Arizona republican., 1909-06-20
One Ofthe TePmSOfO' O'Rourke'S
 Contract With Government WILL NOT BE COMPLETE
And Will Last Until Septem- Der or October--The Unex- plamed Announcement of it Threw a Scare Into the Damsite Population.

INpOStNtll. June ll.-NSl1tldl cor
 respondence of The Republican, )-
 The main talk about town this week
 and in which the town people are
 most interested is in regard to the
 contemplated shutdown of the build ing operations on the dam proper.
 The laying of stone will be brought
 to stop somewhere about the mid dle of July and remain so for q month and q half, or possibly two months and a half In other words, until the first of September and pos
 sibly to the first of October as con ditions allow. The contract calls for
 6 shutdown during the hot spell aft
 er the dam has reached an altitude
 of 15O feet, owing to the effect of
 the heat is apt to have on the green work when the dam has narrowed down to the degree it will have at | tained when that height is reached. 1 It is presumed the cement mill and sand crusher will also have to shut | down as soon after as all the storage bins have been filled and all the klinker bins also filled up. The oil teams will also be apt to lay off for | awhile, when the mill stops, as the upper tank is already full and it
 will not take long to fill the rest
 after they stop using it when the
 mill Is shut down. Many have had
 quite a scare thrown into them when
 the rumor was circulated that the
 works would shut. down. as they
 thought that it meant the whole thing
 and that everybody would be thrown
 out of work, but this is not SD and
 on.y the above mentioned parts of
 the project, with the mixing house
 and cement carrier will be at
 standstill. The quarries will continue
 to run and get as much material ahead as possible for the starting again. The contractors are to put in the tunnel that k contemplated The cement work in the old tunnel will be carried on to completion. The pipe line across the dam will be put in. The mill will be overhauled thor oughly, as will also the sand crusher, | besides all other work under con- structiOn outside of the main wall Of the dam itself. Some of the men will be glad to take a vacation during | the stop, while those wanting to stay will be shifted around to fill va cancies of those wishing to take | rest. Some few may possibly be 1 thrown out of work, but the chances | are that the largest. number will be l kept at work, if they wish it. The | work of cementing the tunnel is still | progressing under MT. Gillis' eXpe- | rienced supervision. Two men came in on the stage tonight to drill holes for the anchor bolts for the iron casing to be put in for a few feet of the tunnel on the lower side of the gates.
 Slim Anderson is running the gaso- line engine that operates the mixer for the cement being used in the tunnel.
 Quite number Of salmon are be- ing caught every day by the boys Il who are working at the tunnel, and Il thereabouts, after they have complet- ed their days work. Only short II while being required to catch enough Il for mess, owing to the number of Il fish collecting about the lower side II of the dam on their way up to the mountain headwaters and being com peiled to stop on reaching the stone barrier of the dam. The fish try to ascend the fall coming over the dam and sometimes succeed in getting up as high as the third step above the surface of the water below, only to Il have to fall back again and make another try of il. As these steps are about an average of three feet each, the fish make leap of some nine feet high. which seems fishy. but is vOuched for by witnesses of the feat.
 Jim Minter is busy nowadays with a force of men along the Mesa to Roosevelt road, repairing and strengthening bridges and culverts wherever they look as if they need attention. It is too bad the govern ment does not have charge of more of the roads of the country, as they certainly take care of the ones un- der their supervision, as is eXampled )y the Mesa Roosevelt road construc- ton and care of same.
 The water of the lake seems to , hold all the territory that has been [. covered up to date, without any per ,eptible decrease in volume as it . passes over the dam. .
 Duncan Dean has resigned his po- |, 'ition here and will start for his . iome in the east next Tuesday. .
 Hoyt Medler of the survey gang las been taking a vacation from his . Irduous duties and putting in his i ime punching cattle for recreation m his ranch. Before winding up his ] 'acation he will take a trip along