The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-22
BETTER THAN EVER.

In the way OF construction until the ex-
eavation for the core and the cement
encouraging rumor down here that the
bunch Of incompetents, known as the
w c; c." is TO be shelved and the
and ability to perform 1t, or the state
viii be compelled 10 do the work. And
II is well known that the land commits
rem of the "W. c. c." to potter along
with their work until they were all dead
or until the thing was busted" had
the taxpayers OF Utah. If reports are
the i e state @ land I' board 5 CO Conduct Of the
bearing fruit. and that the Richfield ag-
gregation is to be let out. And from the
record OF the land board for favoritism.
Incompetence and trickery. The Tribune
members OF the 'W. c. c." do not get
their ecclesiastical paws into the state
treasury and make good their losses at
the expense OF the taxpayers.
Foundation and Dam.
The cement foundation for the core
will be two feet thick at the bottom.
four feet high, one foot thick at the top
and about 500 feet long The core VIII
feet long. and viii be buit from bedrock
up 10 the level of the river bank.
When completed the dam will be 500
feet wide at the base. and about 12o feet
From the river bottom. up to abouty
eighty feet. the length of the dam will
be about $50 feet to 500 feet In length.
1000 feet long, the last ten feet in height
will. at the cast end. be built on The
eruptlve ridge that reaches out to the
spillway. which will be cut through solid
rock.
Until the dam is completed and tho
dirt well settled there are two dangerous
factors which confront the taxpayers.
hc fiycf md LINN oR1t 10 nm
floods caused by freshets, or the collapse
of the Hatch dam when filled with wa
ter. or both freshets and the bursting
found in the fact that much OF the cliff
| which forms the west abutment leans
over the dam and the sinking OF the dirt
may leave crev!ces through which water
may find It's way.
Ii is estimated that the reservoir Will
irrigate about twenty-three thousand
acres OF land three times each season,
and viii be nearly all used on the Cedar
ridge country to the north OF Richfield.
| From the data herein furnished any
taxpayer can can figure out that not more
| has been done. 1t Is reported that $780,
900 has already been paid out, and II that
be the case the dam will cost the tax
| payers at least threequarterS OF MIL
| lion or dollars when the job Is completed.
At present the state is employing about
dozen men and five teams In rlp.rap-
ping, and each man appeared to be doing
| his best TO earn his days wage
So far as known the question Of hy-
draulic slulclng. or teamwork In convey
| ing dirt to the dam. has not been set
| tied. or course the former after the in
| stallation Of the plant would be more ex-
| peditious and would result In a more
| compact laying down OF the dirt, and
would insure greater safety at the juno
| ton OF the dam with the west abutment.
II the building OF the core is postponed
much longer Jack Frost will compel its
deferement until next spring, and that
means that all work must cease until
another year.
Work for the Sanitary Inspector.
The camp OF employees is situated on
| the flat just below the dam The houses.
| tents and feeding places for the horses
are so intermiXed and crowded that sani-
| tray conditions are simply awful. There
| is at least one million flies TO each inha b.
| liant OF the camp, and Is likely to breed
| q pcstilence of typhoid unless the camp
| Is Immediately cleaned UP and rear
ranged. And the greater burden Of the
| conditions. as usual. Is borne by the pa
| tient wives, mothers and daughters who
| do the housework In an atmosphere like
| an oven, and charged with the odor OF
| stables, and forced to fight swarms OF
| ravenous flies while cooking three meals
| per day.
| II each member OF Utah's unsavory
! bouquet Of land commissioners could be
| sentenced to one weeks hard labor over
| a stove at camp Piute with all that It
means, they would sec to it that the
| place Is Immediately cleaned up, and
Justice to the incompetent bunch would
| be partially satisfied. ]. r GIBBS.
| Marysyale. Utah. Aug. 20. 1910,