Show HIGHEST IN THE WORLD Reclamation Service to Construct a Great Dam Dani in Northern Wyoming Special to The Her Herald ld Washington Jul July below the junction of the north and south forks of the Shoshone river In northern Wyo WO tiling g in a a solid granite canyon with r wills seer i hundred feet in height the engineers of the reo rec reclamation service propose to construct the hIghest darn dam in the tho world With a total height of feet above bedrock a bottom width of feet and a atop atop top width of feet this mammoth structure will create a 0 reservoir with a astor stor storage e capacity of acre feet All the details of construction have been carefully worked ou out t and the sec secretary of the interior Is advertIsing for forbids forbids bids for constructing X the darn dam These proposals are to bo be received at the of the reclamation service Billings Mont und and opened on Sept 5 1905 Pro Proposals Proposals for the outlet and road tunnels will be 00 opened at the same time and Particulars mn may be obtained roin the chief engineer at atthe the Wash vaSh Washington Ington office or from Jeremiah Ahern the engineer in charge tilt at Cody Wyo This work is of special Interest rest be because cause of the unusual engineering fea features features tures necessitated by the natural condi conditions conditions of oC the canyon In order to obtain I a bedrock foundation the dam will have Ito to be constructed fe feet t be below I Ilow low the tho bed of the river In order to provIde for a spillway to allow sive Hoods floods to pass the tho dam a tunnel wIll be around the dam through the solid granite or of the moun mountains to discharge Into the canyon sev several eral hundred feet below the dam This tunnel will have a capacity of cubic feet per second sufficIent to carr carry the largest Hoods of the stream There will be two each three and anda a half mUM miles long one taking Its supply directly from the reservoir for the high highline highline line canal coverIng acres of high highland highland land In the upper valley and the other diverting water from the river sixteen mile below the dam for the low line Une I canal to the remaining portion The canals will de decrease in size with distance from th tunnels as I are taken out It is s probable probable able that bout acres s of land on the south side of the river belo below belong belongIng lag Ing to the state under the terms Of the Care Carey act will be acquired and included ed In this project The soil is very productive and hay wheat oats barley and the hardier vegetables can be abundantly with an ample water supply The Chi ChiCago ChIcago Cago Burlington Quincy railroad Is tributary to the lands The secretary of the interior set aside from the reclamation fund wl h to o thi work ami an it itis is estimated that acres of public la laud d on the north side of th tha river can bo be reclaimed |