The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-15
ALL DAMS EXCEPT ONE To Be
IN OPERATION BY JAN. |, 1878
rs AIM OF THE UNITED STATES EN-
GINEERS FOR THE WHEELING
DISTRICT
Rapid Progress Is Being Made on Con-
structlon neutrality-suspicious.
Available For Completion Of
Project

With hut one exception. al the locks
and dams in the Wheeling district OF tho
ohio river. will j." completed and In op-
rrt'Inn hy. .Iuuunry l. 1919. barring un-
frr"N"vm delays. according TO 4 Sthte-
men; made to an lntolliE"neer rrPnrte
yesterday ny Pol. II. W. Sickle, who liz
in rharC. al tho United States Engineer
force in The Pittsburgh und Wheeling
districts.
r"riinurrl$ navigation. tho dream Of
riv"rm"n for years will then be n real
ivy. Through the manipulation OF the
locks naviEable stage can be NAM
tanned throughout the year. The Wheel
ing district extends from dam NO. H.
mil" below Wellsburg. to No %. several
miles below Huntington.
The money ia in sight for tho com
plctlnr "f aIl dams IN this district Col.
StrkI" said. In former years inc
work WAS sometimes held up somewhat
by lack Of avnilahl. funds but Congress-
has already appropriated money TOT the
completion OF TIE ohio river locks and
,iams in The Pittsburgh ard Wheeling
districts. Five million dollars WIS APP
rrnpriatcd for Ohio river Improvement
work. III which $&,5O0.oO0 was appor-
iiun"d 10 thcs." two districts
Taking Advantage of weather
. Work ui the various damn, now IN
course nf construction IS being rushed
rs il is desired To have as much as pos
sihl" doar before cold weather stops
outside work. Tho engineers expect tn
hc able 10 continue the construction work
until tho holiday season. though 1t Is
Imprnbabl" il can lie continued longer
cold weather such rs has Sn"n cNpcr-
fenced in this section tho past Ivy"
/ wr.'ks Will not stop the work il WAS said
lat iy-h -f,iI-, Y
will flood the c"fir rdaIns Interfering
with progress. High water can he cN-
o pcc,rh ut almost any time during Tn"
winter hence the period az time IN
! which thr work can be carried on
: thrnuEhluf tho winter Is indefinite. The
coiIcrdarn at ono Of tho dams was flood
I'd by the. riar Of 4 FEW days ago, but
has since been pumped out nnd work
/ resumed
Dams Nos 81. 90. 6. "a. IS and q arc
! now in coursr nf construction. No. Il.
which is Il Short distance above Ravens
: wood. will BE- completed early next year.
+ Rapid progress is being made on No. -,
At Eavcnswnod. ;lpd NO. %, 1t Mill
! wood. Work hns been started on thu
| corrrd.m for No. -. and rs soon ~
spring weather permits. work Will ba
started on tn" dam itself.
| No IL above Marietta ia completed
but has not been put in operation AND
! probably will not be before next spring
as tho power plant machinery has not
/ hcnn installed
| No. Ii. although still lacking perman-
.cnt power machinery. was placed in OPP
! Grafton several weeks ago by the use OF
Temporary methods Progress on NO
81 has been somewhat affected by labor
/ shortaGr.
Optimistic Over Outlook
-OT course, many things could happen
which would prevent the realization Of
our aims" Col. Sickle said III reviewing
the work hut If everything goes well
We should have all the dams in the
Wheeling district except No. -. com
plctcd and in operation by the end Of
next year