El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-17
BUILDING STANDARD
CAGE ROAD At
DAMS|TE
Good Progress Is Made in
Preparing For Excava-
ton Work.

Elephant Butte, N. NJ, June IL
Good progress is being made in grad
ing the roadbed and laying the ties for
the new standard gage track. which
will be used as a running track for the
trains which will haul the material ex-
cavated from the line Of the flume to
the dumping grounds, more than a
Quarter OF a mile below the dam site.
New cars are expected to arrive in
few days to be used on this track
and they will be handled by two dinky
locomotives, one of which is already
on the west side Of the river and the
other yet remains on the railroad
track near the warehouse. but viii be
taken across the river as soon as the
Midland Bridge company completes the
new bridge across the Rio Grande, a
short distance below the damsite-
It is said that one engine will be
sufficient to do the work until the
bridge Is completed This bridge will
likely be completed in three weeks,
If there is no further retarding of the
work on account Of high water, as that
has been previously the cause Of much
delay. Several crossings will have to
be put in from the working track to
the running track of the railroad
The excavation for the proposed
f1ume is greatly facilitated by the use
Of stiff-1eg derricks. One has been in
operation for some time and another
has only recently been added 1t is
said that four more will soon be in
stalled. The flume will be used as
bypass for the river during the time
of excavation to bedrock and the
building of the dam above the pres
ent river bed
Steady progress has been made on
the excavation for the towers on the
west side of the river. William Hark-
ness is the foreman in charge. Chris
Kitchener, who has had charge Of the
excavation for the towers on the east
side Of the river has lately been trans
ferred to work on the terminal tracks
and switches and consequently little
work has been done on this feature OF
the reclamation work.
The landscape artist is having rlcn
dirt hauled and placed in the little plot
between the office building and the
flag pole and a green sward Will soon
be a pleasing sight to all
The word office" now appears In
letters ten feet high on the roof Of
the new office building. The letters
are in white and appear conspicuously
on the green background These can
be read from afaT.
Postmaster Smith, Of FL Paso, &C
COMMANDED by engineer James a.
French. also Of the Pass City, were
camp visitors on Wednesday, return
ing Thursday.
The scaffolding is UP preparatory TO
the laying of adobes on the ONCE
mems dormitory. This requires extern
sive scaffolding, as the building is to
be two stories high
The raingage here showed precip1-
tation of 35-100 on Monday and
45-lOO of an inch on Tuesday. c. M
Wells is the local observer and has
lately had the raingage and thermome-
ter moved from the flat, in Ash can
yon, 10 a point near his present place
of residence on the hill.
The temporary bridge at the dam
site, which was lately damaged by the
high water, has been partially repaired
and a convenient foot bridge has been
made by spanning the two breaks with
q suspension bridge which rests upon
the parts Of the bridge which stood
the test of the flood. This is a great
convenience, as many Of the employees
work on the west side Of the river.
Mickey" Welsh has a gang Of men
at work on the road from the powder
house to an intersection on the Engle
road, about two miles from camp.
L. D. Clark has his gang of men
at work about the cottages
District engineer Reed left here
Wednesday afternoon for Ell Paso.
The small child of William Arthur,
at the townsite, which has been quite
sick, is recovering.
The foundation for another new
cottage has been poured. This wilt
make 1S cottages in all, four of which
are now occupied. Several others are
almost ready for occupancy.
I<sr %Io
cottages.
The church social to be held Thurs
day night at the townsite has been
postponed until Thursday night, June
p.
The river has been high lately, but
has not reached the late high water
mark.
George MARI and Miss Eta Hambrick
surprised their friends here by going
to Las Cruces, where they were united
IN marriage by Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, pas
tor OF the Presbyterian church.
Miss Kathryn Cotant is assisting the
postmaster, Mrs. Wells, the work Of
the office having SO increased as to
necessitate an assistant
Attorney Porter w. Dent and bride,
Of FL Paso, arrived here Thursday af-
ternoon for a brief visit Mr.. Dent is
the reclamation attorney for this sec
ton
A new cottage is being erected for
the new labor superintendent, r. ].
Schmalhausen-
Ice is now only one cent per pound.
It has previously been sold here at
two cents per pound this summer.
Howard Leslie is mourning the loss
of a fine maltese kitten, which strayed
away from his tent recently.
Regular preaching services at the
townsite on Sunday afternoon at 1
o'clock and an open air meeting will
be held in the upper camp at o'clock
Rev Mr.. Buell. will have charge of the
services.
The continued inclemency of the
weather has greatly interfe-ed with
the tennis tournament. The grounds
are being repaired.