Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-11-18
AT JACKSON LAKE.
North Side Tract Now Assured of
2OS,2 Feet of Storage Water
for Next Season.
Work on This Storage Reservoir Will
BE Entirely Completed Early
in the Spring.

Since the visit or the editors to the
Jackson Lake dam early in July, the |
work there has progressed much fast
er than was anticipated at that time,
and we are now assured OF much |
larger supply of storage water ter
next season than was promised by
the reclamation officers at that til g.
A J Wiley, consulting engineer
for the company accompanied Mr..
Weymouth. the supervising engineer
of the reclamation service on the re-
cent trip of the latter TO the works
at Jackson Lake. to gather data for
his annual report TO the government.
From this data and also from per-
sonal observations, Mr.. Wiley has
forwarded a report of his findings to
r. Z. Shepherd, the representative
OF the bondholders, and while this re-
port is not intended as public docu-
ment. We have been shown the same,
and have been privileged to make de-
ductions from il. as we consider this
information OF the most essential
nature to the people on the North
Side tract. Mr. Wiley's report Is
based on a personal visit to the works
on November lst. and is In substance
as follows:
Progress of the Work.
l...r 1cf
naming to be done on the Jackson
Lake reservoir was confined TO the
dixie or embankment. The total
contents OF the embankment is, as
shown by the attached table, 2f''
ISL cubic yards. and there was re-
naming to be placed on November
1st, 1O2,671 cubic yards During the
month OF October S4,965 cubic
wards we're placed in the dixie and l
is anticipated that progress In Nov
ember will be at the same rate. !
is not likely that work on the dix
can be continued beyond Novembe
2 18th, at which time there should b
e. remaining $3.50 cubic yards.
On November 1st. the embankmen
: was completed to the final elevatio
4 of 6.777 on the south side of tn
0 spillway section.
s There has been added to the en-
T. bankment equipment recently
e conyeyor buckets. one with capaci'
t OF Is Yards and the other 20 yarC
!. per hour. These buckets are mac
d in the machine shop at the wori
e from designs made by Mr.. Grove, Il
}. smaller one having been at work Il
n some little time, and the larger OF
Vt being almost ready to operate. The
h buckets are operated by hosting e
If eines which we now have on han
re and Il is proposed to add another
al the smaller buckets for which we
is so have a hoisting engine. These
s. buckets will have combined capf
le itv of about / 900 yards In "a hou
IN During the Is days which is estimi
Or ed as suitable for work In Novemb
Id one of these small buckets is bel
st used directly upon the embankmt
It. and the larger bucket will be eX
o. waiting from the river below the d'
ed and placing the material in the e
"a bankment by means of cars or
trestle. 1t is expected that We
can be resumed on the embankm
TO- by May 1st. and that there VIII De
least 80 days working time after I
nv before the reservoir reaches It's nj
Of est level for the season, which
at dinarily need not be reached oef
dr. June 18th to July 1st.
ant The dredge would start on
in 1st at Station Is, working north v
nj a capacity of about $50 cubic va
at per "a hours, the capacity being
ac- duced by the height to which the
I'll terial must be lifted and by the
paratively narrow section.