Deseret Evening News | 1905-09-23 | Page 9 | Consulting Engineers to Inspect Boston Reservoir

CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO INSPECT BOSTON RESE RESERVOIR VOIR In Is an all a Practical tion of the tho Strength of oC nu nez Dam on Earth Foundation Sept Sopt 22 board of ot consulting engineers I of ot the 1 Panama ananta canal commission will win make an nn c lion of lit the reservoir ft n part of or th time the water supply Of ot Bo lon before culling for the thi isthmus next Thursday Tits Thin trip was teas decided on today during ft n 1 meeting at nl which the of or the construction of ot the dams was the coni con continued Hu subject Tho rho Boston Roston reservoir Is la maintained by I an earthen date dam with a It mind emend and earth cattle foundation It H holds water to tho the Ile depth of ot GO feet foet and was built hullt h by I En Engineer n Infer Stearns I a n member of oC the board It II l Is regarded us as a n practical Illustration of oC tho the strength of ot the earthen dam on onearth earth muth foundation and In this connection In is offering very valuable data In solving Halving time tho problem of oC dams on tho the Isthmus where many borings have been boen taken In the search parch for tor rock for tor items dams with varying success The board hoard has hns spent th tin that greater part of ot tho the limo during Us Its here hero on this Ihl question but bul under resolution thru that no ceo vote vole or o conclusion be recorded until after atter UK visit to the Isthmus In the discussion today the tho practicability of ot dams dame nt III heights ranging from GO CO to 10 90 80 feet teet was discussed as well as the tho various locations for tor or dams along the line of ot time the canal The of oC the trip to Dos Boston tOil have havo not been arranged It U Is understood I Ithe the tho eci will tit I hero mesa the first I of nf tho time week weel eec go 10 direct to Boston thence to Ne New York to Panama I