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Show MilL CREEK EROSIONCONTROL EROSION EROSIONCONTROl CONTROl WORK STARTS STARTSOperations Operations started in earnest thisweek this this'weeh thisweek \'weeh 'weeh weeh week \ ' on erosion and flood controlwork control controlwork controlwork work on Mill l < fin creek Practically theentire the theentire theentire entire crew of 200 men attached attache " to C C.C CC . . C C camp PE-214 PE 214 - are now engaged m in mthe inthe inthe the flood control work . , and splendId splendIdheadway splendidheadway splendidheadway headway has been made during Iheweek 'the the 'theweek ' the theweek week Two large caterpillar ' bull bulldozers bull- bull bulldozers bulldozers - dozers ' are being bemg used in moving dirtand dirt , and the men are employed in m bUIldmg building bUIldmgjettIes buildingjetties buildingjetties jettIes and concrete wallsIn wallsIn walls wallsIn In many places the channel of the thecreek thecreek thecreek creek will \ \ ill be changed in m order tostraighten to tostraighten tostraighten straighten its course through the town.When townWhen town . When the work worh is 1s completed , the creekfrom creek creekfrom creekfrom from the Mill M111 creek bridge at the C C.C CC . C C camp to the Main street cross cro5- cro5 cross- cro5lng crossing crossing . " - ing lng will wlll have only three slight shght curves curves.The curvesThe . . The work , m ill in addition to straighteningthe straightening the channel , will Wlll consist of a series ofconcrete of ofconcrete ofconcrete concrete and masonry walls and alarge a alarge alarge large number of rock jetties which wlll will willconfine wlllconfme willconfine confme confine floods to the main mam channel ofthe of ofthe ofthe the stream . . All of the construction constructionwill constructionwill constructionwill will be massive and will w111 be anchoredseveral anchored anchoredseveral anchoredseveral several feet teet below the bed of ot the creek . |