El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
DOUBLE SHIFTS
WORK on FLUME
New Officers Chosen by
Royal Elephants at
elephant Butte

Elephant Butte, n. NJ, Nov. PA
day and night shift are now at work
putting in concrete on the flume. The
last step in the construction Of this unit
Of the work has begun. The flume will
carry 10000 cubic feet Of water per
second when filled to its maximum ca
pacity. 1t VIII be the greatest nume in
America. it is said.
A meeting OF the order Of the Royal
Elephant was held in the hall of the
official quarters and new officers were
elected as follows; DR.. J. Dale Graham.
chairman; Harry Stanton, secretary;
Swan T. Olsen, treasurer. The retiring
officers are: Thomas Matson, chair
man: Howard Leslie, secretary. and
Swan T. Olsen, who was reelected
treasurer
This is a social order of camp, and
to il is credited the many social func-
tons enjoyed by the people here New
members are being Initiated from time
TO time and branded with the star and
crescent
Mr. and Mrs. W. n. Reed. Of FL Paso.
nave arrived IN camp and VIII remain
here until Thanksgiving. This is Mrs
Reeds first visit here since August
Work on the grading for the double
track from the sandstone quarry near
Ash canyon bridge to the cable ways
near the end Of the track, is now be-
ing conducted at two places Near the
quarry the spOls from the quarry are
being dumped on the lower side Of the
railroad Of the present railroad en-
bankment- Near the office building
Kris Kitchener and a gang are re-
moving several hundred cubic yards Of
rock on the north side Of the track and
making a I'LL with the eXcavated ma
terial in office canyon.
Mrs. l. J. Charles was at home" to
number of her friends and a pleasant
time was enjoyed by all. Cards were
the form Of amusement
The Card club held its meeting at
the home of Mrs James Deering Faun-
tlerOy on Wednesday afternoon
Swan T. Olsen, fiscal agent. and Les
ter n. MOntieth have returned from
visit at the home Of Robert Martin at
Cuchilio Their families who had
been visiting there also have returned
A billiard table has been purchased
and set Up in the official quarters. This
cost s225. and the money was was
raised by subscription.
Lee Olds has completed the sand
chute and sand bin which has been
erected TO facilitate the handling of
the sand from the sand bank on the
east side-ef the river TO the concrete
work on the flume
Jasper Ferguson has several teams
hauling lumber from the end of the rail-
road to the sites for the towers on both
the east and west sides Of the river.
These are all heavy timbers, as the
towers have TO support enormous
weights Wuen the cdDl6S are SLEeLcleQ-
A platform Is being built near the
coal chutes and upon this platform viii
be stored a supply Of eight carloads Of
coal. should the company ever get
enough coal ahead TO fill the orders at
this place. The coal received here is
shipped from the Gallup field.
Engineers Charles and Stanton have
been engaged designing.a mixing plant
for mixing the concrete to be used in
building the dam The final plans for
this mixing plant are not yet decided
upon but it is the policy of the service
TO make such design a considerable
time before the plants are needed.
Tom Williams, who was recently
hurt by being struck on the leg with
q stone which rolled down the hill while
he was at work on the flume, is much
improved and viii soon be able to re-
turn to work.
Mrs. MacIntyre viii entertain the
Embroidery club on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs W. NJ Reed Of FL PasO
were entertained at dinner in the home
Of Herbert YeO, and spent the evening
a the home Of Chester Wells. where