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Show DEDICATE GREAT DAM LATETODAY Formal Ceremonies Mark lntf Completion of Salt River Project COLONEL ROOSEVELT IS ON THE GROUND This Work First Under, taken Under Reclamation Act Approved by Him. PHOENIX Art.. March 18. Colon el EooaeveU and party arrived In Phoenix at o'clock tali morn Ins d left lm- mediately la automobile for aha ftooee-lt ftooee-lt reeervolr, Um bit reclamation daa aaranty mllaa eaat, whara tha formal dedication will take place at 4, o'clock this afternoon. A Inrie numbar ef ctt-liana ctt-liana ef Phoenix accompanied tha arty. Colonel Rooeavelt'i maia speech ia Ariaona will be made in Phoenix oa Monday. Ha will leave tha reservoir Sunday moraine. Tha ex prtaident and family will apaad Sunday afternoon and Iffhft eft ba nf f twentv trtilaa aat of Phoenix, whera Arcluo. 1 Rooaovalt it atUndinj t-hool. Is viaw of tho ftet that Bud Norton, Nor-ton, driver of tha staffe between. Met and tho Roosevelt reeerroir, wa killed Taaterdor with one of his ftoMengert, Mrs. Smith of Roosevelt, as result of the staffs leaving the road at a precipitous precipi-tous point, some fears have bees ti- Jrsssect that accidents may orcur to sy oa BoreuBt of the large, aumbr of automohilca maktog the trip with itt-experiaarad itt-experiaarad drivers. With rareful dnv-ins;, dnv-ins;, however, there Is bo reason to ap prebend dan gar. - , . v -Roa4 Mon Plctvrotquo. . The road, in mny respectt the mf-t picturestfiie highway in Amines, conarnx-t-d at an expense of f.tltrt"0 g to provide a Bieana for the ennvevtug of mat aria I to the (ism during Its con-strwtmn. con-strwtmn. It trsvrrses a rugtiad tnoua-taia tnoua-taia range and for many snilrs follows winding eurvea along steep and t reach a rout slopes. Tbo Hooeevett dam is situated half a mi U b'lnw . the conf laen- mf T""'' r t auJ upff r 8mt ri rr, at t l of m canyon through atinh hull n r flows of many Biils. ft i- the niKt Imposing fantur vt the olt river fr-''t. fr-''t. the fnt one itnit-ritt jkn by the t'aitfd Mutes fe--ln'Tin,iion tervi',e un-iT the provikHHi of t h r,,'l't,natii)n B'-t. Snprnvd bv I're-iiii-nt HfM'efU Juno 17, lt'Hj, and after nhom tne tnv.ti nt the dam site la named. It m ev'urv six miles ea4t of r'hurnix, wliirh ta sit uated in the renter of a vallrv of which 240,MHt scrta ia sitfnert to tin 8a It River Valley W-tr I m' asain-i-atton. Thia corporation r r. ttenta tho farmers ia their dealings with the g rntnejit, guaranteeing avn)ent of the cob t ruction cost of the project. Largest aVrtifioiai Lake. The dam crestea a reaervoir extend-lag extend-lag twelve miles up Tonto creek and thirteen miles tip hult river ncHrly to what is known aa the intake dam, 4"" feet long. The capacity of the rscr- vo'ir is 1.2M.2S acre feet, the Isrii'-'t artificial lake ia the world. Though tiie dam ia not the largest in the world, it is among the lergrrt. The foundation reeta on bed rork fortv foot below river level. It ia gs.l tt long, he tween the canvon walls, and 10 feet wide. From the river level to the rrct of the apillwavs tt either end of the dam the height is 220 fret, tbnt hiing the grestest depth of storage poMih.c The spiJIwavs are bndgKl and over ttie bridges aeft the top of the dnm runt the only highway in that region connecting con-necting the mountain conutrv on tne north and south sides of fait river. Thia roadwar is twenty feet aoove the highest storage and n coping four ft high protcrts the roeriway. r'roni ti bottom of the foundation to the top stone of the copiog is 2t feet. Dam Curved Upstream. ' The dam ia curved, arching np.tr.am and nt tbe top is feet Ion? and M feet wide. The enillwav. at c.Oi.r rn.l aTO 200 feet wide, eo tbe l.r.j b. in cluniva of the bridjf.a o cr tne .pill-wava, .pill-wava, ia 10u feet. 1 be .