Arizona republican., 1908-04-13
The party arrived in Roosevelt at

The party arrived in Roosevelt at
 5.SO D. m., having journeyed leisurely enjoying the beauty of the scenery and
 also not trying to break any records
 for the reason that none of them had
 ever been over the road before. They
 were still further delayed by encoun-
 tering d wrecked freight wagon that
 had the misfortune to turn over in the
 road. At this point Engineer Hill over
 took and passed them as soon as the
 wagon could be flanked. Saturday
 was spent at the dam site and vicinity
 and the return trip made yesterday.
 They travelled much faster coming
 back and were able to go by way of
 Granite Reef where they looked over the work and came on to Tempe in time to catch the evening train for Phoenix. loading the automobile on freight car and bringing it along on the
 same train. MT. Greene says the rail-
 road company is very considerate in
 handling the automobiles and does ev- erything possible to accommodate the patrons. An approach has been con
 structed to the Tempe platform so the chauffeur unassisted can run the ma
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 practically no loss of time.
 The road to Roosevelt says MT.
 Greene. is in his opinion the finest one
 of the sort in the United States. It
 makes everything else easy not alone
 for the construction of the dam but for the traveller in connecting that en- tire country with the outside world. The automobile driver finds less 1 bumps in the way than on the streets ] of Phoenix and most of the way one
 may glide along as fast as his machine will carry him. He thinks one can in ordinary travel average easily twelve
 miles an hour between Tempe and the
 dam site. He also throws a nice bou-, quet to the drivers of the freight teams. He says they are the most
 courteous lot of freighters he ever saw. | They have their rights which the req
 sonable chauffeur will respect and in return the freighters try 10 be just as accommodating as possible when they are met on the road so there is no
 trouble when the machines pass the | teams.
 The work is going on nicely at the dam though there has been q stoppaGe
 of two or t',~~o days on account of the 1 breaking of the shaft of the big water wheel. A new one has been ordered that will take some time TOT denvery | but in the meantime an old one is be- | ing put in condition to do temporary
 work and he understood 1t would be in place again today when construction will be resumed as usual. There is ! still considerable quantity of water flowing over the lower end of the dam | but it does not interfere with construc- ton yet.
 At Granite Reef things are progress 1 ing beautifully. The apron of the dam | is completed and the foundation is in so that all that remains to be done is | laying the concrete or the main struc- | ture. Some of these employed there | who seemed to be in a position to know told him that the work would be prac- | tioati-- ~----i' tod in another six weeks. | The building of a coffer dam around | new section of the work was begun yesterday. Altogether the trip was d
 delightful and an educating experience 1 and m one who takes 1t can regret it. ~O-
 | AN ALFALFA ExHIBIT.--Mr. Har- ri. prosperous valley rancher, has