| Show BOULDER DAM construction INVOLVES HUGE preliminary PROBLEMS TO A STATEMENT made to the associated ACCORDING press on the instant it will b be e in many any norths before even preliminary problems having to do with the actual construction of the colorado river river darn dam itself can can be carried into effect the real situation was tersely an and d lucidly pointed out in the statement made by R F walter chief engineer of the U S bureau of reclamation from las vegas nevada after the state pact is signed necessary to give the swing johnson bill full force and effect it will take tak e a year E engineer walter explains to draw plans for the dam and con congressional 6 appropriation must be made to finance the work before a start can be made after this happens it will take seven years more to complete the undertaking der taking in outlining the plan for erecting the dam engineer walter explained that the structure would rise to a height of feet above the river bed the first step will be to drill four diversion tunnels fifty feet in diameter to carry the waters of the stream past the damsite dam site two such tunnels will be bored at either side of the channel and each will be feet long it will require two years to construct these tunnels according to the engineers estimates and following that two cofferdams coffer dams each feet high will have to be con strutted ted tedy one above and the other below the damsite the one above to divert the water into the tunnels and the one below to keep the water from back washing into the field of dam construction all of this work and the work of railroad construction to the site of the dam project will be done under contract unless the government should be compelled to take it over so it is seen that the project is one of such immensity that time lots of it will be required under most favorable conditions to round it out it is to be anticipated therefore that something will be done before long to speed up the undertaking and get things started |