(ulienv. ara blasted from the mounta.n .--s. Tbe dam contains 'i it'...: ysrde of masonry, every alone of en- n wna winei oriuro ii wtj ynj run in n cementei in pi are. Ia the fni'"' - n of tbe dam and auiiliary tnm -,4 -i barrels of cement were nr?ri, s i n hiu far tit red oa tbe ground nt a c t of ai,tioA42. in a rement mill ere. ir hv tbe government and recently iJ. 1 . a cost was .t.l4 per barrel a a -t S4.81 per barrel, the bent priva o f i availsbie when operstions hcnn. '1 no manufscture of cement on tne groijuJ eflfted a saving of '". Tho first stone whs lu"t in f latioa Heptember 2', l: 'n. 1 h ' stone wss Inul on tbe rj ini? i-i ! --i above, Kebrrusrv 6. i n tr r face of the dam is altnot perp-n i The lower face retreats I r mids in bnee stone aU-p-j fr-in t e of J7'J ffct in tbe fouD'i-ii.o t feet at tne top. No lews interesting sr the An 4 co related wtk. n niiit mill, the bvilior nem-raring r "'U hnre j-iH j-iH tcrme.i I r power ..-Hie tne n rvi tint ' i 1 ' CZCICATE DAM (Contiaaed from pago 1 ) that ia moat oeeaMry bat will be react aaed, and the mrgeei of all, ia kaowa a tha aluieiag tannel, or tunnel No. L It waa driven thraorh the wlid moua-taia moua-taia circling the aouth ead of the aite at the rirer lerel. before tha eonetruc-tioa eonetruc-tioa of the dnm began. It will bo aaed for aluieiag lit, if aeeeaaary, aad for releaeing a larnwr irriratioa eapply thaa tba peaetock furaiahea, if aaed, when taa water eleratioa ia tha reaerroir ia below tha entrance to tunnel No. 2. Among the Mrlieet eonatruetioa fea-tarea fea-tarea waa the building of a freight , road aiztT mile long from Mean Citr, . tha aeereet arailabla railroad point, to the Rooaerelt dam it. Of thia, tweaty-two milea ia aeroea deeert aad thirty-eight milea through the moat im-preuir im-preuir mountain areaery ia tha weat. The road waa constructed for permanency perma-nency aad, though aa crooked aa a . knotted rope aad oftea shading aroaad the face of a cliff, it ia a (na thoroughfare thor-oughfare aa a city etreet. Diatribtrtiii' Ijriaa, The foregoing eonotroetioae conrtl-tnte conrtl-tnte the Urger feature ft the atoraga enterprise, aixty milea or mora above tha laada to ba irrigated. Tha diatrib- utiag eratem i ao lees interesting, though ao oae feature ia a great. Tba water eeleeaMt tmn ftk Amtm -. a. the river eh unci for nearly aixty milea to Ortaite reef, a poiat just below tha confluence of the Verde aad Bait riv- ' era, whara a concrete weir dam 1000 feet long aad thirty eight feet high . diverta water through a main canal on either aide of the river to aumeroua eaaala below, covering tha oatira re. ervoir district. The allotment of fund for thia project to date ia about nine million," and it may take two million more to fully complete all contemplated work. The toll ta human live ha bee seventeen at Rooeevelt and Ave at Graaita reef, a near aa caa ba ascertained, ascer-tained, through mechanical accident and drowning. Tha work to be dona will include several sev-eral plana for development of hydro- -electne power at favorable place along tha eaaala, tha power to bo used mainlr -la developing an auxiliary irrigation water supply pumped from th vaat underground resource. It in calculated that the reservoir, or gravitv flow, will eventually water 190,000 acre aad that. 80,000 acres will ba watered by pump. vsed nsra oir fbvibnd. Frank Harris ia charged with aa-Mult aa-Mult aad battery ia a complaint issued . by tha county attorney' office thia morning. It i alleged that Ham : beat up Joha Freuad March 18 with his fists. |