El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-29
OFFICE BUILDING
AT DAM OCCUPIED
District Engineer Reed In
spects Work at Elephant
Butte

Elephant Butte, N. NJ, April %
District engineer W. M Reed, of FL
Paso, has been here the past two days
on a tour of inspection. This is MS
first visit here since the offices have
been moved into the new office build
ing. on the hill, from the house tents
on the flat. The tents have the past
week been used as club rooms. The
order of the Royal Elephant held It's
late meeting there. The Victrola has
been moved into one of these tents ana
concerts are being given frequently
and are greatly enjoyed.
Rapid progress is now being made
on the cottages. A large force OF
men is employed on the different lines
of work in connection with the erec-
ton of these cottages and from pres
ent indications It will be but short
time before they are completed The
house tents are already getting pretty
warm.
Swan t Olsen, fiscal agent for the
reclamation service, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in Salt
Lake City, Utah, is expected home in
few days. His family may remain
a week or more longer. During Mr.
Olsen's absence jay Brown, who re-
Gently came from Montana, has acted
as fiscal agent
IT,.
has moved his goods from FL Paso to
this place and will temporarily occupy
a house tent on"Slob hill" until the
new cottage, which is being built for
him on the hill, is completed. Mrs
Coghlan and son will arrive here Sat
urday from Ell Paso.
Rev Mr.. Huff of Rincon, preached
in the house tent at the townsite
Wednesday evening. Rev. DR.. Gass, OF
Albuquerque was here over Sunday. the
guest of DR.. J. Dale Graham. A much
needed equipment for the work is an
organ and a movement has been
started which assures the purchase
. of an instrument. Twenty dollars
were subscribed for this purpose and
committee Of three, with Daniel Tay-
lor as chairman, was appointed to So
licit the remaining required amount.
Rev. Mr. Mordy has arranged that
during his absence in the near future
| services shall be held regularly. Two
! of the ministers who will preach here
during that period are Rev.Mr. Meeker,
OF Rincon. and Rev. Mr.. Irwin of So
zorro.
A number Of men have been at work
moving a dinkey engine from the rail-
road terminal to the track across the
river, where it will be used in hauling
out excavated material for the founda-
ton for the flume This is being ac-
| comlished by laying a few feet Of track
and by pulling up the track in the rear
and taking it forward. The route is
| through the camp, Ash canyon, and
then down the river about a quarter
Of a mile to the temporary bridge
Quite number Of families have re-
Gently moved to the townsite-
Work on theAnew bridge being built
by the Midland Bridge company over
the Rio Granjie about one-fourth of a
mile below the damsite is now in prog
ress. The piling is now being driven.
Some difficulty is being experienced on
account of high water.
Regular church service at the tent
! day evening at 1880
/ Mr.. and Mrs William n. Hall left
| here Friday for Brownsville. Texss
where they will make their new home.
Mr.. Hall came here last September
| from Washington, D. c., to take po-
sition as draughtsman with the re-
/ clama ton service. He was month
ago offered a position as drainage
engineer with the agricultural depart
ment for the south Texas field, with
headquarters at Brownsville.
Four men have been engaged the
past few days repairing. roads in the
| AInIHcOldAO NiCAA1ly VI S1i1iP- Inc "O-iN
/ has been principally filling up ruts and
| shoveling off small stones from the
| road.
The telephone system at the damsite
| is now in operation.
Mr. Welsh. better known as
| Mickey" has finished the "ranchers'
road" and is now working on the road
| into the spillway at the west end OF
| the dam
/ The new powder house has been
| completed. 1t is situated about one
half mile from camp out among the
! hills to the west.
I o. L. Brice, of Bakersfield, Cal. has
| lately been employed as foreman OF
a construction gang.
NEAT WASH TIES.
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