Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-20

earn additional renutsersdion. are
fonEEaa mon as perile. He was thu
only available man with sufficient!
knowledge. it is claimed, TO nave pro-
nnrIv handled such an undertaking.
M work did not interfere with the
dnttiae of his own office, as he acted
- che capacity of general supervisor.
- vas a matter requiring a know
ledge of that work, not time. He
"a tbc experimenting but the actual
work was carried out under the per-
soral direction Of assistants.
rho MANY excellent features of the
building are pointed out aA
nroof of the wisdom of the capitol
Commission in selecting Mr.. Lea to
slperiutend the project. Ills dis
coverV of the false start made in
foundation work and his designing
of the reinforced concrete t~ootings,
i g FAMED as one thing in which he
eaved the state thousands of dollars.
TIC ventilation and u steam
circulation systems in the state house
are of his design.
The last report Of the engineers
denartment shows a number OF pro-
iectsin the western part OF the state
all of which are peihs rdllieu GUY
in accordance with the ADVICE OF the
danortment. -Hydrographlc surveys
Of tha rivers and streams of the state
oro being made as rapidly as pos
sible and will shortly be completed:
The Sioux Falls drainage dltch ana
tba plans for certain brloges In sui
" cn1rlnty are pointed out as recent
york done under the supervision OF
thn engineer and the department. has
on hand at the present ume oVer a
hundred other drainage Propositions
Mr. lea is also credited with interest
no eastern capital in the big con
templated projects on Rapld and
Royeider creeks in the Black Hills.
O, Fl. Gordon of h census bureau
in Washington, who was III Pierre
a short time ago, after irrigation
| figures, said the South once
of the engineer was n OF the hhest
in the United states.
The report of the state capitol
commission on OCTOBER o. A'oo' H"S
the
"The commission reports with
saitsfaction that T mad arrange
ments with Mr.. Samuel H. Lea, state
engineer of irrigation, to act as
SUPERINTENDENT of CONSTRUCTION ana
Supervising engineer in behalf OF me
state during the CONSTRUCTION Oh Inc
capitol building. a position OIL great
RESPONSIBILITY and requiring Speclal
fitness. training and skill, as we'll as
frmness courage and unquestioned
integrity
The report goes on to state Why
Mr.. Lea was employed ana no" me
state not only secured a maj emf
nently fitted for the position, put at
about one-half the expense any other
applicant for the position would nave
been to the state.
In addition to supervising the con-
struction of the new capitol building
at Pierre. the state engineer per-
formed the following work In con-
nection thereWith:
LAYING out a sewer system for the
capitol building, making speclhca-
tons for the same and SUPERVISING
the construction thereof.
Making typographical survey n
man of capitol grounds.
Drawing up specifications n
supervising the construction or an
artesian well on copitol grounds.
The above designated work was
done without any extra
therefor and without expense to the
state. The artesian we'll is one OF
the best constructed wells in the
state; it has an inner cas1ng or cast
iron. through which the water passes
to the surface. This we'll furnishes
a flow of water amounting to over
1900 gallons per minute. A large
quantity of gas is also furnished.