Arizona republican., 1909-06-06
ROOSEVELT
 DAM WORK One End Of the Structure Has RGaCheda HeightOf l62Ft CEMENTING THE TUNNEL
There Has Been no Diminu- ton in the Volume of the Water Flowing Over Dam. Story of a Voyage Around the Lake.

Roosevelt, June 3.-CSpecial Core spondence of The Republican, )-The south end of the dam is now at an elevation of 162 feet, while the dis tance from one end of the concrete work to the other end on the top is $50 feet long. Cementing of the tun- mel will be begun tomorrow. Pre- paratory work of forms, etc, having become far enough advanced to al- low the concrete force to begin opera tions. Three lines of five foot pipe are to be placed at the low pat of the dam at about an elevation of 110 feet, to allow the passage of surplus water so that the work on the dam can be continued at that point. These pipes are to extend through the dam, into and through the abuttment, and empty under the spillway. 4 tunnel is to be put through the rock at the north end of the dam at about the same eleva- tion as the three five-feet pipes, and is to be nine feet in diameter.
 We wish to correct a couple of errors We unwittingly made in our last article, owing to having received the information from unrelia ble
 
 ly put right by the head engineer. The first was to the effect that the government intended to cement the balance of the power canal that is not already cemented, some sixteen or seventeen miles long. This extra work is not contemplated at all as it would not be advantageous enough to balance the large amount of money that would have to be expended to do the work, and is not at all necessary. Our next error was in saying the government had the construction of the bridges over the spillways to do This work is part of the contract to be carried out by O'Rourke 6 Co, and will be constructed of iron and cement All in all O'Rourke & Com pany are good for at least ten months work here yet.
 The water is still passing over the dam without any diminishing as to quantity, showing that as large volume is coming in from the head waters as is going out daily.
 Tie last three days here have been scorchers and have had a tendency towards making us wish we were the ice man. Unfortunately we are not and will have to patronize him to the tune of 2c per pound or go without. Water coming out of the hydrants is nearly hot enough to scorch a chicken and certainly too hot to take a bath. As for the latter, however, there is plenty of cold water in the lake, half a mile away from us. The merchants here, owing to the great demand, have had to put in a line of bathing suits as an addi- ton to their stock of goods. A good many of the boys, however, are not waiting for the tardy arrival of the suits, but bedeck themselves in the soft shades of evening as a bathing costume, which answers their pur- pose just as well and keeps down the expense of hiring or paying for a more modern covering.
 Last Sunday three of us made the trip, starting opposite the new town, on the lake, and going to the clay hills on the further side of Eddy flat; thence up to Windy Hill and back to our starting point below the new town, boating it for a distance Of some eight miles, all being good at the oars and taking turns at handling them. The lake was pretty rough, but nevertheless the trip very enjoyable All returned dead tired. This covered only a small part of the lake. and goes to convince us that the lake is a large enough affair to make it an impossibility to circle the entire body of water in day with a row boat. To accomplish this would take one over a course of at least thirty-one miles.
 Campers are passing Roosevelt daily in outfits of one, two and three