Show WORK ON I RIO GRANDE CRANDE IRRIGATION PROJECT Will BEGIN SOON Eng Engel l Dam Will Create the Larg Largest st Artificial Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Reser Reser- voir in the World WASHINGTON N. N May 2 27 The The The preliminary pre pro work o ork k in connection with the Rio io Grande rand irrigation project will will belDau be bo inaugurated at once b by tho the reclamation service iu in t with instructions of the tho sect secretary of tho the interior The Tho plan contemplates contemplates' that the actual construction construction con eon o of othe the foundation of the tho great reat En Engel cl dam dam the tho most i important engineering engineering engi engi- feature of the project shall shaH be bo begun by July iOu 1911 Tho Rio Grande Grando project will ill provide pro for the tine re reclamation of or acres of land lying in New Mexico Texas and Mexico It is estimated that the tho entire project pro pro- project will cost The En Engel el eldam dam which will b bo one onci of the most remarkable re rc structures s of its kind in iii tho the world will willbe be le made mad of rubble concrete with a maximum maximum hei height ht of 65 feet The length of the crest will be bo 1400 feet The dam darn will contain cubic yards Tho The reservoir created by it will botho bethe bo be botho tho the lai largest largest- artificial body of water in inthe inthe the tho w world bavin having having-a a capacity of 2538 acre feet acre cr feet or oren enough ugh water to cover COyer that many acres a tI foot deep Its capacity ca ca- ca- ca ivill n be nc l double that of the t dam in Arizona na J |