Arizona republican., 1909-04-11
REPORT FROM
 ROOSEVELT I The Weekly Bulletin of Prog
 ress. of Construction .ENTHUSED CORRESPONDENT He Stimulates the Reader With Comparisons Show ing the Immensity of the Work Weekly Accident Report.

Roosevelt, April 4.-(Special Core spondence of The Republican, J-The highest point of the dam above datum stands at 12S feet for a small portion. Dividing the remainder into thirds we have an average height above datum of 125 feet for the first third, 109 feet above datum for the intermediate and an average of 99 for the balance The lakes area has been enlarged by the recent thrush of water from the snow encrusted mountains in our back ground brought on by the exertions of old Sol coming nearer every day. Two of the gates are wide open at the dam but it has been impossible to let the water go out as fast as it has been coming in.
 The surface of the lake has been rising gradually until today when it about held it's own. The present ele- vation of the lake stands at S11s feet at the dam. One of the gates has re- mained shut during this time to facil- itate repair work on it. Four thou sand yards is the total for this month up to tonight. Thursday the sth. Sun day last not contributing any addition as things were at a stand still that day Otherwise the per diem average stands at about 500 cubic yards.
 The correct figures for the month of March stand at 300 cubic feet over 1S,O0O as approximated in our last let ter. Do the people who are interested in the dam realize what has been done here in the way of cement and rock that has been laid between the walls of the canyon from the first stone up to the present date? Piece by piece and bucket by bucketful Well here you are in round numbers, 210,000 cu bic yards. Yards not feet" Take a look at some of your largest buildings. find the number of cubic yards in them, exercise your imagination lit tie bit; and, possibly you can form some idea as to what a chunk of ma terial has been brought together in a body, to assist in weGging up a can yon up here in the wilds of Arizona. Or take one of your principal streets for instance. Say one about 126 feet wide from front of building on one side to the front of building opposite on the other side. Say in addition to this you have a building 50 feet high to compare with Now commence at the corner of the street and measure 75O feet long or take 250 good long steps. With this length. height and width filled up with a solid mass of concrete and rock you have a solid mass of the dam before your minds eye. The much better way to do how ever would be to take a short vacation and take a run up here and see it in its bodily shape, mass, etc. See the waters of the lake backed up behind and beating restlessly and futiley against it like some imprisoned spirit. Or see the mad rush of the waters as it leaves the mouth of the tunnel after escaping from the basin above the dam. Take in the artificial waterfall occasioned by the escape of the sur plus water in the power canal to the lake below. a distance of some 300 feet See it as it dashes from rock to rock or takes a clean jump of 30 or 70 feet in some places. With the spray reaching out for a distance of 50 feet or more. stand on the little bridge below and in front of the largest drop and experience a few thrills such as only nature in a seemingly angry mood can give. The chances are you will get wet all right. but a little thing like that don't amount to any thing here as all you have to do aft erwards is to give the sun a whack at you for a few minutes and you will never know you had been wet.
 Then take in the power house with it's huge machines and internal buzz ing as it puts a harness on the inn mense body of water passing through the penstoclls from the canal above and converts the force of the water rushing down from the canal above into that which is more powerful than steam and a cheaper commodity than any other known power. Electricity, The motive that lifts, carries and de- posits in its place that of which the dam is composed. If you still wish exercise, leave the power house by the door at the lower side of the dam and start to climb the steps of the dam on the lower side. We will guarantee you will have had the exercise by the time you reach the top. These steps are some or 21s feet high and reach from the bottom to the top. Rather high