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Show !' Buildinc the Dig Dam. J. The lllg Cottonwood pover plant will bu ready for the machinery Vltlilii mxly days, and the tremendous' fuiees ut the mountain torrent, nearly 200 horse-oer, horse-oer, will then lie chained nnd tead.v for distribution among thu various industrial in-dustrial entei prises that need them The contract for tho contraction for 'ho big dam has been let to Geo. l'roclor of Union Fort, and it will he comphtcd within two months. The tunnel through which thu water will bo piped to the power plant will be completed before that lime. The dam will be an Iiiiuieiuo embankment em-bankment of earthwork 435 fret long. 2u to3Jfeet high, 26 feet thick on Iho top and 8t at thu base. The lesorvoir created by this dam will cover eight and a half acres, and a preseuro of .130 feet will be developed. With the usual How of water this means 2S00 horN-on r. A Tribune representative who visited the scene yesterday found that considerable consider-able surfaco work had already liecu done. The water development will hn completed com-pleted with the coinplctloiTjiLUicilain, ani everything vvlll then lie Tn rcdlness for the machinery. Tribune. |
