The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-07
PIIMORS THICK
REGARDING
PRIEST RAPIDS
an Kinds of Reports are in
the Air About Big
Project


y. If the dam at Priest Rapids are
~ -, n the air, says the Hanford Co
i"mbian. The latest to reach this Sec
.:sr was to the effect that three
ss.;nloads of material to be used in
.onstruction of the dam are now be-
~ prepared for shipment in the east
"a that trains will be routed west
.,.rd this week. 1t was not stated at
Lat point the material is being as
..mbled. neither did the report give
.,,t information as to which road the
t,.;ns would be rolled over.
Another rumor is to the effect that
large construction company now
orerating in California where it is
hnilding a power plant will move
from it's present location to Priest
Panids as soon as the work at the
california point is completed which
!. supposed to be within three or four
vseks. This information was brot to
Hanford by a man who talked with
manager of the construction company
= California about three or four
weeks ago. The manager told this
Marty, who resides in a nearby town,
that his company had the contract for
/. large part of the work in connec-
ton with the building of the dam at
Priest Rapids and that their next set
M would be at the site of the dam.
Two Swedes dropped into Priest
Rapids few days ago with their
trunks and tool chests all ready to
10 to work the next morning on the
dam. They told parties at the Rapids
that they had been informed in Seat
tie that work on the big project was
in progress and they wanted to get
here as quickly as possible before all
the good "yobs" were taken.
A few days ago a minister arrived
at the Rapids for the purpose of
holding meetings among the workers
1t the dam. He arrived at the bunk
house long after what few men are
employed there, were in bed and
awoke all of them, including q car
penter from Hanford who was doing
some work on one of the company
houses at the Rapids. This did not set
well with the carpenter so he got up
the next morning about three hours
earlier than usual and made it a
point to awaken the preacher.
Another report in connection with
operations at the dam is to the effect
that a manager of one of the ranches
near the site of the dam which will
Be flooded when the dam is built was
told that he would have time to get
two cuttings of alfalfa this year be-
fore he would be ordered to get off
the ranch.
Still another report which has
reached here is that number of con-
struction engineers from New York
and elsewhere are making prepara-
tons to leave for Priest Rapids some
time in May to make surveys for
preliminary work in connection with
the dam and that bunkhouses and
other temporary structures have been
ordered built at Priest Rapids. Also
that men who are supposed to be on
the inside have made the statement
mat three large buildings are to be
built at beverly in the near future
to be used as office buildings, gar
ages, etc. by men who will have
charge of looking after the business
Of the General Electric company on
tne main line of the Milwaukee at
Beverly, from which place a branch
road will be built to the site of the
oam at Priest Rapids, distance of
Is miles.
IN fact, you can hear anything you
want to listen to in regard to the
IOrk of the big project but none of
~ the rumors which have reached
mere have any of the earmarks of be-
ing authentic.