Arizona republican., 1920-12-05

! VI ! Work Proceeding Rapidly i Work upon the entire system is pro ceeding at a rapid rate and in very ! satisfactory manner, according to En- 1 gineer Hitchcock.
 The first place visited on tho special | 1 inspection trip was the material yard in the vicinity of the Arizona Packing company's plant on the Tempe road. ! Nthough at considerable distance from I the work the material yard was forced into it's location by the limitation of the railroad spur. Here more than | 1.O51 O0O feet of redwood lumber was l found stacked awaiting trucks to haul 1t to "the job" This immense pile of lumber is valued at S150,00O. These \ redwood boards are placed in the | ditches one at a time, the pipe being | built as it is laid, and encircled by steel bands at regular intervals. Ten thou sand of these steel bands already have arrived at the material yard. At this point a small camp for about a dozen men is maintained.
 A short distance from the material yard a crew of men was found at work unloading an immense Austin track laying drag line excavator of the latest improved air controlled type. This is the second excavator of the type to be put on the job. the two or them costing the city $25,000.
 From the point of unloading the huge 3O-ton machine will crawl on its cater pillar tread for more than 20 miles over desert roads, propelled by its own power, before it arrives at the point where it will begin digging.
 H Much Excavating Done
 A great portion of the eXcavahng work has already been done. At the present much of the pipe line editching is being prepared by blasting. The excavators are working from Phoenix towards the point of intake, S2 miles northeast of the city, while the blast ing crew started work at the point Of intake and is working cityward. Drill ing. both machine and hand, is done during the day and the fuses set TOT night blasting. Preparation for the pipe line Is call | ing for some real feats in modern en- | gineering The work is under the gen eral supervision of City Engineer Hitchcock and Assistant Engineer | Sellers.
 | Infitration pipe of reinforced con- | crete. 50 inches in diameter, will be | sunk along the Verde river below the | water level for distance of two miles. | | This pipe will draw in the sub-strata l i waters of the Verde and deliver the flow into 36-inch redwood pipe. This concrete pipe is manufactured in four | 5242 pounds The concrete and red wood pipe lines meet at a sand trap, two miles from the origin of the in | take pipe. The sand trap is now com uleted. It is built of concrete and SC | arranged that the sand supply. which serves to filter the water, may De changed at any time. The overflow from the intake pipe will also be d. verted from the sand trap. Frank Asp lind. hydraulic engineer, is in charge ol the work at the point of intake
 From the sand trap the pipe line VII wind along the Verde river. tunnelins it's way at times and emerging to craw along a ledge which has been blasted from the side of precipitous slope which bank the highway along th' lriver. Several hundred trees had to b' | felled in order to make way for tn pipe. Special roads were built in orde l to get material to the ditches, whicl : trail out across the desert into Thama road.
 Camp Comfortable
 A camp of convenience and req comfort has been established at tn l Doint of intake on the Verde Hot am cold water is on constant tap, the sup n1v being drawn from a reservoir int which a gasoline engine pumps watel There are four frame and canva
 structures and each has a concret
 floor. One serves as an office. anothe as a bunk house, the third as quarter
 for officials and the last is regarded a
 the most important of all at mes
 times.
 The bunk house is commodious an
 boasts a shower bath. The 'coo
 shack" will accommodate about 25 peo
 pie. It is presided over by Georg
 smith That he knows how to cater {
 the inner man was demonstrated by hi
 menu on the day the special party
 four dropped in on him unexpectedly.
 If was a noon meal and consisted
 steak. bacon and beans. spaghetti a
 Italienne. ham, white bread and COT
 bread (and some corn bread it was
 Die and your choice of drinks, tea, col fee. milk or Verde water.
 An industry Far From Railroad
 Following the meal visit was pa
 to the concrete pipe manufacturir
 outfit. Here was found very con
 DIete industry established more tha
 20 miles from the nearest railros
 point. All it's equipment was brougl
 overland by trucks, 4 track stretch
 upward and inland from the rive lover it a car is operated carrying sa1
 and gravel from the river and dunn
 ing the load into bins which automa
 icaIIv sfft the coarse and the fir
 An immense concrete mixer grinds o
 the mixture, which is poured into t
 forms to harden. When ready to
 moved into the field for the cuch