Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
DAM INSPECTED BY
PARTY OF ENGINEERS
Messrs. Fitch, Trott, Hinderlider and
Reed Visited Roosevelt on Pleas
urable Business.

Project Engineer C. II. Fitch, with
Howard Reed, canal administrator, at
the throttle of his buzz wagon, and two
other fine gentlemen, went TO Roose-
Welt dam Tuesday morning, return
ing yesterday afternoon via Granite
Reef. The two other fine gentlemen re-
ferred to are NJ. c. Hinderlider and
Frank p. Trott.
1t was merely an inspection trip, but
il was an important one, perhaps more
so for Mr.. Fitch than any other mem
Der of the party, for he is the new local
head of the reclamation service and
had never seen the dam before. He
knew it was there, of course, and had
seen lots of pictures of it. Also, he
knew it was jolly good place for
dam, for he saw the site just before
the laying of the foundation began,
but he thought il was a good idea TO
have an intimate speaking" acquaint-
ance with it, and now he has IL, along
with a personal acquaintance with his
official subOrdinates in those parts. A
very careful inspection of the whole
local situation was made and on his
return Mr.. Fitch said he thoroughly
approved of everything and thinks the
builders are entitled to all the good
things said about them, and lot more,
while the farmers of the valley have
right to be just as proud of it as
they know how TO be.
Mr. Hinderlider made the trip for
various little reasons. all of them be-
ing included in the one big reason that
he went just because he wanted To.
He is a member of the engineering firm
of Fields, Fellows and Hinderlider of
Denver. and there never was an en-
gineer who ever heard of the ROose-
Welt dam who did not want 10 see il
at least once. Another one OF Mr..
Hinderliders reasons for wanting to
see il is that officially he feels a sort
of relationship to the men who built
it, just as a man would feel proud of
good job done by his cousin of his
wife's brother-in-alw Mr.. Hinderlider
was for a long time in the geological
survey, which in a sense was the par
ent of the reclamation service. and
served the government in the survey.
in company with various of the recla-
nation engineers now in the reclama-
ton service. Mr.. Reed is one of them
not ashamed Of Mr.. Hinderlider and
hopes that gentleman can say as much
of him.
Mr.. Trott, as everybody knows, is
the water commissioner of this valley,
under whose direction the various ca
nails are supplied with their irrigation
water. He says he did not go on the
trip officially. but privately as an Off
cial. keeping in mind all the time that
he has more or less to do with the wa
ter business. He had not seen the dam
for two years and concluded il would
be no disadvantage to him to know
just what the facts are. from personal
inspection as well as by hearsay.
He returns very much pleased with
what he saw. He says he is greatly
impressed with the way the govern
ment has looked after every detail
conservation and control. and is pre-
pared against any and every emergency
that can be imagined at this time. He
says it can only add encouragement
for the future of this valley to any man
who will look over the big dam and
the comprehensive works connected
with it. And that he saws is not mere
WOTuS out MS sincere IeellnS IN re-
spect of the perfection of the under
taking and the assurance of continued
prosperity for this valley.
Mr.. Reeds chief purpose in making
the trip was to see that his friends got
over the road in safety. They are all
too valuable men to take airy chance
on and Mr.. Reed after travelling over
the road something less than a thou
sand times has got onto it's curves"
very proficiently. Moreover, he is a
little proud of his new machine and
rather delights in showing people how
we'll a good automobile can behave
when it is properly trained by a firm
but affectionate owner
The return trip was made via Granite
Reef dam, which was also carefully in
spected, and then down the canal boule-
ward to Central avenue via the exca-
vator, and straight home by a dash
over the Central avenue boulevard