Arizona republican., 1921-09-11
DAM BEST
 FUR GAVE CREEK |S AGREEMEN N I.
E Il g i neers Representing Various Interests Decide On Plan To Control Waters And Prevent All Future Floods

Agreeing unanimously to the opin- ion that the flood waters of Cave creek can be most economically, safe ly and adequately controlled by a dam located at a point where the creek leaves the mountains, and following this with an unanimous concurrence in the proposal of the engineer of the Salt River Valley Water Users association and the Paradise-Verde irrigation district that an earth filled dam with proper cutoff should be the type built ito control the creek, the board of engineers representing the various interests concerned with Cave creeK brought the matter of the control of it's flood waters to def mite standing yesterday.
 The long step forward which was made in adopting these resolutions was followed by another which, in the opinion Of those conversant with the creek and its problems, proved that l the board of engineers engaged iH | it's examination are resolved to lose
 no time in coming to an agreement | on the details of the dam which they have decided should be built. When 1 the two foregoing resolutions had | been adopted a committee consisting l of c. c. Cragin, chief engineer and general manager of the Salt River l Valley Water Users association; c
 c. Small, chief location engineer oi l the state engineers office and A. l. l Harris, chief engineer of the Para I dise-Verde irrigation district, was appointed to prepare detailed plans 1 for the construction of the proposed | dam and to present them to the board
 at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
 i The resolutions adopted by tho board of engineers yesterday camt after a discussion of the problem 1 which began at 10 o'clock in tho ! morning and continued until 4:3t
 o'clock in the afternoon. Every de tail of the problem presented by Cave creek was considered by the engin-
 eers in their examinations, and th'
 resolutions embody ideas which hav' been adopted only after the mos l careful consideration.
 Many Engineers Present
 The engineers present yesterda, were c. c. Cragin, Water Users; c c. Small, state engineers office; W S. Norveil. state water commissioner l Harry Vernon, county engineer: A. L Harris, Paradise-Verde irrigation dis
 trict; Mir. Oliver, chief engineer O
 the Rio Grande division of the Sant;
 F'e Railroad company; John Yeager
 division engineer for the Santa F. Railroad company; F. F. Hall, en gineer for the Standard Oil company
 J. B. Grand, Arizona Eastern Rail
 way company and the Gillespie Oi company, and L. B. Hitchcock, cit,
 engineer for the city of Phoenix. : During the meeting L. B. Hitchcocl was chosen permanent chairman , the board of engineers concerned il ' the control of Cave creek, and Harr Vernon, county engineer, was selecte
 as permanent secretary of the board The resolution concerning the 10 cation of the dam follows:
 Be it resolved, that it is the sens of this meeting that fer the prope control of Cave creek a detention dar
 be built at Or near a point wher Cave creek emerges from the hills. The resolution dealing with tn type of dam is as follows:
 I Be it resolved. that the most eco nomical and safe type of dam fo | the control of Cave creek will be a earth filled dam with suitable cor | crete shut-offs and that it is tn | judgment of this board that the nat | ural spillway conditions are such ths
 the possibility of overlapping by III | water can be precluded."
 l All the engineers of the board WI be present at Tuesday, meeting, was announced last evening. in ada tion to L. II. Long, president Of UT Arizona Eastern Railroad company.