The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-11-27
RECORD BROKEN
By HoIlerbach & May in cOnstruc.
ton Of Dam on Ohio.

The News publishes today because
.. its local color portion Of an
article which recently appeared IN
4 recent number Of the Wheeling tW.t
val Daily News. The work referred
A. a the construction Of dam
across the Ohio river at McMechen'
not far from Dellaire, o. and the
parties named are well known IN
N.ouIsa. Hollerbach and May bullt
he lock at saltpeter'
.The Hollerbach a May Contract
Co, who are doing the work Tor on-
sle Sam, are now finishing Their
ask. Barring accidents Of, terl.
ous nature, but two weeks more ana
Il viii bc completed. They started
work IL the spring Of 1906 and they
have broken the record Tor dam
eons,ruction on the Ohio river IN
mite OF difficulties. such as the
IonR period OF high water last winter
and spring. That is because the
men on the Job were Inspired with
the romance OF their work, They
didn't see just the concrete and the
coffcrdams and the bear traps work
"a by machinery. They saw The big
"a. mart OF the work, and they wen'
ahead with an ideal before Them
Che same az man does who writes
: book or paints a picture,
The work was started 10 the sprin'
a 1906. with John @ Thomas 2
ssperintendent. The masonary U
ths ohio side was built. with tn
alutments and piers, necessitallni
ahe construction Of oofferdams i
tlgO7, there was built $40 feet of Char
olne dam.
The work Is now being done y
he fourth cofferdam q this yeal
4, 4 without a precedent, this bniio
,.r Of four cofterdams in one yea
and breaks the record for the ON
r,yer II was done under the manas
mcnt Of Mr. s. L. Hay,and The tupe
ibtendency OF Homer A. scholze, WI
had charlea +. May as his assistan
/. has meant work, work, work
~ weather and in bad and eve
coming ali obstacles. one-half
,Le work had been completed wh'
Nr schclze came. He went Ghe'
ana broke the record for the re
~ Il. In october OF 1907, 1000
worth OF work was done In sep'el
her Of this year $4,000 worth
~ork WAS done. Some more recor
gone 10 smash.
Last year there was an average
"a men employed throughout !
vear al S hours a dly. This ye
there we're i75 aen employed. =
Me concrete mixers have been in
eation all the time and two .
three pile drivers. Fourteen tn9'
atd cubic yards Of concrete ho
been put down this year.
Altogether $4,000 cubic yards
concrete have been put down !
contractors have done 100000 ha
teet of Pile dfiying and have u
about one mIllion feet Of lumber
timber.
These facts will give you come
M the amount of work that mas D
acme on the McMechen dam.
MIR. S. L, May, vice president
.reasurer OF the company is G
nnually on the work and ne
superlntendent scholze are prou'
their work. They take as much J
q Il as a painter does OF a
painting. ~.
they don't brag about It. In
not an American engineers
( Theyll give you some facts II
~ them, but perhaps no one but
engineer and one experienced
,4yerwork can fully conceive
accomplishment.
Mr.. May and superinten'
scholze are not the sort of direc
Who ST in their offices ma az
n YOU want to see them you'll
- look for them out on the
down in the pit, up on the
a. around one Of the dams OF J
/, skiff. Mr.. May is a man
= AZ years, a typical American y y
ssr Of energy and business ADJ
md knows the work from a U
Mr. scholze won't bear any insi
I, rank and he dosn't afiect
toresque attire Of the engineer
Nc.ion. He is a man well set
medium height. His hair Is u
With gray and his face shows
affect Of being much out OF q
Won might mistake him for on
ne workmen These are the
Who have led and. direc'e'
4 sreaking the records for dam con
siou on the Ohio river