El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27

the concrete. The railroad between
! the sandstone quarry and the dam
I site is now being double tracked This
Is in order that there may be no delay
OF traffic as trains will later be run
day and night between the sandstone
quarry and the dam site. The Spring
canyon bridge, not being wide enough
Tor two tracks, an interlaced double
track has been laid on the bridge and
near the store house railroad track
scales have recently been installed
At the present time the Santa Fe
I gives a tri-weel1ly service on the
! branch railroad from Butte Junction
on the main line into this place
I motor car owned by the reclama ton
] service is used to carry the officials to
Z and from the Junction, as no passen-
ger service is yet provided by the rail-
road.
An express office is promised for
/ this place in the near future.
The Camp Water supply.
The water supply OF the camp flows
/ by gravity from two large concrete
I water tanks one situated on one OF
the highest points in the vicinity OF
the upper camp, holding 100000 gal
Ions while the other, located on the
nil above the town, has a capacity Of
! 10000 gallons. The former was built
I in 1903, but was not used until last
| year, after the completion Of the well
/ at the town, from which the water is
pumped into these tanks by means Of
I a 80 horsepower gasoline engine.
There Is no scarcity Of water here.
/ The camp is well supplied with fau-
I Gets and hydrants- A good system OF
I fire protection has been installed.
steel Bridge Constructed
Within the past year a steel bridge
Of six spans OF 80 feet each was built
across che river at a location below
the dam site and above the town 1t
Is the only bridge across the Rio
Grande in Sierra county. This bridge
was necessary 10 transport materials
I TO the west side Of the river as well
n ~n.r.fsr
pleted June 26, 1911 From the west
end Of this bridge a road wSs con-
structed the past summer 10 the site
for the embanhment, which is to be
built about a mile northwest from the
dam. This ennban kment- is to close q
gap between the hills and prevent the
water OF the reservoir from flowing
through II. This road serves as a part
Of the main road from Engle to Gu I
chillO.
Twenty Miles OF Wagon Roads.
Altogether the reclamation service
has built about % miles Of wagon
four and one-half miles was built
within the past year
Some OF these roads may later be-
come a part OF the Canine Real from
II Pasos Texas, TO Trinidad. Colorado
Telephone system.
A telephone system was installed
I here last summer. There are IS phones
in use here. A branch Of this sytem
DAAEuA1 AOuL mics Out the ULalCA ran
road to the top Of the hill This was
built in order that incoming trains
may be able. to call the reclamation
office and secure clear track be-
fore starting down the hill. Thus all
danger Of collisions can be avoided.
Five Towers Practically Completed.
Five Of the six towers are prac-
ucally completed. 1t required much
work to excavate for the foundations
OF these towers The three towers on
the east side Of the river are com
pleted, their height being so feet. One
OF the three on the west side Of the
river remains to be built Each OF
these is to be l25 feet
From these towers steel cables will |
be stretched across the river, a dis
tance OF 1926 feet On these cables
travellers viii run for the placing Of
concrete in the dam.
Flume Excavation Work.
Excavation for the flume was begun |
In February and completed in Decem-
Der, 10000 cubic yards of material !
mostly stone, having been eNcaVated. /
Much Of this material was dumped in /
the river, above and also below the I
dam site forming two Golfer dams /
The upper one is Sc feet high and viii /
be used to divert the water Of the I
river into the flume. The lower one !
is p feet in height and VIII keep the /
water from flowing up to the dam site 4
on its exit from Tine flume-
COnereting the FIume.
work cOncreung the fIume. About rs
percent, or 3400 yards OF concrete.
has already been poured The flume /
Is 1000 feet long and has a slope OF
four and fOur-tenths feet in the en-
tire length, and viii carry 2O.009 cubic
Ieet Of water per second. This flume /
VIII be used as a bypass for the river
during the laying OF the foundation OF
the dam
No work has as yet been done on
the excavation for the foundation of
the dam. The flume must be com
pleted before work on the dam proper
The Dam Proper.
The dam viii be 196 feet on the
bottom. Bedrock is 65 feet below the
present surface Of the river. The eIe-
viii be 200 feet above the present Z
river bed This road VIII be 10 feet
wide and have parallel walls on both /
sides. The SIDE facing the reservoir
VIII be solid to prevent waves from
breaking through, while the wall on
the lower side viii contain openings
to allow any water that may gain en-
trance from rains or excessive waves
OF solid Concrete.
The dam viii be OF solid concrete /
and the entire length. measuring along
the roadway. viii be 1900 feet
A custom which no one seems in
clined to answer is; How long viii
II require TO complete the Elephant
Butte dam
In such mammoth structure many
and complicated conditions
are sure to occur The work on the
Tune was greatly delayed on account -
Of a big flood OF the Rio Grande In
October.
The Canal Survey.
A canal survey viii be started in
he Palomas and Rincon valleys in the
rear future a surveying party left
lere about 10 days ago in charge OF
Herbert w XeO, engineer, to make a
topographic survey Of the RincOn val
ey.
Under i. c. HIS Supervision.
The Rio Grande project is under the
supervision of Louis c. Hill with
headquarters at Phoenix Mr. Hill mas
.harge Of the southern division Of the