Washington, D. C.: J. L. Lytel. Provo. Utah, W. D. Buis, Provo. Utah; C. F.. Hogle. Deer field. Kansas; F.. F. Sand. Grandfet. Alabama and C. J. Blanchard of Washington D. C. The weather was rather damp for an outing. but the work proved interesting One part of the work which the engineers were especially anxious to see. was the big pressure pipe across Cottonwood Can yon. This is the largest pressure pipe in use and is used to force the water in the canal over the hill at the top Of the canyon.
 Work on the transformer house will begin today. The power house is rap idly nearing completion. Another camp is to be established on the trans mission line with a crew of fifty men. One crew will work on the desert DOT ton and one on the mountain section. II will take considerable labor 10 stretch the heavy copper wires over { the towers through the broken country. The line goes through one district near Fish Greek known by the cow boys as The Devils Hip Pocket" Here. only a rough trail can be made to carry material by burro. The right of way for the line now parallels the railroad from Mesa to Tempe. This would be highly satisfactory to the railroad company in case they wished i to put in an electric line, but to those l interested in the construction this route is not approved, as it is believed l the smoke from the trains will injure the wire and necessitate the cleaning of the wire frequently
 4 crew of fifty men are at work on the grading for the electric line to the | clay pit
 A jolly party composed of Walter | Lubken Paul Pritchlyn. R. M. Pea body. Carl Weitze and Ottis Mcintyre 1 started for the government farm. | twelve miles up Salt River. on Sat urday evening, 10 enjoy duck hunt | on Sunday.
 Territorial Ranger Holmes did good piece of detective work last week. A purse and diamond ring were 1 stolen from tent at Camp O'Rourke 1 and hidden under a stone mile up Tonto. The theft was committed by young boy. Ranger Holmes induced the boy to confess and the property was easily recovered. This being first offense the boy was let off on good behavior.