Show DRY RESERVOIRS Will MILL GUARD MIAMI VAllEY r Cleveland 0 O. March lurch 29 Fero cre Were It not for Cor the tile fact that the tho United States Mates has been engaged In n the greatest greatest great great- est cst of ot world wars warn the tho building or of tho the five dl dry diy reservoirs reser as part nf of a n flood prevention plan in rn the Miami valley alley would arrest the tho ion of ot the nation nallon says Howard El el in n the tho April Popular Mechanics mn magazine than that lon 1 construction construction con con- experts would bo lie watching tho the work with wilh considerable ale Int because the project i is b bv by f t r the great great- t oat est of Its kind ever over attempted in to this country The plan of ot co 1 is to insure In insure in- in sure permanent protection to tho more moro than Inhabitants living in its the Miami conservancy anc district a U region legion following closely the Ila nl an important but not navigable water waterway which threads Its wa way o l hern h- h orn ern Ohio counties The Tho cost coat is esti sti- sti mated at More lore than OCO 2000 men Ire required to complete thu tho con con- and sa hr-sa hr j years os as s a minimum la is tho the length of tints time esti esti- h mated an au necessary to car carry y out the designs of or the district Vivo hive hug hu ro- ro basins or 01 dr dry are Te constructed all an of ot them thum now well under way To construct any coo cne of ot these theao dams means the digging l ing tr tin tiMis- ms porting depositing and compacting of ot from Crom to cubic yn- yn ya n ll ty of ot earth For the Miami river channel tho the estimate Is cubic varda Dams uns and river to together other will mean tho ex excavation excavation excavation ex- ex an in all of 01 some omo cubic yards of ot cai earth th The floo flood conservancy conservancy project consists consists consists con con- of ot the dr reservoir dry reser sst system m tc which hick constructed once will five hc different nt tracts of ot land in the tho district At Al unusual periods of high highwater water it Is 1 designed to permit all overflow over over- flow low water to run Into these basins Thoy Throy wi will wail bo so stoutly constructed that the they cannot break under pressure of millions of ot gallons of ot water Tho river liver channel thus relieved relle of oC the tho a additional burden of oC high water will not he be threatened and tho the customary danger cr of ot hanks banks breaking breaking- or flowing I Is entirely entire entire- I I ly eliminated f. f |