The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-19
Former President Is Chief Fig,
ure at Picturesque Scene
in Arizona.
Continued Prom Page One.

Roosevelt grouped themselves below.
President Orme introduced Governor
Sloau as chairman and the latter in
turn presented all speakers.
Those who spoke were Lewis Hill,
engineer of the project; c. J. Blanch-
ard Of the reclamation service, who
read letter from DIR. Newell, and Dr.
B. A. Fowler, president of the Ma
tional Irrigation congress.
Bishop Atwood led the spectators IN
the Lord s prayer, and later pronounced
the benediction.
Along the top of the dam. graceful
standards, bearing electrical globes,
had been erected and Miss Roosevelt
set these aGght by touching button,
the concluding features of the day
Description of Dam.
The Roosevelt dam is situated half a
mile below the confluence of Tonto
creek and upper Salt river. at the head
of a canyon through which Salt river
imposing feature OF the Salt river prof.
ect. tho first one undertaken by the
the provisions OF the reclamation act,
approved by. President Roosevelt June
II, 1902. and after whom the town at
the dam site is named, 1t Is seventy
six miles east OF Phoenix. which is SIT
uated In the center OF a valley OF
which 24o,00 acres is signed to the
Salt River Valley Water Users assocla-
ton. This corporation represents the
farmers IN their dealings with the gov
crnrnent guarantecrn~ payment of the
construction cost OF tho project.
ing It twelve eve miles niles IN . Tonto creek and
thirteen miles UP Salt river nearly TO
what is known as tho intake dam. 400
Eor ffr long & TgS 3as Of tbe eo largest
artificial lake IN the world. Though the
dam Is not the largest In the world, n
is among the, largest. The foundation
river level. It is 235, feet long, be-
tween the canyon walls. and ITO feet
Wide. From the river level TO the crest
the greatest depth of storage possible.
The spillways are bridged and over the
bridges and the ton OF the dam runs
the only highway in that region can
Meeting the mountain country on the
north and south sides Of Salt river.
This roadway is twenty feet above the
high protects the roadway. From the
bottom OF the foundation to the top
stone OF the coping IS 2S4 feet.
Dam Arches Upstream
The dom Is curved. archinE upstream
and at the top Is $50 feet long and 16
are 200 feet wide. so the length. inclusive
OF the bridges over the spillwaYs is 1880
feet The spilways are blasted from the
mountain sides.
The dam contains S3a. 400 cubic yards
OF masonry every stone OF which was
washed before IL was permanently &c :
the dam and auxiliary works 23s,452 bar
rels OF cement were used. all manufac-
tured on the ground at a cost Of Sl.o6S, .
5l? In cement NH erected rec rb by inc me
was 1914 per barrel. as against SI.S9 per
| barrel. the best private bid available when
operations began. The manufacture OF
cement on the ground effected saving
! Of $692. 900
The FIRST stone was laid in the rounda :
ton September 20 1906. The last stone
! February 6. 1911. The upper face Of the
! dam Is almost perpendicular. The lover
face rroE hs bs the T5b 6 IL hgs ras
/ in the foundation TO l6 feet at the ton.
/ No less interesting are the auxiliary
and correlated works. such as the cce-
! generating S000 horsepower. and what is
termed the power canal built to operate
| the nrst unit Of the electric plant ere
ating power for dam construction
Skirting the north end OF the dam. al.
most under .d ths oI apjllwsT aEa, ard Md STive5
liz feet above the river bed. Its sole
mission is to release Irrigation water
when the reservoir shall contain It above
| that elevation. and when IL Is desired to
release a greater quantity than viii come
| through the penstock supplying the power
! The third exit for food water. one that
is most necessary bat win be least used
and the largest OF all. IS known as the
! sluicing tunnel or tunnel No. l. il was
| driven through the solid mountain circllnG
| the south end Of the site at the river
level. before the construction OF the dam
! began Vt will be used for sluicing slit
! II necessary, and for releasing large
! irrigation supply than the penstock fur
| nishes. II needed. when the water eleva
! ton I'm the reservoir is below the entrance
| TO tunnel No, z.
Among the earliest construction fea-
lures was the building OF n freight roaf
f, sixty miles long from Mesa CITY. tnt
nearest available railroad point, 20 the
Roosevelt dam site. OF this. twenty-five
miles Is across desert and thirty-eiSh
miles through the most impressive noun
tain scenery in the west. The road wa:
constructed for permanency and. though