The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-12-31
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WASHINGTON
OkANOGAN PROJECT REPORTED
TO BE 81 PER CENT.
COMPLETED.

satisfactoriIy-Tieton Project Two
thirds Completed and Yakima Prof.
ect More Than One-third-condition
of Other Projects.
Washington, Dec. 25.-The reclama-
ton service reports the Okanogan
nroiect in Washington 81 per cent.
completed. Sluicing operations at Con-
conully dam, says the report for De-
cember, were continued until Novem-
Der II with one shift, and were then
dis continued for the winter on &C.
count of a troublesome amount of snow
and ice in the water supply f1ume and
pipes. About 5000 cubic yards of ma
terial were sluiced from the barrow
nits into the embankment, and about
600 cubic yards were hauled by scrap
ers and deposited in the puddled core.
In preparation for the resumption of
sluicing operations next season, the
pressure pipes in the barrow pits have
been relaid, chutes have been built
from the lateral trestles in the dam
core have been raised. On the 21st of
the month the labOrers at the storage
works were laid off for the winter and
the works placed in charge of watch
man. The embankment now contains
about $4,000 cubic yards of material
and is sc per cent. completed. The
channel above the outlet to Salmon
lake has been deepened by the remov-
al of 225 cubic yards of material. In
the fore part of the month small
force was employed in pudding the
meas uring weirs installed during the
summer at lateral turnouts. This
work has now been suspended for the
winter. Farm unit plats have been
prepared, estimates of cost made and
other data collected for the second
unit of the project.
Yakima Project.
Yakima project (Sunnyside unit,
37.5 per cent. completed; Tieton unit,
6S per cent. completely.
Kittitas unit: Weather conditions
have been unsatisfactory throughout
the month, delaying the work consid-
erably. Thirty-five miles of preliml-
nary canal lines have been located and
classified and reconnaissance has
been made at Manastash creek to in
vestigate storage possibilities.
Storage unit: Work at Dumping
lake dam has been discontinued for
IL oh
occurred during the month in Yakima
river. with a maximum discharge OF
81. 900 second feet on the oath. No ap-
preciable damage was done.
Sunnyside unit: The enlargement OF
the lower end of the main canal with
a Lidgerwood excavator has been con-
tinued with satisfactory progress. Tx
cavation with the Bucyrus dredge was
begun on the 18th, but owing to neces-
sary adjustments of the machinery
the amount excavated has been small.
The contract work on the lower END
of Sulphur creek wasteway has been
continued, with satisfactory progress
in excavation and slow progress in
the construction of drops. Drop Fl has
been completed. Force account work
on the cunette has progressed salts
factorily, one shift being able to keep
IN with the excavation by the con-
tractor.
Work on Sulphur Creek.
On the upper or lined section of Sui,
phur creek wasteway excavation has
progressed satisfactorily, about 60 per
cent. of this schedule having been COM
pleted by the contractor A small force
of men and teams has been employed
in excavating for the change of road
way required by the enlargement OF
the main canal. Material has been as
sembled for the installation of Drops
2. and 4, and preparations have been
made for further work in enlarging
the main canal
Tieton unit: Work on the canyon
division has been practically complet-
ed, and a small amount of water is be.
ing delivered through the main canal
for pudding structures on the laterals,
Force account work has been contin-
ned on structures and sublaterals for
the Naches branch of the distributing
system, but progress has been imped.
ed on account of weather conditions.
The contractor on the main laterals
has increased his force and is making
satisfactory progress. A flood in the
Tieton river on November % damaged
few construction bridges, but caused
no damage to the completed canal
work.
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