Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-20
MECHANICAL COAL
STOKER INSTALLED
At BIG dam
Gravity Device Which Auto
matically Carries Fuel
From Under Railroad
Tracks Into Boiler Firebox.


Especial Csrrsspoaaesee a. che uesaias
elephant Butte. y. n. Nov eo--
3ood PROGRESS IL being made In franz
Ing the timbers Tor the tower on the
west side OF the river ana this may
have the two ends erected this time
next week and the cross braclnE be-
gun
Work ~ progressing on the power
plant The contractor for the ma
chinery. W. y. Anderson of VI taso.
expects to finish the last OF this
week The work being done By the
United states reclamation service viii
be finished In short time. The lat
ter vet has a coal handling plant to
Install. This will take the coal from
u bin under the railroad switch and
place Il IN the bankers. from which
u will he fed into the mechanical
stokcrs By gravity. The service has
not yet completed the building The
roof n now being placed and the
windows are not In, Considerable
cleaning up will have 60 be done.
The smokestack Tor the boilers N
nearly finished. This VIII be it0 feet
high and has become one OF the con-
apicuous objects about camp. No
date has been set A. Co when the
plant viii De ln operation
nlu run Of Crushed stone.
The bin which holds the stone
from the temporary crusher ana
which VIII be- used In making the
concrete for the flumc " fun Of
crushed rock. sand and eravel "
now being secured Cor work On the
flume from small gravel pit above
the dump for the flume excavation.
but preparations are being made FOR
constructing q bridge from the east
end Of the upper Golfer dam to the
east side OF tn. river. and when this
II done the bis sand and gravel bed
On the east side Of the river viii be-
come available This viii be needed
for concrcting the fiume
Iyaai Unit commenced.
The final unit of the work On the
flume has been begun. the forms for
the concrete are heing erected and
concrete viii be- pourd soon. This
work VIII be started a, the upp' end
and will progress down the fiume.
Most az the excavation has been done
except between stations five and six.
Three derrickS are engaged In clean
Ing NJ and IN fiuishing the eNcava-
ton Ia neat it4sS
James W. .fluE. representing the
MAJ lonal l.sskl and irrlsation Jour
nal of Chicago II here IN the inter-
estE Of his makgfhe
John wyicrs who has been doinE
the boiler work for W r. Anderson,
viii finish and return TO vi Paso on
saturday niEht.
W. j. Heinrltz. OF IN. General
| Eieatric company az schenectady
y. ". u here Installing the switch
board. lie Il An expert ON electrical
machinery.
social UcIa NATION.
Mrs. Rapler x. CoEhlan ploasantl,
entertained the ladies curd club and
the ladies embroldery club. The for
mer was on "Wednesday afternoon
\ when AIosdames Melee Mncintyrc
Blue. Schmalhausen. Montslth. Mat
son. stanton. Fantieroy. Wells. oiscf
and Patton were IN attendance
Dainty refrrshments were served. pf
FRIDAY afternoon the embroidery ciul
met and had jolly time
Mrs. Swan r. OlArn and Two sons
Paul and Lawrence. and Mrs. l. "
Mcntieth. departed on Thursday FOL
"a short visit az the home Of Roher
Martin at Cuchlllo. Mr. and Mrs
Martin rccently removed from EnRle
fran. Was Smashed.
4. NJ. Melee recently received hi
household goods from Art~ria.
number az Mcxicans were engaged q
aid the reclamation service driver
in handling the goods. while takin
some goods INTO the house the TEAM
was isfi with no one To- watch a an'
" started off with piano In IN
wagon n vent a short dlstanc
when the piano tumbled out Tn
box WAS badly smashed hut D fes
scratches wax the only damage 9
the instrument THIS was taken froE
the box ana hauled To- the house
When Mr. Mef3ee went to get tn
bedding which had been wrnppe
about the plano and had been icf
with tho box he found that two o
the Mexican helpers had aone an
taken II with them. sheriff fnsmAl
searched the Mexiean quarters bu
failed 10 find a The next mornin
the bedding war found nicely f0lde'
on the plano hox. having been ~
turned during the night There
comparatively little thieNlns mere an
sheriff Putnam nearly always get
results.
Foundations for Fast Touess.
Good progress h being made
placing the ooncrete Tor the ped"s
, tails aud machinery foundations ~
the east towers
Krlss Kltchner has Returned froi
trip o. the Las faiomaH h'
J Springs. whore he was mneh ben'
fitted la health.
Earl Phllnpp. who Was lncunVen
lenced BY a sore hand for few das
10 ne could not report Tor work. no'
has charge ~ the gang Of earpen
tiers which il erecting the forms 70
concreting the fiume.
Rub sore throat with BAfi.ARD'
SNOW EMINENT one or two a.
pllcntions Will cure u completel'
prte. ake Eao an6 400 uer hotfll