Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-22
NO CHANGES IN
DIVERSION AT
lockwood CATE
"Andrade, Calf, Nov. 10, 1919
Board of Directors,

| AnuFaQe, CdilI., NOV. ~, 1917.
| Board of Directors,
Imperial Irrigation District,
Ell Centre. California.
Following is the semi-monthly report
of F. n. Cronholm, general superintend-
ent of the river division of the Imperial
| irrigation district:
Store OperatiOns-4,72S meals We're
served from November l to H. inclusive
The Ford truck added to the store de-
partment equipment is proving very eff
ficient. The new requisitinn form is a
great Improvement in this department
and assures proper charges of mater
ials.
Equipment Upkeep-Only running
repairs We're made to Dredges Calex-
leo and Imperial. These running re-
pairs on the Imperial included the ex-
change of old spud for a new one with
heavy steel point.
Dredge Brawley has been shut down
since November 3 for general overhaul
ing. This overhauling is still in pro-
about the Goth.
Running repairs were made to loco
motive and locomotive crane.
Dredge OperatiOns-The Dredge I'M
perial moved 63,S3S cubic yards and is
now operating two shifts of eight hours
each. The CaleXico moved 1885, cubic
yards and operated twenty-four hours
per day. The Brawley moved 1856
cubic yards and is now operating two
shifts Of eight hours each. The second
shift began working on the Imperial
November 3. The CaleXico is widening
the canal between lockwood and Han
Ion on the east side. The Brawley was
laid up on the third for general repairs
which are necessary after the summer
run. Our three dredges will operate
twentyfour hours each as soon as men
can be found.
The shore gang connected with these
dredges has been transferring shore
pipe from the west side of the canal to
the east side and building shore line
for dredges Calexico and Brawley and
in handling supplies for the three
dredges
Transportation The locomotive |
crane was used for miscellaneous work |
Tor the three dredges, work for town |
site, miscellaneous tracks and store
River WOsk-From the 1st to the
1lth, five men We're employed in blast |
ing out a channel below the weir. 95 |
boxes of 60 per cent Hercules powder
were used in this time. The purpose
of the work was to do away with re-
naming part of an old weir which de-
bected the water against the Arizona
shore.
Weir-Nothing of note.
Diversion of Water-There have
been no material changes in the chan
mel beds of the Alamo or the lockwood /
Intake during the period dating from
the last soundings, while the channel
back of the deep section of lockwood
Gates has lowered an average of two
feet. We now have the canal so low
below lockwood that the bottom of
the shallow section is out of the water.
All the gates at lockwood Intake
nave been operating, the heavier out
pour being taken over the shallow sec.
ton in order to sluice out the bar Z
which has formed on the river side of
the drift boom. Very good progress ;
mas been made on this work as there is Is
now channel directly in front of, and
aionb the entire boom which allows the
nrlft 10 pass along the boom and on
1own the river. Large bars havel
formed north of the lockwood Intake Is
toward the Arizona shore, but are not 4
'I an alarming nature since the regu-
ar soundings across the river show
ne deep water on the California side.
Ihree solid gates that are weighted s
md are eight feet high were built and
viii be placed in the deep section OF
lockwood Intake as soon as possible.
These gates will be absolutely tight )
md viii stop all leakage at the bottom
Il the gates. m
Water Data IS
Order Discharge
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