The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01
WATER PROJECTS
CITYS GREATEST
Marks Tulsa as Most Am
bilious City in Entire
Southwest
BREAK GROUND SOON
Contract Calls for Work TO
Begin in II Days and End
I'm lS Months

with the awarding OF the cone
tracts covering the complete cuu-
struetiOn OF the Spnsluaw water
system by the municipal water
board early inis week tho third Vi
tally important step VIII have been
taken on the biggest project for tap
ping n wItor eupply nat has ever
been undertaken Zoo the s0uthwrHt.
The first step was The voting ~ the
26,SOO.OOO water bonds ana the src-
ond the sale OF q considerable pOr-
tlou OF the securities
Work on the project under The
contract must be commenced Within
y days after the signing NJ tho
contracts and the time limit on COM
plctlou is Is months The breaking
OF ground may be marked by a
local celebration Of HOmc character
not yet determined upon
The final plans for the work sub
mittod TO the bidders and under
which the contracts viii be awarded
consist Of $50 typowrlttcn pages and
is divided into II separate contracts.
The contractors however were priv
ilcgcd TO submit bids on any or all
OF the sections.
iae dam itself. tho most import
ant ana most costly part Of the prof
oct, Involves tho construction Of n
masonry spillway section containing
10000 cubic yards ~ cyclopean con-
crete masonry Ono-OVcTfloW section
involving 10000 yards Of masonry
and earth dixie sections involving
10000 cubic yards Of earth. This
means the use Of $1,000 barrels OF
cement on the dam. Tho 60-inch
conduit line IL 2S miles long aud
the 6i-inch conduit line. 2lA miles
long. They are OF reinforced con
crete and Involve approximately four
hundred thousand cubic yards OF ex-
cavatlon, 10000 barrels OF cement
and seven thousand tons Of steel. A
tunnel 1000 feet long, S4 inches IN
diameter, VIII be constructed be-
tween the GO-lnch and tho bl-inch
condults. Tho high pressure reservoir
on the hlll north OF Tulsa involves
10000 cubic yards of rock excayu-
tion and 1000 cubic yards OF con-
crete work. In addition about twcn-
~ thousand feet OF cast iron water
main connecting the high pressure
reservoir with the present diHtrlbu-
ton system OF the city.
The Mohawk reservoir involves
approximately three hundred thou
sand cubic yards OF earth work, and
Is TO hold 500,0O0,000 gallons OF
water to protect tho city against any
break In the conduit line. The water
flows by gravity from tho dam to
the Mohawk reservoir. The pump
station. 10 DO built under seperate
contract nt later date and located
at Mohawk reservoir, will lift tho
water from this reservoir to the high
pressure reservoir. The plans are
10 have the conduit flow fun at all
times, which will provide an excess
OF water at Mohawk reservoir and
VIII afford an opportunity for tho
city In the future to develop "A nice
lake for bathing ana park purposes
adjacent to the reservoir.
the tlmbercd areas on Spavlnaw
Lake site, amount to little over
nine thousand acres. which will have
TO bo cleared. when the dam Ia
closed and the lake filled, over
twenty billion gallons of water will
be impounded, 1000 acres flooded.
and the lake viii extend UP the val
ley for seven miles. Spayinaw Lake
VIII be one OF the most beautiful
in the southwest. and besides fur
nishing Tulsa with It's water suLply,
VIII az the same time afford wonder
ful opportunities for outings for us
citizens. The lake site Is one OF the
best natural sites for Il lake, both
from the standpoint OF beauty and
quaiity OF water impounded. There
IL no silt In the valley at all, for IL Is
all covered with gravel and loose
rock. At places the bluffs rise vertl-
cally nom the lake for miles along
lha slore limo