Show Water Works Improvement Project For Duchesne City Now Under Construction W. W P. P A. A Project Extending Water Vater System Up Duchesne River To Filter Bed Started Last Week Improvement Will ViII Till Provide Additional Thirteen Foot Head Construction of the extension to the Duchesne water works finally got under way last week w k and is isI I making rapid progress considering consider consider- considering i ing the ithe number of relief laborers I available for the project I All of the the- way right-of-way has been en cleared and over feet of the trench completed ted ready for the pipe From six to ten man are b being ing employed on the project which is und under r the charge of J. J M M. foreman The improvements which are set up as a VP A project in conjunction conjunction conjunction con con- junction with the project project pro pro- jec which is now nearly completed completed completed com com- include the laying of 2365 feet of pipe extending North North along th the Duchesne river liver from the pre present nt intake which is some distance above the city lim lim- its At the upper end of or the line linea a filter bed will be constructed under the bed bad d of the r river er which will consist of several hundred feet of opE open end end drain tile laid in screened ll d gravel The drain tile the system will empty into a small concrete box from which the water water wa wa- ter tes will flow into the city system through the new Pressure Increased In An additional thirteen feet willbe willbe will willbe be added to the pressure now carried carried carried car car- ried in the system which is regulated regulated regulated regu regu- by the present intake on the old line which is la kept open constantly as a safe guard to the pipes against excessive pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure from the reservoir The project originally called for forthe forthe forthe the installation of 12 inch ce cement cement cement ce- ce ment pips pipe but as s the line goes through brushy country tills this is isnow isnow isnow now thought unadvisable be because because because be- be cause of the the- hazard of roots growing through the pipe an and eventually it Councilmen C. C H. H Selch and Arthur Orr spent Wednesday in Salt Lake Lab City interviewing Interviewing interviewing in in- Chief WP A Engineer Harry C. C Jessen and cast iron ironpipe ironpipe pipe pip distributors Ul there re and n report port that favorable prices and concur- concur rance ranee by Mr Jessen indicate that cast iron pipe will b. b be more ad ad- Sable Final decision d sion on the pipe was to have been reached at a Continued on Page 8 I Duchesne Waterworks I Improvement Project Under Construction fl Continued from Page 1 council meeting meting to be held on Thursday evening New Installed Also included In the project are an extension to the tho intake of th the city irrigating system and a anew anew new farther up the river from the present on one Several hundred feet of is also alsoto alsoto to be installed to provide irrigating irrigating irrigating ing waL water r for Ul the property across the old channel in the Northwest part of town The combines wa waterworks and project is set up at a acost acost acost cost of approximately with 2200 Ito to be furnished furnished furnished fur fur- by the city pa part t in cash sh and part in rental of equipment The balance is provided by the federal government About one thirds of the funds has been expended expended expended ex ex I on the project which is now co completed except for forthe forthe the installation of a few cribs which is awaiting the tend and of the high waters Most of the work I Iwas I was done on this part of the project project pro pro- before and during the early stag stages of the high water period The cut through which the river was directed and the cribs aln al- al n neady ady installed completely eliminated eliminated any danger of high water to the city in spite of an high and early runoff I. I |