The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-29
Dam Here to be Completed in 1899, Claim; 40 per ct Done
Old Dobbin is RELOCATED to the Rear in
this Machinery Age, Moving I69,-
go Cubic Yards of Dirt Monday.

Mountains are moved and mad
at Fl. Peck these days-but nc
with faith-rather by the efficien
use of modern machinery. While
little dirt has been moved b
horses, it was infinitesimal compal
ed to quantities To- moved dali!
by the many types of modern mac
hinery being operated at the Fl
Peck Project. For instance, Mon
output of the 4 dredges vas l69,68(
GU. yds; Martin Wunderlicf
moved 10, O9l Gu. yds.; Massmar
handled 34,756 Gu. yds.; Addition
Miller. 2,1S0 Gu. yds; & Mason &
Walsh 1000 Gu. yds. from the
tunnels. Add to the dirt moving
1000 GU. yds. of sand & gravel
aggregates. 10000 Gu. yds. of toe
gravel; 1000 Gu yds. of bouIders
& the imposing total of 235, 900 Gu.
yds. of materials moved in one day
is obtained. Moreover, it should be
realized that for every yard of toe
gravel produced about 2 yds. of
pit-run material must be handled.
Sand pumps and pipelines. sho-
vels & dump trucks, mine cars &
belt conveyers. draglines, bull
doZers. graders. scrapers. carry
alls I railroad cars are all used
but "Dobbin' is not in the picture.
Such an orgy of change to the
face of nature in one district has
never been carried on before at
such a rate.
Dredee Madison is now pump
ing thru 1880 #. of pipeline, the
longest on record-nsdriy 3 miles
The velocity in the line has been
Increased slightly to % fl. per Sc
cond so that a very good output is
still maintained. The Jefferson has
10000 #. of line behind her, the
Missouri has 1000 #. & the Gal
latin $500 #.
Dredee Missouri has started q
diagonal cut into the east bank,
heading toward the tunnel inlets
The cut will be used for the winter
harbor this year & next & will later
serve as the channel for the d. ,
version of the river to the tunnels. :
This new location for the winter ,
harbor will provide high banks
for good protection & should en- Il,
able the dredging plant to swing 9
into action next spring without .
loss of time when the ice goes out. !
The Frazier-D d. Wis Con. Co & G. L +
Tarlton of st. Louis, contractors
on the cutoff wall have been cal
led upon to use their construction :.
which is so uniquely adap- :
ted to sheet pile driving, to drive :
2 short walls on each side of the .
river channel near the upstream =
toe of the dam. The work con-
of two, 100 #. sections of wall i,
parallel to and 80 feet south of the :
center line Of the upstream toe. :
The sheets of piling used will be so -
t. long & the required penetration !
nto the ground will be about 35
'eet. l
Only go piles remain to be driven
the river section of the main wall O
about 1 more weeks work. As d.
'oon as this is done, the contract OF
rs plan to extend their air and 81
water pipes upstream along both n
,anks for use on the new WORK. O,
The gantry will be dismantled and fo
portion of tower taken to west ci
for use on gantry being til
lssembled there. CT
The penetration of piling driven tt
lp west abutment is increasing. in
he maximum so far reached has b
,een abont 1870 feet. While this et
BY no means as great a depth as O
as been obtaiued by Frazier.Da in
Co. it does mean actually q more n
t worthy achievement than 155 N
of penetration in river bottom for d,
.ason that west abutment is COM e
osed of glacial till. Driving steel Ok
ling ia thru this material is Obyi-