The daily sentinel., 1913-10-22
YEAR AGO TODAY
WHEN GROUND
WAS BROKEN
Tremendous Progress Has Been
Made on Project in Past
Twelve Months.
~ NE year ago today the first
spadeful of earth which started

~ NE year ago today the first
L spadeful of earth which started
the construction of the high
line reclamation project. was turned
by David w. Aupperle OF this city. at
the time the special train was run
from this city to the location OF the
government camp above Cameo.
Today the project stands 1919 per
per cent completed. A total of $780,
900 has been expended on construc-
tion work alone, one tunnel has
been completed and is 3.723 feet in
length. the second tunnel has been
bored l,l32 feet and work has just
started on the third tunnel, small
gang beginning work on the adit be-
tween the two portals Monday. The
diversion dam has been started and
the first five miles of canal is 40 per
cent complete under the Reynolds
Ely Construction company contract,
with 224.O0O cubic yards of earth
removed A total of 345 men are on
the regular pay roll today, and the
project is under full swing without
a hitch In any department and every
indication that the government will
never call q halt until the water
ltrickles back into the Grand river
/ from che last waste ditch. some 40
miles west of the diversion dam. just
four miles from the Colorado-Utah
| line.
Under Project Engineer J. H.
Miner the work has gone ahead like
machine, Engineer l.. A. Mcconnell
III charge at the construction camp
has carried his work on In the same
perfect manner and In the local recla-
nation offices the service has been
the best possible. Chief Clerk r. e.
Mills has the office work down to a
scientific system and with his help
ers has facts and figures SO we'll in
hand that any question about the
project can be answered correctly In
moment. 1t Is splendid working
body and Henry Seidemann, govern,
ment fiscal Inspector, who Is hero
this week is finding everything to his
liking
A year ago when the first earth
was turned some people were inclin-
ed to be skeptical and insisted that
delay would follow delay and that 1t
would be years before government
swung into a pace that counted. In
stead the governments orders were
given to start at once, as the people
now know and the stride has been
increased until at the present time
there is a perfect whirr OF activity
all through the reclamation field
here The first years work has
been satisfactory to every one and
not a person has been heard to muir
mur a complaint for months. 1t is
an emphatic proof of the business
like intentions of the new secretary
OF the interior.
| Work was started this week on
the third tunnel. An adit Is being
bored midway between the east and
west portals and will be used as an
air shaft and eventually work will be
carried on from different headings,
both sides of the adit and each end
of the hill to be tunneled. This tun-
mel will be under active construction
as soon as the work has been fully
authorized.
The high line work has changed
the entire physical aspect of the
Cameo section Once 1t was the
most deserted section of Mesa coun-
ty. A years activity has made 1t
widely known throughout western
Colorado and now roads are worn
deep with dust by heavy laden wag-
ons and monstrous horse and mule
teams toiling to and fro. From Gun
i UP to sunset the canon is a clash
and a clang of activity.