The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-24
YEAR REMkEKkGLE
FOR ENGINEERING
Number of Notable Projects
STANDARDIZATION Will
Have Been Spent.

New York. Dec. o4.--The yea just
drawing to Il close has been remark
able in the number of notable engi-
neering projects instituted or now
Of this category of engineering fents.
both private and public. New" York
city and state have taken ii prominent
place.
Among these are the irrigation
projects Of h United States govern
ment. the Panama canal. the immense
new fresh-watcr Reservoir of New
York city. the enlargement of the
Erie canal. the erection of the GRAND
the Woolworth building. to say moth
ing of the new suhways which arc
to be built i'll New York. The total
expense that will have been incurred
when these great projects have been
pushed to completion will run close
to $1,000. 900. 900.
BY reason of its influence on the
worlds traffic. as We'll as the cngi-
neering difficulties involved. the Pam
mn canal easily takes precedence
over the other construction jobs nam
cd In the matter ot Importance. This
great water highway between the At
lantic and the Pacific oceans was
practically commenced May !. 1904.
when the United States took control
of the canal region. 1t is now nine
ttnths completed. ard will have cost
approximately $500. ""n. 600 when the
great locks + optnrd to ocean traf-
iic during the latter half of 1913.
In point Of uniqu" construction. the
new Woolworth building. now nearly
completed in New York city. perhaps
ranks next. This structure, rising
sheer $50 feet from the street level,
has the distinction of being the tallest
hahitahle building in the world. II
is alone surpassed in height by the
E.iifel tower. Paris. France. which is
$50 feet high. but is nothing more
Il webwork of steel.
Tho Woolworth building has cost
about 100000 1t weighs about
tons. and will have a floor
space suitable for office use of twenty
three acres.
Aside from its unique features.
however. the New York project that
most closely approaches the building
OF the l'ananla canal in magnitude is
tho construction of the immense res
ervoir and aqueduct through which
the city of New York will in 1880 he
provided with fresh water. Work ON
the reservoir was commenced prac-
tically on June ), 1905. a year and
4 half later the actual building Of the
~ VA pS@oiI III tdIiitSt.
The reservoir is located in the heart
of the Catskills. IL miles from New
York. Here a monster dam, known
as the Ahokan dam. has been con-
between two mountains to
form a lake 1879 feet in depth, which
will supply fresh water to the. city. |
This dam is over 200 feet in height
1t its highest part.
TO connect this reservoir with the
city filtration plant an equeduct III
miles In length is under construction.
This tunnel pierces mountains, dives
under the Hudson. river at Storm
new water supply to the city by force
OF gravity. 1t is estimated that 5o0.-
100000 gallons. OF water per day will
supplied to the city when the plant
is In working order. The cost will
approximate 1852. 600, 900.
Scarcely Of less interest is the work
OF widening the historic Erie canal
that it will be suitable for the
transportation of barges. This work
a sanctioned by popular vote in
1908. and when completed i. will be
II IL feet deep and IS feet wide at
bottom. This will allow the tran
of barges 22 2-3 times
than those used when the canal
was first dug.
The original canal was dradged in
1894 at q cost of $4,000. 900; the i'm
provements now under way will cost
s101. 10000 No definite late has
set for their completion.
h new suLways projected by the
New York city public service com !
mission and already under construc-
ton will place this city with the lead
ers of the world in the matter of un-
transit. The total cost of
this new project will be s277,1S6, 600.
Hand In hand with the subways go
elevated roads. for in a hilly ter
ritory like Manhattan and Brooklyn |
road that starts as a subway in one |
place may be an elevated road fur
away.
The total number Of miles of ele- |
waited n subway trackagc in the city |
at present is 1913 miles. When the
Jobs are finished there will he
miles of subway and elevated
No complete summary of the irri- |