The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-03-13

At this date the construction of the
railroad' the power plant, and the tel
ePhone system have been completed,
and all OF these features haze been in
operation for some time. The con-
struction of the wagon road has been
Completed as far as Cottonwood Creek
Inc Cottonwood sawmill has turned
out a total OF over 100000 feet of
lumber, which is practically all that
VIII be necessary. This mill has been
dismantled, and is now stored at Ar
rowrock. The construction OF the
camp has been completed, and has
been occupied for more than two
years. Practically all of the CON
structlon plant and equipment have
been. installed. The diversion works
have been completed. All OF the
river bed excavation, amounting to
about 252,O0O cubic yards, has been
finished. About 10000 cubic wards
OF concrete have been placed in the
dam, and this structure is now COM
pleted to height of about l4O feet
above the lowest point OF bedrock.
The rough excavation for the spillway
trench, consisting of about $4,000
cubic yards OF rock excavation, has
been completed.
Plans for 1914.
During the year 1914 considerable
excavation for dam foundation on the
lava bench at the south side of the
river will be taken out, considerable
work will be done in trimming UP the
spillway slopes, but the principal item
of work during the year will be the
placing of concrete in the dam. 1t
is expected that about $4,000 cubic
yards of concrete will be placed during
this season, II weather conditions are
favorable, which will complete the
dam to a height of about $50 feet
in other words, within about 100 feet
OF its total height. 1t is probable
that some of the reinforced concrete
lining of the spi'lway channel will
ais De placed during this season.
Some work will be done on the COM
pletion of a wagon road around the
reservoir.
This seasons work OF concreting
was started on February Goth.
1t will be of interest to the water
uses IN ne Noise Project to know
that the work is now n such stage
of completion that most of the uncer-
tainties as to depth and character f
foundation and most of the danger of
damage to the work by floods is pass
ed, so that it can be stated with
fair degree of certainty that the work
will be completed we'll within the es-
timated cost. Several features of the
work have been completed, including
the railroad, power plant, diversion
works, and most of the excavation,
and in every case these features have
been completed within the original es-
innate, and some of them have shown
considerable saving over the esti-
mated cost-for example, the final
cost of the power plant shows a saw
ing over the estimate OF about $780,
600; the diversion works show a saw
ing of about $4,000. the excavation
in the river bed was completed at less
than 1870 of the original cost; and
the concrete that has been placed
up to date shows cost of less than
5000 of the original estimate. While
the remainder of the concrete prob
ably cannot be laid as cheaply as
that which has already been placed, on
account of higher cost of sand and
gravel, and the necessity of elevating
the concrete as the construction pro-
crosses, it is expected nevertheless
that it will be finished at a substantial
saving over the estimate.
CHAS. H. PAUL,
Constr. :tion Engineer