El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

suspended the details Of the project
were perfected, The railroad from
Butte Junction to Elephant BuIte
(about u miles of regular noun am am
construction was cross sectioned ana
nreDared for contractors to bid on
fThis work was started at once upon
the settlement of the land question:
and pushed with all poSSlDIe sPee sao-
1t viii be easily seen that the prog
ress of the Job dates from the time
that transportation by rail- was esIaD-
lished. 7,,.x
Rutte on March 2, 1911 Construction
work was being hurried on camp build,
ings and warehouses with ma leI IA
hauled in by wagon from EnSle- 4 cIty
had TO be established for V OrklnS
force of 500 or 900 men This means
a population of from 1900 20 t6VO.
Pure water supply, sewer systems,
and quarters had to be provided
as well as police systems co
UcatfonaI and amusement enterprises
The duarterhouses, mess halls, etc,
must necessarily be good, for men VIII
not stay in a place Where llNlnS -
hardship and work is the only feature
The Camp n Real City.
The camp has two churches, lodge
of the L o. o. NJ, ana the Me1lah Ia "a
borers have a lodge OF their own Inc
quarters for the Y NJ c. A, operates
a moving picture show ana an ice
cream parIOr at a small profit and a
general mercantile store, where gro
plus the expense OF handling ana q
small profit The prices compare In
a general way with Ell PasO prices.
Cottages, etc. for the employees are
rented at rates that will repay the
first cost by the time the camp IS
disbauded in all cases except Where
the buildings will be portion OF the
permanent plant Such DulloInSS WI
L,1
ing construction of the dam, and the
rest by rental to the employees VINO
will remain after the dam IS 1lnlsned-
There are three school houses, en-
Moving four teachers, the largest
school system in Sierra county.
The Wells Fargo Express Co, has
an office here, there Is a regular post
office, a branch of the Western Union
TaIeeraDh Co. and the telephone sys-
fem TO provfde means of communica-
tion with the outside world
Actual Work Begins 1911
Actual work was begun on the con-
struction of the river diversion, or
fIume, in February, 1911, before the
of the railroad The river
was diverted into the 1lume on NO
vember 6, 1912 This nume is 1900
is is feet deep. With water Il feet
deem (for which it was deSigned) 1t
will carry 10000 second feet, and when
running full will carry 10000 second
seeing that it does not slOp over the
sides in places and undercut the struc-
ture
The flume will carry an amount of
water equal to any of the floods of
which there is record, with but one ex-
ceDtion A chance is taken that an eX-
cessive flood will not occur during the
two years it is necessary to carry the
river through it, but there is no tell
ing what may happen. Doubtless |
larger floods than the one of 1904 have
occurred in the past, and may occur
again. but by providing for the capac-
lty OF all but one of the floods, II
would seem safe to say that the con-
struction work viii be above the river
bed, and independent of flood, unless /
It should happen this coming fall
Water will do no serious damage il I
1t does not occur before the lam is
founded on bed rock across the old |
river channel
Part of Main Dam Built.
In the construction of the flume a
section of the main dam was brought !
up TO river level and is used as a por- Z
lion OF the waterway. This portion 1
contains 25,300 cubic yards of concrete,
and constitutes about percent of the /.
total concrete to be placed.
nile the flume was under cOnstruc- !
non, work was progressing on the /!
power plant, galloway system, mixing /
plant, crushing plant, sand cement /
)Iant, opening of quarries, power and |