Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-04-28

IN response to an invitation from
the Fairview Milling Company, more
than hundred citizens of the vicini-
ties and towns of Fairview, S. D.,
Canton, S. D., and lnwood, Iowa, met
at the Woodmen Hall at Fairview, on
Monday afternoon, April II, 1911.
The meeting was called to order by
John J. Hamann, president of the
Fairview Milling Co., and at his re-
quest A. G. Pond, secretary of the
company stated the object Of the
meeting. At Mr.. Pond s suggestion
the meeting was turned over to the
gentlemen assembled and on motion
G. G. Dokken, treasurer of Lincoln
county, was made chairman OF the
meeting and w. j. Stearns Of Inwood
was on motion, made secretary OF the
meeting.
The report of the Missouri Valley
Engineering Co. Of Mitchell and Sioux
Falls, was presented by the secretary
of that company, Mr.. r. g. Culbert-
son and was read to the meeting by
Secretary Stearns. The report is as
follows:
To the Stockholders of The Fairview
Milling Co., Fairview, S. d.
Gentlemen: In accordance with the
terms of our contract Of March Is.
1911, we have made an investigation Of
the proposed hydro-electric develop
ment on the Big Sioux River at Fair
view and have to report as follows:
Field work on this project was be-
gun on March lS and com pleted March
81. This work included topographic
survey giving the locations of the
present dams, the site of the proposed
dam, the buildings of the Milling Co.
and of the two flow lines shown on
the accompanying map (Scale u, 2OOO
which is made part of this report.
The one in red shows the extent of
the water rights secured by Mr.. Pear
son by the construction OF = dam,
and the one in orange the amount Of
land which will be submerged by the
back water from the proposed l6' dam
to be constructed just east of the pres
ent location of the mill.
Our field work included also the
cross-sectioning of the river at the
site of the proposed dam, measure
ments Of the street, and borings to
determine the nature OF the founda-
tion for the dam. The location of
these test holes is shown on the ac-
companying map (Scale I',5O). The
first of these borings was made about
fifty feet west of the mill between
the mill race and the south bank OF
the river and the hard blue clay was
found at depth Of about feet.
However, at all other holes sand and
gravel we're found at about the same
elevation as the bottom of the river
and extended in depth of from seven
to fourteen feet. Our Investigations
show that it will be impossible to
place the dam on hard clay founda-
tion and it will be necessary to con-
struct reinforced concrete dam with
a core Of sheet steel piling.
Measurements of the stream were
made and the discharge was found to
be about 3OS cubic feet per second.
With head of sixteen feet this will
develop $50 theoretical H. p. or 4O3
delivered at an efficiency of 72 per
cent. This is equivalent to 3Ol K. w.
These figures are for a period Of two
weeks only and of course would not be
applicable for an entire year. In the
preliminary investigation made by
our Mr.. McHugh on February 22nd of
this year, the discharge was found to
be only 125 cubic feet per second,
which would develop with the same
head 1854 II. P or 122 K. w. delivered.
We are informed by old time resi-
dents who are familiar with the river
conditions that this stage of water Is
the lowest for twenty years and that
at normal low water the discharge
would be about 500 cubic feet per
second, which will develop at II per
cent. efficiency SIP Fl. p or 427 K. W.,
delivered.
From these figures it will be seen
that with the exceptions of times of
unusual low water minimum OF 400
K. w. can be developed by the water
plant alone and by using at the same
time the auxiliary plant a minimum
of 773 X. w. can be maintained. In
case of extremely low water-as for
instance when only 122 K. w. can be
developed by the water plant-the
steam plant which Is rated at 373 K.
w. should be capable Of carrying an
overload OF SO per cent. making a to-