Arizona republican., 1921-11-19

Der of the control board. to the gov ernor of Arizona, to the press of the city of Phoenix and to the citizens committee
 The resolution was signed by w W. I.awhon. president of the cham Der of commerce, and Harry Welch, secretary.
 The mailing of the set of resolu- tions yesterday followed reports that on Thursday a meeting of the board of governors of the Cave creek dam was held and that during the session the names O. a number of engineers were suggested, none of which were voted upon with the exception of that of Capt A F. Harter, member of the state engineers office, who was proposed by Thomas Maddock, state engineer
 According to the agreement under which the board of governors must make a choice of supervising engi- neer it is necessary that the vote be unanimous amoung the five parties to the agreement-thes state. the city, the county, the Water Users asso- citation and the Paradise-Ver irri- gation project. When Harter's name was proposed, C. c. Cragin, general manager and chief engineer of the Salt River Valley Water Users asso- citation, refused to vote for him be- cause of his ignorance of Harters qualifications for the place and be- cause he wanted time in which to investigate the state engineers nom inee.
 Insist on Expert
 In discussing the resolutions yes terday members of the chamber of commerce were insistent that the proposal which has been made con- tinuaIly since the last Cave creek flood concerning a supervising engi- neer be carried out This proposal is that some engineer of recognized ability as wei as recognized eXperi- ence in the construction of dams and flood control works, be placed in ! charge of the proposed Cave creek dam. It was pointed out that unless this is done the result will be that the construction. of the dam will not 1 be directed by one man, but by five ! the members of the board of gover nors-with all the loss of efficiency 1 and economy that must come when too many cooks attempt to stir the | broth, and that the supervising engi- | neer should be all that the name inn | plies and not a figurehead. In these discussions the names | of at least four men are mentioned, | all of whom are declared to have the requisite re 1uirements. The first was D. W. Murphy. builder of the Straw 1 berry dam in Utah, which is of the ! same type as the proposed Cave creek dam and constructed accord 1 ing to practically the same plans and specifications Murphy, who is well known in Phoenix, is a consulting engineer for the United States rec 1 lamation service ad has been called 1 to various sections of the United l States repea -edly to supervise flood | control construction.
 Another engineer of national rep l utation in flood cotrol work is Will
 liam Mulholland, chief engineer of
 the Los Angeles water system and one of the foremost authorities on | flood control in the United States | The third engineer whose name has been mentioned in connection with the | flood control dam supervision is that | of J. w. Martin, who built the di- version dam at Granite Reef. Martin
 is said to have had much experience
 in this kind of work and to be thor oughly competent, as is Louis C. Hill
 builder of the Roosevelt dam and one
 of the best known dam engineers in
 the country,
 Any one of these men. it was said
 yesterday, would be willing to take
 over the supervision of the building
 of the Cave creek dam and to carry
 it through efficiently and economical
 ly. The salary which would be giver
 them, it was also pointed out, would
 be saved over and over again if only
 through the fact that the construc-
 ton of the dam would be under on'
 single direction and not under tha
 of five men, as would necessarily b'
 the case should an inexperienced engineer be employed. Emphasis wa laid also on the fact that the cer
 tainty of getting a safe and well bull dam will also depend in a great meas
 ure upon the selection of a thor [ oughly competent engineer to direc [ operations at the Cave creek damsite