The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-18
Special SpaUinatU Report
By Merchants Engineers

Tho puIvoy and report of the spnv- (
nav project ag executed by EuH- /
nccfs W. H. Uulwny ana o. II. Tram /
mrll iH given cutiro approval BY Ed /
ward EurtOW OF tho IuivprHity OF /
Iowa and Byron j. Lam bert. cngi. .
uccra employed by the Retail Mor-
chants association 10 check the ti0I- /
way-Tmmmcll figures and mako
foid survey Of tho proposed water
system.
Bortow and Lambert made their
report 90 the mrrchautF nAgociotion
ana % wac read and approved at q
upctl meeting Of the Hrurintion
hold in tho Municipal auditorium
oWcrday morning.
The report read Ms follows.
To the Bettrr Water Committee of
tho Retail Mcrohanto' Association
Of Tulsn, OKLA
Grutlomcu; A. your request we
have made n study ~ n report pre-
pared by y. ~. Tnmmcll and W. ~
Holwny engineers 90 the uonparti-
san water commission on Spavinnw
water Tor Tulsa. OKLA.
lu Tho tlmc available. 70 whs not
porible or necessary TO make n now
euTy5s ~ jnr project The data,
| including the field notes obtained
/ by and under the direction uf tho.
| engineers, have boon Dhorkd by ono
| ot us GnmbcrD. This data haH
/ been freely and fully shown aud
/ evory assistance has boon rendered
| 10 M by the engineers ana their ass
/ hstauts.
Visited Dumsitc.
We have visited tho dam aud
| reservoir mtca OBortow ON October
ana lambert on November TO-
I A
present ana explained the plans.
ono OF us UambcrD has been
over tho route of tho Pipe Uno with
fiolwny. who pointed out tho various
problems Involved and cxpluupod the
methods proposed for their Alutiou
Tho estimated costs Of tho various
parts OF the project have boon com
pared with tho costs of similar un-
dertnkinEh, account bcinK taken Of
local conditions.
Tho following poiuts have beon
considcrod I'm accordance with tho
| classification used I'm the report of
Mr.. lIolway and Mr. Trnmmcu.
l. Dam, land and clearing 81 .t32.0 900
q Cortuits and right-of-
way ...,.,.,.ss.... s,ObH, %
2 Tipwnh tunnel ... 29G.O0O
| 4. Mohawk reservoir and
pump station ...... 458.O
s. Distribution from Mo-
7 hawk 90 city ....... 6A1 900
g. Engineering, plHas
specifications inspec-
tions and supervision 32t065I
7. Administration ....... b7T93I
Total .......... t5.Soo.Ooo
Tho Dam, Land and Clearing.
In the enEinccrs estimate Of 81.
$4,000 FOR tho dam, lHni ana clear
ing, by far tho largest amount ls al
lowed for the dam. on tho pro
llmlnnry plans shown and examined.
the designs are adequate nnd the
quantities Of materials To he moved
and used were carefully worked ont
The unit costs are fair ond reason
| able.
We approve tho dam s!.c pre-
| terred by the engineers On which
core drill soundlugs to lopth ot
| over forty feet indicated n solid limo
stone formation. Tho dirt tuvorlrg
varies from nothing to maximum
OF about ton feet.
There win be practically 40 cof-
fer dam work
The dam can he built OF a solid
| gravity section, using eyclopci1 con-
| crete. or OF the reinforced c1ncrrt"
| slab type, similar to the Shpll trork
| dam, The latter would cost Fomo-
what less than the fofmey. accord ur
to an estimate recently received b.
tho engineers from tho Amhurscn
company The ongineers' estimate
was based on building II solid con
| crete structure
Whllo tho core drllllpgs indicate "A
aatisfatory foundation. II ~ possible
that fivuro or Crcvasscs may be un-
covered during tho clearing ot the
dam site. should these bc found
| they must be cleaned out and filled.
Can Add tn Dam.
The dam section proposed by the
/ engineers IN Of such dimensions that
/ aiN or eight foot can be added TO
| the height Of tho dam 10 the future
without endnnEcrlng its liability.
Tho allowance FOR buying the land
| and clearing 70 Of timber seems ndc-
| quate. II must be remembered that
In case an unreasonable price~ls
asked for any Of tho land either at
! tho reservoir sites or along the pipe
huo, the city has the right Ca secure
the property by condemnation pro-
/ CCcdiugH
Conduits and Right-uf- Way
| In the engineers estimate ~ 81
lOGbl50 for conduits and riEht-of-
way comparatively small amount
VIII hc necessary FOR tho latter. II
tho riEht-ot-Way be- mudO tirly foot
VIDE, except whore additional width
Is required, as for example near the
river crossings, the total acreage iH
about three hundred and thirty.
Practically all OF this should ba later
used for farming purposes by the
owners of adjacent property as It Is
proposed 10 cover the pipe line with
at least two feet ~ earth by this
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