Show GOOD WEATHER AIDS IN ECHO WORK IN JUNE weather conditions condl tlona during june were favorable for construction work on the echo dam the monthly report of construction engineer F P F smith of the bureau of reclamation reports lep oits and the forces of A guthrie co were engaged in the placing rock till fill throughout the month other work included placing of earth fill installation of the foot radial gates in the spillway s structure r u and pre preparatory p a r ato ry work fo for r the installation of the outlet pipe and emergency gate controls working on the placing of clay sand and gravel in hi the earth fill see sec tion alon of the dam WAS discontinued on june juna d 5 when the dirt work was within five feet of the top this waa wa made necessary on account of the narrow width making it impossible satisfactorily to handle equipment until the rock work was brought up with the dirt work the quantity quan tit of material in this section of the dam at the suspension of operations was as cubic yards of a total of yards to be placed rock work during the month wag Was carried on on both slop slopes ot of the dam and approximately cubic yards of 0 material placed on the two faces of the dam two shovels being used on the work practically all month the foot radial gates to be used for control in the spill way section were assembled and hung in place during the month and the necessary wareing tor for electrical operation was installed the placing ot of the center weights for the gate operation will be male made in july the 72 inch outlet pipe will extend in two lines from the high pressure pies sure gates in the center of the lower end was being moved to the lower end of the tunnel and preparatory work was accomplished for the placing of the pipe work during july will consist of the completion of the earth work and the rock work placing of emergency gates gate s and the installation of the outlet pipe and concrete work around the tha emergency gates the contractor employed an average force of men and two head of stock during june on this work the water storage in the reservoir in may was brought to the desired amount of acre feet on june juna 8 and was held until june 13 ahei the draining of this water tor for irrigation was start started edAt at the end ot gf the month there remained about acre feet in temporary storage A crew ot of men was engaged entire month on the clearing of the reser vior site working on the illel ig and burning of the brush and trees this work still in progress at the end of the month the contractor on the weber provo diversion canal S H new novell newell ell co portland ore worked an average force of 58 men and six head of stock on this work being eri engaged principally in the excavation of tho tha big cut near the provo river and the tha excavation for the structures along the line of the tha canal TW two 0 dr draglines dra a g glines I 1 in es are in use on this work moving about cubi yards of on this large cut during the month together with the alae placing ing of various canal and ditch crossings over the canal this work will be continued through the month of july and as soon as the big cut Is excavated the drag line working there will start on the remainder of the canal excavation this s canal is nine miles long and will be used to divert surplus spring flood water from the weber to the provo river |