Show bollm RKSEHVOIRS AND CHEESE how Di Mionld lx BuIlt and the Other Improred Ki > C6ToX Pluto County February Febru-ary 271S90 Correspondence of the DfSErerr XnIn reading the account of the reservoir bursting In Prescott Arizona I thought to offer a few suggestions to tliot Intending In-tending to bulkl reservoIrs in the future based on observing those I have seen mado In Utah come of which have broken but luckily with no damages gave in their own Immediate vIcinIty as they were small One thing I havo obcervcd is that they did not make the dim of suf detent strength to resist tho actual pressure of the water against it It ought to bo consIdered that earth and rocks of which most of them arc composed are of no great co hnlvcncfs A barrel being bound by Iron hoops la thus elsie very cohesive and able to stand an Immense Im-mense pressure considering their weight This however Is not tiLe cafe with tIe materials of which adam a-dam is usually made Now I think a cood rulo would be to measure the quantity of water directly against the dam i et the width depth and length on a triangular tri-angular bails and multiply the cubic contents In feet by the given weight of cubic foot of water This being knownthe amountof material to be put on the dam ought to over balance that amount Thu dam ought also to be made high enough K as not to be washed over by storm waves for n very small friction would suffice to make a big washout wash-out Another thing in building a dam if the hillsides against which it Is built arc of common earth is to cut a few feet inside the hill and llit ta puck k JhJ the rocks and dirt hard for nt have also noticed that most dams aro apt to bo cut at the Joints As a general rule dams should be made highest and widest the middle Another thing to be remembered Is to have an outlet above the mean level of the water and possible In a diOerent direction than the dam to as to let olr any sudden over flow that might come Nor should there be an even Joint of earth and flume If the latter is made of Jum ber but strips should be fastened across and all around and a board nailed to Iheee slantin silently Inward In-ward The reason is plain the water oozing along the plank side would carry in the fine particles of earth and so open a wider way for more water to follow but these strips will stop It The entry of the flume ought to bo walled or hooded ay so as to keep the water from working between and around the flume tlO The gate also hold b put on the water side not on tho outsldo a some haTe done I the water bo too dtp then build a scaffold to stand on and a set of levers to raise the gate easier fd these principles are applied In rp i l building reservoirs I feel ate In saying that they will stand There Is another thing I wish to mention I is about cheese t ing There are lota of it made in Southern Utah but the most of I Is of very poor quality How is that Surely it should be no more b mor trouble to make a good cheese than to make a poor J proper care hi taken to apply correct princIples 1 the making pncipe I have 8 noticed that several noUc t Bveral emcee makers to give a certain mer ta otj and color to cheese crn I rlor clt resort to what events to me lobe a very rep rehensible er rep rhenslblo practice I wonder if there la no law to reach such I told several of them thattbey ought to b sent t the penitentiary tthey for using such Muffle making their cheese The mut ot ming laughed at me but two or three told tie that concentrated lye was not poison What about that lI1nt I wish tome kind honest soul who know how ndtII C good cheese especially after tile Gruycrc pattern would write and have IlihoJ a few rules I for he guidance pub of those wishing to learn how to make good cheese for market A good cheese maker might perhaps IU find an opening hereabouts If there f any such he might com com municate with me by JtUer and state his wants and fen Yours truly H EDOAKD DESADXJS |