Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-12
CR0NHOLM SAYS.
Fl GOD DAMAGED.
ROCK ON BANKS.
ReDOrts EleUen Breaks m the
LeUees and GiUe Accurate
Figures as to Height of
Water at Various Stages;
Breaks are being ReDaired.

Board of Directors of Imperial Irriga-
ton District, Ell Centre, Cal.
Store Operations.
From Feb. 16 to 20, inclusive, 1896
meals were served, making a total of
,733 meals for the month, at cost
of approximately 38c. Mercantile
store receipts for the month amounted
to $4,695.
Materials for boom and galloway
towers are commencing to come in
and all materials are now ordered
pertinent to the construction Of these.
Equipment Upkeep.
A new beveled pinion was placed
on the trunion shaft on Dredge Braw-
ley. New spur pinion. new beveled
gear and new lower counter shaft
were placed on ladder for cutter drive.
New runners and shaft were placed
in, fire pump.
New steel runner and new bronze
sleeve were placed on pump shaft Of
Dredge Calexico.
New steel runner and bronze sleeve
were placed on pump shaft, new back
and circular liners were placed ir
pump, new gear housing was installed
over bull wheel and pinion was placed
on upper cutter shaft of Dredge I'M
perial.
Only running repairs were made to
locomotive and steam shovel.
The locomotive crane was tipped
over on lockwood Gate and was badly
damaged One of the drive axles
broke ard this was the probably cause
Of the tip-over.afT The crane is being
dismantled to ship side frames to have
new ones made from the old patterns.
Probably the crane will be out of
commission q week or ten days. This
is a serious inconvenience and may
cause interrupted water service,
though it is hoped this will not be
the case. e1 aa .lsU 4
Transportation.
From Feb. 1 to Feb. 21, the loco
motive crane was engaged on miscel-
laneous work, handling store supplies,
lclearing site at 1920 weir and salvag-
ing old boom at lockwood. On the
21st the crane tipped over on Rock
wood Gate.
Steam shovel operations began on
the 25th of the month and the loco
motive was used for spotting cars in
the quarry and for hauling rock to
4 points where it was needed during the
flood for levee repairs and river bank
protection.
i Dredge Operations.
Dredge Brawley moved 142,700 Gu
bic yards of material, Dredge Calexico
moved $3.50 cubic yards and Dredge
Imperial moved 80,713 cubic yards
The flood caused some delay in the
operation Of Dredges Brawley and
CaleXico. mainly because of unusual
drift flow.
| River Work.
! During the flood, rock along the
river bank on the California shore
between lockwood and the weir slid
into the river and caused the bank
to cut away in places. We are now
strengthening these places by dumping
more rock. The track along the river
bank at lockwood Gate has been
moved back on account of the bank
cutting away. but this place is also
being strengthened now. The fill on
the Arizona shore near the weir cut
away to three foot lower elevation
than before the flood. Banks on the
Arizona shore have cut away consid-
erably, as nearly as can be judged
from the California side of the river.
This applies only to portions imme-
diately below the weir.
Weir. .s
Portions of the weir seem to be in
very good condition and, as whole,
stood the high water better than was
expected. Track work is progressing
as expected at the weir.
Mr.. Eldridge, Lidgerwood engineer,
has arrived and excavation for abut-
ments of galloway towers is about
completed. Mixing of concrete will
begin as soon as sand and gravel can
be gotten on the ground.
| The scow driver at the weir is in
good shape. Two men worked on the
driver day and night during high
water clearing away drift.
Diversion of Water.
During high water ten foot head
was maintained at lockwood and
since the water has been falling a
nine foot head has been maintained
This head will be kept until all of the
head on Hanlon has been consumed
Following this the head on Rock
wood will be diminished to agree with
continued river lowering. High
WoCSI at INOShNoou 0dCc IcdCIlcu Will
in two and one-half feet of the top of
the structure. The structure stood
the strain with no apparent damage.
The river bottom rose considerably
during the flood but we are in no
danger of gates being clogged with
sand as we were two years ago, as
the elevation of water level in the
channel is 105 and in the river the
elevation is ia.
Most all parts of old boom have
been removed from the river and
placed on the bank to dry. Work has
been started at lockwood on new
boom. The bank above gates has been
cleared to make room for construction
of cribs and anchorage for struts.
This work is not as far advanced as
we had expected it to be at this date,
since we were compelled to take men
from this work during high water and
use them at different places where
they were most needed
The channel bed of lockwood In
take has lowered at the north end and
Oiled slightly at the south end, but
mot sufficiently to be of any conse-
|quence. ss$