Arizona republican., 1913-05-16
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 POWER PLANTS
Construction Committee of Water Users Inspects the Work on Arizona Falls and ICrOsscut Canal De velopments

The excellent condition of building affairs on the Salt River project was brought to the attention of the Wa i ter Users association yesterday when the construction committee be- came the instruction committee and learned lot of interesting things about how the contractors work. Dr. l F. w. Wilbur, vice president and 1 chairman of the committee, J. J.
 Hanson, E. w. Dobson. and the sec i retary of the association, pr. Van 1 der Veer made up the party, which traversed by motor car most of the north side.
 ] By the time certain connections are
 made between the canal and the l cleaning apparatus, the power plant l at the Arizona falls will be ready to I receive it's first shot of water. The only thing remaining to be done is 1 to finish-up the trash racks which l catch the floating weeds, sticks and l other things that would tangle up 1 the internal economy of the turb- 1 ines. The operators cottage is ready
 for the painters, but is already habi-
 table. The power plant was the first stop the committee made.
 1 The cross-cut is being finished ra- 1 pidly. The contractors are now oc- cupied in putting in the concrete
 lining through that 1900 foot stretch l Of fill a little way below the intake
 l of the canal, where it connects with 1 the Arizona.
 i Rock is flying by the ton al the | site of the cross-cut power house
 just across the river from Tempe.
 ; There is great big excavation in l the side of the hill in which the 1 plant will rest. Just above this is a
 large hole to form the fore bay. The 1 purpose of the latter one is to allow 1 the water to settle and get quiet be- | fore it is allowed to drop into the l turbines. The fore bay is also nearly l all rock excavation.
 l As many men as can be conven- l ientIy worked are busy at the rock l excavations. All the teams that are 1 possible to get into the hole are be- l ing used \ miniature railway man l ipulated by donkey engines and ca l bles is now in operation carrying 1 the rock debris out of the hole. l Like two immense angle worms. 1 without however the angles-are the l two foot pipes that are being pushed 1 | low the settling basins toward the
 site of the power plant about 2300 1 feet away Only a small part of the | pipes is uncovered yet. Quite a bit | of the mold and reinforcing material
 is in place, and there is a stretch l of nearly hundred feet of the pipe l in which the cement has been pour l ed. When the system is complete, ! it will comprise the gates in the Arizona. the cross-cut canal, the l settling basins, the pipe line. the 1 power plant, the spillWay and the 1 waste ditch The water which is 1 released after it's momentum has been l extracted and turned into electrical 1 horse power. will not be wasted. 1 however. For another system of 1 ditchcs will conduct it to the lower | canals for use On the fields between l Phoenix the Camelback the IIole-in- l the-Rock With all the turbines in 1 action, the cross-cut power plant will l produce about six thousand electri- l cal horse power. The cross-cut is l the last of the sites in the valley to l be developed.