Show LL ll CREEK FLOOD WORK r OF VAST BENEFIT TO MOAB I 1 lr J Camp Completing Over Mill l Erosion P-Erosion Erosion Structures Pres Pres- i Camp Will Vill Finish About If of Project it t 20 citizens of Moab including l lt nd county officials and businesS the flood control work Ul Ill creek Monday vIewing the lies res that have been completed ft local C C C camp under the thel ther l r sion of the La Sal National for for- The visitors were arnaz- arnaz A the massive character ch of work ted and ay and were ere sed with the great t value of the In the protection of the town ture flood lood dangers men were taken of 0 er the w eject Engineer H W Sheley Sup Sup- Sup It A C Folster FoIster of the La Sal for for- ford cid d Camp Alden If 1 who explained the type of con con- conon conon on J splendId results accomplished h h utilizing the C C C labor has lue tue to the loyal cooperation be- be ber bethe r the forest personnel and the and as a result the town en benefited by many thousands 1 rs through the protection af- af from flood and erosion dangers the vast amount of work worb needed complete flood protection to the an all of the creek cleek construct I t has been surveyed and map map- be completed this season Is more than suffIcient work re- re uncompleted to justify another I C C C camp and every effort put forth by Moab Mo to secure an- an ancamp ancamp j camp for nett winter to finish eject t I section sectIon of Mill creek that will by the first of May ex- ex extrom from the No highway ay bridge of of town to the Main Mam street creek I Ig ig g ThIS section of creek is I 1 length or slIghtly over a mIle lew ew channel that has been pro pro- Is 60 feet wide and In the here ere are only fIve slIght turns I there are 22 massive or of cr cross cross- wall walli into one or both of the high on the sIdes of the old creek el I These These cross walls aIls are 4 feet end nd 4 feet high or higher and andI I with of No 8 galvanized wire openings filled with cobbles the he creek bottom or with sand sand- I quarried from the cl cliffs near the thedo thedo do ricer mer bridge In addition to toss I oss ss walls there are 2155 feet fe-et of funning ing parallel to the channel I walls consist princIpally of a e one foot thick and 5 51 Ide de upon WhICh rests a wire bas bas- feet hIgh and 4 feet wide filled I with an upper basket Ith sandstone 4 feet deep and ride aide The total height of these I 7 feet In places the concrete is s 3 feet teet thick and a top basket used The height lS is still shU 7 feet tal quantity in cross walls and I is running parallel to the stream tad d numbers is cubic yards I G places m in the channel erosion 1 have been constructed at right II across the stream con con- conI con I r a concrete wan wall 3 feet deep and wide placed with its top even I Ie e elevation of the channel at atter ter and of a basket below this thise I Ie e structure which is intended to the concrete against under under- I g These baskets consist of the thee e prevIously described filled I rocks I to the structures s above ed there are 41 concrete blocks which are intended by byk I k to withstand the force of the theof theof of the creek in high flood locks have smooth surfaces 1 bich floating trees cannot oh- oh obI I old I otal quantity of conCI concrete ete in the theof theof of walls paralleling the streams I the abutments is 1200 CUbIC 1 the beginnIng point of the stir stir- ch is the center of the bridge bridgeway bridgeway sur-I sur way No for feet the the new channel wIll be one feet There it to tor tor r until a point 1700 feet feete I e bridge is reached where it to 14 feet per At a point from the bridge the grade to feet per At bieh ch is Just below Grimms Grimm's ith shop the fall is again in- in into into to 2 feet per At a poInt t from the bridge the grade is isto to 1 15 5 feet per which it Mai Main street grades have been obtained bd b eavy cuttings at places and andI k has been made possible only performance of the bulldozers which have on the job of the new channel at ge be about second gat 1 ater There is a record ecord of a 1911 which may have carried g like that amount of water ort space of time on has been bas been made for ides of the new channel which the peak flow of the flood down dovIl the creek until e as these old lagoons shan filled with silt A considerable will be reclaimed and added resources of the town by this ys have been extended both d below the work that has been I I I 1 done this winter and will be of value In case a C 0 C C camp is placed at Moab again next winter |