Arizona republican., 1913-11-08
RAPID PROGRESS ON NEW
 CROSSCUT POWER HOUSE
Penstocks Stand Most Satisfactory Test-Thirteen Cars of Machinery
 New on Hand.

Construction work on the new cross cut power house north of Tempe and near the new state highway, under the charge of Martin and Gillis. is moving aIing unusually fast at present, and the plant will be running within ten months The penstocks and headgates above the power house are now com plete Work just now is centering around the power house proper, where q good start has been made towards the erection of the walls. Machinery for the plant while it will not be in stalled for possibly a month or more, is arriving on the ground almost daily now, 13 car loads having been received to date
 Work on the two seven foot concrete penstOcks has been in progress since last spring and was brought to close short time ago. A few days later came the final work on the headgates and gate house for the pipes, thus leaV- ing everything above the power house ready for immediate service. The results obtained from the pen stocks when they were recently tested before being accepted from the con tractors, by being filled with water to the top, is largely due to the watchful care and attention given this work by Ad. Parish, the well known government engineer who supervised the construc- ton work. With total force of 65 tons on the bulkhead at the end of the pipe. each sustained a hundred foot head of water and neither of the pen stocks showed dampness on the out , side
 The concrete pouring for the six wheel pits, each 20 feet in diameter and 10 feet high inside measurement, was completed last Monday. The pouring for the two eXciter pits was also fin ished at that time.
 Work is now progressing rapidly on the outside walls of the power house, about 5 feet being in place now. When finished the walls will stand about 40 feet high The power house is to be fire proof. being built entirely of rein forced concrete with the doors and windows constructed of fire proof metal
 Thirteen car loads Of the heavy ma chinery for the plant have arrived and are unloaded. An interesting feature in connection with the unloading is that the use of horses are entirely dis
  chinery is placed on very heavy wide tired trucks which are hauled thOus- and feet or more by cable and engine to the place of unloading. Owing to the great weight and bulk of some of the single pieces of machinery. it is quite doubtful if a 20 or 30 horse team could move them. At the present time the only material on the ground are the larger parts for the turbines, the six generators and the two exciters. COVernm ent supervision over the work on the power house is now in charge of w. R. Elliott employed by the Salt River Valley Waters Users association. Under his directions q corps of assistants is constantly run ming lines and grades and watching ev- cry detail of the construction work as it progresses, to insure it's strict com pliance to plans and specifications
 Martin and Gillis are now working a force of about 125 men. Four fifths of these are skilled laborers, machinists carpenters and engineers. The rest are being used for general routabout du- ties, mainly on excavation and cement
 work
 The entire work on the power house and it's auxiliarfes is being ae- cOmplished under the most careful scrutiny of the Water Users associa- tiOn, regular visits being made to the plant by Messrs. Orme and Chas A. Van der Veer. president and secretary respectively of the association. Martin and Gillis hope to have their part of the contract work finished by April So that with the rapid installation of the machinery, everything will be in shape for service less than a year hence