Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-02

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The committee of the mouse Of rep
resentatives, on its way to inspect the
Elephant Butte dam and Rio Grande
| irrigation project, will pass through
| Albuquerque today. The committee Is
on tour Of inspection which begins
today and ends on July 10, ana the
| itinerary includes irrigation projects
national parks and harbors. The COM
mittee will reach Elephant Butte on
I the morning Of June at o'clock
and after inspecting the dam and en-
! ioying an automobile trip through the
/ Mesilla valley, viii reach FL Paso the
same evening a midnight TRIP VIII
! be taken TO Juarez and on June a
/ barbecue dinner will be served at the
I Country club at Ysleta.
The party will occupy two special
! cars and il Is headed by Congressman
John j. Fitzgerald, of New YORK,
! chairman OF the house committee on
appropriations. In the party are the
| following congressmen William r.
Borland, Missouri. Jospeh w. Byrns,
Tennessee Charles II. Davis, Mime
sofa; Frederick j. Gillett, Massachu-
setts; James w. Good, Iowa; Frank
w. Mondell, wyoming; James Mean
I drews. illinois, Robert n. Page, Hi
| nois. George w. Rauch lndlana
I swager Sherley. Kentucky; Thomas
! linton Sisson. Mississippi. In the par
tv are also Clerk James {. Courts,
! Assistant CLERK NJ. G. Shields, Official
4! Stenographer II b. Weaver, Senate
Committee Clerk Is. f Rea' CHER
Engineer A. r. Davis of the reclama-
tion service, who is also the comniis-
sion's chairman; judge VIII X, King
chief counsel reclamation comnls-
sion. w. A. Ryan, comptroller recia-
nation service, sydney x. william
son, chief Of construction of reclama
ton commission; J. L. Clancy and II.
A. Clark clerks to the commission.
A bulletin of information, sent out
from washington by the house cont
mittee on appropriations ana relat-
| ing to the approaching tour of in
spection and examination of all rec
lamation projects, speaks In part as
follows concerning the examination
to be made Of the Ito Grandc pro-
ject,
private CARS will be parked at
Butte Junction early on the morning
of June g. Breakfast will be served
at $50 a. m Party will be met there
with government equipment, leaving
Butte Junction at 80 a. m, and ar
irving at Elephant Butte at $3.50
a. M.
Inspection of Dam.
"The party will visit the dam, go
ing over lower trail on the down
stream side, through the gate chant
bers and inspection gallery the
Incorporating mechanism viii be
shown, which includes the largest
balanced valves ever built. In the in
spection gallery will be shown the
extraordinary means taken TO pre-
vent the uplift of water from under
the dam. The party will be taken TO
the spillway and from the spiliWay
to the west abutment. From the Spill
way good view will be had OF the
lower camp.
"The party will next visit the mix
Ting plant. sand cement plant, shops
land power house. Official headquar-
tiers will be Inspected and the party
will leave Elephant Butte at J. a, m,
iarriving at Butte Junction at ll:4o
a. m.
"Two years ago today June 3, the
first concrete was poured into the
imam body of the dam. To-day there
lare $4,000 cubic yards of masonry
i, lin place, which with the 25,30O Gu
bic yards in the flume block, make
! a total of SAL, SOC cubic yards
'tThe dam viii he 1.400 feet long
on the crest. will contain $4,000 GU
|, bic wards of masonry, will be 200 feet
4 high from the old river bed to the
level of the roadway and 300 feet
J high above the deepest foundation
tThe reservoir will mpound p
. $50. 600 acre feet and Will be the larg-
est storage reservoir Tor irrigation
> purposes in the world.
win Motor to Las Cruces.
Automobiles will be provided from
Butte Junction to Las cruces, where
the congressional party. resumlhs
their special coaches attached 70 'ls
Irregular evening train, VIII reaeh ~
pasn N : o'clock in time for the big
: BANQUET in their honor az Hotel Faso
: idel Norte the same evening. In this
way the PARTY will be given view
of a large part of the irrigated area
of New Mexico The Leasburg dam
> viii no visited and the drive VIII IN
! rinde six miles along the Leashurs
canal leading to the community ca
/, mails and thence TO Las Cruces On
June 4 in automobiles to be provided
] hv the local entertainment commit
= Tee the marty will leave at $3.50 a. m.
!. for the International dam, two miles
/. above III Paso. returning along the
! Franklin canal through the city. and
: thence down the main county road To
ysleta and Clint At West isie'a
country club at noon a barbecue
spread will he enjoyed by the visi-
tors.
.uarex and Fort Bliss
Returning 10 III paso, the pafD
win leave for Juarez. Mexico, at p
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