The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-16

"N. . material NhI,n reaches
no. .IHU. .I g. o.! ,.ur. H, TO-.
moved l' n certain ,Np,n.. aud Co..
"H. "I'u,' The yugI ..'r- ,.I.Wuf"
fNlf about 600 1900 ,Ip. ..t'. N.U.
have 200 Ho rouuNcd between fpc fNu
'.' .IUI Sides end fH, HI,ip's can
remove nuU 5000 .In., ward. Do month
Put 10 uIs' r.f Doe aut posed fhHf tho
.uus| $500 r'WIIl ,,ns,I f.r rtu'
month. as soon Joel fh. rh1lIo. bias
been ,.'i,.'r' dc.p.u'd aud y,
movement OF th. slide. n',omrs go
.nv thl' f.' Iro1sp. even When boz.
|iorrupfoi N. ff, In--'L, of chips can
more than ."sp pare 40 them he
camel uaN I, up' ned 'ur uI'igHt.o.
This time . probably NOT far IN
The ,oWfuiUe, lc'i"Ncs that sou"
sliding ground will ,u.' uuc 80 ,nt,r
the canal FOR s.I craI Years TO come.
fhoush 100 diminishing awouuis Ans
relatively .0oNpoasiNr measures which
tend 20 arrest 'u, present act Nc
e.,lcs or which promise To- reduce
the charge against maintenance 90
the canal ~ the nutufo are therefore
mllv warranted.
The composition or the rocks
their sfruotu ~ weakness aud earth
quak's arc an instrumental in pro
duciug the alIdos. go" hes oud the co7-
trol of man Nuf q partial control Of
ground and rain water aud The re'iof
r%ro.auio hy Unloading certain areas
are feasible" u the committee con
fines ita remedial suggestions 90 these
measures.
The slides ,u the .arul zone are
essentially like many ln other parts
Of tho world they are due to the in
ability 81 tho earth or rock to support
% weight Of everything material
Slow process OF natural erosion. rapid
cutting hy flooded stream ana cX.a-
y|itiuus by man frequently lcGl to
landslidos Much ~ the canal tx cut
through weak rocks. aud in the Gu
Zebra district tive prism ts exception
ally deep
Tho rocks oi Culctru iistric, are
~ two kinds strutined and massive.
The chief material involved 10 the
slides is tho stratIn"d Cucarachp tot.
nation. II I, composed uf slippery
minerals which are only weak % u
soIidatod. IN. Cacdrncht beds are
limited along the line of the canal. TO
tho Culehia district but they ave a
thickro-s "a places ot over 400 feet
Tho soft slippery nature ~ ne mate
rlIis u.I their loose uucousolidatcd
condition wnlcs u unusually weak
ana unable fo sustain up, consider.
able load
THE 80 ongth Of the gu. ara IA
CLAWS q sr,atl, d~,.r,t..d b, an, pres.
on,c of water. ana IA, h.,y 'front.'
eel rains keep them nearly saturated
the gr'ptrr part OF 'hc wear tor tho
broken and rr..uI.G SURFACE. uf tho
.i.Bo4 and 'h. ,p,r ,.1,n. 1r.ull
their gotdors grordI'v drut. u The
water that falls upon them
lin tu, rllcur, district ,h. .yef,gr
rInfaU since, iNtt has u,o. >-GS
u.h.. Der sruum o. which about so
Inches rIlg u IN. ain, season of
l1Dout ,.gh, months Whe- nearly
seven foe. of winter falls uppn the
lsurfa,, .I fla, ,.uutf, Ntthtu eight,
m,ntt. .r I'M, ,.sr If ID. u.t surpr
up thYt tn.r. dtW.uIi In control
lime th, uud,rgr,.ud ep,puge. In
deed a.riur thoe. months the ground
water .,UI. ts uf4..,,fy al the sur.
n,r ,x..rt po-..b,y an me -'..prr
.l.p,s ANA IA. mn..mrrt OF the UNI
I.rsrn4u. water be- so 4inY th1t even
H. f,. ar, .,as.r thr water table -
MOI far r,u tb, -l,fnc. 100 Tho level
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