Show JOB STARTS AFTER ArTER WINTER HAlT HALl Increased Crew Resumes Resume Diversion Tunnel And Spillway Work V ork Work Vork at the Moon Lake res reservoir reser r- r voir was put into full swing this thi I w week k with approximately 60 meion men mei menon menon i on the job Additional men are ari being employed Steadily as the I work expands Cem Cementing of the tile diversion anc and outlet tunnel which will ill divert the tha waters of the Lake Fort Fork stream during the construction of the permanent dam and later act as an outlet from the reservoir and construction of the spillway were among the first to be re re- re Construction of the cofferdam coffer cofferdam cofferdam dam to div divert div rt the waters through the tunnel will commence short short- ly Boring of the tunnel was completed completed completed com com- last year Steel lining was installed and the cement core completed d from the gate control room to the upstream portal when low temperatures and heavy snow halted hard the work in ut February of ofU this U s year New Superintendent A change in the superintend- superintend ency of the project was announced U this s week J J. E. E Nelson superintendent dent since the commencement of operations a year ago will be eded by his former fonner assist assistant ant Earl Walsh This change was made last Wednesday Mr Nelson will probably take talce charge of a large construction job in fn San Francisco next month it was stated The contractor on the project pro pro- project je t is the e T. T E. E Connolly Construction Construction Construction Con Con- company of San Fran Fran- cisco Several changes have been en made in the plans for the reservoir since the beginning of the work Chief Chie among these is the elimination of the spillway tunnel on the East Eastside Eastside side of the reservoir because of II the loose formation there and the I substitution of a large spillway ay channel on the West Vest side where the emergency spillway was orIginally orIginally originally or or- planned Completed Next Year Construction of the main dam is expected to be completed next year with the work far far- farenough enough completed next spring to start impounding water during the llie 1937 runoff Waters thus impounded will be used to supplement summer summer summer sum sum- mer irrigation supplies for farms throughout the North and East parts of Duchesne county Coupled with the Moon Lake Lale project is the Duchesne exchange canal now nearing completion by bythe bythe bythe the Bridgeland camp and the Highland Exchange canal which will divert waters from the headwaters of the Yellowstone stream to the Uintah river which has not yet been commenced Considerable advancement in weather conditions is noted at the llie site of the reservoir over a year ago when the project was started started start start- ed on May 2nd Waters Vaters in the Lake Fork stream have already risen to almost double their th lr winter winter winter win win- ter level it is reported and there i Is little evidence of show snow left at atthe atthe atthe the lake though the lake itself its lf is still sUll frozen over |