The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-10-27
THE DALLES STILL
SEEKS LOCAL WATER

because OF Lne interest LndL lOca
irrigationists have taken in plans o
some of the citizens of The Dalles il
securing domestic water from the eas
fork of Hood River, the following
appearing in The Dalles Chronicle las
week, is reprinted.
From an engineering standpoint, i
is possible to supply The Dalles will
water from the watershed of the cas-
fork of Hood river for many years t.
come. This, in brief, sums up the re
port of David G. Glass, who was SEN
some time ago by the water commits
sion to the east fork of Hood River fol
the purpose of making a thorough in
vestigation of the feasibility of a pipe
line to supply The Dalles with a new
water supply. Mr.. Glass is employed
under City Engineer P. W. Marx.
In the report upon his trip, Mr..
Glass said:
"On Saturday, September 10, we
went to the Dog river dam and ran q
line from there with hand level, tape
and compass, on the elevation of the
crest of the dam for four miles, to a
point near the center of section 16.
We found that this contour followed
the Dog river canyon to point 200
feet north of the section line between
sections and from where it turned,
following the Hood river canyon in a
southerly direction.
From the end of this line we had
splendid view of Hood river canyon
and could spot the position of the con-
tour with the hand level for several
miles up the river. AS there is no
rock, grading would be easy for the
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would be the clearing and grubbing.
'On September IL, we spent the day
looking over the present pipe line and
checking up what we thought we had
found namely, that the proposed pipe
inc could be taken to the Mill creek
summit with the same or a shorter
length of line than to the Dog river
dam. We found the line directly to
the Mill creek divide to be the shorter
one. The rest of the day was spent in
investigating the possibilities of tun-
neling. We found that, with tunnel
approximately four miles in length,
Dog river could be diverted from a
point near the section line between
sections and 80, where it is good
sized stream"
In the investigation Mr.. Glass learned
that the forest service is well along
with the construction of the Mount
Hood Loop road and that the grade
will be completed from the forest re-
serve boundary to section l6. and the
right of way cleared to Government
Camp by this fall. This road would
avail fairly easy transportation of pipe
and equipment.
Both the north and middle forks of
the east fork of Hood river were found
to be milky, although the middle fork
was less milky than the north fork,
and the water in it had no objection
able taste. In his report Mr.. Glass
said that the north fork was the larg-
est of the two streams, and that 30
second feet of water is conservative |
estimate for the amount of water flow
ing in both streams.
The investigation sof the south fork |
or tributary to the east fork of Hood |
river disclosed that there is an approx
innate flow of five and three-tenths Sec
ond feet of water in this stream. In
addition, Mr.. Glass found several
branches and springs coming in below
where the wier was placed, which |
could be ditched in above an intake.
In his report Mr.. Glass estimates that
a total of 10 second feet of water could
be procured from this watershed.
The engineering party also investi-
gated the possibilities of an inverted |
siphon across Hood river canyon. 1t
was estimated that, at the elevation of
from 4, 500 to 400 feet. Cold Spring
creek has a flow of from 10 to Is sec
ond feet. 1t is a stream of water six
feet wide and at least a foot deep,
tumbling over the rocks in a series of
falls and cascades which would insure
good aeration, and the canyon is so sit
uated that it would be comparatively
easy to fence the entire watershed. the
report mentioned.
Summing up. Mr.. Glass said
I'm conclusion, the information OBJ
tanned points to the fact that the wa
tershed of the east fork of Hood river
could be developed so as to supply The
Dalles with fine mountain stream of
water for many years to come. The
main question is one of law and prior
ity rights.
1.-THE proposed pipe line No. ! would
cross the Hood river canyon with an
inverted siphon and ascend Cold
Springs creek far enough to obtain the
most economical head. The approx
mate lenRJn OF lnlS line WOulu ne seven
and one-half miles. 1t would be nee
essary to use steel pipe for the part
under the heavy head. but wood could
be used for the remainder of the line,
4 desired.
1.-The siphon would have a greater
head than is ordinarily the case. but it ,
could be easily built, with the sssur-
ince of giving satisfactory service.
with the new highways completed.
rs they doubtless willibe by the time
could be started. the pipe
,ould be shipped by rail to Parkdale,
hence hauled by trucks to points
Ilong the highway and finally delivered
,ver short stretches of temporary road
o the place on line.
"The length of line in both cases is I
o the Mill creek summit, where the
water from Dog river is now deliv-
red. The danger of contamination in
he Mill creek watershed could be
Eliminated at any time by installing
additional pipe to take the place Of
he present open ditch. "