The Fort Peck press., 1935-09-05
II, 544 600 Cubic Yards of Mud is in
Dam to Date; One Dredge Pumps
683,01O Gu. Yds. in Half Month

s concrete is being poured for this pc
& ton, In connection with the in
vert forms it was necessary to maxi
t special arrangements for the SO IN
5 narrow gage tracks being used by
the 2 crews working on the enlarge
ment and ring BEEN braces ahead
The 2 tracks which have beer
laid parallel along the invert of the
tunnels, must converge to a single
track in order to pass over tn forms
and then dIverge to double track il
tunnel beyond. This makes slight
complication for operation of the
muck and steel trains but the diff
Guilty has been very skillfully work
ed out by contractor.
At inlet portals, the first 4 con-
crete mOnoliths of headWall are
completed and excavation is under
way for 3 more sections of the wall
The upper petitions of first 4 sec
tons were poured by means of ma
chine previously used at lower
portals) which pumps fresh con-
crete from central mixing plant
thru pipes like a liquid into forms.
1000, 600 Gu. YDS AT SPILLWAY
At the spilIway Massman turned
out another record months work
during August. They passed the
million Gu. yd. mark by a comfort
able margin with 1,1O6,2O6 Gu yds
excavated. This is 3rd month this
year they have excsvated a million
Gu. yds and more. April was 1st
month with 1885, 999 cu.yds, May
1903, 1O3 Gu. yds. June and~July
due to moving from upper end of
channel to present location, they
suffered a decrease in output to
879, 324 and 742.056 Gu. yds respect
lively. But now, with slightly less
equipment on the job, they move
dirt at a greater rate than ever be-
fore. The above yardage was gotten
by cross-Sections of the excavated
channel,
Before approach Of winter Mass
mar is rushing to completion a
timber jumping trestle for gravel
similar to ones erected by Addison
Miller Co & Mason & Walsh, This
enables them to receive a supply
of concrete AGGREGATES & store them
up before freezing weather makes
sand & gravel shipments impossi-
BILE. The early construction of this
trestle will also facilitate
handling of this class of freight in
view of fact Miller and !.
Mason & Walsh must also be sup
piled with the same materials.
Addison Miller and Fielding and
.hepley have completed flat con-
lining of sdillwoy channel as
ar south as called for by plans,
They are now constructing a small
concrete cutoff wall along south
EDGE of the slab. This wall is 6 fit
vide by 10 fit. deep into the shale.
They are also working on end slabs
# apron along edges of channel
walls. They run concrete at rate |
about 800 Gu. yds. per day, a {
'erceptible decrease from last week. }
During the week, make up of !
ggregates and cement in storage ;,
or these contractors was as follows: :,
and $500 tons, fine gravel 1000 :,
u. yds., coarse gravel 5000 Gu yds
,ulk cement 5000 bbls.
Dredge Jefferson for 4th time the .
eason, came out the winner in the I
emf monthly contest between Z
redges. But this time. Jefferson 6
set a mark for other 3 dred- q
es to shoot at by moving 683,9fO =
.u.yds. during last half-month per- !;
ID of Aug. The Madison crews !.
hot they did something 1st half !,
f May when they moved 657,600
yds. and their mark did stand 2
hruOut the summer till now, when A
effeI son established above record, =