Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-18
IT'S one OF
WORLDS WONDER;
Roosevelt Dam Official.
Opened by Ex-President
Roosevelt
WILL RfGLAIh 100000 AGREi
1t Has Cost Twenty-Five Live
and Eleven Million
Dollars

Dollars
Phoenix. Ariz.. March 1S-Co.ona
Roosevelt and party arrived At Phoe
nix at o'clock this morning ant
left Immediately with his parties il
automobiles for the Roosevelt reser
iyoir. seventy miles west where tht
formal dedication will take place
"A o'clock this afternoon A large
number Of citizens Of Phoenix accom-
panied the party. Colonel Rooseveit't
main speech IN Arizona will be made
at Phoenix On Monday, when, it is
! believed, h VIII point out the defects
OF the Arizona constitution and con.
denim them, advising Arizona TO for
mulate new and mos4 conservative
fundamental law. The former Presi
dent and family Will spend Sunday
afternoon at Mesa, where Archie
Roosevelt is attending school.
i Roosevelt DispIeased.
Phoenix. Ariz., March 18.-ConsiGer-
able interest was aroused here by
the report that Colonel Roosevelt, not
+, satisfied with the new constitution
of Arizona, intends to voice his dis
d. pleasure in his speech on Monday.
Description of Dam.
Phoenix, Ariz., March 1S.-The
Roosevelt dam reclamation project,
which is scheduled to be officially
d opened by Colonel Roosevelt today, IS
s. situated half mile below the conflu-
o ence of Tonto Creek and upper Salt
e river. at the head of canyon
t through which Salt River flows for
many miles 1t is the most imposing
1t feature OF the Salt River project the
II first one undertaken by the United
a States Reclamation Service under the
Il provisions of the Reclamation Act, APP
= proved by President Roosevelt June
'S n 1902, and after whom the town al
- the dam site is named. 1t is 76 miles
= east of Phoenix, which is situated IN
the center of a valley of which 24O,-
:, 600 acres is signed to the Salt River
';s Valley Water Users Association. This
N. corporation represents the farmers III
nm their dealings with the government
he guaranteeing payment Of the construc
rs, ton cost of the project,
nd The dam creates a reservoir extend
w. ing y miles up Tonto creek and /;
miles up Salt River nearly TO wha
ite is known as the intake dam, 400 fee
I'VE long. The capacity of the reservoir
"a il 1.2S4,205 acre-feet, the largest aru
fetal lake in the world. Through th'
or dam is not the largest in the Worlo
OH it is among the largest The founds
llS ton rests on bed rock 40 feet belo'
Tie river level. 1t is 255 feet long, b.
tween the canyon walls, and 40 Zee
iei wide, From the river level to IN
crest of the spillways at either end
the dam, the height is 22O feet, thf
81, being the greatest depth of storas
"a possible. The spillways are bridge
onn and over the bridges and the top
-, the dam runs the only highway
,,,y that region connecting the mounta
ri,.a country on the north and south sld'
and OF SalJ h1'eT. Ihis ioDo""' -
at feet above the highest storage and
lore coming four feet high protects u
sing roadway. From the bottom 9f u
ne foundation TO the top stone 9f lhe co
and inc is 2S4 feet. r.
The dam is curved archlns u
lave stream and the top is $50 feet loi
of and 1e feet ,wfdA The spillways
as either end are 200 feet wide, so Il
lopo+b inclusive of the bridges ov
ers), the spillways, is 1880 feet. The spt
Ways are blasted from the mounta
hem sides.
4 The dam contains 400 cur
( yards of masonry, every stone
beiii which was washed before it was p'
manently cemented in place. In I
W. construction of the dam and auxllIa
ion' works 9SS,452 barrels OF cement We
used, all manufactured on the sFou
at cost of $1,063 ,542, in ce-ht
li"' mill erected by the government a
= recently sold. The cost was $3.l4
barrel as against $4,S9 per barrel
hest nriyate bid available when ope
49, lo tiops began The manufacture OF
,lnT ment on the ground effected say
of $592,3Oo
,uble, The tlrst stone was ia n
"a vier foundation September 90 1909 ~
clans. last stone was laid on the <opins
BIS of feet above, February 6, 19d, Ine
per face of the dam is yfmost perp
ess is dicular. The lower faft retreats
~ an the pyramids in hugektone steps II
have the width Of ITO fet in the foun
keep ton to 1e feet at tle top. :.
Office. No less interestiag are the auSlll
from and correlated w5rks, such as the
ment mill. thy Aydro-electrlc pa
ion of for generatip< 5000 horsepower
be a what is ter7hed the power cana :
News) "Aa /the first unit of the {
Seek. " opuI oraating power,for dam
have tiio pi.r
s,1rting the north end of the
saga a,nhst under the spillway and Of
Office tnFousn ea4 w ahova the river bed.
Soap1Z' no i u release irrigs
n ton sole mission o.ro;r sbau col
deIphia water "hen W - ard when