The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-09-28

seo Il is last Sundays issue .a
:''s's, II article on the pro- pro-
priest Rapids ,,,, irris shs rsn nna
= 3. pl q the proposed develop .,ssop
- i been published at differ
= int i the courier-Reporter
sa 2, and interesting inf lorna,
= ! contained in the Times
G. Hill, one Of the most
~ y America, reveals an
els o :, forward step in
&C., and s Priest Rapids power
biton Int sn, which the public is
pstes aDHr informed, but which
vssu.,' the immediate future ure
rpslse:, 81. !" irrigation for lOO,OOO
! rovald'ss rd IN one compact unit,
ns O ' 9TH the greatest power
tcthef w. IN the United States
'sp Il Niagara Falls. =
~ ,; !" M. Hill declines to be
Viewed and no statement aoaae1n ,,,a Is
l.t s;sIsalnss With th'' the Priest Rapids a9I,
aahi'ei;t 4 known that Mr.. Hill
r're.,, 1 \ engineer and a corps
= sel !, arg;neers in charge of R.
ilelo s .fe now in the field MAX
nsstd etailed study and topo-
y .I;,sI survey of the Priest
r'p1alsJd; district and the great area
rp!os I -;ch land stretching along
I, fine int 1 bank Oft Of the Columbia Riv-
= s,s' |. ' distance of thirty miles
{ ! l0 Iii i be irrigated from Priest
- WV Mr.. Kiger is widely
In . ! typographical engineer
now :. released for this work by
9 I'm limited States Geographical
With which he has long
~ Sn's ;!lisrtified in the handling of
~ ~ ~, = rs most important work.
i.s.oumpanying these engineers
a1 T;Iton 3. and Everett S. Dam,
<. 4. f KIM Of Dam Brothers, who owe
sIiy.mond D." ranch at Priest
5 S and whose untiring efforts
..ss,;us 4 period of sixteen years
" y ,,rsesoenized as notable factors
! bdnring the great development
Meet 70 this stage OF fruition.
fSese final surveys are the
,..,,sary steps preliminary to the
itt;re cf ! contract for the con-
s,rrt;on Of the Priest Rapids
TsAhnds project, involving a con-
{. ~ dam across the Columbia
pvsr Il Priest Rapids, extending
. distance Of three miles-the
i.s,st dam in the world. 1t also
rlIbe 1 traffic and railway bridge
~ nearest dam comparable to it
! he famous Assuan dam across
= Nile in Egypt. The cost will
I approximately 100000, S.
000Oo greater than that of the
", across the Mississippi at Koe-
Ink. From 50 to 100 per cent
more power will be generated at
Priest Rapids than at Koekuk.
While officials Of the Washing
I'm Irrigation & Development Co.,
Ae corporation that is developing
& Priest Rapids project, do not
dseuss the real parentage of this
tremendous undertaking, involv-
ng ultimately up to 100000, 900,
lis known that the General Elec-
tx interests are the real sponsors,
nd known also that this is one
q the most favored projects of the
General Electric group, with its
INVESTMENTS running into the
Ecrs Of millions throughout the
United States.
But to 60 back to Mr.. Hill. He
, tsigned and constructed the inn
knse Salt River project in Ari-
.no, which is supplying irrigation
nom the famous Roosevelt dam.
ner Nj. Hill was supervisor and
eaglng engineer of such projects
: Tie Elephant Butte, Yuma,
Mulberry Valley, Madera-the
ngG representing $28, 100000
- many others in the Southwest,
nm irrigation and power have
yea such prominent part in
1lng the desert into productive
A. His firm is Quinton, Code
nlll, engineers, of Los Angeles.
~ was only recently revealed
- another Of the most notable
9es5lng firms in America has
- ne last two or three months
y pssed all the soundings and
~ Ior the huge Priest Rapids
n.I nls is the firm of Jarrett &
sv SOe, foundation engineers,
y. York City. Their work
~. s1l1g locations for the dam
's oeflnite plans for the navi-