Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-10
56.2 N lies
ON
CANAL ROUTE
Williams RepOr is
On Progress of
Project

Employing 2,404 men dur
ing December, 56.2 miles of
the 80-mile-long All Ameri-
can canal project had been
completed by the end of the
month. while Imperial Dam and
desilting works were 1885 per cent
complete, Construction Engineer r.
B. Williams reported Saturday.
Williams in charge of the canal
project for the United States Bu-
reau of Reclamation, reported a
total excavation of l,141.994 cubic
yards OF dir Gil All contracts dur
ing the month, and excavation of
1000 cubic yards of rock.
Wash siphons and other struc-
lures on the canal proceeded with
the same speed as excavation, the
engineer indicated in detailed
report dealing with each contract.
A summary of his report shows
that.
The w. E. Callahan Construction
company and Gunther e. Shirley
continued excavation near Laguna
Dam and started excavation for
the Yuma Main canal location near
Potholes, continuing also with ex-
caVation west of the sand hills and
moving total OF 586,893 cubic
yards of dirt during the month,
making the contract 1914 per cent
complete.
Rough Excavation
The Lewis Chambers Construc-
ton company made its East Mesa
contract TOT per cent complete
with excavation of 264, 4,481 cubic
yards during the month.
The Mittry Brothers Construc-
tlon company and sub-contractors
completed rough excavation of
Power Drop No. and a canal
section to the upper end of Sche-
oule 4, with a total excavation
OF 24l,62O cubic yards for the
month. The contract is 66 per
cent complete.
Suo-contractors under the George
POLLOCK company placed 65,7l0 Gu
Die yards of compacted embank-
ment IN the levee section, making
the contract 76.5 per cent CON-
plete.
The Frazier-Davis Construction
company made its contract 287
per cent complete in structure
work at 100 Wash, 424 Wash i'm
named Wash and Picacho Wash.
9S Per Cent Complete
The Triangle Rock and Gravel
company and Charles Holmes nro-
ceSsed 1920 cubic yards of SAND
ana 1898 cubic yards of gravel
plete. 00''i
The Utah Construction company
WINSTON Brothers company and
morrison : Knudsen company, and
sup-contractors brought their con-
tract at Imperial dam within 46.86
per cent OF completion on the dam
ana desilting works, including All
American canal headworks. sluice-
way, Gila Valley canal headworks.
Gila Valley desilting works and
diversion channel, and the All
American canal desilting works.
David H. Ryan completed a rail-
road bridge over the canal, COM
pieted piers and abutments for a
highway bridge and poured ocn-
crete in one deck slab, and began
placing concrete in the floor slab
and cutoff walls Of the Araz Wash
overchute. Work is l0.5 per cent
complete.
Start Drilling
The " R. Dennis Construction
company continued rock eXcaya-
ton and started drilling in the I'M
perial dam vicinity. Work is 1876
per cent complete.
The Peterson Construction COM
pany completed large slice of the
canal along the Central Main canal,
making their contract 24.l8 per cent
complete. The same company COM
pleted rough structure excavation
for overchutes at $40 Wash, 1888
Wash. 945 Wash and 1870 Wash,
and for wash inlet, and began
placing concrete in two structures.
Work is l5.5 per cent complete.
The George Pollock company
completed 75.5 per cent of its con-
tract for hauling and compacting
of material for canal lining
East Mesa surveys were started
Dec. l. employing % men at the
end of the mouth.
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