Shoshone journal., 1922-10-27

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last Of the series OF interviews and
facts obtained about the Magic pro-
iect. including the story Of the diver
and his assistant and the expert
mechanic who repaired the broken
gate.
If was on Saturday afternoon, Sep
tenlber 30th, that the editor learning
the diver was at work at the DAM
wont ont there for the purpose OF
s,attin1 first-hand his story. After
examining the upper part OF the tower
and talking to Manager Badley ana
an engineer who was there Badley
ord the engineer left to examine some
other details and the editor seized the
chance to go down in the tower and
interview the diver, Frank Waldman'
Of San Francisco and his assistant.
Gus Hartman. He found both men
were experts in their line and had
examined and worked on many irri-
cation projects
@When you first went down, what
condition did you find the gates in"
asked the editor.
"When I first came on the job
examined the blue prints to familiar
ize myself with the works below the
water. so I could work faster and de-
termine quicker, the trouble, but when
first went down, I found the works
and the blue prints did not agree and
lost considerable time figuring out
the plans. Then, too, there was SO
,,ucb rubbish around the gate it was
d;ff;cult TO get at the gate and the
wall and examine them. so more time
.s lost When I did get to the gate
found it was not even hooked -
r,+ even if Il had been the chain WIS
in such CONDITION i: could not haF7
been raised
(which gase ID yau mean?'
nrha emergency gate. as have to
rat that fixed so no water VIII get
into the other gate before that can
be fixed.
Then the emergency gate was in
bad condition, too?'
"ru say it was. Besides not oeiiiS
hooked up as I told you there was
hig iron rod bent half double in front
Of the gate that nothing could nave
torc,ea that prevented the gate being
shut No power on earth could have
shut that gate with that rod WAeFe
it was
aHow did the rod get there2
81 40 not know. It must have been
t,sra for a loug time from the iook
Of If The gate lays flat on the oea
Of tbe tower when not in use ana
- = : desired to close the gate
tha chains are supposed to lift one
end m and put it in place. The gate
;s made out of pianks and is shaped
like a cork to so into bottle 'ls
month of the tunnel being the heoN
of the bottle. Theoretically 'h's =
all ,;gb+ and if made right viii WorA
for a time but they are not the usS'
gates and get out OF order quicker
than other kinds. This pariieui@i
gate wasn't made right in the iifs'
place. or rather I should say the op-
ening into which the gate fits was
not made right and there is Dis
difference between them and they do
not lit tight. thus the water flows
through even when Il IS shut. hao
70 saw that rod out before I could a.
anything ana then I succeeded in set-
ting the gate shut but the water siiH
ran out. ] took oakem and rubber
and made two and three inch saskeis
in places 60 stop the flow of water
The rubbish. planks and debris de-
lsyed ths work considerable az it hee
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