Show Colorado 9 ado Engineer ngin er to Direct sr ct C Construction t c o of Boulder r Bani r I Appointment of R. R F. F Walter by Secretary Yest est cs Z 4 hi Jt WAS 29 AP- AP P- P Raymand F Walter vl lter of Colorado as chief Brig engineer neer eero o of the bureau of reclamation will be in charge harge of the construction of the Boulder canyon dam pr project He is now at attached at- at Cached ached t to the bureaus bureau's office at Denter Denver Den Den- ver ter The bureau of reclamation m made ado crown Mr 1 Waiters Waiter's selection today after consultation with him lIim an and with other oth r engineers not in the Tha bureau service Thero had tad b been en tome some speculation speculation speculation spec spec- as to Just who JIO would be chosen to execute the iho tremendous project Bureau officials said they ranked Walter as ns probably one of ot he the most capable Irrigation engineers engineers engi engl in the world and that his selection selection se- se lection from a wide field had been approved by Secretary West v t. t and those hose interested In the dam con con- tr Ho lIo has been In the rec rec- service since 1903 He was WUI in charge of ot the thc building o of the Pathfinder dam dent in ht Idaho and und pus has supervised a number mi of other gov sov- government reclamation protects projects in the thea a vc c t t. t His Isis salary is a 1 year ent The building b o of the iho dam at Black mack can canyon on will be one of or tho iho greatest I engineering ens tasks in history surpassed surpassed surpassed sur sur- passed only ony by the building of tho iho 1 Panama aroma can l. l The total cost of oft the tho c project protect hog has ras been set at as compared with expended expended expended ex ex- in the construction of or the for tor Panama anama canal and the tiro ho Suez canal The Th bureau said laid tOlla today that Wa no reclamation or 01 irrigation a protect project in history equals the tho Boulder dam darn propose pro pro- pose al either in size slip or PI l |