The daily sentinel., 1914-05-04

dam. When the work is completed
there will be steel bridge across
the dam which will accommodate
loot passengers. The bottom of the
sluice way is about twenty feet be-
low water. and the river is kept out
of this part OF the canal BY dam
built of sand bags and kept drained
by a sump from which il is pumped
back into the river. In this way
the concrete work is kept dry while
the work is going on. All OF the
concrete work In the head works is
reinforced BY steel The dam across
the river will consist OF concrete
ogee weir and on top of this will be
placed six roller crests which are
now being manufactured in Germa-
ny. These crests will be seventy
feet long and ten feet three inches
high, and they will be so arranged
that they can be lifted and the river
allowed to pass through unobstruct-
ed. After absorbing this amazing
amount OF information we found IL
was time to be on the homeward
track and so said goodbye to Mr..
Reedy and Mr.. Merrill. Mr.. Reedy
is one OF the Oldest engineers in the
reclamation service, having been in
this work for fourteen years Mr.
Reedy built the intake dam on the
Salt river project in Arizona; the
Bellefourche storage dam in South
Dakota; the Minotare dam on the
North Platte river in Nebraska. the
Whitney intake dam on the Salt riv-
er and the Lagoona dam in Yuma,
Ariz. Before leaving camp No. | we
called on Mrs. Reedy in her charm
ing little house. which she has made
most attractive with Indian rugs and
dried grasses and leaves, showing the
magic touch OF beauty loving fingers.
kalmer Oliver Reedy and Margaret
Reedy are adorable infants and help
ed to make us feel at home. On the
return trip we stopped at tunnel No.
/. which is 2,723 feet long and which
was Just completed a few weeks ago.
Mr. George Warning gave us ride
on the trolley train through this tun-
mel and we enjoyed IL as a novel ex-
perience, but do not care to go again
soon. There are three syphons in the
canal. Asbury Creek syphon, Jerry
Creek syphon and Coal Greek syphon
at Cameo, Asbury Creek is a three
barrel syphon and the other two are
two barrel. Tunnel No .. when
completed, will be 6,155 feet long,
Tunnel No 2 will have a natural rock
roof and the sides will be cemented
up only as far as the water reaches.
When the canal is completed it will
be between sixty-five and seventy
miles long. 1t viii terminate west
of Mack, doubling back at that
point. and losing itself in the Grand
river. There will be $4,000 acres
of land which will be brought under
cultivation by this High Line canal.
and this is some of the best land in
the Grand valley. Homesteaders will
be allowed to take it up in tracts of
from forty to eighty acres. The cost
of the water will be from $50 to $40
per acre. This will be payable in
twenty payments. One-fifth due
when the land is taken up; one-fifth
payable from the 9Th to the 10th
year, and the balance in on-seventh,
which will make 1t very easy for the
homesteader, as he does not have to
make a payment for four years after
the first payment is made. The gov
ernment intends that every person
taking up land shall, as nearly as
be under the supervision of men ac-
quainted with crop growing and con-
ditions in this valley, and every de-
serving homesteader is going to be
lelped in every way possible by the
government 1t will be great day
in the Grand valley when the water
first rushes down the canal, and the
men who have worked so untiringly
to bring this thing to pass. d. w.
Aupperle, for one, may look upon
their work and be proud. In spite
OF many failures and disappoint-
ments the High Line canal will with
in the near future have become an
established fact, due to unfaltering
courage. splendid endeavor and sci
entific workmanship.