The Fort Peck press., 1936-03-26

Peck as the report of Mondays ae
iai survey of ice conditions in tn
Missouri River above the dam be
came known. AT 1890 a. H., Marc
23fd. an aeroplane took of" from
Glasgow airport carrying an eneln
eer who made a stndy of the ic,
conditions in the river above For
Peck. The party refueled at For
Benton and returned to Glasgow al
6:35 o m. that afternoon. From thi,
aerial survey it was determined
that there is a total of IS miles o.
solid ice in four places and an equa
amount of broken ice No gOrges
were observed and the balance Of
the river is open water.
Some ice still remains near the
scene of dredging operations at
Fort Peck and efforts are now be-
ing made to clear the river. Dredge
jefferson is pumping water onto
the solid ice to cause melting and
consequently hasten its breaking
up. Two derrick dredges are break
ing the ice ahead of them by rals-
ing heavy iron weights with their
long hooms and dropping them on
the ice as they make their way
slowly out of the winter harbor.
Practically all the land pipelines
have now been placed in readiness
for dredging operations which will
commence as soon as ice condition
permits. Repair to the dredges are
being completed and preparations
are being made to launch the John
Ordway" from its winter drydocK
quarters in the near future mus
utilizing its services in the moving
of heavy floating equipment into
their respective places of operation
for the coming season.
The work in making the dixie Sec
ton ready to receive early dredging
material is going anead at top
speed. A fleet of trucks and drag
line are under operation preparing
tn core trench and the roll fill
core-plug at the lower end of the
dixie section. The spillWays for the
water pumped in with the
fill are nearing completion.
Activities at the spillway are well
way. The Massman Construc-
tiun Co. are using four shOvels in
renewing the protective shale cover
was left on the spillWay
bedrock during the whit
season. Equipment has been
overhauIed during the winter lay
10 period and is now ready for OPP :
4rarion. Shale saws are being cal :
10 cur the final grade On the
'lde slopes prior to pouring concrete :
Materials are being received daily, :
lik cement at the rate of four :
!; rs per day is being received and '
InIoaded into huge storage tanks :
~ the gravity system; clay pipe :
ar drainage under the concrete lin :
as well as large amounts of re- :
orcing steel is being received in :
:arload lots.
An interesting feature has been I
.eveloped in the loading OF aggre-
ate for the drainage channels. The
, ategate i. by-passed from the
&c Ter pipe whicn supplies the con-
rete mixer, thus iff)rding the ST.
nultaneous operation Ut the mix.
. with the removal of g'avel for d
w
Addison Mil err Inc aud Fielding 10
, Shepley Inc, contractors for the RI
ate structure 1T the Splliway, are &c
50 getting into batuess' with Ct
40 power shovels exca>ating on h
le gate structure abntrnents and ST
Concrete in op@n trenches, d5
tik cainent at the rate OF three OF
irs per day from now nnui April j;
9TH will be received ami unlOaded ST;
# later use IN mixing concrete. M
A Though ~mK on the Shdtts or IN
tunnels has been rather SLOW, BY