Arizona republican., 1909-05-02
WATER At
ROOSEVELT
Twill Soon Measure One Hun
dPed Feet Deep
NAVIGATION OF THE LAKE
The Demands of Commerce
Greatly Tax the Ferry and
Another Liner" Is Needed.
Weeks Record of Acct
dents and Narrow Escapes.

Roosevelt, April 29-(Special Core
spondence of The Republican)-To
morrow night the third gate of the dam
Will be colsed, the other two having
been shut during the week and the
third one to follow suit This will be
done under orders from headquarters.
to allow for the passage of 10000
sheep across the lower Salt river The
gates are to remain closed afterwards
till the level of the lake which now
stands at SO feet reaches the 100 foot
mark at which level it will be kept for
the present The height of the lowest
part of the dam has reached 80 feet.
but this covers only few square yards
on the face of the dam on the
O'Rourke side, being built no much
higher just back of it so that it does
not mean that water one foot higher
would go over the dam. The lowest
average for about one-fourth of the
dam stands at about los feet while
one-third stands for about lis feet
While five-twelfths of the remaining
fraction Of the dam will reach 1874 feet
with the highest point at l41 feet; or
an average height for the entire dam
of near 122 feet. The high average
amount of material that has been put
into the dam for the last couple of
months has been maintained during
the last week and stands at the rate
Of 6I5 cubic yards per diem. Every
thing was shut down last Sunday on
account of the necessity of cleaning
out the upper end of the canal which
had become closged up with sand and
debris. To remove this the power had
to be shut off and the canal be allowed
to empty its contents The work was
satisfactorily performed on Sunday
and everything was in readiness to
proceed Monday morning. During the
shut down the sand crusher was over
hauled and worn parts taken out and
replaced with new ones
During the recent rise of the lake
the tunnel through the dam was
spouting out water with the three
gates open at the rate of 5000 second
feet. When the lake reaches the 100
foot mark to which it is the intention
to raise it we will have a body of
water that will cover an area of 1862
acres.
Business at the ferry end of the lake
is increasing rapidly and at the present
rate Of increase it will be necessary TO
put on another ferry as the one in
operation is being pushed to the limit
with the amount of business passing
over it. Captain Depew had his hands
full this morning as between the hours
of $50 o'clock and 1870 there were
no less than sixteen loads of horses
and material transported over.
Yesterday the launch while crossing
the pond encountered a drifting log
with broken rudder as the result.
The damage was soon repaired how
ever and the game of crossing was
proceeded with faster than ever to
make up the lost time
The ferry man gets a chance to
laugh once in a while however. He
has tent pitched near the landing
10 which he can retire during lack of
business and keep out of the hot sun.
also using it, to store his parapher-
MALTA while not in use. Today how
ever was very windy and a number of
Indians, sGuaws and papooses with
few horses to make up the band were
congregated between the tent and the
river when there came a sudden in
crease Of force in the wind tearing the
tent from its foundation and rolling
IL through the bunch of Indians and
their accoutrements on into the river.
The way those happy families got out
Of there and from under the rolling
tent was laughable in the extreme
while the horses never stopped till they
had made the blacksmith shop at the
top of the hill.