Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-10-01
STRANDED At
JOINT HEAD
That Came Near Being Elk
perience Of Engineer Far
ish Who Inspected the
Work Yesterday: Pro
gress Reported Good.

The jinX must be the r. A R
Engineer w. Ad Parish of the re-
clamation service Will sign and swear
to that statement SO viii former
Maintenance and Operation Engineer
Howard Reed
1t was like this FaIish, together
with the r. A. r, the latter being
the representative of The Arizona Re
publican. went forth to view progress
ca the joint head dam and the new
crosscut power house yesterday.
They used the very same automobile
that once belonged to Mr.. Reed, and
the which is distinguished by its
gray color and the name, "USRS5."
That is, they used that car as far
as the power plant site and a little
of the way back. Then with noise
exceeding fearsOmc from the bowela
Of the differential. they ceased to use
that car and became stationary upon
a very dusty stretch Of very dusty
road. Twas q good thing that the
pair, together with little Miss Parish
and Jack Whitney. had dined a. the
mess hall of Whitneys government
camp at the joint head work for the
sun was just setting in a blOod-red
sky over Phoenix way, and the chill
of night would have been all the
more piercing had the stranded way
farers not taken nourishment since
lunch 1t looked like a long tramp
to the camp for mules. so Whitney
set out thitherWard. He had not been
gone long however, when Bud Norton,
of the Mesa Auto company, happened
along with his big car and a good
hundred-foot cable. Add the good
car to the lame car and you get
motion That is what this bunch got |
and after towing the disabled wagon |
&c the camp the big bus was filled |
with passengers and pushed on into |
town.
That which causes old Number > !
to be left in the road simply must be !
the unlucky presence of the r. a. r. |
For this is the second time he has |
had to Walk-or nearly so. when bad |
luck came hopping along.
Joint Head Progress
The joint head dam is being pre- |
pared for the forms, With the addi- |
ton Of o large centrifugal pump Just |
lately put in share. the workmen viii !
row be able to work at the founda- |
tons. the water seepage now being |
under control. Less than five min
utes' demonstration run with the big
suction apparatus last evening drain
ed the stump, and when a short
trench is dug, the larger pump will
be in position TO lower the water in
the foundation cut
With the water out Of the way,
the workmen will cut through the
nine feet of sand to the bed of big
cobblestOnes, on which the structure
is TO be founded. When all these
preliminaries are out of the way. the
outfit can start putting in the forms
and then the job will last but the
three weeks necessary for pouring
and the week or so needed for fin
ishing.
At the Powerhouse
Martin. OF Martin & GiIlas. showed |
the party over the work in the pow
er house site at the new crOsscut
He evinced much satisfaction at the
way the work was going and pre-
dicted a speedy lob. The hole has
been cleared Of all the debris carried
in by the recent Paradise Valley flood
and the forms for five of the big
turbine holes have been constructed
From a small platform above con |
crete viii be poured into the forms
for the foundation of the house. max
ing it uniform. and strong. as Wen
as economically built.